Technical Recruiter II

Baltimore, MD, United States

Fearless is looking for a Technical Recruiter II to add to our diverse team of 250+ employees (and counting!).

What You’ll Be Doing

The Technical Recruiter Partner builds pipelines of qualified candidates for Fearless’ Agile, Design, Engineering, and Product practices, which serve government and non-government clients across a wide range of portfolios. Serves as an advocate for and partner to Fearless hiring stakeholders and partner verticals. Serves as a mentor to Technical Recruiters and Technical Talent Sourcers.

Base Camp Contribution

Hires qualified candidates that meet technical skills, business fit, and culture add requirements.

Proactively sources, engages, and activates passive candidates who are Federal Government clearance-eligible talent using tools like Indeed, LinkedIn Recruiter, Dice, ClearanceJobs.com, and other alternative search techniques and tools.

Displays personal leadership and works collaboratively with others to create a positive team environment.

Manages and conducts labor market research to identify trends and opportunities to inform sourcing strategies.

Prepare active or pipeline building job requisitions for internal and external postings ensuring that all required compliance language is included.

As a member of People Operations, serves as a custodian of Fearless’ Purple Sauce (culture code).

Work closely with human resources partners to request salary justifications, complete required actions to advance candidates to the onboarding stage, and to receive guidance around employment compliance requirements.

Generates contingent offer letters using ATS system, ensuring that all applicable Fearless and client contingencies are included.

Core Contribution

Partners with internal stakeholders to understand forecasted needs by proactively scheduling strategy sessions, creating spaces for ongoing communications, and utilizing internal reporting tools.

Prioritizes the business needs of the organization by developing a strong understanding of Fearless’ compensation structure to ensure candidates align with salary requirements for each project. Builds lasting relationships with diverse affinity groups with network members who possess the required technical capabilities and experience for Fearless’ clients .

Adapts sourcing strategies, advises leadership, and serves as subject matter expert about candidate pools (who they are, where they are, their needs and values, etc).

Participates in in-person or virtual conferences, career events, and other networking engagements requiring Fearless’ Recruiting team to be represented. This includes hosting recruiting-focused information sessions, speed interviews, and other Recruiting Team lead engagements.

Advanced Contribution

Advises internal stakeholders about how to communicate our Fearless brand to candidate pools.

Applies best practices to disrupt bias and create belonging with candidates, team members, and internal stakeholders.

Advises on how to scale recruiting practices and investments to more effectively meet talent acquisition targets.

Exemplary Contribution

Empowers others to build eminence and presence at events, associations, or places where potential candidates are present.

Leverages knowledge gained in candidate interactions to share trends, emerging capabilities and services and best practices with hiring managers and stakeholders to inform the future growth of Fearless.

Impact

Represents the Fearless brand.

Meets established recruiting metrics around job requisition management, candidate pipelining, partner SLAs, interviewing, and time-to-fill.

Meets established metrics around budgetary requirements for each new hire.

Supports Fearless’ goal to have high performing team members with capabilities needed to serve the needs of our customers through timely, high quality recruitment efforts

Roles

Cultural Role: At Fearless, everyone is responsible for living out our values — create belonging, take initiative, open dialogue, and make an impact — and upholding our culture code.

Practice/Department Role: At Fearless, everyone is expected to coach and grow the community. This person will engage with the People Operations community to continually grow their skills and the skills of others.

Project/Team Role: The Technical Recruiter III typically works in a team environment, sharing the responsibility of delivering maintainable solutions with other team members. This role is a specialist (not people management).

Physical Requirements

Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.

Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times.

Must-Have Skills

Essential Skills, Experience, or Competencies

5+ years of experience in technical recruitment with recent work recruiting for roles aligned to Federal Government agencies, particularly, roles requiring Public Trust or clearance (up to and including Secret).

Demonstrated history of sourcing and recruiting mid-level to senior-level professionals with an array of relevant technical capabilities such as: Software development, software testing, DevOps, UX design/product design, Agile delivery, product management.

Advanced user-level skills with search tools like Dice, Indeed, LinkedIn Recruiter, Monster, CareerBuilder, etc.

Experience navigating recruitment processes using applicant tracking systems (ATS)

Experience maintaining multiple job requisitions across disciplines, simultaneously

Demonstrated commitment to remove unconscious bias from recruiting space by only focusing on candidates’ key capabilities and experience

Strong interpersonal and decision-making skills.

Demonstrated capability to lead cross-functionally.

Ability to build strong internal and external relationships.

Ability to operate and manage work, strategically reason, and build relationships, and influence others.

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field is highly desirable

Icing-on-the-Cake Skills

Strong understanding (from a recruitment perspective) of advanced technology and skills such as AI technology, cloud engineering, information security, DevSecOps, Agile Transformation, and others.

Experience using project management tools like Monday.com or Smartsheet to manage assigned tasks and /or projects.

Experience using customer relationship management (CRM) tools like Hubspot, Mailchimp, Salesforce, and or Gem.

Experience using other tools like Slack, Google Workspace applications, Mural, Gather, and Hubspot

Strong understanding of Agile methodology and a project management-focused mindset

Possesses staffing, recruiting, HR, and or DEI certifications/certificates

Possesses active Public Trust

Possesses a ready pipeline of mid-level to senior Agile, Design, Engineering, and Product professionals.

Values-based approach when describing strategy.

Experience using Greenhouse ATS

Demonstrated ability to adapt to an ever changing environment.

Existing partner relationships.

Detailed knowledge of software labor categories.

What Else You Should Know

Compensation and Benefits:

Our people make us who we are. We believe that every member of the Fearless team has something to share, and we value the unique viewpoint you’ll bring to our community. But we value your community, too, so we offer fulfilling work that stays in balance with the rest of life. Because everyone has different needs, desires, and goals, our benefits offer the choices and flexibility that our team members need to live well and succeed. Here are a few highlights of our benefits package:

Flexible schedule

Family-friendly workplace

14 days of PTO allowance (not accrued so you get it up front!) PTO + 8.75 days sick leave + 11 federal holidays + your birthday off!

HSA, HMO, or PPO plan and Employee Wellness Plan

Tech, education / training, and snack allowances

Free parking in downtown Baltimore / public transit coverage

Safe Harbor 401(k) plan with employer contributions and immediate vesting

Location:

In-person, hybrid, and remote options are available. Our offices are located in Baltimore and Montgomery.

Our Compensation System is designed to reward remarkable work, grow your impact and support the whole “you” over the course of your career.

We believe in paying people fairly, so we've established a compensation model aimed to ensure everyone at Fearless — regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability, religion, age, nationality, or negotiation skills — is given equal pay for equal work.

Our approach to compensation is intended to ensure our total package serves all of your needs and includes base pay, medical and other benefits, performance rewards, 401k matching, plus a few perks (tech and wellness reimbursement programs)!

Our salary ranges are determined based on role, level and location and provide team members salary growth within a salary grade over time. Team members automatically progress within a salary range through annual increases (given to reward service at Fearless) or merit increases (given to reward and individual's demonstrated performance and growth within the position). Fearless team members are also eligible for discretionary bonuses based on company performance.

The salary ranges for this position based on location are listed below. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified as a part of our annual salary range review.

AL, FL, GA, TN Residents: $66,510 (min) - $84,800 (mid) - $103,090 (max)

NC Residents: $68,567 (min) - $87,422 (mid) - $106,278 (max)

DE, MD, PA, TX, VA Residents: $71,995 (min) - $91,793 (mid) - $111,592 (max)

DC Residents: $80,908 (min) - $103,158 (mid) - $125,408 (max)

CA & NY Residents: $83,651 (min) - $106,655 (mid) - $129,659 (max)

Within the range, starting pay for team members is based on the evaluation of the alignment with the position description requirements including job-related skills and experience or training. This range reflects your earning potential over the course of your career at Fearless in this position.

So, what’s next?

Over the years, we’ve honed a 3-step interview process that helps ensure that every employee we hire is the right fit for us and that we’re the right fit for them. If we think you’re a good fit, we’ll get in touch and start scheduling your interviews!

Culture Ad Interview - We’re a people-first company, so we always start off by getting to know more about you, how you work, what your career goals are, and what you’re passionate about. This is your opportunity to ask questions and get a feel for Fearless, so don’t be shy!

Technical Interview - This is where we get into the nitty gritty of the project. During the Technical Interview, you’ll be interviewed by our Functional Leads and/or the team’s Project Lead to make sure your skills align with the project requirements.

Business Interview - At this point, you’ve made it to the final frontier! The Business Interview is when you’ll meet with Fearless leadership to dot the i’s, cross the t’s, and determine whether or not we’ll be moving forward with the hiring process.

About Fearless:

Fearless is a full-stack digital services firm in Baltimore that delivers sleek, modern, and user-friendly software designed to push the boundaries of possibility. It's our mission to build software with a soul — tools that empower communities and make a difference — so we can create a world where good software powers the things that matter.

That’s not our only goal, though. We also strive to create a purple culture that makes our employees excited to come to work every day. That’s why we encourage our employees to pursue their passions, both in and out of the office. With built-in company mentoring, continuing education support, flexible schedules, and a family-friendly work environment, we’ve created a culture that allows our team to thrive professionally and personally.

Fearless believes in equal opportunity employment. We won’t discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of race, gender, nationality, age, religion, disability, military status, or sexual orientation. As a company and as individuals, we’re committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for our team, our family members, our clients, our subcontractors, and our vendors.

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