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. We’ve seen tremendous traction and are growing extremely quickly. 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 have also been named a 2026 FICO Industry Vanguard Decision Award Winner . Last but not least, we’ve even made history - we were the first company to go live with the eCBSV and testified before the United States House of Representatives on the future of identity. SentiLink supports a variety of ways to work, ranging from fully remote to in-office. We operate as a digital-first company with strong collaboration across the U.S. and India. We maintain physical offices in Austin, San Francisco, New York City, Seattle (Bellevue), Los Angeles, and Chicago in the U.S., and in Gurugram (Delhi) and Bengaluru in India. If you’re located near one of these offices, we would love for you to spend time in the office regularly. Some roles are hybrid or in-office by design. For example, our engineering team in India works primarily from our Gurugram office. Role: SentiLink is building high-performing teams to tackle some of the most complex problems in identity, risk, and fraud, and 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 also 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 Compensation: $160,000-$200,000/year + equity + benefits Perks: 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! 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