At a glance
- Workplace
- Onsite
- Location
- Austin
About the role
- Sonar is looking for a Senior Recruiter based in San Mateo to lead full-cycle recruitment across both technical, GTM and G&A roles.
- This role will help integrate and scale the Gitar team following our acquisition, and will be our first recruiter in our Bay Area office.
Responsibilities
- Own full-cycle recruitment, from intake to close, for technical roles supporting the integration of the recently acquire company Gitar
- Partner directly with engineering leaders to build hiring strategies aligned to business priorities
- Lead technical hiring for the newly acquired Gitar team, working closely with engineering managers to define role scope, calibrate technical bars, and integrate new hires smoothly
- Act as a hands-on hunter: proactively source and build robust talent pipelines across technical functions, rather than relying solely on inbound applications
- Sell Sonar's mission and opportunity to passive candidates, acting as a trusted advisor and closer throughout the hiring process
- Manage a high volume of concurrent searches across multiple functions and levels while maintaining a high bar for candidate experience and quality of hire
- Identify opportunities to improve or automate recruiting workflows, from sourcing outreach to interview scheduling, so the function scales efficiently as hiring volume grows
Requirements
- Have significant experience as a full-cycle recruiter, with a proven track record recruiting for technical/engineering roles
- Bring deep knowledge of the Bay Area and US talent market to advise stakeholders on compensation benchmarks, market trends, and competitive positioning for both engineering and GTM talent
- Have strong recruiting operations instincts—comfortable owning ATS data integrity, pipeline reporting, and process documentation without needing a dedicated ops function to lean on
- Have proven experience working with global companies and stakeholders across different regions and time zones
- Demonstrate exceptional stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build trust and influence senior leaders, including executives
- Have a strong, proactive sourcing background and the instincts of a hunter—comfortable building pipeline from scratch across disciplines
- Bring strong "selling" skills—able to pitch opportunities compellingly and close passive candidates in competitive markets
- Operate with an owner-operator mindset: self-directed, resourceful, and comfortable driving results with minimal oversight
- Have experience recruiting in fast-paced, high-growth environments, ideally including experience supporting M&A integration or newly acquired teams
- Communicate with exceptional clarity, both written and verbal, across all levels of an organization and across technical and business audiences
Preferred qualifications
- Have prior experience recruiting in the AI, dev tools, or enterprise software space (preferred, not required)
Workplace
- Three anchor days — Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays — create the collaboration rhythm that makes a hub office worth having.
- Candidates need to be genuinely based in the location the role is posted.
- Relocation is supported for the right person if not currently based in the location.
