Recruiter, R&D

GitLab is seeking a Technical Recruiter to help build the engineering and product teams behind its DevSecOps platform.

As a Technical Recruiter, you'll partner with leaders across Engineering, Product, Security, and UX and own searches from intake through close. You'll build inclusive pipelines and use data and market insight to guide hiring decisions, while growing into a trusted talent advisor.

Responsibilities:

• Manage full-cycle searches for roles such as Backend and Frontend Engineers, Site Reliability Engineers, Security Engineers, Data Engineers, Engineering Managers, and Product Managers
• Lead intake and kickoff conversations to align hiring teams on role scope, technical requirements, team context, interview plans, and timelines
• Partner with hiring teams on structured, equitable technical interviews with clear competencies and actionable feedback
• Use talent-market research, compensation benchmarks, funnel metrics, and candidate feedback to shape search strategy and address hiring issues
• Assess technical candidates on depth of experience, scope and impact of past work, problem-solving, and open source or community contributions
• Build research-based, diversity-focused sourcing plans that balance applicants, passive talent, referrals, internal talent, and targeted outreach
• Deliver a thoughtful candidate experience through disciplined pipeline management, proactive communication, and timely feedback

Requirements:

• Intermediate-level recruiting experience
• Technical recruiting experience, or a strong interest in learning engineering and product disciplines
• Developing advisor skills: building stakeholder trust, influencing without authority, and managing hiring team expectations
• Experience building proactive, diversity-focused sourcing strategies and balanced pipelines
• A data-informed approach that turns funnel insights into practical actions
• Strong organization across multiple requisitions and clear written and verbal communication
• Experience with an applicant tracking system and recruiting tools such as Greenhouse, LinkedIn Recruiter, LinkedIn Insights, SeekOut

Benefits:

• Benefits to support health, finances, and well-being
• Flexible Paid Time Off
• Team Member Resource Groups
• Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Growth and Development Fund
• Parental Leave