Talent Engineer

People Culture Talent

Talent Engineer leading full-cycle technical recruiting for PCT’s startup clients. Designing hiring strategies, sourcing exceptional candidates, and optimizing recruiting with AI tools.

Posted 8/14/2026contractRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in full-cycle technical recruiting, including sourcing, screening, and client strategy, while leveraging AI tools for enhanced workflow efficiency. Proven ability to build strong client relationships and guide hiring processes effectively.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Full-Cycle Technical RecruitingClient Relationship ManagementAI Tools UtilizationInterview Process DesignCreative Sourcing Strategies

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Hard Skills

SourcingScreeningJob-Description WritingInterview DesignData AnalysisPattern RecognitionWorkflow ImprovementRecruiting Outcomes Management

Soft Skills

Creative Problem-SolvingClear CommunicationTrust BuildingAutonomous Operation

Tools & Technologies

ClaudeAshbyGemJuiceboxPin

Industry Keywords

Technical TalentHiring TrendsRecruiting WorkflowsClient StrategyInterview Processes

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the client relationship from start to finish as the face of PCT for assigned accounts
Collaborate with founders and leaders to design strategic hiring plans
Guide founders and first-time hiring managers in building high-signal interview processes
Coach interview teams to execute interview processes effectively
Provide compensation, talent availability, and hiring-trend market intelligence to clients
Run full-cycle searches across Engineering and adjacent technical functions, including Product, Design, Data, and Security
Source, identify, screen, assess, and close hard-to-find technical talent
Build pipelines beyond inbound and referrals through creative sourcing strategies
Develop tools, prompts, sequences, and automations to improve recruiting workflows
Use AI tools for research synthesis, outreach drafting, and pipeline analysis
Conduct structured A/B tests on outreach messaging, sourcing channels, and process design
Share workflow and process innovations across PCT
Track pipeline health, pass-through rates, and search progress to drive client decisions
Apply data and experience-based pattern recognition to recruiting decisions

Requirements

What you’ll need

Senior, principal-level individual contributor profile
Track record independently managing full-cycle technical searches
Ability to quickly earn the trust of CTOs or VPs of Engineering
Ownership of recruiting outcomes, not only activities
Experience across sourcing, screening, client strategy, job-description writing, and interview design
Experience building or significantly improving a workflow, tool, or process
Daily use of Claude or comparable AI tools for research, drafting, and analysis
Genuine interest in agentic and API-driven recruiting tools
Creative problem-solving and willingness to test alternative sourcing solutions
Ability to distinguish strong candidates from exceptional candidates and push back on clients when necessary
Clear, independent communication with founders, hiring managers, interview teams, and candidates
Ability to manage multiple client relationships and searches simultaneously
Ability to operate autonomously and manage one's own schedule
Experience with Ashby, Gem, Juicebox, Pin, Claude, or comparable AI-native recruiting tools
Availability for an average of 4–5 hours of daily overlap within the 9–6pm PT timezone

Benefits

Comp & perks

Contract-to-hire position with strong potential for permanent conversion based on performance and business needs
Competitive compensation
Placement-based bonuses
Fully remote work arrangement
4–5 hours of daily overlap within the 9–6pm PT timezone