Talent Acquisition Specialist

Role & responsibilities

• Own end-to-end recruitment for technical roles QA engineers, SDETs, automation engineers, test leads and developers — from requisition to offer acceptance and onboarding.
• Partner with hiring managers and delivery leads to understand role requirements, build clear job descriptions and agree on hiring timelines.
• Source candidates through Naukri, LinkedIn, referrals, job boards, communities and direct headhunting; build and maintain talent pipelines for recurring roles.
• Screen profiles and run initial phone screens using structured screening toolkits to assess skills, experience, notice period and cultural fit.
• Coordinate interviews and assessments, keep candidates informed at every stage and ensure a smooth, professional candidate experience.
• Negotiate offers, manage salary discussions and close candidates within agreed budgets.
• Maintain accurate candidate data in the ATS and share regular hiring reports (pipeline status, time-to-hire, source effectiveness).
• Support employer branding by positioning Moolya as a specialist quality engineering company to prospective candidates.

Preferred candidate profile

• 2–5 years of experience in IT / technical recruitment, preferably in a product, services or staffing environment.
• Proven track record of closing technical positions end to end, ideally in software testing, QA automation or engineering roles.
• Strong sourcing skills with hands-on experience on Naukri, LinkedIn Recruiter and Boolean search.
• Good understanding of technical terminology (testing, automation tools, programming languages) to hold informed conversations with candidates.
• Excellent communication, negotiation and stakeholder management skills.
• Organised, target-driven and comfortable handling multiple open positions at once.
• Experience with an ATS and working knowledge of Excel / Google Sheets for tracking and reporting.
• Graduate / post-graduate in any discipline; MBA in HR is a plus.