Houston, Texas, United States
👋 Hi! I'm Sarah. I began my career in agency recruitment at Michael Page, where I learned the fundamentals of recruiting. I then spent almost 3 years in the Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) space at Affirm. I'm now at MongoDB - where I'm focused on building teams that empower developers to build, scale, and innovate faster by providing a powerful, flexible, and intuitive database platform. I'm known for championing my team to create positive experiences for job seekers and building strong partnerships with hiring managers. I specialize in recruiting top backend software engineering talent across the US, Canada, and EMEA.
MongoDB is a general purpose, document-based, distributed database built for modern application developers and for the cloud era.
- Technical Recruitment Expertise: Led backend software engineer recruitment for US & Canada, from mid-level to senior management. Achieved 6-9 hires per quarter, surpassing targets consistently. - Pipeline Development: Expertly managed candidate pipelines using Greenhouse, securing a 9.9/10 satisfaction score and enhancing the candidate experience. - Strategic Collaboration: Worked with Director-level hiring managers to refine selection criteria, providing actionable feedback and achieving an 80% offer acceptance rate. - Diversity & Inclusion Leadership: Implemented DEI initiatives, boosting diversity hires by 20% in FY 2024 and targeting underrepresented talent pools. - Global Recruitment: Expanded recruitment internationally, successfully hiring software engineers in Canada, EMEA: Poland and Spain, supporting global team expansion. - Data-Driven Insights: Utilized Gem and LinkedIn Recruiter to drive data-informed recruitment strategies, optimizing sourcing and candidate engagement. - Technical Skills Assessment: Refined interview processes to evaluate technical capabilities in distributed systems and machine learning, while ensuring cultural fit. - Cross-Functional Alignment: Aligned recruitment efforts with Affirm’s growth in key areas like Machine Learning, Data Science, Risk Engineering, and Infrastructure. - Program Leadership: Developed and led a Lunch & Learn program, fostering continuous learning and knowledge sharing in a remote-first setting.
- Full-cycle recruitment consultant leading the Software and DevOps Engineering recruitment team for Michael Page, U.S. (Team of 3 with 1 direct report.) - Owned the entire end to end full-cycle recruitment process including: sourcing, screening, and closing top technical talent through various channels, as well as coordination. - Established the GTM strategy for the US FinTech market, targeting Series A, B, and C technology startups. - Signed 13 new clients in a rolling 12-month period and filled 24 roles within a rolling 12-month period - Negotiated an average fee rate of 27% with an average fee of $40k per placement - Partnered closely with CTOs, CIOs, Directors of Engineering, and Software Engineering Managers to identify and attract the best talent and leadership - Recruited for diverse multi-disciple, highly technical candidates including Software Engineers (Machine Learning, Backend, Full-Stack, Frontend, Mobile, Cloud, and Blockchain), DevOps Engineers, UX/UI, Technical Product & Program Managers