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About the Role
As a Principal Technical Recruiter, you will identify, attract, and hire top-tier engineering and specialized technical talent to drive company growth. You will advise senior leadership, leverage recruitment analytics, and lead high-impact hiring initiatives to elevate technical recruitment standards. This role combines executive-level candidate experiences with hands-on sourcing and complex offer negotiations.
Responsibilities
- Partner with senior leadership to design hiring criteria, forecast workforce needs, and advise on market conditions.
- Execute advanced sourcing and market mapping strategies to build pipelines of high-caliber talent in software engineering, infrastructure, data science, and research.
- Lead complex offer negotiations and construct competitive compensation packages while delivering a white-glove candidate experience.
- Establish scalable hiring frameworks, standardized interview rubrics, and structured candidate evaluation processes.
- Champion diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives within the technical recruitment pipeline.
- Upskill and mentor junior recruiters and sourcers, establishing best practices.
Requirements
- 8+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience, preferably in-house within high-growth or enterprise technology environments.
- Proven track record of advising and influencing senior executive stakeholders using market data.
- Deep technical acumen with a strong functional understanding of software engineering, infrastructure, data science, or specialized research landscapes.
- Demonstrated expertise in navigating and executing complex, high-level offer negotiations and compensation structuring.
- Ability to work in a hybrid model, commuting to the San Francisco office 2 days per week.
Skills
- Technical Recruiting
- Full-Cycle Recruiting
- Sourcing
- Market Mapping
- Offer Negotiation
- Compensation Structuring
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
- Mentorship
- Recruitment Analytics
- Talent Acquisition
Location
- San Francisco
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Principal
Salary/Compensations
- $165,000-$200,000
Benefits
- Work from (almost) anywhere for up to 20 days per year
- Company-paid therapy sessions
- Company-paid subscription to Headspace
- Annual company-wide week off
- Paid parental leave
- Generous paid vacation
- Time off for your birthday
- Paid volunteer time
- Development Dollars
- Leadership development
- Access to thousands of on-demand e-learnings
- Travel Discounts
- Employee Resource Groups
- Free lunch 2 days per week
- Convenient downtown SF office location
- Building amenities, such as a gym & bike parking
- Health benefits
- Flexible spending account
- Retirement benefits
- Life insurance
- Paid time off (including PTO, paid sick leave, medical leave, bereavement leave, floating holidays and paid holidays)
- Eligible for annual bonus
- Eligible for equity grant
About the Company
- OpenTable is an industry leader with a passion for helping restaurants thrive, empowering them with world-class technology.
- With millions of diners, 70,000+ restaurant partners and 25+ years of experience, OpenTable is part of Booking Holdings, Inc.
- Every employee has a tangible impact on what we do and how we do it.
- We are part of a global team that includes Booking Holdings' portfolio of metasearch brands.
- Hospitality defines our culture.
Equal Opportunity
- We’re committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels they belong and can thrive.
- We know the best ideas come when we bring different voices to the table, so we're building a team as dynamic as the diners and restaurants we serve—and fostering a culture where everyone feels welcome to be themselves.
- If you need accommodations during the application or interview process, or on the job, we’re here to support you. Please reach out to your recruiter to request any accommodations.