Talent Engineer

Austin | Chicago | New York City | Salt Lake City | San Francisco. Posted a month ago

The role

You will build the automation, integration, and AI-powered workflows that serve as the engine for the Talent Acquisition team. This is a 0-to-1 build to unify disparate systems into a single governed layer for AI tools.

What you will do

Unify systems by connecting Workday, Greenhouse, Gem, and BrightHire
Build a talent intelligence repository for AI tools to use
Build agentic solutions for automated reporting, visibility, and conversational tools
Develop predictive flags for at-risk offers and recruiter workload modeling
Provide input on build-vs-buy evaluations for the talent tech stack
Own outbound sourcing and offer effectiveness through structured experimentation
Build agents to monitor conversion rates and refine benchmarks
Partner with People Analytics, HRIS, and IT teams

Required qualifications

Experience building solutions that integrate with external systems using APIs, OAuth, webhooks, rate limits, and error handling
Strong scripting/backend skills in Python or TypeScript/Node
SQL proficiency
Hands-on experience with LLM APIs and tool/function-calling patterns
Sound instincts around permissions and access-control design
Experience designing and analyzing structured experiments
Comfort with ambiguity

Nice to have

Direct experience with MCP (Model Context Protocol)
Recruiting or Talent Acquisition background
Experience in an analytics engineering, automation engineering, or solutions engineering role
Familiarity with recruiting or HR systems (Greenhouse, Workday, Gem, BrightHire, or similar)
Interest or prior exposure to applying software engineering to talent acquisition and recruiting operations

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision plans
Wellbeing Fund - flexible wellness stipend
Mental Health benefits with covered therapy and coaching
401(k) program
Education & learning stipend
Flexible vacation time
Paid parental leave
Company-wide recharge days each quarter
Work from home stipend

Before you apply

Come ready to walk through 2–3 systems you've actually built

About the company

Gong harnesses the power of AI to transform how revenue teams win. The Gong Revenue AI Operating System unifies data, insights, and workflows into a single, trusted system.