Ishani Patankar

Technical Recruiter

Lake Stevens, Washington, United States10 yrs 1 mo experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Expert in sourcing AI and ML talent.
  • Proven track record in high-volume recruiting.
  • Strong market intelligence and candidate engagement.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Technical Recruiter specializing in AI and Data Science within the Travel Tech industry.

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Skills

Core Skills

Technical RecruitingSourcing

Other Skills

multi-channel sourcing strategiesAI/ML recruitingtechnical screeningmarket intelligenceAI-powered recruiting toolstechnical recruiter screenspartnered with hiring managersevent recruitingFull-life Cycle RecruitingInterview SchedulingClient ManagementExecutive RecruitingScreeningRecruitingHiring

About

As a Senior Technical Sourcer at Expedia Group, I thrive at the intersection of innovative technology and transformative travel experiences. My specialty lies in unearthing and engaging world-class talent across AI, Machine Learning, and Data Science—especially for those hard-to-fill, high-impact roles that drive our mission to make travel accessible for everyone, everywhere. My approach combines rigorous market research, advanced sourcing strategies, and authentic relationship-building with candidates who are as committed to innovation as they are to driving positive change in travel tech Off the clock, you’ll find me exploring new hiking trails, planning my next adventure (travel bucket list ever-growing!), or recharging over a great cup of coffee. I bring this same spirit of exploration, connection, and energy to my sourcing work—believing that when people are inspired and empowered, amazing things happen **Please note: employment opportunities and job offers at Expedia Group will always come from Expedia Group’s Talent Acquisition and hiring teams. Never provide sensitive, personal information to someone unless you’re confident who the recipient is. Expedia Group does not extend job offers via email or any other messaging tools to individuals to whom we have not made prior contact. Our email domain is @expediagroup.com. The official website to find and apply for job openings at Expedia Group is lifeatexpediagroup.com/jobs

Experience

10 yrs 1 mo
Total Experience
1 yr 5 mos
Average Tenure
4 yrs 5 mos
Current Experience

Expedia group

2 roles

Senior Technical Sourcer

Promoted

Mar 2025Present · 1 yr 3 mos · Seattle, Washington, United States · Hybrid

  • Designed and owned multi‑channel sourcing strategies for senior‑to‑executive AI/ML, Data Science, and Principal Engineering roles across Product & Tech, covering Generative AI, LLMs, Agentic AI, recommendation systems, search, and personalization.
  • Hire across all seniority levels- Senior IC’s through Sr Director - including detailed technical screening to access the depth of research impact, publication record, cross-functional influence and ability to set technical standards at scale
  • Served as a talent advisor to senior technical leaders and VPs, providing market intelligence on candidate availability, compensation benchmarks, and competitor hiring activity to calibrate search parameters against external realities
  • Leveraged AI‑powered recruiting tools— LinkedIn Hiring Assistant, Anavarin, Glean, Claude, Copilot — to construct complex Boolean searches, scale outreach, and craft domain‑specific recruiter screens for highly technical ML/AI roles
multi-channel sourcing strategiesAI/ML recruitingtechnical screeningmarket intelligenceAI-powered recruiting toolsTechnical Recruiting+1

Technical Sourcer

Jan 2022Mar 2025 · 3 yrs 2 mos · Seattle, Washington, United States · Hybrid

  • 1. Focus on Software & Data Engineering Hiring- Mid-Senior Level
  • Designed and executed multi‑channel sourcing strategies** for Backend, Full‑Stack, Platform, and Data Engineering roles across the Product & Engineering organization, supporting teams building distributed systems, data infrastructure, and large‑scale backend services
  • Sourced passive candidates through GitHub, StackOverflow, open‑source contributions, engineering blogs, conference speakers, and warm referral networks to generate high‑quality top‑of‑funnel pipelines. Conducted technical recruiter screens to assess engineering fundamentals, distributed systems knowledge, data modeling experience, and ability to operate in high‑scale environments
  • Partnered with engineering hiring managers to define technical must‑haves, calibrate on system‑design depth, and refine sourcing keywords across languages, frameworks, and data technologies
  • 1. 2023 Onward: Transition Into ML/AI, Data Science
  • Designed and owned multi‑channel sourcing strategies for senior‑to‑executive AI/ML, Data Science, and Principal Engineering roles across Product & Tech, covering Generative AI, LLMs, Agentic AI, recommendation systems, search, and personalization
  • Hired across all seniority levels— Senior IC through Sr. Director — including detailed technical screening to assess research impact, publication record, cross‑functional influence, and ability to set technical standards at scale
  • Served as a talent advisor to senior technical leaders and VPs, providing market intelligence on candidate availability, compensation benchmarks, and competitor hiring activity to calibrate search parameters against external realities
  • Achieved sourced‑candidate funnel share of ~50% and average time‑to‑fill of 53–55 days
  • Leveraged AI‑powered recruiting tools — LinkedIn Hiring Assistant, Anavarin, Glean, Copilot to construct complex Boolean searches, scale outreach, and craft domain‑specific recruiter screens for highly technical ML/AI roles
multi-channel sourcing strategiestechnical recruiter screenspartnered with hiring managersTechnical RecruitingSourcing

Helpful

Volunteer Recruiting Lead

Feb 2021Jan 2022 · 11 mos · Seattle, Washington, United States

  • Leading the recruiting efforts to collaboratively fill open positions in a timely manner
  • Leading & mentoring a team of 5 recruiters & determining the position priorities on a monthly basis
  • Sourcing for technical as well as non-technical roles & partnering with the respective project leads in order to determine the requirements

Amazon

Technical Recruiter-Engineering

Dec 2019Dec 2020 · 1 yr · Greater Seattle Area

  • Partnered with hiring teams in order to set sourcing strategies, identifying bottlenecks & finding creative solutions to attract top talent for the Alexa & Devices teams
  • Build and maintained a network of potential candidates through proactive market research and on-going relationship management; conducted in-depth interviews of candidates, demonstrating ability to anticipate hiring manager preferences through high offer-to-interview ratios
  • Was an integral part of the weekly “Blitzes” & successfully managed to bring on an average 12-13 candidates onsite on a monthly basis

Microsoft

University Recruiter

Jul 2019Dec 2019 · 5 mos · Redmond, Washington

  • Own the hardware-Azure, Devices & Silicon Engineering hiring through digital sourcing efforts and creating sourcing strategies for 6 different organizations in order to identify and attract the top talent from our target universities and from some other unique schools
  • Sourcing & filling up 2-3 Remote College Campus & College Campus Interviews per week through digital sourcing efforts. Maintaining a healthy 1:95 Interview to Offer ratio to make close to 300 + hires
  • Establishing relationships with the candidates and providing them a positive candidate experience. Advising and influencing hiring managers, business partners to strategically plan and pivot with changing allocations

University of north texas

Library Student Assistant-Administrative Office

Aug 2018Apr 2019 · 8 mos · Dallas/Fort Worth Area

  • This position serves as a first contact in a dean’s office.
  • Day-to-Day Responsibilities :
  • Answering and directing phone inquiries
  • Greeting staff and visitors
  • Running errands
  • Handling the cafe deposit/cash handling
  • Database management
  • Creating spreadsheets & maintaining inventory
  • Maintaining and filing office records
  • Special HR Projects :
  • Instrumental in designing & creating Employee/Supervisor Guide for UNT’s 3 largest Libraries.
  • Designed Student Handbook for new incoming student assistants
  • Designed an FMLA guide for Library Employees

Cyxtera technologies

Human Resources Intern

May 2018Aug 2018 · 3 mos · Dallas/Fort Worth Area

  • Learning Management System (LMS): Ensured employees were assigned to the correct group types by conducting data administration, and also imported user files on a weekly basis in the LMS system
  • Employee Handbook & Manual: Created and designed an employee handbook which was shared with the new employees as a part of their on boarding process across all levels
  • Job Descriptions: Maintained the SharePoint site by proof-reading and modifying job descriptions and created a standard template and converted all of them in the standard template
  • HRIS: Gained knowledge and became proficient in using Ceridian Dayforce by maintaining employee data, entering new hires, updating organizational structural changes, job title changes, salary increases, and also handled the back end process for terminations
  • Compensation/Benefits: Conducted job matching, salary survey submissions, and salary range development. Prepared the monthly benefit bills and submitted them periodically. Worked on the 401k projects & updated the worker’s compensation codes for each State

University of north texas college of business

Student Assistant- International Recruitment office

Aug 2017May 2018 · 9 mos · Denton

  • Simplified the admission process by assisting & guiding more than 100 international students on a daily basis
  • Served as a brand ambassador for UNT, by collaborating with Indian agents and by working as a specialist for India based projects

Kelly services india

Recruiter/Consultant

Apr 2014Jun 2016 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Pune Area, India

  • Managed all phases of full-cycle recruiting, from initial sourcing and screening through offer negotiations, placement and on boarding for mid-senior level candidates. Creatively sourced high-caliber candidates by leveraging recruiting software, social media, cold calling and employee referrals
  • Partnered with more than 8 hiring teams to build effective sourcing, assessment, and closing approaches with an ability to manage customer/partner expectations. Managed candidate pool & kept candidates warm while offers were extended from clients
  • Facilitated interview scheduling and coordination as well as correspondence with candidates, hiring managers and executive assistants from other verticals, and provided updates for nearly 100 job seekers regarding applications/interviews status
  • Conducted initial level of interviews to maintain a network of potential candidates
  • Served as a single point of contact for clients like Johnson & Johnson, Medtronic, Dr. Reddy’s, Lupin

Biojobz (reliqqus venture)

Associate Talent Manager/Recruiter I

Mar 2013Feb 2014 · 11 mos · Pune

  • Lead a team of 4 members and was responsible for imparting the entire training & development modules & handling their performance management. Partnered with more than 5 hiring teams to build effective sourcing, assessment, and closing approaches with an ability to manage customer/partner expectations
  • Aggressively recruited well-qualified applicants and managed all phases of full-cycle recruiting, from initial sourcing and screening through offer negotiations, placement and on boarding through a variety of sources like computer databases, job portals, internal recruiting sources, employee referrals in order to attract, select, and retain the best talent in the market
  • Facilitated interview scheduling and coordination as well as correspondence with candidates, hiring managers and executive assistants from other verticals, to provide updates regarding applications/interviews status as needed

Wns global services

Intern- Recruitment and Selection

Apr 2012Jun 2012 · 2 mos · Pune

  • Handling end-to- end recruitment and selection process of WNS.
  • Understanding the requirements of the organization and strategizing the hiring method. Hiring candidates for various mid-level to senior level positions.
  • Designed manuals and guidelines which focused on the general welfare of the employees in the organization, the grievance redressal process, effectively handling the Politics in the organization.

Education

University of North Texas G. Brint Ryan College of Business

Master of Business Administration - MBA — Human Resource Management & Organizational Behavior

Jan 2017Jan 2019

Maeers M.I.T.School of Management

Master of Business Administration - MBA — Personnel Management & Human Resource Management

Jan 2011Jan 2013

Symbiosis College of Arts & Commerce

Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com) — Business Administration and Management

Jan 2008Jan 2011

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