Pendo
Sr.TechnicalRecruiter
“Sr. Technical Recruiter at Pendo. Skills: Full-cycle EPD recruiting, AI-forward talent identification, Hiring manager partnership, Candidate experience, Market intelligence. Full-cycle EPD recruiting: You own the search from intake to close for roles across Engineering, Product, and Design.. Run a tight, fast, high-quality process that respects candidate time and gives hiring managers a clear picture at every stage.”
What You'll Achieve.
raise the bar on every hire; build teams; ship daily; iterate fast; treat AI fluency as a professional standard; Speed as a capability; daily delivery as a habit; throughput as a competitive advantage
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience in a high-growth SaaS environment, with a demonstrated track record of closing senior EPD roles at scale., Direct experience hiring for at least two of three: software engineers (across frontend, backend, or fullstack), product managers, and product designers., You understand what good looks like in each discipline., Demonstrated ability to assess builder mindset and AI fluency in candidates., You can tell the difference between someone who says they use AI and someone who has genuinely rewired their workflow around it., sourcing instincts: Boolean search, GitHub and portfolio-based research, community and network activation., You do not wait for inbound., Data fluency: you track your own pipeline health, know your conversion metrics, and use that data to make decisions and have credible conversations with hiring managers., Clear, direct communicator who builds trust quickly with hiring managers, candidates, and cross-functional partners., You give your honest read and you do not over-polish., Active AI fluency: you are already using AI tools in your day-to-day workflow and you bring genuine curiosity about where else they apply.
Nice to Have
Experience recruiting for AI-native or AI-forward engineering teams., You know what it means to hire someone who ships with AI as a core tool, not an add-on., Familiarity with product-led growth (PLG) companies and how EPD hiring differs in that context., Experience with Greenhouse or a comparable ATS at an operational level (building pipelines, managing scorecards, running reports)., Prior exposure to org design or workforce planning conversations with VP-level stakeholders., Comfort recruiting internationally or across time zones, particularly in EMEA or APAC markets.
What You'll Do.
Full-cycle EPD recruiting: You own the search from intake to close for roles across Engineering
high-quality process that respects candidate time and gives hiring managers a clear picture at every stage.
AI-forward talent identification: You know what separates an AI-curious candidate from one who has genuinely rewired how they work.
Source for builders who ship daily
and treat AI fluency as a professional standard
Hiring manager partnership: You run intakes that get to the real criteria fast.
Push back on vague requirements
help managers calibrate expectations to market
and give your honest read on where the bar should sit.
Pipeline quality and forecast: You own your pipeline.
Track conversion by stage
identify where searches are stalling
and bring a data-informed point of view on how to fix it before it becomes a problem.
Candidate experience: Every candidate who talks to Pendo should leave with a clear
accurate picture of what we build and how we build it.
Own that impression from first message to final decision.
Market intelligence: You bring EPD-specific talent market insight to the table: what AI engineering pipelines look like
where senior PM talent is moving
how design hiring has shifted as AI changes the craft.
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner with leadership across the company to raise the bar on every hire.; Operate as strategic advisors, influencing hiring decisions, guiding stakeholders, and elevating how we attract talent.; Builds trust quickly with hiring managers, candidates, and cross-functional partners.
Communication Scope
Clear, direct communicator
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