Principal Technical Recruiter

Job highlights

• Partner with Engineering Leadership: You ll work shoulder-to-shoulder with our founders and senior engineering leaders,not only to hire but to influence role design,bar-setting,and long-term team structure

About Hevo:

At Hevo Data , we re building the future of data infrastructure for AI. Over 2,000 companies across 40+ countries trust Hevo to power their analytics. As a deep tech company, our engineering team solves some of the hardest problems in data integration, scale, and reliability. We re looking for a Principal Recruiter who goes beyond keyword matching. We want someone who can understand the technology, assess candidates based on their past technical projects/work, and match them to the role we re hiring for .

If you can speak the language of engineers and help us identify the very best, let s talk.

Job Responsibilities:

• Partner with engineering leaders to understand what a great candidate for that role looks like in each technical role (SDE-4, Staff Engineer, Principal Engineer).
• Evaluate candidate fitment by reviewing their past work, technical contributions, and problem-solving approaches.
• Conduct structured technical conversations to pre-assess candidates before formal interviews.
• Build and nurture long-term pipelines of deep-tech engineers in Backend, Frontend, DevOps, and Data Infra.
• Apply a systematic approach to target, network and engage with passive talent pools .
• Deliver an engaging candidate experience and be the brand ambassador for Hevo in this community of users.

Desired Candidate Profile:

• 10+ years of technical recruiting experience with a focus on senior engineering roles.
• Ability to understand engineering depth you don t need to code, but you should be able to evaluate whether a backend engineer has built for scale, or if a DevOps engineer has automated infra at complexity.
• Track record of closing Staff/Principal-level hires at product or deep-tech companies.
• Ability to assess candidates beyond resumes by understanding their technical impact and role fit.
• Excellent storytelling skills to articulate Hevo s vision to top engineers.
• Passion for technology and curiosity to dive into systems design, distributed infra, and cutting-edge data problems.

Why Join Us

• Build the Force that Builds the Future of Data: At Hevo, we re solving one of the hardest problems in data: building a reliable, scalable backbone for modern analytics. Your role is to assemble the team that makes this possible.
• Solve Hard Talent Problems: We re hiring SDE-4 to Principal Engineers in domains where top talent is scarce. You ll lead the challenge of finding and convincing these engineers to join a fast-rising deep-tech product company.
• Partner with Engineering Leadership: You ll work shoulder-to-shoulder with our founders and senior engineering leaders, not only to hire but to influence role design, bar-setting, and long-term team structure.
• Build a Talent Brand in the Data Space: Hevo is competing with companies globally. You ll play a key role in building Hevo s reputation among senior engineers through outreach, positioning, and community presence.
• Mentor TA Function: Coach and develop junior recruiters, embedding technical fluency and systematic hiring practices that will scale with Hevo.