Talent Acquisition Executive - Tech & Academia

We are looking for a Talent Acquisition professional with strong experience in technology hiring and academic/EdTech hiring, particularly someone who has successfully hired or engaged DSA/Competitive Programming, Software Engineering, AI/ML, and Core CS professionals from leading product companies, global technology firms, and high-growth startups.

The ideal candidate should understand how to identify engineers who have strong technical depth and convince them to transition from industry to academia, mentoring, or teaching.

Key Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end recruitment for technical and academic technology roles across NST.
• Source and hire high-quality talent in DSA/Competitive Programming, Software Engineering, AI/ML, Data Science, Core Computer Science (CN, CA, Theory of Automata, Embedded Systems, Operating Systems, Robotics), and PhD level hiring.
• Build pipelines of candidates from top-tier companies and unicorns, product companies, startups, and top engineering institutions.
• Identify and approach experienced Software Engineers, SDEs, Tech Leads, Engineering Managers, Data Scientists, ML Engineers, and Competitive Programmers who could transition into academia.
• Hire faculty/instructors with strong ICPC, Codeforces, LeetCode, competitive programming, open-source, or strong software engineering backgrounds.
• Conduct market mapping and talent research to identify niche technical talent.
• Use LinkedIn, referrals, communities, GitHub, competitive programming platforms, job portals, and other relevant channels for sourcing.
• Drive passive candidate engagement and headhunting, particularly for hard-to-find technical profiles.
• Partner closely with Academic Leadership and Hiring Managers to understand technical requirements and candidate quality benchmarks.
• Conduct initial screening to evaluate technical background, communication skills, teaching inclination, and motivation to move from industry to academia.
• Manage candidate engagement, interview coordination, compensation discussions, offer closure, and joining.
• Maintain a strong and continuously refreshed technology talent pipeline for upcoming academic hiring requirements.
• Track recruitment metrics including pipeline, outreach, response rate, interviews, offers, closures, and time-to-hire.

What are we looking for

• 2-3 years of experience in Talent Acquisition / Recruitment, preferably in Tech, EdTech, Academia, or Product companies.
• Proven experience in hiring technical talent, especially Software Engineering, DSA, AI/ML, or Core CS profiles.
• Prior experience hiring technical talent from leading product companies, global technology firms, and high-growth startups will be highly preferred.
• Experience with academic hiring, faculty hiring, instructor hiring, or EdTech recruitment is strongly preferred.
• Strong understanding of technical profiles and ability to differentiate between strong engineering talent and generic software profiles.
• Comfortable with headhunting and passive candidate sourcing.
• Strong LinkedIn sourcing and Boolean search skills.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to engage senior industry professionals and effectively pitch industry-to-academia career transitions.
• Highly target-oriented with strong ownership of hiring closures.