Lead Technical Recruiter - 90410602 - Washington DC / Philadelphia / Wilmington / Chicago / New York

About the role

The Lead Technical Recruiter is responsible for sourcing, attracting, and hiring top technical talent to support Corporate Functions with a strong emphasis on Digital Technology roles in management and non-agreement. This role involves developing and executing targeted sourcing strategies for a wide range of technical positions—from early-career to executive-level roles.

Responsibilities

• Manage all phases of recruiting for complex technical roles (e.g., software engineering, cybersecurity, cloud, data science, enterprise architecture).
• Conduct in-depth technical screens or coordinate qualified technical interviews.
• Guide hiring teams on interview best practices, competency-based assessments, and bias mitigation.
• Deliver an outstanding candidate experience from first contact through onboarding.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to technical leaders and HR partners.
• Facilitate intake sessions and job calibration meetings.
• Develop and execute effective sourcing strategies.
• Screen and evaluate candidates for technical competencies, experience, and cultural fit through resume review, phone screens and structured interview processes.
• Drive alignment, challenge assumptions, and provide data-backed recommendations.
• Mediate candidate debriefs and ensure consistent decision-making.
• Improve recruiting workflows, SLAs, and hiring velocity.
• Drive recruitment outcomes by managing assigned requisitions to meet or exceed established performance metrics including time-to-fill, monthly hires, quality of hire, and candidate and hiring manager satisfaction.
• Maintain data quality and compliance in ATS/CRM platforms.
• Standardize interview structures, scorecards, and selection criteria.
• Develop competitive, compliant offers; effectively manage the end-to-end competitive offer process, including candidate positioning and engagement through the recruitment lifecycle, to successfully secure talent while maintaining negotiation posture, fiscal responsibility and internal equity, particularly in high-demand technical markets.
• Partner with compensation teams to align offers with internal equity and market data. Provide guidance to candidates on role expectations, career growth, and culture.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of training, education and relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• 6+ years of full-cycle recruiting with 4+ years focused on technical roles in high-growth or enterprise environments.
• Demonstrated success filling senior and niche technical roles (e.g., Staff/Principal Engineers, Cloud/SRE, Security, Data/AI, Architecture).
• Expertise with ATS/CRM systems.
• Strong command of structured interviews, competency modeling, and bias mitigation.
• Data fluency: ability to build and interpret recruiting dashboards, forecast pipelines, and advise leaders using evidence.
• Exceptional stakeholder management, negotiation, and closing skills.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of full-cycle technical recruiting practices, including sourcing, screening, interviewing, offer creation and negotiation.
• Knowledge of IT and technology roles, skill sets and terminology (e.g. software engineering, cloud platforms, cybersecurity, data, product, infrastructure).
• Knowledge of applicant tracking systems (ATS), candidate relationship management (CRM) tools and recruiting analytics.
• Knowledge of employment laws, compliance requirements and hiring practices.
• Advance sourcing skills using applicant tracking systems (ATS), LinkedIn Recruiter, professional social platforms, Boolean search techniques, referrals, and pipeline management.
• Ability to lead and prioritize multiple technical recruiting workflows simultaneously while meeting established performance metrics.
• Ability to influence and advise hiring managers on talent availability, realistic requirements, and hiring timelines.

Skills

• Knowledge of IT and technology roles, skill sets and terminology (e.g. software engineering, cloud platforms, cybersecurity, data, product, infrastructure).
• Knowledge of applicant tracking systems (ATS), candidate relationship management (CRM) tools and recruiting analytics.
• Knowledge of employment laws, compliance requirements and hiring practices.
• Advance sourcing skills using applicant tracking systems (ATS), LinkedIn Recruiter, professional social platforms, Boolean search techniques, referrals, and pipeline management.
• Ability to lead and prioritize multiple technical recruiting workflows simultaneously while meeting established performance metrics.
• Ability to influence and advise hiring managers on talent availability, realistic requirements, and hiring timelines.

Benefits

The salary/hourly range is $94,300.00 – $122,256.00. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, etc. Depending on an employee’s assigned worksite or location, Amtrak may consider a geo-pay differential to be applied to the employee’s base salary. Amtrak may offer additional incentive and pay programs to recognize and reward our employees, including a short-term incentive bonus based upon factors such as individual and company performance that is commensurate with the level of the position.

Pay

The salary/hourly range is $94,300.00 – $122,256.00. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, etc. Depending on an employee’s assigned worksite or location, Amtrak may consider a geo-pay differential to be applied to the employee’s base salary. Amtrak may offer additional incentive and pay programs to recognize and reward our employees, including a short-term incentive bonus based upon factors such as individual and company performance that is commensurate with the level of the position.

Schedule

06-Onsite 4/5 Days

Benefits

• Health and Wellbeing Financial and Retirement Work and Family Life Support
• Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• 401K with Employer Match
• Generous Paid Time Off
• Wellness Programs
• Railroad Retirement Benefits
• Paid Caregiving Days and Backup Care
• Health Savings Account
• Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness
• Fertility and Family Building Benefits
• No-cost Personal Health Advocate
• Student Loan Assistance
• Adoption and Surrogacy Assistance
• Medical Plan Opt-out Credit
• Tuition and Education Reimbursement
• Paid Family Leave
• Life Insurance
• Rail Pass Privileges
• Short- and Long-term Disability Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• No-cost Financial Advisor Sessions
• Commuter and Flexible Spending Accounts

Contact Information

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Requisition ID

166526

Work Arrangement

06-Onsite 4/5 Days

Application Instructions

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Relocation Offered

No

Travel Requirements

Up to 25%