Technical Talent Acquisition Specialist

About Us: Platinumlist.net, a pioneering leader in the online event guide and ticketing solution industry has been revolutionizing the event landscape in the Gulf region since 2009.

As the largest ticketing provider in the MENA and Europe, we proudly serve an extensive array of events across the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Bahrain and other countries.

Our Expertise: We specialize in a diverse range of ticketing solutions, catering to various sectors including:

• Large and Small Entertainment Events
• Comprehensive Business Events, including Visitor Registration Services and
• Badging
• Diverse Sports Event Ticketing
• Tourism Attraction Ticketing
• Advanced Box Office Solutions for Venues including Stadiums, and Theatres
• Innovative Marketing Solutions for Event Promotion

About the role: Our platform processes millions of tickets, so we are always looking for strong engineers and technical leaders. We are looking for an experienced Technical Recruiter who knows the IT market, speaks the language of engineers and can close hard-to-fill technical roles. In this role, you will be a true partner to our engineering teams in building strong tech teams across various countries.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage the full recruitment cycle for technical positions: run intake meetings with engineering managers, define role requirements and candidate profiles, source, screen, coordinate technical interviews and test assignments, present offers, and support candidates until their start date;
• Proactively source passive candidates;
• Conduct initial technical screening: assess candidates’ stack, hands-on experience, seniority level and motivation;
• Coordinate the technical interview process together with hiring teams: live coding, system design interviews, take-home assignments, and final interviews;
• Provide candidates with a great experience at every stage: explain the role, the team and the tech stack, give timely feedback, and keep candidates engaged from first contact to onboarding;
• Keep the ATS and candidate database accurate and up to date, and report on hiring funnel metrics;
• Research the tech talent market: salary benchmarks, competitor hiring activity, talent availability by location and stack, and share insights with hiring managers;
• Take part in improving and automating recruitment processes.

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience in technical / IT recruitment;
• Solid understanding of software development roles, tech stacks and seniority levels;
• Proven experience hiring engineers for product companies or tech teams.
• Fluent English is a must;
• Strong sourcing skills: Boolean/X-ray search, LinkedIn Recruiter and other technical sourcing tools;
• Skilled in competency-based interviews and assessing candidate motivation;
• Experience working with an ATS and managing candidate pipelines meticulously;
• Ability to build trusted partnerships with engineering managers and tech leads;
• Results-oriented, comfortable with multiple open roles at once and not afraid of challenges;
• Committed to self-development and keeping up with tech trends.

Benefits

• A dynamic and inclusive work environment;
• The opportunity to work with a leading ticketing provider in GCC;
• Competitive salary and benefits.