Arpita Nayak — Recruiter

Experienced Technical Recruiter with a demonstrated history of working in the computer software industry. Skilled in Technical Recruiting, Screening, Recruiting, Sourcing, and Employee Relations. Strong human resources professional with a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) focused in Human Resources Management and Services from Global Business School. I am a Lead Technical Recruiter with over 9 years of experience in the field, specializing in end-to-end recruitment for both engineering and non-engineering positions. Currently, I am working with Motive (formerly KeepTruckin) as a Lead Technical Recruiter and have been responsible for the India engineering and product hiring for the India office since March 2021. As a Lead Technical Recruiter, I have a proven track record of success in the technical recruiting industry. My experience at Narvar and CareerNet has provided me with the necessary skills and knowledge to effectively manage end-to-end recruitment processes and build successful engineering teams. At Motive, I have been able to apply my skills and experience to build a strong engineering team from scratch and improve employee engagement to retain top talent. I look forward to continuing to make an impact in the industry and contributing to the growth and success of companies in the future. Apart from recruitment, I am also involved in employee engagement to retain current employees by increasing the company's work culture in India. My work has been critical in increasing the company's hiring goals and achieving results using various sourcing methods. I am well-versed in various recruitment tools such as LinkedIn Recruiter, Findem, Hirst, Bigshyft, GitHub, Boolean searches, and various sourcing strategies to identify high-quality candidates through my own recruiting database, social media sourcing, internal and external referrals, etc. Overall, I have been successful in building and managing high-performing teams through effective recruitment and employee engagement strategies. My expertise lies in full-cycle technical recruitment, stakeholder management, and diversity hiring.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Technical Recruiter specializing in SaaS with a strong focus on diversity and employee engagement.

Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Experience: 9 yrs 6 mos

Skills

Technical Recruiting
End-to-end Recruitment
Technical Recruitment
Diversity Hiring

Career Highlights

Scaled engineering team from 21 to 230 engineers.
Improved joining ratio through engagement activities.
Pioneered diversity hiring initiatives in engineering.

Work Experience

Motive

Senior Recruiter (0 mo)

Technical Recruiter II (2 yrs 2 mos)

Technical Recruiter (2 yrs 4 mos)

Narvar

Senior Sourcing Specialist (2 yrs 5 mos)

CareerNet Technologies

Technical Recruiter (2 yrs 7 mos)

Education

Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) at Global Business School

Arpita Nayak

Recruiter

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India9 yrs 6 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Scaled engineering team from 21 to 230 engineers.
Improved joining ratio through engagement activities.
Pioneered diversity hiring initiatives in engineering.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Technical Recruiter specializing in SaaS with a strong focus on diversity and employee engagement.

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Skills

Core Skills

Technical RecruitingEnd-to-end RecruitmentTechnical RecruitmentDiversity Hiring

Other Skills

Client CoordinationEmployee EngagementIT RecruitmentRecruitment DrivesScreeningSourcingSourcing StrategiesStakeholder ManagementTalent ManagementVendor Management

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Experience

Motive

3 roles

Senior Recruiter

Oct 2025 – Oct 2025 · 0 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Remote

Technical Recruiter II

Promoted

Aug 2023 – Oct 2025 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Remote

We are expanding our India Engineering team in Bangalore and looking for talented engineers. Come grow with us and drive your career forward!
As a Lead Technical Recruiter at Motive, I am responsible for engineering and product hiring for the India office. Joining as the first technical recruiter in the Motive India team, I have successfully scaled the engineering team from 21 employees to nearly 230 engineers.
My role at Motive has been diverse, encompassing 360-degree hiring, end-to-end recruitment for the India development center, and hiring for both engineering and non-engineering positions. I also manage direct stakeholder relationships with the Head of India Engineering and hiring managers from SF, as well as recruitment vendor management.
Additionally, I have improved the joining ratio by designing comprehensive post-offer engagement activities for candidates and reduced vendor hiring costs by leveraging direct sourcing, managing inbound applications, and enhancing the employee referral program.
Beyond recruitment, I actively contribute to employee engagement efforts aimed at retaining current employees and enhancing the work culture at Motive's India office.

Technical RecruitingSourcingEmployee EngagementStakeholder ManagementVendor ManagementEnd-to-End Recruitment

Technical Recruiter

Mar 2021 – Jul 2023 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Remote

Narvar

Senior Sourcing Specialist

Oct 2018 – Mar 2021 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

I worked at Narvar as a Sourcing Specialist from October 2018 to February 2021, where I managed the technical recruitment activities and achieved company hiring goals effectively doubling India's engineering team size from 14 to the current headcount of 73. I also leveraged tools and technologies to establish technical and non-technical requirements like software development, technical program management, implementation, and technical support.
At Narvar, I focused on diversity hiring and was successful in hiring the first woman engineer to the India engineering team followed by 15. I also built entire tech support and implementation and QA teams from scratch while delivering results using various sourcing methods including direct sourcing, internet recruiting, networking, employee referrals, and company database.
Additionally, I am well-versed in various recruitment tools like LinkedIn Recruiter, Findem, Hirst, Bigshyft, GitHub, and Boolean searches, among others, and used various sourcing strategies to identify high-quality candidates through recruiting database, social media sourcing, internal and external referrals, among others.

Diversity HiringSourcing StrategiesTechnical Recruitment

Careernet technologies

Technical Recruiter

Mar 2016 – Oct 2018 · 2 yrs 7 mos · bangalore

At CareerNet as a Technical Recruiter L2 from March 2016 to October 2018. My responsibilities included handling the entire end-to-end recruitment cycle for assigned clients, and full-cycle technical recruitments involving sourcing, identifying, interviewing, screening, formatting, scheduling, and consolidating permanent positions.
I successfully handled clients such as Trusting Social, and Circles. Life, MobileIron and MoneyView, Instamojo, Blue Jeans network, and other start-up clients while coordinating with clients and being responsible for client operation and requirement gathering.
Specialized in recruiting well-qualified engineering candidates and oversaw full-cycle recruiting for 20-30 vacancies each quarter. Additionally, I organized various recruitment drives for multiple clients and majorly worked for product companies and early product startups.

End-to-End RecruitmentClient CoordinationRecruitment DrivesTechnical Recruiting