Sr Recruiter Product Contract jobs at Airbnb in India, Bengaluru

A Typical Day:

• Technical Leadership : Define and execute the technical strategy for trust and safety initiatives, ensuring alignment with Airbnb’s long-term goals.
• Team Management : Hire, mentor, and lead a high-performing engineering team. Foster a culture of innovation, ownership, and continuous improvement.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration : Work closely with product managers, data scientists, and partner engineering teams to develop effective, scalable solutions.
• Project Oversight : Lead end-to-end project execution, ensuring high-quality delivery across the software development lifecycle.
• Stakeholder Engagement : Provide clear communication of project status, risks, and opportunities to senior leadership and partners.
• Operational Excellence : Champion best practices for reliability, scalability, and incident response. Maintain operational readiness for critical systems.
• Industry Awareness : Stay current on trends in Trust & Safety, and drive adoption of best practices and innovations within the team.
• Global Alignment : Work with global counterparts to ensure the India team’s initiatives are aligned with broader Trust & Safety goals.

Your Expertise:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• 12+ years of industry experience, including 5–7+ years in engineering management.
• Proven track record of delivering large-scale, secure, and reliable systems.
• Strong experience in leading technical strategy and building scalable engineering, data, or machine learning systems.
• Expertise in leading AI/ML teams and delivering AI-powered solutions is a strong plus.
• Proficiency in at least one major language (e.g., Java, Python, Go, Ruby).
• Demonstrated ability to hire and retain top-tier engineering talent.
• Excellent communicator—capable of bridging technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience setting multi-year strategies and aligning diverse stakeholders.
• Background working in fast-paced, agile environments with cross-functional teams.
• Passion for trust, safety, and driving positive social impact.
• Strong commitment to fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion within teams.

Offices: Bangalore, India

The Community You Will Join:

In this role you will partner closely with engineering teams in hiring phenomenal talent into Airbnb.

The Difference You Will Make:

As a Senior Recruiter, Product India, you will significantly impact our recruiting team as a key contributor, hiring specialized technical talent to work across functions including Engineering, Creative, Marketing, and Product Design. You will work as a key partner to functional stakeholders including Hiring Managers, Talent Partner (HR), and Leadership teams, developing strategies to approach, engage, and hire the best Product talent in the world.

A Typical Day:

• Run full-cycle recruiting processes from initial outreach through offer, for simultaneous, complex searches
• Build innovative sourcing and engagement strategies, driving and managing unique candidate pipelines to explore, leverage, and support our commitment to building talented and diverse teams
• Establish and maintain meaningful relationships with the broader global recruiting team, and cross-functional internal teams including Talent, Diversity & Belonging, Compensation, and Legal
• Champion an exceptional end-to-end candidate experience, striving for timely and impactful communications
• Maintain data integrity, proactively share data-centric updates with internal stakeholders and utilize insights to improve recruiting efficiency and influence hiring decisions
• Clear communication (written, verbal) with business partners and hiring managers, establishing timelines, milestones, and expected outcomes

Your Expertise:

• 8+ years’ full-cycle recruiting experience, specifically sourcing, engaging, and activating passive candidate pipelines
• Must have experience recruiting Engineering, Creative, Marketing, and Product Design skill sets
• Prior track record for successfully identifying, qualifying, and closing high performing talent at a global consumer-facing brand
• Excitement to balance autonomous, proactive efforts with collaborative, team-minded workstreams #OneTeamOneGoal
• Knowledge with systems and tools that support sourcing, application tracking systems, data management / reporting, and workplace collaboration
• Enthusiasm to partner with sourcers, hiring teams, and recruiting coordinators to develop and support an exceptional interview process
• Authentic interest and passion for innovation and technology
• Hands-on experience with Greenhouse (ATS) and/or GEM is a big plus!

Offices: Bangalore, India