Talent Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Manage the client relationship from initiation to completion as the representative of PCT for designated accounts.

• Partner with founders and leadership to create strategic hiring initiatives.

• Assist founders and novice hiring managers in developing effective high-signal interview processes.

• Mentor interview teams to successfully implement the interview processes.

• Provide clients with insights on compensation, talent availability, and market hiring trends.

• Conduct comprehensive searches across Engineering and related technical domains, including Product, Design, Data, and Security.

• Source, identify, evaluate, and secure elusive technical talent.

• Create candidate pipelines that extend beyond inbound and referrals using innovative sourcing techniques.

• Develop tools, prompts, sequences, and automations to enhance recruiting workflows.

• Utilize AI tools for synthesizing research, drafting outreach materials, and analyzing pipelines.

• Perform structured A/B testing on outreach communication, sourcing methods, and process design.

• Share innovations in workflow and processes throughout PCT.

• Monitor pipeline health, pass-through rates, and search progress to facilitate client decision-making.

• Leverage data and experiential pattern recognition to inform recruiting choices.

⛳️ Requirements

• Senior, principal-level individual contributor profile.

• Proven experience in independently managing full-cycle technical searches.

• Ability to quickly establish trust with CTOs or VPs of Engineering.

• Responsibility for recruiting outcomes, not just activities.

• Proficiency in sourcing, screening, client strategy, job description development, and interview design.

• Experience in building or significantly enhancing a workflow, tool, or process.

• Daily use of Claude or similar AI tools for research, drafting, and analysis.

• Genuine interest in agentic and API-driven recruiting tools.

• Creative problem-solving skills and openness to exploring alternative sourcing solutions.

• Ability to differentiate between strong and exceptional candidates and provide constructive feedback to clients when necessary.

• Clear and independent communication with founders, hiring managers, interview teams, and candidates.

• Capability to manage multiple client relationships and searches at the same time.

• Ability to work autonomously and manage one’s own schedule effectively.

• Familiarity with Ashby, Gem, Juicebox, Pin, Claude, or similar AI-native recruiting tools.

• Availability for an average of 4–5 hours of daily overlap within the 9–6pm PT timezone.

🏝️ Benefits

• Contract-to-hire opportunity with significant potential for permanent placement based on performance and business requirements.

• Competitive salary.

• Bonuses based on placements.

• Fully remote working arrangement.

• 4–5 hours of daily overlap within the 9–6pm PT timezone.