Olamidayo Awosika

Olamidayo Awosika

Technical Recruiter | Technical Hiring | Venture-Backed Startups | Global Remote

Lagos, Nigeria

#OpenToWork

About

Technical Recruiter specializing in venture-backed startup hiring across AI, engineering, product, and design, with a proven track record of 50+ successful hires across North America, Europe, and LATAM. Managing high-volume pipelines across multiple concurrent roles using LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub, Google X-Ray, and Boolean search. Known for finding and recruiting hard-to-reach engineering talent by sourcing deep into developer communities, not just LinkedIn. I connect exceptional technical talent with innovative companies across global markets.

What I'm looking for

Technical Recruiter | Technical Sourcer | Talent Acquisition Specialist

Experience

Talent Hackers

Technical Recruiter

Talent Hackers

Mar 2026 – Present

● Own 7+ concurrent technical searches for venture-backed seed through Series D startups across AI/ML, Founding Engineers, Research Scientists, Product Managers, and Product Designers ● Built high-quality talent pipelines by sourcing 100+ candidates per search, shortlisting 50, achieving a 30% response rate, and delivering 3–5 qualified candidates to clients. ● Designed sourcing strategy and ran personalized outreach campaigns for each search, partnering with founders and hiring teams to calibrate candidate profiles and drive searches through to confirmed hires ● Delivered 8+ successful placements while holding a strict quality bar, declining to advance candidates below requirement even under pressure to increase volume

AI/MLBoolean SearchLinkedIn Recruiter
Euphrates Tech

Technical Recruiter

Euphrates Tech

Sep 2024 – Mar 2026

● Sole recruiter for a distributed software development company, owning full cycle recruiting end to end across engineering, AI/ML, infrastructure, and product, both for Euphrates' own growing team and for client companies ● Placed 40+ professionals across engineering, product, and design roles while managing 100 to 150 candidate pipelines monthly and maintaining a 3:1 onsite-to-offer ratio ● Partnered with hiring managers to define role requirements, build interview frameworks, and align compensation benchmarks. ● Managed 8+ concurrent searches from intake through offer acceptance while delivering a strong candidate experience. ● Sourced using LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub, Boolean and X-Ray search, and targeted outreach campaigns ● Maintain an organized candidate database and track recruitment metrics to monitor pipeline health and hiring progress ● Increased offer acceptance rates by 25% through structured processes

LinkedIn RecruiterGitHubBoolean Search
Deployed I.T Solutions

Talent Sourcer

Deployed I.T Solutions

Jun 2023 – Aug 2024

● Sourced technical candidates across LinkedIn, job boards, GitHub, Stack Overflow, and developer communities ● Delivered 120+ qualified candidate profiles weekly with a 25-30% shortlist-to-interview conversion rate ● Improved hiring speed by 20% through optimized sourcing workflows and proactive pipeline management ● Built candidate pipelines across three continents using advanced Boolean and X-Ray search techniques ● Reduced time-to-fill from 6 weeks to 3-4 weeks by optimizing sourcing channels and candidate targeting ● Created weekly sourcing reports analyzing candidate flow, response rates, and market trends

Boolean SearchGitHubStack OverflowLinkedIn Recruiter

Education

Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

BSc. · Computer Science

Skills

Remote HiringCandidate ExperienceFunnel MetricsCandidate OutreachPipeline ManagementLinkedIn RecruiterGitHub SourcingBoolean SearchAI/ML HiringTechnical Screening