Technical Recruiter

About The Role

LMArena is hiring a highly collaborative Technical Recruiter to help scale a world-class team. You’ll serve as a trusted advisor to candidates and hiring leaders, build repeatable recruiting practices, advance inclusive hiring, support employer brand efforts, and deliver an outstanding candidate experience.

What You’Ll Do

• Partner with hiring managers to clarify role outcomes, success profiles, and interview plans; prioritize reqs against business goals.
• Run full-cycle recruiting: kickoff → JD refinement → sourcing → assessment → debriefs → offer → close.
• Build pipelines via targeted sourcing (passive outreach, talent communities, events, referrals, and thoughtful job posts).
• Maintain a structured, fair process: define competencies, calibrate rubrics, and uphold a consistent candidate experience.
• Hold a relentless drive for excellence in every stage—calibrating rubrics, tightening loops, and continuously improving the funnel.
• Track and improve funnel health (speed, quality, diversity signals); report weekly and quarterly progress with clear narrative and metrics.
• Drive offer strategy and negotiations aligned to leveling, compensation bands, and market insights.
• Nurture long-term networks of high-potential talent; keep a mapped bench for critical and future roles.
• Partner on employer brand moments (events, content, communities) that attract deep-tech talent.
• Coach hiring managers and interviewers on best practices and candidate excellence.

What You’Ll Bring

• 10+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting in deep-tech environments.
• Proven strength sourcing and closing passive candidates for high-bar roles; skilled at narrative selling and objection handling.
• Demonstrated ability to translate business needs into clear hiring plans, profiles, and processes.
• Experience collaborating across functions and influencing stakeholders at pace.
• Expertise at hiring across a range of technical skill sets.
• Fluency with structured interviewing, competency rubrics, and recruiting analytics
• Commitment to inclusive hiring and candidate experience.
• A relentless drive for excellence—raising the bar on candidate quality, process rigor, and stakeholder experience.