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Lachlan Ma💡

Recruiter

Los Angeles, California, United States9 yrs 3 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Expert in connecting talent with high-growth tech teams.
  • Public speaker on talent development strategies.
  • Experience recruiting across multiple global regions.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Global Tech Recruiter with expertise in talent acquisition for high-growth tech companies.

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Skills

Core Skills

Technical RecruitingRecruitingTalent SourcingCorporate Recruiting

Other Skills

Applicant Tracking SystemsBoolean SearchingCold CallingCommunicationCreative SolutionsEvent PlanningInterviewingLeadershipManagementMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft OfficeMicrosoft OutlookMicrosoft PowerPointMicrosoft WordProblem Solving

About

I’m Lachlan! Sydney-born, LA-native. Career Coach, Speaker, Global Tech Recruiter, hiring engineers across the U.S. and Canada (fully remote)! I’m passionate about being AI-forward, connecting top talent with high-growth teams and shaping culture in progressive companies. Future Speaking Engagements: UCLA, USC, CSUF As a public speaker, I’ve spoken on Talent Development strategies with the following organizations: TikTok, UC Berkeley Masters of Engineering, UC Irvine Business School, USyd (AUS), UNSW (AUS), University of Melbourne (AUS), Robert Half, Wellfound, Chronicle I’ve recruited for TikTok (across the U.S., Sydney, Europe, and China) and now focus on building Affirm’s mission-driven teams. When I’m not recruiting or speaking, you’ll find me creating content, traveling (business class lover), climbing, dancing, walking my dog, or searching for the city’s best matcha. For brand partnerships or speaking engagements, reach out—I’d love to connect!

Experience

9 yrs 3 mos
Total Experience
1 yr 6 mos
Average Tenure
1 yr 1 mo
Current Experience

Affirm

Technical Recruiter II (U.S. & Canada)

May 2025 – Present · 1 yr 1 mo · Los Angeles Metropolitan Area · Remote

  • Hiring Software Engineers L4-L7 in U.S. and CANADA (and yes, we're fully REMOTE 😉)
Talent SourcingCorporate RecruitingTechnical RecruitingRecruiting

Tiktok

3 roles

Global Talent Acquisition Partner (Australia & North America)

Sep 2023 – May 2025 · 1 yr 8 mos

  • Hired Software Engineers, Site Reliability Engineers, ML Engineers, Engineering Managers & Directors, and TPMs for SYDNEY, SAN JOSE, SEATTLE
  • Always Day 1!
Recruitment-to-RecruitmentTalent SourcingCorporate Recruiting

Technical Recruiter (U.S. and EMEA)

Promoted

Jul 2021 – Oct 2023 · 2 yrs 3 mos

  • Built the first engineering team for TikTok Shop. Later built out teams for Application Security and Client Business.
  • Locations hired for: San Jose (CA), Seattle (WA)
  • Managed 2 Technical Sourcers
  • Always Day 1. I loved working for this company :)

Global Recruiting Coordinator (Europe, U.S.A., China)

Dec 2020 – Jul 2021 · 7 mos

  • Regions of business: China, Singapore, New York, San Jose, Seattle, London, Dublin
  • Built out TikTok's engineering recruitment processes through interview optimization and candidate experienc

Bytedance

Global Talent Acquisition

Dec 2020 – May 2025 · 4 yrs 5 mos · California, United States

  • ByteDance is the parent company of TikTok
  • Learn more about us here: https://www.bytedance.com/en/

Cvs health

University Recruiter

Jul 2020 – Nov 2020 · 4 mos · California, United States

  • Recruitment efforts focused on Pharmaceutical roles

Uc irvine

Telecommunications Administrative Assistant (IT)

Oct 2019 – Jul 2020 · 9 mos · Irvine, CA

Bdo usa, llp

2 roles

Tax Associate

Promoted

Jul 2019 – Sep 2019 · 2 mos

Campus Ambassador of Recruitment

Sep 2018 – Sep 2019 · 1 yr

  • Spearheaded recruitment for BDO’s summer leadership and internship programs among business majors to attract and select candidates towards gaining professional experience in multiple industries
  • Handled and sourced hundreds of candidates per recruiting cycle by formatting Excel spreadsheets to display data toward simplifying the comparison between job qualifications and applicant criteria
  • Acquired talent through LinkedIn and networking to match candidate skills with job description goals
  • Constructed a recruitment timeline from networking engagements to onboarding as a liaison between BDO and UCI to ensure reservation of university facilities and offer deadlines
  • Developed partnerships with more universities to enlarge the number of high-quality candidates in the applicant pool

Mcclaugherty & associates

Business Law Associate

Jun 2018 – Aug 2018 · 2 mos · Greater Los Angeles Area

Din tai fung restaurant group

Food Runner/Busser

Sep 2017 – Apr 2018 · 7 mos · Arcadia, California, United States

Jollibee foods corporation

Corporate Planning Analyst

Jul 2017 – Sep 2017 · 2 mos · Metro Manila, Philippines

  • Increased company profits by 5% in long-run through closure of SBU’s with declining sales
  • Operated Bloomberg’s terminal machine to compile worldwide economic data in preparation for review by JFC’s executive officers to present to the global strategic business units for budget preparation
  • Researched factors of declining sales and franchise closures in the US markets
  • (x = demographic density , y = location of JFC franchises , z(y) = distance between y and
  • competing franchises) --> z(y) was frequently low
  • Created promotional company content directed towards recruiting interns and employees
  • Compiled economic outlook on both China and the U.S. to provide insight on both risks and opportunities for the corporation to expand further into foreign markets based on monetary conditions
  • Learned Bloomberg’s terminal machine functions through Bloomberg Singapore’s officers during weekly workshops
  • Formulated the company’s new Microsoft PowerPoint templates for future economic deck report submissions using conditional formatting
  • Analyzed financial statements of competing franchises to create highlights in preparation for future acquisition by the corporation

Arcadia unified school district

Speech & Debate Coach

Jun 2017 – Jul 2018 · 1 yr 1 mo · Arcadia, CA

Arcadia high school

Senior President

Jun 2015 – Jun 2016 · 1 yr · Arcadia High School

  • Generated over $16k by developing strategies and timelines to raise capital through fundraisers
  • Broadened leadership experience through execution of cabinet meetings and administrative work
  • Represented the student body of 3500 students to promote individual views for future betterment
  • Delivered speeches for the baccalaureate and the graduation commencement ceremony among an audience of 12,000 people and announced monthly reports to the A.U.S.D. Board of Education

Arcadia speech and debate team

Captain

Jun 2015 – Jun 2016 · 1 yr · Arcadia High School

  • Expedited weekly workshops for speech members who required individual assistance
  • Guided fellow team members with their public speaking skills to sharpen confidence and poise
  • Facilitated team collaboration by fostering a healthy environment to develop positive team dynamics
  • Competed scholastically and advanced to the 2015 CHSSA State Championships during novice year

First steps academy

Academic Tutor

Sep 2013 – Apr 2014 · 7 mos · Steps Academy

Education

UC Irvine

Bachelor's Degree — Business/Managerial Economics

Jan 2020 – Present

Arcadia High School

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