Technical Recruiter - Early Talent

Role Summary

Twenty is hiring a Technical Recruiter to build, run, and own our early career recruiting engine. This includes campus strategy, relationships, events, and a repeatable process that converts top students and new grads into hires. The Technical Recruiter will also run full life cycle recruiting for Software Engineering roles with a sourcing-first mindset and a high bar for signal, speed, and candidate experience.

Who You Are

• You have a sourcing-first mindset: you don’t wait for inbound, and you’re great at hunting technical talent and turning cold outreach into real pipelines.
• You use AI and lightweight automation to scale yourself and reduce manual handoffs.
• You communicate crisply and move with urgency, candidates and stakeholders always know what’s next.
• You have strong judgment on technical signal and can calibrate with engineers quickly.
• You build from scratch and thrive in startup ambiguity, turning loose inputs into simple playbooks, templates, and repeatable motions.
• You are process driven and stay organized under pressure across multiple reqs, events, and stakeholders.

What You’ll Do

• Own full-cycle recruiting for Software Engineering roles across levels, from intake through close.
• Own early career recruiting end-to-end: school strategy, season planning, event cadence, and conversion goals.
• Build relationships with target colleges and student orgs to create durable pipelines.
• Plan and run events (info sessions, career fairs, tech talks), including follow-up and conversion tracking.
• Sources across outbound, referrals, networks, communities, and targeted lists for priority roles.
• Partner with engineering leaders to define roles, hiring strategy, scorecards, and interview processes that select for real signal.
• Keep pipelines moving: stage hygiene, fast feedback loops, clear debriefs, and no stalled decisions.
• Track funnel health (response rates, pass-through, time-to-fill, event ROI) and iterate.
• Improve recruiting assets: outreach, candidate prep, and closing materials.
• Apply AI-mindset and tools to augment sourcing and processes with strong judgment.

Must Have

• You have 3+ years of recruiting experience, including technical recruiting.
• You’ve owned sourcing-heavy pipelines and can consistently generate qualified candidates via outbound.
• You’ve built or run early career and/or campus recruiting motions (schools, events, student pipelines).
• You’ve run full-cycle recruiting: intake through offer and close.
• You communicate clearly and can manage stakeholders with urgency.
• You’re metrics-driven and use funnel data to improve outcomes.
• You execute with precision: clean ATS hygiene, reliable follow-ups, tight process SLAs.
• You are comfortable working in-office in Arlington, VA.

Nice To Have

• Experience recruiting for high-caliber engineering teams in competitive markets.
• Strong campus network and career center / student org partnerships.
• Experience running internship or new grad pipelines across multiple teams.
• Familiarity with structured interviewing, scorecards, and calibration.
• Experience scaling sourcing and outreach with AI.

Tech Environment (You Might Work With)

• Ashby (ATS, workflows, reporting)
• Sourcing tools (e.g., LinkedIn Recruiter, Juicebox)

Benefits

• Health. Medical, dental, and vision plan options. Life / AD&D, disability coverage options.
• Family. Paid parental leave for eligible full-time employees. 12 weeks for birthing parents, 4 for non-birthing parents, 6 weeks for adoptive, foster, or intended parents through surrogacy.
• Vacation. Paid holidays and flexible PTO. Take what you need.
• Retirement. 401(k) with pre-tax and Roth options. HSA/FSA options, dependent care FSA.
• At the office. Commuter benefits. On-site garage parking. Bike storage. Building fitness center. Desk setup stipend.

Qualifications

• You have a degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• You have experience in a technical recruiting role.
• You have experience building and managing early career and campus recruiting pipelines.
• You have experience running full-cycle recruiting for software engineering roles.
• You have experience using AI and lightweight automation to scale yourself and reduce manual handoffs.
• You have experience communicating clearly and managing stakeholders with urgency.
• You have experience using metrics to improve outcomes and track funnel health.
• You have experience executing with precision and staying organized under pressure.
• You are comfortable working in-office in Arlington, VA.

Skills

• Sourcing-first mindset
• Use of AI and lightweight automation
• Crisp communication
• Strong judgment on technical signal
• Process-driven approach
• Metrics-driven and data-informed decision-making
• Precision and attention to detail
• Comfortable working in-office in Arlington, VA

Pay

Compensation is commensurate with experience.

Schedule

The schedule is flexible to accommodate the needs of the candidate and the company.