We are seeking a Technical Recruiter with deep expertise in our core capability areas, including but not limited to Data Engineering, Analytics, and AI hiring. This role requires exceptional hands-on sourcing capabilities, a passion for non-traditional and alternate sourcing channels, and the ability to partner closely with hiring managers and senior business leaders. The ideal candidate has a strong background in full-cycle hiring within large system integrators or global services organizations and brings a consultative, data-driven approach to talent acquisition.
Responsibilities- Strategic Talent Acquisition
- Own end-to-end recruitment for niche and high-impact roles across Data Engineering, Analytics, AI/ML, Cloud & Digital technologies
- Develop and execute proactive talent sourcing strategies, anticipating future skill demands and business growth
- Act as a trusted advisor to hiring managers and senior stakeholders on talent availability, market trends, and hiring strategies
- Advanced Sourcing & Market Intelligence
- Demonstrate mastery in alternate sourcing channels beyond LinkedIn, including:
- GitHub, Kaggle, Stack Overflow, Reddit, Discord, Slack communities
Open-source communities, tech blogs, meetups, hackathons, and referrals
Boolean search expertise across search engines and niche platforms
- GitHub, Kaggle, Stack Overflow, Reddit, Discord, Slack communities
- Build strong passive candidate pipelines for critical and recurring capabilities
- Leverage data, talent market insights, and competitive intelligence to influence hiring decisions
- Stakeholder & Candidate Experience Management
- Partner closely with hiring managers, delivery leaders, and business heads to drive clarity on role requirements, team needs, and success profiles
- Drive high-quality candidate experience from first contact through onboarding
- Manage expectations, timelines, and communication with complete transparency and professionalism
- Operational Excellence
- Maintain accurate reporting and documentation in ATS and TA dashboards
- Drive hiring velocity, quality, and diversity outcomes
- Contribute to hiring process improvements, interview calibration, and TA best practices
- 3-7 years of total recruiting experience, predominantly in full-time hiring
- Strong experience hiring for:
- Data Engineers, Analytics Engineers, Data Scientists, AI/ML Engineers, Applied Scientists
Cloud Data & Platform roles
- Data Engineers, Analytics Engineers, Data Scientists, AI/ML Engineers, Applied Scientists
- Proven background in large system integrators / global IT or analytics services firms (strong advantage)
- Demonstrated success in deep technical sourcing beyond traditional platforms
- Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills
- Strong understanding of candidate assessment, compensation alignment, and closing strategies
Base Base Compensation Range: $35-40hr
The posted range is the hiring range for this role — a subset of the broader range available to employees over time — and reflects base salary across our national hiring scale. Final offers are based on several factors, including the candidate's skills and experience, internal pay equity, work location, market conditions for the role, and the specific scope and responsibilities of the position. The top of the range is reserved for candidates who notably exceed the requirements; the lower end applies to those with less experience or fewer preferred qualifications. For positions based in higher-cost zones (e.g., California, New York, New Jersey), actual compensation may exceed the posted range; your recruiter will share specifics during the process.
About UsSkills Required
- 3-7 years of total recruiting experience, predominantly in full-time hiring
- Experience recruiting Data Engineers, Analytics Engineers, Data Scientists, AI/ML Engineers, Applied Scientists, and Cloud Data and Platform professionals
- Demonstrated success with deep technical sourcing beyond traditional platforms
- Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills
- Strong understanding of candidate assessment, compensation alignment, and closing strategies
- Background in large system integrators or global IT or analytics services firms
EXL Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about EXL and has not been reviewed or approved by EXL.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical plan options include HSA, HRA, and PPO choices, with additional health-related programs such as disability coverage and an employee assistance program. Feedback suggests these options provide meaningful flexibility and coverage breadth for many roles.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Up to 20 days of paid time off, plus federal holidays and paid sick and safe time, are highlighted. Feedback suggests this leave structure is a notable benefit alongside core compensation.
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Retirement Support — A traditional and Roth 401(k) with up to a 3% company match and full vesting after one year is described. Feedback suggests this match and vesting timeline help bolster long-term savings.
EXL Insights
What We Do
Choosing a digital partner is about more than capabilities — it’s about collaboration and character. Unrealistic overhauls and off-the-shelf products ignore what matters most — your unique needs, culture, goals, and your legacy data and technology environments. At EXL, our collaboration is built on ongoing listening and learning to adapt our methodologies. We’re your business evolution partner—tailoring solutions that make the most of data to make better business decisions and drive more intelligence into your increasingly digital operations. Whether your goals are scaling the use of AI and digital, redesign operating models, or driving better and faster decisions, we’re here to partner with you to help you gain—and maintain—competitive advantage with efficient, sustainable models at scale. Our expertise in transformation, data science, and change management helps make your business more efficient and effective, improve customer relationships and enhance revenue growth. Instead of focusing on multi-year, resource- and time-intensive platform designs or migrations, we look deeper at your entire value chain to integrate strategies with impact. We use our specialization in analytics, digital interventions, and operations management—alongside deep industry expertise — to deliver solutions that help you outperform the competition. At EXL, it’s all about outcomes—your outcomes—and delivering success on your terms. Share your goals with us and together, we’ll optimize how you leverage data to drive your business forward. For more information, visit www.exlservice.com.
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