Senior Recruiter, R&D

Temporal is looking for a collaborative and motivated Senior Recruiter to join their team. You’ll be stepping into a high-impact position during a pivotal stage of their growth, with direct visibility across executive leadership, hiring managers, and key business initiatives. In this role, you will play a key role in identifying and attracting exceptional talent across engineering, go-to-market, and general operations functions.

Responsibilities

• Support hiring across R&D functions, including engineering and technical roles, sourcing and closing senior/staff+ technical talent in partnership with hiring managers.
• Partner closely with hiring managers and teams to understand hiring needs and priorities across departments.
• Own full-cycle recruiting from sourcing through offer negotiation and closing in a fast-paced and competitive talent market.
• Source high-quality, diverse talent through creative outreach, networking, and tools like HireEZ, and open-source communities.
• Manage and optimize recruiting workflows using Ashby to ensure a smooth, data-informed hiring process.
• Provide a world-class candidate experience that reflects Temporal’s values.
• Proactively identify and remove process bottlenecks, ensuring velocity without compromising quality.
• Support onboarding transitions in collaboration with People Operations.

Requirements

• 5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience and deep technical fluency, ideally with exposure to specialized technical markets.
• Proven success in a fast-paced environment at a high-growth startup or infrastructure/dev-tool company.
• Demonstrated ability to source passive candidates and engage technical talent communities.
• Strong working knowledge of ATS and Sourcing platforms.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; comfortable interfacing with senior leadership.
• Meticulous attention to detail and organizational skills, able to juggle multiple searches without dropping the ball.
• Collaborative mindset with a passion for building diverse, values-aligned teams.
• A strong sense of urgency balanced with thoughtfulness and care in decision-making.

Nice to Have

• Familiarity with open-source communities or experience supporting developer-centric products.

Compensation

• The estimated pay range for this role is $108,000 - $178,500.
• Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in Temporal’s equity plan.

Benefits

• Unlimited PTO, 12 Holidays + 2 Floating Holidays.
• 100% Premiums Coverage for Medical, Dental, and Vision.
• AD&D, LT & ST Disability, and Life Insurance.
• Empower 401K Plan.
• Additional Perks for Learning & Development, Lifestyle Spending, Home Office Setup, Professional Memberships, WFH Meals, Internet Stipend and more!