Technical Recruiter

Rakuten Global is expanding its International Talent Acquisition team and is hiring a Technical Recruiter to help drive hiring outcomes for engineering, data, AI, and infrastructure roles across multiple geographies. In this position, you’ll own full-cycle recruiting while partnering closely with technical hiring managers to shape criteria, run assessments, and streamline the candidate experience.

This role is based in San Mateo, CA with remote work, and supports a portfolio of 10+ requisitions at a time. The salary range is USD 62,856 to 107,136 per year.

What you’ll do

• Manage the applicant tracking system to keep candidate records accurate and aligned with hiring policies.
• Analyze recruiting metrics to identify trends, improve hiring outcomes, and track performance against goals.
• Develop and execute sourcing strategies to attract top talent, including passive candidate sourcing.
• Review resumes and conduct prescreening to assess technical skill level.
• Partner with technical hiring managers to translate complex role requirements into clear, actionable hiring criteria.
• Conduct candidate assessments and reference checks.
• Coordinate interviews across multiple stakeholders to support a smooth recruiting process.
• Write job descriptions and recruiting materials that accurately reflect each role.
• Document candidate feedback and maintain complete, compliant recruiting records.
• Recommend process improvements to increase efficiency and enhance the candidate experience.
• Serve as a candidate advocate by delivering a high-touch experience from application through offer.
• Share real-time market intelligence to support hiring teams in finding candidates who can excel at Rakuten.
• Own full-lifecycle recruiting for roles spanning software engineering, data and AI/ML, and infrastructure including cloud and security, across multiple geographies.
• Act as a trusted advisor to hiring managers, interviewers, and cross-functional stakeholders throughout the recruiting process.

Required experience and qualifications

• 3+ years of full-lifecycle recruiting experience, including 2+ years of technical recruiting (required).
• 5+ years of technical recruiting experience (preferred).
• Bachelor’s degree (required).
• Strong knowledge of full-lifecycle recruiting with a demonstrated track record hiring for software engineering, data and AI/ML, and infrastructure, cloud, or security roles.
• Ability to translate complex technical requirements into clear, actionable hiring criteria.
• Skilled sourcer with experience using a wide range of sourcing tools and techniques.
• Hands-on experience with Workday Recruiter and LinkedIn, plus other recruiting platforms.
• Proven ability to manage multiple requisitions with attention to detail and a sense of urgency.
• Analytical mindset using metrics to track performance for individuals and teams.
• Comfort working in fast-paced, sometimes ambiguous, highly cross-functional environments.
• Collaborative, proactive, and transparent approach as a trusted stakeholder partner.

Tools and technologies

• Workday Recruiter
• LinkedIn

Benefits

• Discretionary bonus
• Health insurance
• Vision insurance
• Dental insurance
• 401k matching
• PTO
• Volunteer Time Off (VTO)
• Other employee benefits as the company implements

Principles for success

• Always improve, Always Advance - Kaizen
• Passionately Professional
• Hypothesize - Practice - Validate - Shikumika
• Maximize Customer Satisfaction
• Speed!! Speed!! Speed!!