Contract Technical Recruiter

About the role

You will partner with the broader Headway Engineering Recruiting team to run high-impact searches for engineering roles that directly support the company mission. In this position, you will act as a talent partner and collaborator with hiring managers, interviewers, and coordinators to ensure a consistent and structured hiring process. You will support full-cycle searches across the engineering organization, handling both aggressive sourcing at the top of the funnel and strategic closing motions in late stages. Your work will involve breaking down complex searches into clear plans, diagnosing challenges, and proposing solutions proactively to accelerate progress. You will build Olympic-level pipelines through targeted sourcing strategies and deliver an exceptional candidate experience at every step. Ultimately, you will help shape Headway's ability to deliver for mental healthcare providers and patients nationwide by ensuring the engineering teams have the right people in place.

Key facts

What you'll do

• Support full-cycle searches across the engineering org, spanning both aggressive sourcing at top of funnel and strategic close motions in late stages.
• Partner closely with Senior Recruiters on the Eng Recruiting team as well as coordinators, interviewers, and hiring managers.
• Act as a strategic and adaptable partner to hiring managers, quickly refining the approach and or process as needed to accelerate progress.
• Build Olympic-level pipelines through targeted sourcing strategies.
• Ensure every candidate follows a consistent, structured, inclusive process that raises the hiring bar and improves consistency across teams.
• Deliver an exceptional candidate experience through every step of the process.
• Communicate clearly and with presence, whether aligning with hiring managers or guiding candidates through the process.
• Operate as a talent partner and collaborator with hiring managers and the larger TA team, driving predictable hiring outcomes in a high-growth environment with a high talent bar.
• Your work will directly shape Headway's ability to deliver for providers and patients nationwide.
• Use a consultative approach to understand hiring needs and align sourcing strategies accordingly.
• Manage multiple workstreams with structure, balancing high volume with attention to detail and predictable execution.
• Leverage creative sourcing and outreach methods to identify and engage top technical talent.
• Maintain strict attention to operational excellence, constantly improving workflows and reducing friction for candidates and stakeholders.
• Collaborate with interviewers to ensure feedback is collected and synthesized to inform hiring decisions.
• Track and report on key sourcing metrics to optimize pipeline health and time-to-fill.

Requirements

• Bring 3+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience in high-growth, tech-enabled environments (in-house, agency, or relevant experience even if you didn't carry the TA title).
• Have a proven ability to learn new domains quickly and efficiently and can immediately begin delivering value when provided with a new focus.
• Operate as a strategic and positive partner to your stakeholders, maintaining progress and acting as a true collaborator even in moments of ambiguity.
• Can break down complex searches into clear plans, diagnosing challenges and proposing solutions proactively.
• Manage multiple workstreams with structure, balancing high volume with attention to detail and predictable execution.
• Think creatively about sourcing and outreach to find and engage top technical talent.
• Care about operational excellence with a focus on constantly improving your workflow and reducing friction for candidates and stakeholders.
• Communicate clearly and with presence, whether aligning with hiring managers or guiding candidates through the process.
• Commit to building a diverse team reflecting the diversity of the problem across race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, age, national origin, religion, family status, disability, military status, and experience.
• Be prepared to ensure that persons with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodations if needed in the job application or interview process.
• Understand that Headway participates in E-Verify as part of the employment process.
• Be ready to follow the instruction that only applications through the official careers page at https://headway.co/careers are accepted.
• Be aware that Headway will never refer applicants to external websites, ask for payment or personal information, or conduct interviews via messaging apps.
• Recognize that all official communication will come from a @findheadway.com or http://findheadway.com email domain.