Sr. Executive Research Recruiter, Principal Engineer Recruiting

Global technology company leading in e-commerce, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence
$110,000 - $212,600
Backend
Principal Software Engineer
In-Person
5,000+ Employees
4+ years of experience
Enterprise SaaS

Description For Sr. Executive Research Recruiter, Principal Engineer Recruiting

The Principal Engineer (PE) Recruiting Team at Amazon is seeking a Senior Executive Research Recruiter to join their Executive Staffing Organization. This role is crucial in hiring Principal, Senior Principal, and Distinguished Engineers – Amazon's most senior technical contributors. The position offers a unique opportunity to work across all of Amazon's businesses and impact senior leadership teams.

The ideal candidate will be responsible for executing Principal Engineer searches, managing relationships with senior executives, and creating robust hiring strategies. They will need to demonstrate exceptional research acumen, creativity, and the ability to quickly learn new technical domains. The role requires superb communication skills to engage with senior executives and the ability to work on confidential searches.

Key aspects of the role include developing multi-channel search strategies, providing strategic guidance to executive leadership, conducting technology recruiting and talent mapping, and building extensive talent networks. The position offers competitive compensation ranging from $110,000 to $212,600 per year, based on geographic location, plus additional benefits including equity, sign-on payments, and comprehensive medical and financial benefits.

The PE Research Team's mission is to identify, build relationships with, and hire the world's best Principal Engineers. They operate on principles that emphasize thorough research, diverse candidate pipelines, and long-term relationship building. The team values proactive communication, innovative approaches to problem-solving, and the ability to adapt strategies when needed.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced recruiter who is passionate about technical talent acquisition and wants to make a significant impact on Amazon's engineering leadership. The role offers the chance to work with cutting-edge technology teams while building and maintaining relationships with some of the industry's top technical talent.

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Responsibilities For Sr. Executive Research Recruiter, Principal Engineer Recruiting

  • Developing robust, multi-channel search strategies for world-class technical contributors
  • Acting as talent adviser to Technical and Business Leaders across Amazon
  • Communicating status and progress on open searches
  • Providing strategic guidance to executive leadership
  • Conducting technology recruiting and talent mapping
  • Developing prospects into candidates and performing assessments
  • Building talent networks in technology sectors
  • Conducting phone interviews and preparing candidates for on-site interviews
  • Coaching leaders on talent acquisition capabilities

Requirements For Sr. Executive Research Recruiter, Principal Engineer Recruiting

  • 4+ years of progressive corporate and/or search firm recruiting experience
  • Focus on passive engineering candidate generation in a high tech market
  • 2+ years of experience advising and influencing executive leadership
  • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience
  • Excellent judgment
  • Strategic thinking with tactical execution capabilities
  • Superior client service skills

Benefits For Sr. Executive Research Recruiter, Principal Engineer Recruiting

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401k
Equity
  • Medical benefits
  • Financial benefits
  • Total compensation package including equity
  • Sign-on payments
  • Comprehensive employee benefits

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