Profile
Technical Recruiter with 7+ years of full-cycle recruiting and sourcing across engineering, security, infrastructure, and leadership roles at AWS, Meta, and high-growth startups. Proven track record filling roles on or ahead of SLA, building talent acquisition processes from scratch, and partnering directly with hiring managers and founders to deliver quality hires. Skilled in Boolean search, passive candidate outreach, ATS/CRM optimization, and data-driven pipeline management. Experienced in 100% remote environments with strong async communication and cross-functional collaboration.
Core Competencies
Professional Experience
- Independent recruiting agency specializing in technical and sales roles.
- Sourced, vetted, and placed permanent candidates across two client engagements, managing full-cycle recruiting and client relationships end to end.
- Handled all business development, contracts, intake, sourcing, and offer negotiation independently.
- Built full talent acquisition process from zero to hire — intake through onboarding — for multiple portfolio companies, hiring US and international employees and contractors.
- Partnered directly with founders to define hiring needs, craft job descriptions, design interview loops, and facilitate debriefs.
- Negotiated compensation packages and generated employment contracts; filled all positions on or before SLA.
- Managed full-cycle recruiting for engineering teams; held weekly cadence meetings with engineering managers to track pipeline and align on priorities.
- Launched cross-team "Office Hours" program that reduced duplicated sourcing efforts by 20%, improving team efficiency and candidate coverage.
- Tracked metrics, reported on pipeline health, and filled all requisitions on or ahead of SLA using Workday, LinkedIn Recruiter, and Slack.
- Delivered behavioral interview preparation sessions to 50+ software engineers targeting FAANG-level roles, coaching on structured communication, technical storytelling, and interview frameworks.
- Sourced and recruited for data center architecture and advanced technology leadership positions, partnering with hiring managers on passive candidate strategy and pipeline management.
- Analyzed sourcing data to identify high-yield candidate segments and continually refined outreach messaging for improved response rates.
- Sourced for AWS Security and Applications teams across SDE, SDM, FEE, and TPM roles — advanced, high-visibility positions requiring niche technical screening ability.
- Converted from 1099 contractor to blue-badge permanent employee — the only contractor on the team to complete a full internal interview loop and earn conversion based on performance.
- Achieved the highest candidate message acceptance rate on the team through systematic A/B testing and message optimization.
- Designed and delivered company-wide training on ATS/CRM pipeline management, sourcing automation, and candidate experience — rolled out across multiple Amazon sourcing teams.
- Created "Hiring Manager Spotlight" LinkedIn content series to increase team visibility and improve inbound candidate quality and alignment.
- Developed a hybrid frontend engineer assessment with a senior engineering manager to screen for a highly specialized, niche role.
- Managed full-desk recruiting for SDLC and technical roles in the Tampa Bay market — contract, temp-to-perm, and permanent placements.
- Conducted technical screens, negotiated offers, coordinated interviews, and closed candidates; achieved monthly performance bonuses.
- Promoted from sourcing to full-desk ownership based on consistent performance.
- Sourced Finance, Accounting, HR, and Admin candidates for contract and temp-to-perm roles; supported senior recruiters through initial pipeline screening and write-ups.
Education & Certifications