About the Role
This role is an entry point into one of the most specialized technical recruitment teams, working directly on high-impact engineering searches across AI, trading, infrastructure, backend, quantitative finance, and emerging technologies.
You’ll work alongside experienced recruiters and delivery consultants, learning how world-class technical searches are executed while becoming an essential part of our research and delivery function.
This role combines strategic talent research, headhunting, market intelligence, recruitment operations, and candidate engagement.
We’re looking for someone who genuinely enjoys solving problems through research, connecting information that others overlook, and continuously learning how businesses, technologies, and engineering organizations are built.
What You’ll Do
Strategic Talent Research
- Research companies, engineering teams, and markets to identify exceptional talent.
- Build target company lists and map competitive talent landscapes.
- Identify alternative job titles, adjacent experience, and transferable skill sets beyond traditional keyword searches.
- Develop sourcing strategies tailored to each search assignment.
- Continuously expand your understanding of technology companies, engineering functions, and industry trends.
Talent Sourcing & Headhunting
- Source candidates across LinkedIn, professional communities, GitHub, company websites, and other research channels.
- Execute personalized outbound sourcing campaigns.
- Build longlists and shortlists for active search engagements.
- Investigate candidate backgrounds, technical experience, and career progression.
- Maintain structured sourcing pipelines and research documentation.
Candidate Delivery
- Conduct initial candidate outreach and qualification.
- Coordinate interviews and candidate communication throughout the hiring process.
- Prepare candidate profiles and research summaries for recruiters and clients.
- Support recruiters throughout active searches.
- Help ensure an exceptional candidate experience from first contact through offer.
Recruitment Operations
- Prepare and send agreements through DocuSign.
- Track agreements and recruitment documentation.
- Maintain accurate records across recruitment systems.
- Keep recruitment workflows organized, structured, and up to date.
- Support operational execution across multiple hiring projects.
CRM & Process Management
- Maintain clean and accurate data in Recruit CRM.
- Update candidate and company information.
- Support reporting, pipeline management, and sourcing analytics.
- Continuously improve sourcing workflows and internal recruitment processes.
- Help build scalable systems that support delivery excellence.
What You’ll Grow Into
As you develop within the role, you’ll gradually take ownership of larger parts of the recruitment process, including:
- Leading complex sourcing projects independently.
- Running end-to-end candidate pipelines.
- Building expertise across technical markets and engineering domains.
- Becoming a trusted research partner for recruiters and hiring managers.
- Owning strategic talent mapping and market intelligence initiatives.
- Contributing to improvements in recruitment operations and delivery processes.
What We’re Looking For
- 2+ years of experience in recruiting, sourcing, research, or lead generation.
- Experience supporting US recruitment or technical hiring.
- Strong research and analytical thinking.
- Excellent written English.
- Curiosity about technology, businesses, and how organizations operate.
- Ability to think beyond job titles and identify transferable talent.
- Highly organized with strong attention to detail.
- Comfortable managing multiple searches simultaneously.
- Experience with Recruit CRM, HubSpot, or similar ATS/CRM platforms is a plus.
- Experience with DocuSign is a plus.
- Interviewing experience is a plus.
We are partnering with Folks.Rocks on a specialist search for a lead engineer. The role is based in Valencia, Spain and offered as onsite contract work. Compensation is Competitive.
Apply today.