Charlie Farrell

Recruiter

San Francisco, California, United States15 yrs 4 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Over 12 years in technical recruiting
Expert in leadership hiring for engineering teams
Proven track record in scaling organizations

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Technical Recruiting Expert in the SaaS industry.

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Skills

Core Skills

Technical RecruitingTalent AcquisitionExecutive SearchTeam ManagementLeadership HiringTeam Building

Other Skills

SourcingNetworkingStart-upsScreeningApplicant Tracking SystemsLead Generation

About

Experienced technical recruiting leader with over 12 years in the technology industry, primarily focused on scaling engineering organizations. Demonstrated expertise in both hands-on recruiting and leadership roles while partnering with executive stakeholders. Experience across the full spectrum of technical recruiting, from sourcing to executive search, with particular strength in leadership hiring for engineering and data science teams. Key accomplishments include: - Scaling engineering organizations from startup to enterprise size - Developing leadership recruiting strategies - Managing executive search processes - Experience across both high-growth startups and established tech companies

Experience

15 yrs 4 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 6 mos

Average Tenure

1 yr 3 mos

Current Experience

Openai

Member of Recruiting Staff

Feb 2025 – Present · 1 yr 3 mos · San Francisco Bay Area · Hybrid

Helping to hire software engineers across the stack for OpenAI's product and platform teams

Technical RecruitingTalent Acquisition

Airbnb

3 roles

Principal Executive Recruiter

Promoted

Aug 2022 – Dec 2024 · 2 yrs 4 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Supported CTO org on Director+ hiring for Engineering & Data Science

Technical RecruitingExecutive Search

Technical Recruiting Manager

Apr 2019 – Aug 2022 · 3 yrs 4 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Built the recruiting team responsible for non executive leadership hiring in our technology org.
Also managed tech recruiting teams for Engineering & Data Science across a variety of product and platform organizations including Guest & Host, Experiences and Infrastructure.

Technical RecruitingTeam Management

Senior Technical Recruiter

Apr 2015 – Apr 2019 · 4 yrs · San Francisco Bay Area

Helped scale the Engineering org from 100 to 1000+ across multiple product verticals and technical specializations.
Later partnered with Tech Exec team to build Airbnb's leadership recruiting strategy and deliver the first wave of engineering manager hires.

Technical RecruitingLeadership Hiring

Clearslide

2 roles

Technical Recruiter

Promoted

May 2013 – Apr 2015 · 1 yr 11 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Joined Series A and helped build ClearSlide's Tech org to 50+ across Engineering, Product and Data Science. Also partnered with Executive leadership team to hire for non-technical roles.
ClearSlide was backed by Greylock, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Social Capital

Technical RecruitingTeam Building