# Lead Technical Recruiter at Orkes

> Own full-cycle technical and go-to-market recruiting, sourcing senior engineers and partnering with hiring managers to build teams.

- Company: Orkes (orkes.io)
- Location: Santa Clara, CA
- Places: Santa Clara, United States
- Posted: 2026-08-19
- Level: Lead
- Team: Engineering & GTM Recruiting
- Reports to: HR Manager
- Work mode: On site
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/orkes/jobs/5396233008
- Page: https://ye.saranatour.dev/jobs/lead-technical-recruiter-orkes-kn7fk28mf65tv0xnv8mk5hv6r18hhx8a

## The posting

Lead Technical Recruiter
Orkes · Santa Clara, CA

## **Lead Technical Recruiter, Engineering & GTM**

**Location:** Santa Clara, CA **(3-5 days/week onsite)**

## **About Orkes**

Orkes is building the modern workflow orchestration platform for distributed applications, helping engineering teams simplify complex systems, automate workflows, and build reliable cloud-native applications at scale. Built on the open-source Conductor project, we're growing rapidly and scaling a world-class engineering organization alongside our go-to-market teams.

We're looking for an experienced **Lead Technical Recruiter** to help us attract exceptional technical and commercial talent during our next stage of growth.

## **The Opportunity**

As our Lead Technical Recruiter, you'll partner closely with our HR Manager and executive leadership to build the teams that will shape the future of Orkes.

This is a highly strategic, hands-on recruiting role. You'll own full-cycle recruiting for technical and go-to-market hiring while helping establish scalable recruiting practices for a fast-growing startup.

We're looking for someone who loves sourcing difficult-to-find talent, understands competitive hiring markets, and enjoys partnering directly with hiring managers to build exceptional teams.

## **What You'll Do**

### **Own Technical Recruiting**

- Lead full-cycle recruiting for Software Engineering, Platform Engineering, Cloud Infrastructure, Solutions Engineering, Product, and Technical Leadership roles
- Recruit senior-level individual contributors, including Senior, Staff, and Principal Engineers
- Build pipelines for difficult-to-fill technical positions through proactive sourcing and networking

### **Support GTM Hiring**

- Recruit for strategic Go-to-Market positions including:

### **Build Talent Pipelines**

- Develop proactive sourcing strategies rather than relying solely on inbound applicants
- Build relationships with passive candidates across engineering and enterprise software communities
- Maintain healthy talent pipelines for future hiring needs

### **Partner with Hiring Leaders**

- Advise hiring managers on market trends, compensation, and candidate availability
- Run effective intake meetings and develop recruiting strategies for each search
- Drive interview processes and deliver an exceptional candidate experience

### **Improve Recruiting Operations**

- Manage candidate pipelines and ATS workflows
- Continuously improve recruiting processes, reporting, and hiring efficiency
- Partner with agencies when needed while prioritizing internally sourced talent
- Help establish scalable recruiting best practices as the company grows

## **What We're Looking For**

- 6+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience
- Experience recruiting for venture-backed startups or high-growth SaaS companies
- Proven success hiring Software Engineers, Platform Engineers, Infrastructure Engineers, and Engineering Leaders
- Experience recruiting Go-to-Market talent, including Enterprise Account Executives and technical customer-facing roles
- Strong sourcing expertise using LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub, referrals, networking, and creative outbound strategies
- Experience hiring senior technical talent including Staff and Principal Engineers
- Excellent stakeholder management and hiring manager partnership skills
- Strong understanding of today's technical hiring landscape

## **Preferred Qualifications**

- Experience recruiting in cloud infrastructur