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# Senior Technical Recruiter - Software Engineering

- **Company:** 1X, LLC
- **Location:** San Carlos, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Applicant Tracking Systems, Cloud Computing, Distributed Systems, Embedded Software, Firmware, Software Engineering
- **Published:** November 14, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/senior-technical-recruiter-software-engineering-san-carlos-ca--f7f7c871-806c-4929-aaa9-6088293e98e9

## About the Role

Technical Recruiting, Software Engineering, Robotics, Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Computer Firmware, Software Engineering, Embedded Software, Quality Engineering, Embedded Systems, * 4+ years of full-cycle recruiting for software engineering roles in a high-growth or technically demanding environment.

 * Proven track record of closing senior software engineers against competing offers from top technology companies.
 * Demonstrated ability to build sourced pipelines for hard-to-fill technical roles, not only to manage inbound applicants.
 * Experience using recruiting funnel data to run searches and advise hiring managers., * Experience recruiting in robotics, autonomy, AI, semiconductor, or other deep-tech environments.
 * Familiarity with embedded systems, firmware, distributed systems, or cloud infrastructure.
 * Experience with Ashby or a comparable modern applicant tracking system.
 * Experience using AI tools to accelerate sourcing, screening, or market research.

## Description

The mission of this role is to build the software engineering teams that make NEO reliable, capable, and ready to ship. You will own recruiting for product, platform, infrastructure, embedded, and firmware software roles: the engineers who build the systems that run on the robot and the infrastructure around it. This role owns the engineering side of software hiring; a separate recruiter owns AI research hiring for our World Model Lab. You report to the Head of Talent., * Deliver a steady flow of high-quality software engineering hires against the hiring plan and a monthly hiring target set with the Head of Talent.

 * Build sourced pipelines across full-stack, embedded, firmware, systems, and infrastructure engineering, so most finalists come from proactive outreach rather than inbound applications.
 * Partner with engineering leaders as a trusted advisor: run sharp intakes, bring market data on where talent sits and what it costs, and push back when a spec or level does not match the market.
 * Drive search health with funnel data, finding where searches stall (review backlogs, interviewer calibration, slow decisions) and fixing the constraint before it costs us a candidate.
 * Close competitive offers against big tech, AI labs, and autonomy companies while keeping the candidate experience honest and fast., * Reads software talent markets: knows where strong embedded, infrastructure, and product engineers sit, why they move, and what story wins them.
 * Distinguishes the top 10% of software engineers from the top 40% through resume signal and probing conversation, not keyword matching.
 * Sources and engages passive engineers with tailored outreach that earns replies.
 * Earns credibility with engineering leaders and changes their minds with evidence.
 * Owns outcomes end to end, with urgency and follow-through across many searches at once.