Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Samsara is a pioneer of the Connected Operations™ Cloud, helping organizations improve their physical operations through IoT data. The Senior Technical Recruiter will focus on scaling R&D teams, ensuring a high-quality hiring process, and delivering an exceptional candidate experience while collaborating with senior stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Execute Full-Cycle Recruiting: Lead the end-to-end hiring process for R&D IC and leadership roles, ensuring outstanding execution from first touch to close
- Act as a Strategic Partner: Work backwards from the needs of senior stakeholders, gaining a deep understanding of their business to influence who and how you recruit
- Drive Proactive Talent Strategy: Build high-caliber pipelines through market mapping and long-range engagement programs, even when no active roles are open
- Employ Creative Sourcing: Move beyond traditional methods by mapping talent networks and using direct outreach to engage top-tier candidates who aren't on the open market
- Optimize Hiring Processes: Proactively identify and resolve friction points to simplify the hiring journey and bring structure to ambiguous searches
- Collaborate as One Team: Support a "team-first" culture that rejects rigid candidate ownership rules in favor of collective success and honest feedback
- Apply Innovation: Utilize AI and modern tools thoughtfully to work smarter, move fast without cutting corners, and maintain a relentless focus on quality
Skills
- 5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, including ownership of high-bar roles with hard-to-close profiles across multiple disciplines
- Proven track record of successfully hiring for technical roles, such as Product Managers, Engineers, and Product Designers
- Demonstrated success running searches for senior stakeholders (Director level and above), with an emphasis on trust, rigor, and influence
- A 'Talent Partner' mindset—you contribute insights, talent data, and structure that raise the bar beyond filling roles
- Experience hiring for technical roles in innovative and high-bar companies
- Proven ability to build effective outbound and passive talent strategies in constrained markets - especially where the 'easy path' doesn't work
- Strong track record of navigating complex hiring scenarios, including pushback, ambiguity, and process risk, while keeping a long-term focus on hiring quality
- Excellent communicator who aligns stakeholders, mitigates surprises, and delivers crisp execution
- Experience leveraging AI tools thoughtfully and intentionally to drive more thorough, effective, and efficient recruiting - without compromising candidate quality or experience
Benefits
- This role is also eligible for an initial RSU grant with no vesting cliff, and ongoing refresh opportunities tied to performance, subject to plan terms and conditions.
- Performance-based bonus/variable pay
- Equity (for eligible roles) in a high-growth public company
- A flexible, employee-led remote model
- A professional development stipend
- Comprehensive health and parental leave plans
- Flexible working model that caters to the diverse needs of our teams
- Offices are open for those who prefer to work in-person and we also support remote work where it aligns with our operational requirements
Company Overview
Samsara is digitizing the world of physical operations. It was founded in 2015, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is http://www.samsara.com.