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Principal Recruiter - Contract
AcceldataBengaluruSenior8+ years
Apply ABOUT US
Acceldata is the market leader in Enterprise Data Observability. Founded in 2018, Silicon Valley-based Acceldata has developed the world's first Enterprise Data Observability Platform to help build and operate great data products.
Enterprise Data Observability is at the intersection of today’s hottest and most crucial technologies such as AI, LLMs, Analytics, and DataOps. Acceldata provides mission-critical capabilities that deliver highly trusted and reliable data to power enterprise data products.
Delivered as a SaaS product, Acceldata's solutions have been embraced by global customers, such as HPE, HSBC, Visa, Freddie Mac, Manulife, Workday, Oracle, PubMatic, PhonePe (Walmart), Hersheys, Dun & Bradstreet, and many more. Acceldata is a Series-C funded company and its investors include Insight Partners, March Capital, Lightspeed, Sorenson Ventures, Industry Ventures, and Emergent Ventures.
About the Role
We are seeking a highly driven Senior / Principal Recruiter to join our Talent Acquisition team on a 6-month contract. This role is ideal for someone who has extensive experience hiring high-caliber technology talent and enjoys partnering closely with business leaders to solve complex hiring challenges.
The successful candidate will own end-to-end recruitment for critical technical roles, drive exceptional candidate experiences, and help us attract world-class talent.
Key Responsibilities
- Own the end-to-end recruitment lifecycle for engineering, product, and technical leadership positions.
- Partner with hiring managers to understand hiring needs, define candidate profiles, and build effective hiring strategies.
- Proactively source and engage passive candidates through LinkedIn Recruiter, referrals, networking, and other innovative sourcing channels.
- Conduct recruiter screenings and evaluate candidates for technical depth, cultural alignment, and role fit.
- Build and maintain strong talent pipelines for current and future hiring needs.
- Drive a high-quality candidate experience throughout the interview process.
- Manage offer discussions, negotiations, and candidate closing activities.
- Collaborate with interviewers and hiring teams to ensure timely and effective decision-making.
- Track and report key recruiting metrics, pipeline health, and hiring progress.
- Continuously improve recruiting processes, sourcing strategies, and employer branding efforts.
Qualifications
Required
- 8+ years of experience in Talent Acquisition with a strong focus on technology hiring.
- Proven success in recruiting software engineers, product managers, architects, engineering leaders, and other technical professionals.
- Strong sourcing capabilities with experience identifying and engaging passive talent.
- Experience working in high-growth startups or product organizations.
- Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.
- Strong communication, negotiation, and candidate engagement abilities.
- Ability to manage multiple searches simultaneously while maintaining a high quality bar.
- Experience using ATS platforms and recruiting tools such as LinkedIn Recruiter.
Preferred
- Experience hiring for enterprise software, SaaS, cloud, data platform, infrastructure, AI/ML, or data engineering roles.
- Prior experience working in venture-backed or high-growth technology companies.
- Exposure to recruiting for global teams and geographically distributed organizations.
- Experience leveraging AI tools and modern recruiting technologies to improve productivity and candidate engagement.
What Success Looks Like
- Consistently delivering high-quality technical hires.
- Building strong relationships with hiring managers and business leaders.
- Maintaining a high candidate experience standard.
- Driving efficient hiring processes with strong conversion ratios.
- Creating robust talent pipelines for critical and hard-to-fill positions.
Location Requirement
This is an onsite role based in Bengaluru. Candidates should be willing to work from the office and collaborate closely with hiring managers and business leaders.
Acceldata is an equal opportunity employer
At Acceldata, we are committed to providing equal employment opportunities regardless of job history, disability, gender identity, religion, race, color, caste, marital/parental status, veteran status or any other special status. We stand against the discrimination of employees and individuals and are proud to be an equitable workplace that welcomes individuals from all walks of life if they fit the designated roles and responsibilities.
Life @ Acceldata
#LifeAtAcceldata is all about working with some of the best minds in the industry and experiencing a culture that values an ‘out-of-the-box’ mindset. If you want to push boundaries, learn continuously and grow to be the best version of yourself, Acceldata is the place to be!
We also believe in providing our employees with the right tools and resources to help them excel at their job.
What should you know about joining Acceldata?
At Acceldata, each job and role serves a purpose towards our business goals. You’ll have opportunities to make an immediate impact on mission-critical projects as you work with highly capable and ambitious peer groups.