Head of Engineering Recruitment

Why work at Nebius

Nebius is leading a new era in cloud computing to serve the global AI economy. We create the tools and resources our customers need to solve real-world challenges and transform industries, without massive infrastructure costs or the need to build large in-house AI/ML teams. Our employees work at the cutting edge of AI cloud infrastructure alongside some of the most experienced and innovative leaders and engineers in the field.

Where we work

Headquartered in Amsterdam and listed on Nasdaq, Nebius has a global footprint with R&D hubs across Europe, North America, and Israel. The team of over 1400 employees includes more than 400 highly skilled engineers with deep expertise across hardware and software engineering, as well as an in-house AI R&D team.

About the role

We are looking for a Head of Engineering Recruitment to lead and transform our global engineering hiring function. This role exists to fundamentally strengthen how Nebius attracts, assesses, and hires senior and highly technical engineering talent at scale.

Today, many of our most senior and complex engineering hires have come through leadership networks. We are now looking for a leader who can build a repeatable, high-quality recruitment engine — one that raises the bar across the entire funnel, improves role calibration, and delivers consistent outcomes across regions as we expand, particularly in the UK and US.

You will manage a distributed team of recruiters, partner closely with senior engineering leadership, and drive meaningful changes to our hiring strategy, processes, and operating model.

Your responsibilities will include

Lead, scale, and develop a global team of engineering recruiters across multiple regions

Own end-to-end engineering recruitment delivery, from workforce planning through execution, for highly technical roles across infrastructure, platform, systems, and product engineering

Diagnose and strengthen the top of the engineering hiring funnel, improving attraction, sourcing, and early-stage quality for senior and hard-to-hire roles

Partner closely with senior engineering leadership to deeply understand technical needs and translate them into clear, well-calibrated role definitions and hiring strategies

Improve candidate calibration by role type and seniority, reducing process elongation and increasing hiring efficiency and quality

Raise the bar on hiring standards by defining what “good” looks like technically and behaviourally and aligning assessment processes accordingly

Build and continuously improve hiring processes, assessment frameworks, and candidate experience to support scale without sacrificing quality

Increase engagement and accountability of hiring managers in top-of-funnel work and hiring outcomes

Use data, market insight, and reporting to guide hiring decisions, capacity planning, location strategy, and continuous improvement

Design and evolve the engineering recruitment team’s structure, capabilities, and operating rhythm to ensure reliability and consistency at scale

We expect you to have

Significant experience leading engineering recruitment teams in fast-growing technology companies

Proven track record hiring senior and highly technical engineering talent beyond referral- driven networks

Strong understanding of engineering disciplines, technical hiring challenges, and competitive global talent markets

Experience managing global or multi-regional recruitment teams

Ability to partner credibly and effectively with senior engineering and technology leaders

Data-driven mindset, with experience using metrics and insight to improve hiring quality and outcomes

Hands-on leadership style, comfortable operating in ambiguous, rapidly scaling environments

Experience building, rebuilding, or scaling in-house engineering recruitment functions