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Arcadia · 2 days ago

Technical Recruiter

San Francisco Bay Area

Full-time

Onsite

Entry, Mid Level

$100K/yr - $130K/yr

1+ years exp

Arcadia is seeking a Technical Recruiter to support their hiring pipeline by focusing on sourcing and outreach. The role involves identifying, engaging, and qualifying candidates for technical roles and handing off warm candidates to the hiring team with detailed notes and evidence.

Staffing & Recruiting

Responsibilities

Candidate discovery & outreach

Build targeted searches across LinkedIn , GitHub , Google Scholar , Twitter/X, specialized communities, and niche forums

Source for profiles like: strong Python engineers, infra-minded ML engineers, RL/agents folks, CUDA/kernel engineers, and research-heavy candidates with public artifacts

Run outbound messaging sequences (email + LinkedIn) and manage follow-ups

Funnel management (top-of-funnel)

Run quick first-pass qualification (async or short screen) focused on:

Technical fit and seniority

Availability / timezone overlap

Communication quality

Contractor expectations

Package candidates for handoff with:

3–6 bullet rationale

Links to proof (GitHub, papers, projects)

Comp expectations + availability

Any red flags / risks

Process & reporting

Maintain a clean tracker (Airtable/Sheets/ATS—whatever the team uses)

Weekly reporting on:

New prospects added

Outreach volume + response rate

Qualified candidates submitted

Stage conversion and bottlenecks

Confidentiality & compliance

Maintain strict confidentiality around:

Take-home assessments and materials

Internal hiring signals

Candidate lists and client info

Success Metrics (What “Good” Looks Like)

Consistent weekly output of high-signal candidates , not just volume

Healthy outbound funnel benchmarks (rough targets; adjust as you learn):

150–300 new prospects/week

60–150 outreaches/week (depending on seniority targets)

10–25 meaningful replies/week

3–8 qualified candidates/week submitted (varies by role difficulty)

Clear, evidence-based candidate writeups that reduce hiring-manager load

Qualification

Technical sourcingTech recruitingCandidate qualificationGitHubWritten EnglishHighly organizedDeveloper communitiesExperience sourcing internationally

Required

1–3+ years experience in technical sourcing or tech recruiting (agency or in-house)

Strong intuition for identifying engineering excellence using public artifacts: GitHub repos, technical writing, papers, OSS contributions, competition history, etc

Excellent written English (clear, concise outreach + candidate notes)

Highly organized: can run multiple role pipelines without dropping candidates