Senior Technical Recruiter

Responsibilities

• Work with hiring managers across one or more verticals to craft job postings and devise recruitment strategies to hire high performing talent
• Influence Hiring teams to monitor and improve candidate experience
• Source and engage passive candidates
• Manage the full-cycle recruiting process from job creation through the candidate's start date, with an emphasis on building strong hiring manager partnerships and candidate advocacy
• Strategize creative ways to build talent pipelines and execute on tactical research, referral generation, events and sourcing campaigns
• Screen resumes and interview candidates to determine position + value add
• Manage interview logistics and hiring decision-making process with interviewers and hiring managers
• Regularly track pipeline, priorities and performance data to share with internal stakeholders
• Drive offer negotiations & process in partnership with hiring managers and Compensation team
• Recommend improvements to sourcing, process and candidate outreach
• Participate in operational and TA related projects
• Support company Inclusion & Diversity efforts

Requirements

• 5+ years progressive technical recruiting experience in a highly technical, engineering organization. In house experience required
• Experience hiring for multiple highly specialized, very senior, and niche positions simultaneously
• Ability to proactively source + attract passive talent in the industry through multiple methods and channels
• Demonstrated expertise at partnering cross-functionally with senior leadership to drive collaborative decisions and think outside the box
• Flexibility to support multiple functions within our Tech teams
• Excellent interviewing skills with ability to screen for both technical and team fit
• A commitment to building diverse and inclusive teams where collaboration and respect are just as important as technical ability.
• Extensive tech industry knowledge with ability to identify target companies, conferences and other sources for top industry-related talent
• Strong track record of monitoring their metrics and delivering against targets - both quantitative and qualitative
• Ability to make data-driven decisions & work within structured hiring processes
• Strong consultative and interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate across all levels of the organization, as well as externally
• An autonomous, self starter who demonstrates continuous learning and ambiguity tolerance
• We'll be super impressed if you have experience in any of these:
• Experience hiring low-level, distributed systems, infrastructure, and/or network engineers.
• Experience supporting hiring teams with facilitating technical assessments
• Experience implementing AI sourcing and productivity tools
• Knowledge of Employment and HR policies, compensation models, talent planning, etc.
• Work Location(s) & Travel Requirements:
• This position is open to the following preferred office locations:
• San Francisco, CA
• New York, NY
• Denver, CO
• Fastly currently embraces a largely hybrid model for most roles which allows employees flexibility to split their time between the office and home.
• Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
• Salary:
• The estimated salary range for this position is $122,280 - $172,632. Starting salary may vary based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as experience, skills, qualifications, and location.
• This role may be eligible to partic

Benefits

Additional Information

Fastly helps people stay better connected with the things they love. Fastly's edge cloud platform enables customers to create great digital experiences quickly, securely, and reliably by processing, serving, and securing our customers' applications as close to their end-users as possible - at the edge of the Internet. The platform is designed to take advantage of the modern internet, to be programmable, and to support agile software development. Fastly's customers include many of the world's most prominent companies, including GitHub, Yelp, Paramount, and JetBlue. We're building a more trustworthy Internet. Come join us. Posting Open Date: 5/28/2026 Anticipated Posting Close Date*: 7/28/26 *Job posting may close early due to the volume of applicants. Senior Technical Recruiter As a member of our Global Talent team, a Senior Tech Recruiter owns and drives the recruiting process from end-to-end across Fastly, cultivating teams of great people for a variety of technical divisions (i.e. Engineering, Infrastructure, Security, Product, etc.). You will partner closely with hiring managers as a trusted advisor to develop strategies to identify and hire top performing candidates and work with the wider People Team to deliver a best-in-class candidate experience. We are seeking a seasoned Recruiter who brings a passion for technology with a focus on creativity and solutions.

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