Lead/Senior Technical Recruiter

SentiLink provides innovative identity and risk solutions, empowering institutions and individuals to transact with confidence. We’re building the future of identity verification in the United States, replacing a clunky, ineffective, and expensive status quo with solutions that are 10x faster, smarter, and more accurate. Our real-time APIs have helped verify hundreds of millions of identities, starting with financial services and rapidly expanding into new markets. SentiLink is backed by world-class investors including Craft Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, NYCA, and Max Levchin. We support a variety of ways to work, ranging from fully remote to in-office, with physical offices in Austin, San Francisco, New York City, Seattle (Bellevue), Los Angeles, Chicago, Gurugram (Delhi), and Bengaluru.

About the role

SentiLink is building high-performing teams to tackle some of the most complex problems in identity, risk, and fraud. We are looking for a Lead/Senior Technical Recruiter to own full-cycle recruiting for technical roles across Engineering and Data Science, while remaining flexible to support business and go-to-market hiring as company priorities evolve. This is a highly collaborative role for a recruiter who brings strong talent-market expertise, sound judgment, and a willingness to operate as a fungible recruiting partner across the organization. You will partner closely with leadership on complex and high-impact searches, including leadership roles, and serve as a trusted advisor to hiring managers. This is a remote, U.S.-based position, with preference for candidates based in Austin who can work regularly from one of our office locations.

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle recruiting across technical, business, and GTM functions, from individual contributor through leadership level roles
• Partner with hiring managers and senior leaders on role definition, leveling, talent-market strategy, candidate evaluation, and hiring decisions
• Lead sourcing strategies and build high-quality pipelines for specialized and competitive talent markets
• Manage complex and high-priority searches, proactively identifying risks and driving alignment across stakeholders
• Use a data-driven approach to recruiting strategy, leveraging funnel metrics to prioritize work, improve conversion rates, and drive hiring outcomes
• Deliver structured, consistent, and high-quality interview and candidate experiences
• Maintain strong operational rigor across the ATS and recruiting workflows
• Improve recruiting processes, tools, and practices to increase efficiency, consistency, and scale
• Provide informal team leadership through mentorship, calibration, and knowledge sharing

Requirements

• 7+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, including significant technical recruiting experience in a technology company or high-growth startup
• Experience recruiting across Engineering, Data Science, and/or Product, as well as business or GTM functions
• Demonstrated success recruiting both technical individual contributors and people leaders, including Manager- and Director-level candidates
• Proven ability to influence hiring managers and senior leaders through market insight, sound judgment, and clear communication
• Strong sourcing, pipeline development, candidate assessment, and closing skills
• Data-driven approach to recruiting, including experience using funnel metrics to improve hiring outcomes
• Experience mentoring, coaching, or informally leading other recruiters or sourcers
• Strong stakeholder management, prioritization, and operational discipline; experience with Ashby is preferred
• Commitment to inclusive hiring practices, confidentiality, and values-aligned teams
• Willingness to travel approximately six times per year for company meetups, off-sites, and relevant events
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S. and reside within the country
• Preference for candidates based in Austin and willing to work regularly from the office

Pay

$160,000-$200,000/year + equity + benefits

Benefits

• Employer-paid group health insurance for you and your dependents
• 401(k) plan with employer match (or equivalent for non-US-based roles)
• Flexible paid time off
• Regular company-wide in-person events
• Home office stipend, and more

Corporate Values

• Follow Through
• Deep Understanding
• Whatever It Takes
• Do Something Smart