Lead/Senior Technical Recruiter

About the Company

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’ve earned recognition from TechCrunch, CNBC, Bloomberg, Forbes, Business Insider, PYMNTS, American Banker, LendIt, and have been named to the Forbes Fintech 50. We were also the first company to go live with the eCBSV and testified before the United States House of Representatives on the future of identity.

We support a variety of work arrangements, ranging from fully remote to in-office, and operate as a digital-first company with strong collaboration across the U.S. and India. Physical offices are located 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 play a critical role in that growth. In this role, you will 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. You will partner closely with leadership on complex and high-impact searches, including leadership roles.

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 be a trusted advisor to hiring managers, help shape hiring strategy, and provide informal leadership and mentorship to other recruiters and recruiting partners. This is a remote, U.S.-based position. Candidates based in Austin who are able to work regularly from one of our office locations are especially encouraged to apply.

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
• Candidates based in Austin and willing to work regularly from the office are preferred

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

Corporate Values

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