Technical Recruiter (Contract)

About Kastle

Kastle is building the AI employee for banks. We work with some of America's financial institutions, helping them scale their contact center and compliance operations using autonomous AI Agents that process payments, originate loans, and help customers get a world class experience during the biggest financial decisions of their lives. We've processed over $2 billion in transactions and are backed by Insight Partners and Y Combinator.

We just raised a $24M Series A and are growing fast!

About the role

We are seeking a highly skilled, results-driven Technical Contract Recruiter to identify, attract, evaluate, and place top technical talent. The ideal candidate has a strong background in full-cycle technical recruiting, candidate sourcing, relationship management, and navigating fast-paced hiring environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Full-Cycle Recruiting: Manage the end-to-end recruiting process, from intake meetings and sourcing through screening, interview coordination, offer negotiation, and placement.
• Technical Talent Sourcing: Proactively identify and engage qualified candidates using LinkedIn Recruiter, applicant tracking systems (ATS), job boards, referrals, professional networks, and other sourcing tools.
• Technical Recruiting Expertise: Recruit for a variety of technical positions, including Software Engineers, Machine Learning Engineers, Forward Deployed Engineers and more.
• Candidate Assessment: Conduct thorough phone and video screenings to evaluate technical experience, relevant skills, communication abilities, employment history, compensation expectations, and overall fit.
• Hiring Manager Partnership: Collaborate with hiring managers and account teams to define job requirements, establish candidate profiles, prioritize requisitions, and provide regular pipeline updates.
• Pipeline Management: Build and maintain strong candidate pipelines, develop talent pools for recurring roles, and maintain consistent engagement with active and prospective candidates.
• Interview Coordination: Facilitate interview scheduling, prepare candidates, collect feedback, and maintain communication throughout the selection process.
• Offer Management and Closing: Present opportunities effectively, address candidate concerns, negotiate within approved compensation parameters, and secure candidate commitments.
• Recruiting Metrics: Track submissions, interviews, placements, time-to-fill, candidate conversion rates, and other key performance indicators.
• Market Intelligence: Stay informed about technical skill demand, candidate availability, compensation trends, and competitive hiring practices.

Required Qualifications

• 3+ years of technical recruiting experience at well established tech company or start up
• Demonstrated success sourcing, screening, and placing technical professionals in contract or project-based positions.
• Proven experience with LinkedIn Recruiter, applicant tracking systems, candidate databases, and online sourcing platforms.
• Excellent candidate assessment, interviewing, communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to manage multiple open requisitions and changing priorities in a deadline-driven environment.
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and follow-through.
• Ability to build trust with candidates and our Founders
• Experience maintaining recruiting activity, candidate pipelines, and performance metrics.