Himanshu Kalra

Head of Talent

Gurugram, Haryana, India8 yrs 5 mos experience

AI EnabledAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

Expert in building high-performing engineering teams.
Proven track record in global talent acquisition.
Specialized in backend and infrastructure hiring.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Technical Recruiter specializing in Gaming and Database industries.

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Skills

Core Skills

Talent AcquisitionTechnical RecruitingVendor Management

Other Skills

Agentic AutomationAI AgentsC++JavaGolangScalaRustAkkaKafkaLLVMGEMSeekoutGraphicsAvatarRendering

About

Building high-performing engineering teams at scale. Experienced in global talent acquisition, technical recruiting, talent research and greenfield hiring across backend, infrastructure, distributed systems, and emerging technologies. A builder at heart, passionate about combining market intelligence, process improvements, sourcing strategy, and strong partnerships to solve complex hiring challenges.

Experience

8 yrs 5 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 1 mo

Average Tenure

2 yrs

Current Experience

Roblox

2 roles

Lead, Talent Acquisition

Promoted

Oct 2025 – Present · 8 mos · Hybrid

Player/Builder/Coach
Building from the ground up (0→1); foundational hiring expert.
Leading the talent research pod for backend hiring (C++, Java, Golang, Scala, Rust, Akka, Kafka, LLVM).

Agentic AutomationAI AgentsTalent AcquisitionTechnical Recruiting

Talent Acquisition

Jun 2024 – Oct 2025 · 1 yr 4 mos · Hybrid

https://careers.roblox.com/
If you have experience building large-scale distributed systems, I’d love to connect.
Supporting backend & game engine talent hiring for HQ.
Hiring for Game Engine (Graphics/Avatar/Rendering, Gameplay/Physics, Game Networking, Prod, Programmability), Economy, Ads, AI, User, Growth & Safety engineering groups.

GEMSeekoutTalent AcquisitionTechnical Recruiting

Mongodb

3 roles

Principal, Talent Acquisition

Promoted

Feb 2024 – May 2024 · 3 mos

▶ Scaled Technical and GTM teams globally!
▶ Sourced top talent and built the Technical Services team in LATAM (Brazil) from the ground up.
▶ Played a vital role in building the Salesforce Engineering team in India from scratch.
▶ Helped in scaling most of the customer engineering teams in India, the Americas & Dublin. (Professional Services, Technical Services, Solutions Consulting, Technical Operations, Software & Data, etc)
▶ Hired 80+ MongoDBians during tenure at MongoDB.

Tech HiringSearch Logic FrameworkTalent AcquisitionTechnical Recruiting

Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist

Promoted

Feb 2022 – Feb 2024 · 2 yrs

▶ Part of the Customer Engineering recruiting world. Focused on strategizing and executing sourcing & recruiting efforts across levels (from Associates to Managers).
▶ Built and scaled Consulting Engineering, Solutions architecture, Technical Services teams in Asia Pacific & North America region.
▶ Mentored & trained new joiners in the team.

SeekoutLinkedIn RecruiterTalent AcquisitionTechnical Recruiting

Talent Acquisition Specialist

Feb 2021 – Jan 2022 · 11 mos

From tier-1 banks to small web startups, MongoDB is widely & most commonly used modern data platform and the first database provider to IPO in over 20 years. The database market is massive (IDC estimates it to be $138B+ by 2026!) & we are one of the fastest growing database organisations on this planet. Our mission empowers innovators to create, transform, and disrupt industries by unleashing the power of software and data.

Talent IntelligenceMarket MappingTalent AcquisitionTechnical Recruiting

Genpact

Technical Recruiter

Aug 2019 – Feb 2021 · 1 yr 6 mos · India · On-site

Led end-to-end hiring for Product and Engineering teams across various domains, including Software and Cloud Security.
Collaborated with business leaders to develop targeted sourcing strategies for niche roles in Microsoft/Java stacks.
Supported global hiring initiatives for niche roles across multiple regions, including the US, UK, and APAC.

AvatureLinkedIn RecruiterTechnical RecruitingTalent Acquisition

Net connect pvt ltd

3 roles

Technical Recruiter

Promoted

Jan 2019 – Aug 2019 · 7 mos

Headquartered in India's Silicon Valley, Bangalore, Net Connect is an IT Services Organisation with delivery centers in major cities of India like Bangalore (HO), Delhi, Mumbai Kolkata, Pune and Gurgaon, IT has more than 80+ Service Locations in India today.
It employs over 2000+ professionals and experienced team of engineers offering services on varied platforms. Net Connect believes in assuring business continuity by incorporating best business processes & practices. The management comprises a mix of IT & industry professionals. Net Connect strive towards meeting the high level of technical and attitudinal skill requirements of our clients.
Part of the Technology hiring team & hired mostly for roles in the Tech- Infra Services & Information Security domain/vertical.

Client RelationsIndeedTechnical RecruitingTalent Acquisition

Talent Acquisition Analyst

Dec 2017 – Dec 2018 · 1 yr

Built & managed a team of 20+ vendors in India from scratch!
Responsible for vendor management, talent acquisition & account management across verticals within the IT-Infra space.

Vendor RelationsCollege RecruitingTalent AcquisitionVendor Management