• Senior full lifecycle Technical Recruiter with 20+ years experience driving hires for start-ups, high-growth, and scaling organizations. 10 years of management experience
  • Demonstrated success in building out high-performing and diverse engineering teams against a timeline, and in close partnership with stakeholders
  • Sourcing strategy, talent mapping, succession planning, creating pipelines
  • Creation of interview hiring guides, interviewer bias training, effective interviewer scorecards
  • Best-in-class candidate experience 
  • Employer branding, content, and events
  • HRIS and TA sourcing tools RFP through configuration and implementation

Senior Technical recruiter & Advisor

Hi, I’m Jen, your Talent Acquisition partner and strategist. Whether you’re a start-up, mid-size, or large organization, I’d love to understand the talent problems you need to solve

I am open to fractional, contract, consulting, and full time.

Book an exploratory conversation

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    SAMPLE ENGAGEMENTS

    Reddit:
    – Hiring: Delivered 63 hires in 30 months. 2 hires a month. 51 software engineering ICs and 12 engineering leadership hires. In 2024 all Engineering leadership hires averaged 30-45 days time-to-fill (TTF). Increased gender diversity for engineering leadership roles by 4X.
    – Role: Recruiting lead, Core Product organization (features org). Made pivot hires to other orgs + role expanded to leading leadership hiring across Core Engineering.
    – Training: Delivered company-wide and engineering-wide interview training and standardization.

    Everly Health:
    – Hiring: Delivered 24 hires in 10 months with an average of 35 days TTF.
    – Role: Aligned to the CTO with an achieved goal of clearing the hiring backlog.

    Kobie:
    – Hiring: Delivered 13 hires in 5 months with an average TTF of 40 days.
    – Role: Aligned to the CTO with an achieved goal of clearing the hiring backlog.

    Recruiting Specialties:
    – Software Engineering ICs: Senior-level to Principal roles in full-stack, frontend, backend, mobile, video, ML. DevOps, Product Managers, Product Designers
    – Executive Engineering Leadership: Engineering Manager, Senior Engineering Manager, Director
    – Past Experience: G&A, Sales, Semiconductor

    Services

    Do you have a talent problem to solve?

    Need to build an engineering team, or hire for specialized skills?

    I have a list of C-level and executive leaders that can speak to the work I’ve done for them. I’ve built many teams, and hired a range of skill areas to include full stack, backend, frontend, iOS, Android, ML, DevOps, Release Infrastructure, and senior engineering leadership

    Need an evaluation or RFP for HRIS or TA tools?

    I partner with tech founders and HRIS product owners. I’m always testing new tools, and I can tell you advantages and disadvantages based on what you need to accomplish. If I don’t have all the details I’ll do a user trial and give you an assessment

    Need help building or revamping your interview process?

    I partner with stakeholders to create and implement interview panel hiring guides, job descriptions, interview training, and to build question banks for attributes and behavioral based interviews. I use data to measure, iterate process, and improve hiring outcomes

    Need help with passive candidate talent attraction, or want to have hiring or branding events?

    Employee experience and passive candidate campaigns, employer branding, virtual or in-person SME and/or hiring leader speaking engagements

    Need to improve candidate experience?

    Show me your process and I can help. I have countless recommendations from candidates, and candidates that turned into my hiring leaders. I create interview preps, informational infographics about your organization, interview process overviews, audit of your application, and candidate experience surveys

    Diversity, Inclusion, & Belonging

    I believe that the best organizations have a diverse team member population. I lead with inclusion, and strive to bring the best talent that the market has to bear

    What folks are saying about Jen

    I worked closely with Jen for hiring multiple roles at Reddit.

    Jen is one of the most attentive and caring people I have ever worked with. She ensures every candidate feels supported and gives them a white glove experience. Jen is extremely inclusive and knows how to tailor her communication based on who her audience is.

    Jen is a strong partner to Eng leaders, understanding the hiring needs of their teams. I would absolutely work with Jen again given the opportunity.

    Kelly Hutchison

    Engineering Manager, Reddit

    Past Hiring Manager at Reddit

    Jen is an outstanding recruiter I had the privilege to work with and I believe my org alone hired more than 30+ people with her help, from IC to senior leaders.

    She is a big reason why Reddit’s growth was such a success because she had an eye for talent. There were multiple situations where she didn’t take no for an answer and continued pursuing candidates or hiring partners until she found the right fit at Reddit. She helped to define and establish new processes for recruiting and to grow our operations to meet the ever-increasing demand. Beyond her technical skills, Jen is a true team player and a joy to work with. Her positive attitude has fostered a supportive and productive work environment for all hiring partners.rand, prospective hires, and hiring teams.

    Alexander Richard

    Senior Engineering Manager, AirBNB

    Past Prospect and Hiring Manager at Reddit

    Jennifer stands out as a proven and sustained team member, extraordinaire!

    ennifer stands out as a proven and sustained team member, extraordinaire!
    Having worked with her over the years, she always amazes me in the genuine effort she puts into a process that makes lives! From the point she first speaks to a candidate to months after a hire, she ensures all is well. Realizing the proposition for both the company hiring and the person being hired.
    Building relationships along way that earn her a great deal of respect and admiration from all that ever interact with her.

    Above all she is kind, respectful, professional and a truly caring person. Speaking from years of knowing her she is invaluable to any team she is a part of.

    Saleem Jeelani

    Senior Solution Architecture Leader, Kobie

    Past candidate and Hiring Leader at Kobie and Epsilon

    What folks are saying about Jen

    If Jen is on your team you’re in great hands

    Jen entered our organization at a time of critical need for engineering talent. She jumped in head first, worked to understand the most urgent priorities of the business, and quickly built relationships and established trust.

    Candidates, whether they got hired or not, always raved about their experience with Jen. One of my favorite things was her frequent updates. I never had to ask for status because she regularly kept me “in the know.” Bottom line, she’s solutions drive and delivered results.

    Nick Parker

    Chief Technology Officer, Everlywell

    Former Stakeholder at Everlywell

    Jen makes those around her better through her attitude, working style, and constant desire to improve all aspects of talent management.

    I worked with Jennifer twice, at Epsilon and at Kobie Marketing. What I think is best about her is that she never stops at talent sourcing or recruiting. She meets the people in the organization that are succeeding and tries to match their attributes in prospect hires. She prepares the candidates for the process, not just the interview, and she improves the hiring process end to end, by expanding brand visibility, understanding and coaching hiring managers, and managing expectations of all stakeholders involved in the process. In the years I worked with Jennifer, there was never a time she wasn’t working on improving the results for the brand, prospective hires, and hiring teams.

    Joe Disharoon

    Chief Technology Officer, OneSource Virtual

    Former Stakeholder at Epsilon and Kobie

    Jen simply outstanding!

    Strategic Leadership, Innovation, Drive and Business Acumen are just some of the terms to describe Jen. Her versatility spans across years of experience within Recruiting Ops, HR Technology and Talent Acquisition Strategy. Jen is at the top of the list when it comes to enhancing a company’s employment brand and candidate experience.

    Chris Hanson

    Director of Talent Acquisition, OneSource Virtual

    Former Manager at Epsilon

    FAQs

    I have a large number of roles to fill, and I don’t know where to start. How can you help?

    Let’s have a conversation. I’m a straight shooter and I’ll tell you about my experience. If they match, super. If it doesn’t, I know a lot of great people in the industry and can refer.

    What do you cost?

    Let’s talk about your budget, expected ROI, and we’ll back into that.

    Will you come onsite?

    I do my best work working remote from Texas. I am open to travel, and enjoy connecting in person.

    What if I just need a strategic executive hire?

    I lead with confidence, but I’d like to hear more about your needs and about your assessment process.

    Will you come in and look at our Talent Acquisition organization and audit?

    Absolutely. I’ve done it several times and can provide references.

    Consultation

    Ready to get started?

    Schedule your free consultation and let’s see if I can help you with your talent needs.