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Principal Recruiter, PE Recruiting

Amazon· Human Resources
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SANTA CLARA, CA, SEATTLE, WA, NEW YORK, NY$187k - $252.9kFull-timePosted 2w ago

About the role

As a client lead recruiter, you'll impact leadership teams across Amazon's technology landscape, building relationships with Directors and VPs while shaping the future of Amazon's senior engineering community.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the primary talent advisor to Directors and VPs, educating leaders on the external senior engineering talent landscape and market dynamics
  • Define and deliver recruiting strategies for highly-critical, sometimes confidential roles with broad cross-organizational impact
  • Identify and engage highly passive senior engineering candidates through creative, research-driven sourcing strategies
  • Build and cultivate robust talent networks across technology sectors, leveraging deep industry knowledge and relationships
  • Lead client update meetings on active searches, providing clear, data-driven insights on progress and market conditions
  • Provide candid guidance to executive leadership on matters related to top technical talent
  • Make sound judgments about candidate fit based on comprehensive analysis of technical depth and leadership impact
  • Conduct thorough candidate assessments, participate in debriefs, perform comprehensive reference checks, and present/negotiate employment offers
  • Coach leaders to continuously improve their talent acquisition capabilities at the senior level
  • Set exceptionally high standards for search quality, candidate experience, and recruiting excellence
  • Investigate deeply into technical domains, candidate backgrounds, and market trends to inform strategy
  • Operate with independence and discretion on searches where strategy has not yet been defined
  • A day in the life: strategic planning, active candidate outreach, client updates, technical assessments, team collaboration, candidate debriefs, relationship building, market trend monitoring, high-stakes decision making

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of progressive corporate or search firm recruiting at executive level experience
  • 5+ years of progressive technical recruiting at executive level experience
  • 5+ years of advising and influencing executive leadership experience
  • 5+ years of advising and influencing leadership experience
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent
  • Experience hiring candidates, mentoring and developing employees in their careers

Skills

Required:Executive recruitingTechnical sourcingStakeholder management

Benefits

  • health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans)
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Mental Health Support
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage
  • 401(k) matching
  • paid time off
  • par{ental} leave
Last updated Oct 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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