Jul 2024 – Apr 2026 · 1 yr 9 mos · United States · Remote

• Built a career platform for interview preparation and hiring success across early-career and experienced engineers.
• Conducted 500+ resume reviews and mentored engineers with successful placements at Google, AMEX, Oracle, and other top companies
• Designed structured interview prep programs covering DSA, system design, behavioral, and AI/ML fundamentals mirroring real hiring bars at FAANG and high-growth companies
• Built deep insights into candidate behavior, hiring gaps, and market trends through direct coaching engagement
• Worked closely with engineers and hiring expectations, bridging candidate and company hiring gaps
• Built LinkedIn Newsletter and Substack career communities with 5,000+ combined subscribers, sharing insights on recruiting trends, interview prep, AI careers, and career growth for engineers

Oct 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 8 mos · Chicago, IL · Remote

• Providing specialized talent acquisition services across fintech, insurtech, and high-growth startups.
• Led full-cycle recruiting across technical, product, and GTM roles for startups including Coherent and Branch
• Acted as strategic partner to founders and hiring managers, influencing hiring decisions, talent strategy, compensation alignment, and candidate experience
• Reduced time-to-fill to 14 days for critical roles while maintaining high candidate quality
• Built structure and repeatable recruiting processes in ambiguous, fast-moving startup environments

Sep 2021 – Aug 2022 · 11 mos · Chicago, IL

• Partnered with TA leaders to recruit Director to VP positions and Research Scientists across Cortex (ML), Consumer (Discovery & Connect), and Revenue verticals.
• Partnered directly with VPs and Directors across ML, Product, and Revenue orgs to define hiring strategies, org design, and talent mapping for critical business areas
• Influenced hiring decisions through structured candidate evaluation, calibration sessions, and hiring manager partnership at senior leadership level
• Led executive search for critical leadership roles, placing Sr. Directors and Heads of Engineering in highly competitive markets
• Sourced Research Scientists for the Cortex ML team — identifying and engaging world-class AI researchers across academia and industry using conference communities, research publications, and open-source contribution analysis
• Built and executed targeted sourcing strategies, improving pipeline quality and achieving 50%+ funnel conversion rates across all requisitions
• Enhanced diversity pipelining through strategic outreach initiatives, sourcing 200+ qualified candidates quarterly

Feb 2021 – Jul 2021 · 5 mos · Chicago, Illinois, United States

• I’m responsible for sourcing, prepping candidates, geared towards full cycle recruitment. At Amazon, we are a company of builders who bring varying backgrounds, ideas, and points of view to inventing on behalf of our customers. We are committed to diversity and inclusion and always look for ways to scale our impact as we grow.
• Supported the Cloud Infrastructure team to hire exclusive Cloud Architects, Solutions Architects, Engagement Manager roles in AWS.
• Quarterly metrics:- 6 Offers to 12 Onsites in AWS!

May 2020 – Jan 2021 · 8 mos

Jan 2020 – Apr 2020 · 3 mos · Greater Chicago Area

• The Mom Project is the career destination for moms. Through our digital marketplace and community, we connect professionally accomplished women with world-class companies. The Mom Project is changing the way women work and redefining career structures by providing women with opportunities that are in balance with their personal goals. This evolution will keep more talented, professionally accomplished women in the workforce.
• Lead, develop and drive the full-cycle hiring process for The Mom Project's technical positions.

Sep 2018 – Aug 2019 · 11 mos · Greater Chicago Area

• Sourced candidates for senior software engineering roles (SDE 5 and Sr. SDE 6) across three high-priority product teams
• Specialized in identifying engineers with expertise in C++, C#, ML/AI, Java, Python, .NET, and JavaScript
• Executed strategic sourcing to build diverse candidate slates meeting current and future team needs
• Assessed candidate quality beyond technical skills, focusing on long-term potential, team fit, and impact

Jan 2016 – Jun 2018 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Naperville, Chicago

• Involved in End-to-End recruitment cycle.
• Sourcing of candidates, matching the job specifications through various active and passive sources including referrals and social networking sites like LinkedIn etc.
• Use job portals like Dice, Career Builder, Tech Fetch, etc for sourcing active candidates.
• Sourcing through current database, job postings and network referrals.
• Negotiating on the contract rates with the candidates
• Guided smooth H1B transfer for new Consultants
• Experience in hiring different technologies and professionals like .net developers, java developers, C++ developer, oracle consultant, QA, Database administrator, Business analyst, etc
• Experience in working in high-pressure environments and possesses strong analytical skills along with the ability to adapt to changing priorities quickly.
• A detail-oriented, well organized coordinator and resourceful team player