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I am a seasoned Technical Recruiter with over 10 years of experience in full-cycle recruiting, specializing in delivering exceptional talent for startups and high-growth organizations. My expertise spans technology, life sciences, and healthcare, enabling me to quickly identify and secure top-tier engineering, product, data, and commercial candidates. I pride myself on a flawless offer-to-acceptance rate, achieved through strategic sourcing and expansive pipeline development. I manage over 30 concurrent requisitions while effectively navigating diverse tech stacks, including Java, C++, JavaScript, and various cloud platforms. Additionally, I offer proficiency in Mandarin, allowing for seamless communication in global talent acquisition. If you need a reliable partner to elevate your hiring process and build a high-performing team, let's connect.

I am a Software Development Sourcing Specialist. I have a desire to connect people with companies who need them and strive to deliver the best candidates to our clients. As a specialist, I know exactly what our clients are looking for in a candidate. These clients come from several industries such as biotech, software development, fintech, and gaming. • Vetting and screening candidates to ensure they align with the job description • Working closely with clients to ensure that standards are met • Familiar with a variety of technologies and tech stacks used by engineers throughout the software development field • Utilizes a variety of recruiting tools and resources to find top tech talent • Recruited for roles such as: Senior Software Engineer, Front End Engineer, Back End Engineer, Senior Full Stack Engineer, Senior Data Engineer, Associate Director, UI/UX Designer, Product Manager, Project Manager, Senior SQL Engineer, DevOps Engineer and Product Owner.

SKILLS / QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY • Over nine years of experience in full-cycle recruiting, sales, and leading and contributing to start-up companies. • Since 2011 has contracted in-house at companies including SmartThings, Oracle, Marin Software, Zuora, Nisum Technologies, Wikimedia, Anaplan, Credit Karma, LimeBike, and MyLikes to grow their talent. • Strategic Analytical thinker with strong problem solving skills using innovative and creative sourcing techniques to generate strong pipelines for both technical searches and non-technical searches. • Goal-oriented and hardworking team player: since 2011 successfully recruited over 300 software engineers, QA engineers, product managers, designers, sales people, recruiters, customer success managers, and executives for venture capital backed startups and established companies. WORK EXPERIENCE Venture Capital - Backed Startups, San Francisco, CA January 2011 – Present Full Cycle Contract Recruiter (60% Technical Search and 40% Non-Technical Search) Since 2011 recruited over 300 software engineers, QA engineers, product managers, designers, sales people, recruiters, customer success managers, and executives for VC-backed startups and established companies. o 12 placements at Abacus.ai o 11 placements at Sanguine Biosciences in 2 months o 10 placements at System1 Biosciences o 10 placements at Harness in about 5 months o 18 placements in 4 months at SmartThings o 25 placements at MyLikes including candidates from Google, Stanford, Amazon, UCB, and NASA o 13 placements in 3 months at Zuora o 20 placements at Nisum Technologies o 7 placements at Wikimedia o 8 placements at Credit Karma o 7 placements at LimeBike o 8 placements at Oracle in their Public Cloud Team: the strictest division to recruit talent Used creative sourcing techniques and tools. Sources include but are not limited to: LinkedIn – 20% of hires Stanford and UC Berkeley Alumni Databases and My Network – 20% of hires Sourcing and Recruiting AI Tools (Gem, Mixmax, Resource) – 20% of hires People Aggregator Tools (hireEZ, Lusha, Nymeria, SeekOut, AmazingHiring, SalesQL, ZoomInfo) – 20% of hires Talent Marketplaces (Hired.com, Angel.co, Indeed, ZipRecruiter) – 20% of hires Experienced with various ATS platforms including: Lever, Greenhouse, Jobvite, BambooHR, JobScore, Bullhorn, SmartRecruiters, iCIMS, JazzHR, Workable, Workday, and Taleo.

With over a decade of experience leading full-cycle recruiting across hardware, software, and emerging tech sectors, I bring a strategic and results-driven approach to freelance recruiting. I’ve built and scaled high-performing teams at top companies like Anduril, Rivian, PayPal, and Enovix, delivering on critical roles in engineering, operations, and leadership. Whether it’s placing 145 professionals in under a year, improving DEI hiring rates globally, or launching sourcing initiatives to hit P0 reqs fast, I know how to build pipelines that convert. I specialize in high-touch candidate engagement, strategic sourcing, ATS optimization (Lever, Workday), and aligning hiring workflows with business goals. If you're a startup or scaling team looking for a trusted partner to help you find exceptional talent—fast—I’m ready to jump in. Let’s connect and bring your hiring goals into focus.

💻 300+ Total Worked Hours 💻 ⭐ 100% Positive Feedback ⭐ 💯 100% Job Success 💯 🏆 Top-Rated Plus Talent 🏆 HR Business Partner & Talent Leader | Healthcare | Technology | IT | Infrastructure | Construction | Skilled Trades | Engineering Experienced HR Business Partner and Talent Acquisition leader with a proven track record across both technical and non-technical recruiting in global organizations, including high-growth startups and well-established enterprises. Expertise spans SaaS, infrastructure, and operations, with a strong ability to drive talent strategies that align with business goals. Passionate about the intersection of recruiting, program management, and people strategy—leveraging relationship building and cross-functional collaboration to deliver impactful results at all levels of the organization. Skilled in sourcing, recruiting, developing, and retaining diverse talent while fostering employee engagement and inclusive workplace cultures. Recognized for leading and developing high-performing teams in fast-paced, high-demand environments such as Amazon Web Services and Tesla. Adept at building scalable recruiting programs, enhancing team capabilities through coaching and training, and driving continuous improvement across talent functions. Brings a holistic approach to talent and performance management—ensuring not only successful hiring outcomes, but long-term alignment between employees, organizational culture, and business objectives. Known for combining strategic insight with operational execution to elevate both people and performance.

I'm a US-based senior technical recruiter with 15+ years closing senior engineering, AI/ML, platform, data, product and design hires for tech companies across the US, LATAM and Canada. I run HireIn Cloud as my firm, and I take select individual engagements directly on Upwork when the fit is right. What I focus on - Senior and staff engineering: backend, frontend, mobile, platform, SRE, embedded - AI/ML: LLM/GenAI engineers, ML engineers, MLOps, data scientists, AI product managers - Product, design and tech-adjacent leadership (Heads of, VPs, founding engineers) - Recruiting operations: Greenhouse ownership, pipeline health, screening calibration, JD audits Where I've delivered 1,500+ successful tech hires for clients including Perficient (NASDAQ), Ascendion, SpotOn, Snap Finance and Hexaware in the US, plus LATAM unicorns like Rappi, Clara and BCP. Time-to-offer averages around two weeks brief to signed. Sourcing-to-hire conversion on hard-to-fill profiles has run as high as 4.4% on AI/ML searches. How I work - Quality over quantity, every shortlist with written rationale per candidate - Greenhouse, LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub, Apollo, SeekOut, plus an internal AI matchmaking engine over 40,000+ vetted tech profiles - Tight stakeholder communication on Slack, email or your preferred cadence - I adapt to your ATS, scorecards and intake workflows from day one Services I offer - Direct hire / Pay-Per-Hire (success-based) - RPO / Embedded recruiter on demand (Recruiting Coordinator, Sourcer, Lead Recruiter) - Staff augmentation and dedicated recruiting pods - Recruiting ops consulting (Greenhouse setup, pipeline audits, screening redesign) Coverage - US: Pacific through Eastern (primary) - Canada - All of LATAM (Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Uruguay and beyond) - European mornings on request Languages - English (fluent) - Spanish (native) Note: I don't typically take engagements under 10 hours per week. #WeBuildYouScale