People operations
10 technical recruiting experts
These ten professionals have led or managed in-house technical recruiting teams at technology companies. A reader can learn how technical recruiting leaders build and run their teams as engineering hiring grows.
Professionals to explore
01—10Ajit Bodas
LinkedInExperience: Head of Global Technical Recruiting · Airbnb
Head of Global Technical Recruiting at Airbnb since 2020. Former Technical Recruiting Leader Platform (2019–2020) and Technical Talent Acquisition Manager Data Science (2018–2019) at Airbnb, and Global Talent Acquisition Leader at GE Digital (2012–2018). The profile describes leading a technical recruiting team and driving global recruiting initiatives aligned to technology business priorities at Airbnb.
Divya Joshi
LinkedInExperience: Head of Technical Recruiting - Engineering, Product, Analytics & Design · Thumbtack
Former Head of Technical Recruiting - Engineering, Product, Analytics & Design (2020–2021) and Director, Technical Recruiting (EPAD) (2021–2026) at Thumbtack, and Director, Head of Global Recruiting there since 2026. The profile describes building and leading global recruiting organizations that use data, market insight and business partnership.
Eleni Anderson
LinkedInExperience: Director- Head of Global Technical Recruiting · Dropbox
Senior Director- Head of Global Technical & Business Recruiting at Dropbox since 2026. Former Director- Head of Global Technical Recruiting (2022–2025), Senior Technical Recruiting Manager- Engineering, Product & Design (2020–2022) and Technical Recruiting Manager- Engineering (2017–2020) at Dropbox. The profile says this person leads global Engineering, Product and Design recruiting and sourcing at Dropbox.
Hannah Petersen
LinkedInExperience: Head of Technical Recruiting - Europe · Yelp
Head of Technical Recruiting - Europe at Yelp since 2025. Former Technical Recruiting Manager (2020–2024), Lead Technical Recruiter (2019) and Technical Recruiter (2018–2019) at Yelp, and People & Culture - Recruiting Manager at superReal GmbH part of Dept (2017–2018).
Heather Samaras
LinkedInExperience: Head of Technical Recruiting · Scale AI
Former Head of Technical Recruiting at Scale AI (2024–2025), where the profile says the role led technical hiring across Research and Engineering. Senior Director, Talent Acquisition at Scale AI since 2026. Former Senior Global Technical Recruiting Manager, Product TPM at Meta (2018–2023), where the profile describes a Global Pipeline Lead role leading a global team.
Lily Li
LinkedInExperience: Director, Head of Technical Recruiting · Flatiron Health
Former Director, Head of Technical Recruiting (2020–2022) and Senior Manager, Head of Technical Recruiting (2020) at Flatiron Health, with later roles there as Senior Director, Head of Global Talent Acquisition (2022–2024) and Senior Director, Head of Global Talent Acquisition and People Operations (2024–2026). The profile describes scaling recruiting organizations across technology, life sciences, research and G&A.
Melissa Nixon
LinkedInExperience: Head of Technical Recruiting · Anthropic
Head of Technical Recruiting at Anthropic since 2025. Former VP People at Mapbox (2021–2023), where the profile describes building and leading global talent acquisition, HR, communications and people operations teams. Former Director, Recruiting (2017–2020) and Sr. Director, Recruiting (2020) at Meta Facebook.
Salehah Hassan
LinkedInExperience: Director, Technical Recruiting · Brex
Director, Technical Recruiting at Brex since 2025. Former Group Manager, Technical Recruiting at Grammarly (2024–2025) and Technical Recruiting Manager, Platform at Airbnb (2019–2021). Other roles include Head of Recruiting at Gem (2022–2023) and Head of Recruiting at Common Room by Zoom (2021–2022).
Subhashini Rajagopal
LinkedInExperience: Founding technical recruiter and head of technical recruitment · Verkada
Former Founding technical recruiter and head of technical recruitment at Verkada (2018–2020), where the profile says the role reported directly to the CTO and later to the VP of Engineering and recruited for software, firmware and computer vision. Former Head of Global Talent at Shippo (2020–2022). Vice President, Global People and Talent at HEN Technologies since 2026.
Sydney Busch Weber
LinkedInExperience: Director, Global Tech Recruiting & Talent Strategy · Lyft
Head of Technical Recruiting at Plaid since 2026. Former Director, Global Tech Recruiting & Talent Strategy at Lyft (2022–2025), Director, Talent Acquisition at Coinbase (2025–2026) and Manager, Talent Acquisition at Netflix (2018–2022). The profile describes a team-building approach focused on individual strengths to create a cohesive, diverse and well-balanced team.
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's company stage to yours, since building a first recruiting function at a startup differs from running global technical hiring at a large company. Also decide whether you need help with team structure, sourcing strategy or a specific hiring area, and pick someone whose titles fit that need.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you size and structure a technical recruiting team against an engineering hiring plan?
- 02What changes in your process when you move from hiring individual engineers to hiring engineering leaders?
- 03How do you work with engineering managers so interviews stay fast without lowering the bar?
Reaching technical recruiting experts
How can I contact one of these technical recruiting experts?
Pick one of the 10 people on this page and choose "Book a paid call", or describe your project to find others. You offer a fee for a 15-minute call or a written answer, Instant Expert finds the person's work email and sends the invitation, and they decide whether to accept. The list covers 10 companies, including Airbnb, Thumbtack and Dropbox, based on profile data retrieved on October 4, 2026. Being listed here doesn't mean someone has agreed to take calls.
How much does it cost to reach technical recruiting experts?
You choose the offer, starting at $5 per person. It includes Instant Expert's 20% fee, so an offer that pays the person $100 costs you $125. You're charged only when the person books the call or sends the answer.
What if they don't reply?
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