Talent Acquisition Lead

Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, Right Balance provides top-tier technology talent for innovative companies in the US. We’re in the top 50 companies to watch in LA.

Client Engagement Details

The Talent Acquisition Lead will oversee the recruitment efforts to attract, engage, and hire top talent for our growing technology team. You will collaborate closely with hiring managers, lead a small team of recruiters, and develop innovative sourcing strategies to build a robust talent pipeline. This role requires a proactive leader who can navigate the fast-paced world of technology recruitment and ensure we bring in the best talent for our clients.

What’s in it for you?

1. Learn and evolve your skills using the latest and greatest technology tools in a rapidly growing company.
2. Learn from the best people around you. We constantly challenge the status quo and invent new ways of providing the best talent for our clients.
3. 100% remote. Work anywhere, whether it is remotely in the comfort of your home, in a shared co-working space, in an RV on the beach, or while being a nomad in another country.
4. Work on challenging problems, innovate, and positively impact many people's lives while having fun doing it.

Required Qualifications

• Upper Intermediate to Advanced spoken and written English. Able to have a real-time conversation.
• 5+ years of full-time hands-on hiring software engineers.
• 3+ years of full-time hands-on experience directly leading or managing a team of recruiters.
• 2+ years of full-time hands-on experience working in the Agency model, placing candidates for Clients.
• Ability to work in the US time zone.
• Deep familiarity with different developer profiles (front end vs backend, senior vs mid-level, team lead vs individual contributor, Python API developer vs Python Data Engineer, etc).
• Experience calibrating the hiring profile directly with clients.
• Proven track record of filling technology roles with the right people extremely quickly.

Nice to Haves

• Experience hiring for US-based startups.
• Growth stage startup experience.
• Experience working in a software development firm.
• Bachelor’s degree in business or related field.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are your typical clients?

The majority of our clients are venture-backed startups at the growth stage. Usually, at this stage, the company already achieved a product-market fit and is looking to expand rapidly. That’s where we bring the best engineering practices, strong architecture, the latest technologies, and consistent processes to help companies scale.

What is the length of your engagements?

Most of our long-term full-time engagements last multiple years. It allows you to evolve your career with the client company taking on more responsibilities.

What’s your company size?

The Right Balance team is 60+ engineers going to 100+ by the end of the year. The internal hiring team consists of 2 recruiters and 1 hiring consultant. The timing is great to be a part of a rapidly growing team making meaningful contributions.

What are your core values?

• Client First: we only win when our clients win. We treat client challenges as our own.
• Ownership: we embrace responsibility, taking on challenges, getting them to completion, and enjoying getting things done.
• Quality: we’re passionate about achieving quality outcomes by applying meticulous attention to detail.