Senior Technical Recruiter
Job Description
Manage end-to-end recruiting for technology hiring at Morningstar in Chicago, IL (onsite).
Responsibilities
- Own full-cycle recruiting: intake, market research, sourcing, assessment, interview management, offers, and closing
- Partner with technical hiring managers across engineering, data, product, and infrastructure to define search goals and success criteria
- Translate technical requirements into talent profiles, sourcing strategies, and market maps
- Build candidate pipelines using LinkedIn Recruiter, talent databases, referrals, professional networks, and targeted outreach
- Provide market intelligence to hiring managers, including pipeline data, competitive context, and clear recommendations
- Monitor funnel health with recruiting metrics (for example, pipeline volume, stage conversion, and time in stage) and recommend adjustments early
- Deliver a clear, timely, and respectful candidate experience throughout the process
- Coordinate with Talent & Culture to ensure smooth handoff from offer acceptance through onboarding
- Identify improvements across recruiting processes, tools, sourcing approaches, and candidate and hiring manager experience
Requirements
- 4+ years of recruiting experience, including meaningful exposure to technical or technology-related searches
- Experience recruiting within at least one technical discipline: software engineering, data, cloud/infrastructure, cybersecurity, AI/ML, or product
- Ability to learn technical concepts and convert them into effective search strategies
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills, including the ability to share candid recommendations with hiring managers
- Comfort working with recruiting data and pipeline metrics to identify gaps and guide decisions
Preferred
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
- Experience with Workday or another enterprise ATS
- Curiosity about how technology is evolving and how it impacts the talent market
Tools & Technologies
- LinkedIn Recruiter
- Workday
Location
- Chicago, IL | On-site 4 days/week
Total Cash Compensation
- $98,125 - $143,925 per year (inclusive of annual base salary and target incentive)
Benefits
- 401k: 100% match up to 6% of salary
- Stock ownership potential
- Life insurance: company-provided (1x salary + commission)
- Health benefits: medical/dental/vision, potential premium discounts, and company-provided HSA contributions (up to $500-$2,000 annually) for specific plans and coverages
- Medical wellness incentives: up to $300-$600 annually
- Company-provided long- and short-term disability insurance
- Trust-based time off
- 6-week paid sabbatical
- 6-week paid family caregiving leave
- Competitive paid parental leave: 8-24 weeks
- Adoption assistance
- Leadership coaching & formal mentorship opportunities
- Annual flex stipend: $1000 annually for personal education & well-being expenses
- Tuition reimbursement
- Charitable matching gifts program
- Dollars for Doers volunteer program
- Paid volunteering days
- 15+ employee resource & affinity groups