Senior Technical Recruiter
At a glance
Senior Recruiting & Talent Acquisition role at Harvey. San Francisco · full-time · $170,000–$180,000 base.
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What you'll do
- Run technical searches from pipeline building through offer close, covering immediate openings and future hiring
- Work with technical leaders to clarify hiring needs and advise managers on recruiting practices and talent-market conditions
- Lead sourcing for passive candidates across technical disciplines and keep candidate processes moving efficiently
- Keep Ashby records accurate, improve recruiting workflows, and use hiring data to shape recruiting strategy
- Guide teammates through mentoring while coordinating recruiting plans with partners across the company
What you bring
- At least seven years handling full-cycle technical recruiting in a fast-moving environment
- A record of building technical teams at a high-growth company
- Strong hiring-partner relationships, clear candidate communication, and disciplined management of individual processes
Who this fits
This senior role suits a hands-on recruiter who can advise technical hiring partners, source talent strategically, and mentor teammates. The position is based in San Francisco and is hybrid.
From the employer
Why Harvey
At Harvey, we’re transforming how legal and professional services operate. By combining frontier agentic AI, an enterprise-grade platform, and deep domain expertise, we’re reshaping how critical knowledge work gets done for decades to come.
This is a rare chance to help build a generational company at a true inflection point. We have strong product-market fit and world-class investor support. We’re scaling fast and defining a new category in real time. The work is ambitious, the bar is high, and the opportunity for growth — personal, professional, and financial — is unmatched.
Our team moves fast, takes ownership, and is deeply committed to the mission — operating with intensity, staying close to our customers, and pushing each other for excellence. We live by three values: Decisiveness, Simplicity, and Job's Not Finished. We act quickly on clear judgment over perfect information, we believe simplicity is what scales, and we're never satisfied with where we are. If you want to do the best work of your career alongside people who share that drive, we'd love to build with you.
At Harvey, the future of professional services is being written today — and we’re just getting started.
Role Overview
As an early team member, you will work with cross-functional partners to help lay the foundational groundwork for technical hiring in this location. This is a full-cycle recruiting role, where you'll manage the entire recruitment process; from building pipelines to closing offers.
What You'll Do
Partner closely with technical leadership to deeply understand hiring needs while providing strategic guidance on recruiting best practices
Build and nurture a strong pipeline of technical talent to support both current hiring and future growth
Advise hiring managers on market dynamics, compensation insights, and effective talent acquisition strategies
Identify opportunities to streamline recruiting workflows and enhance operational efficiency across the hiring process
Ensure data integrity and accuracy within our Applicant Tracking System (Ashby), maintaining a high standard of system hygiene
Mentor and support other team members to elevate overall recruiting performance and execution
Lead strategic sourcing initiatives to engage top-tier, passive candidates across various technical disciplines
Collaborate cross-functionally within the company to align recruiting efforts with broader organizational goals
What You Have
7+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience at a fast-paced environment
Proven track record building strong technical teams in a high growth company
Can develop relationships with hiring partners and become a trusted advisor
Knows how to effectively communicate with candidates and be able to efficiently and systematically manage their individual processes
You possess low ego and are willing to roll up your sleeves to accomplish our collective goals
Help mentor other teammates by leading by example and providing guidance
Understand the importance of data and metrics to influence recruiting strategies
The type of person that keeps up with trends in technology, startups and which companies are the current magnets for top tier talent
Compensation Range
170,000- 180,000 USD
Harvey is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition, or any other basis protected by law.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, and requests can be made by emailing accommodations@harvey.ai