Adrian Bora

𝐓𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐚𝐥 is a fully remote global talent marketplace that connects companies with the top 𝟑% of talent, on-demand. Toptal is the largest fully-remote workforce in the world. 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞: https://www.toptal.com

𝐓𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐚𝐥 is a fully remote global talent marketplace that connects companies with the top 𝟑% of talent, on-demand. Toptal is the largest fully-remote workforce in the world. 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞: https://www.toptal.com 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 • Partnered with HMs across the globe to drive the end-to-end recruitment life cycle, from job spec creation to opening the requisition, kick-off, sourcing, screening, and all the way through the offer. • Nurtured talent pipelines for recurring roles, resulting in 𝟐𝟎% of roles being closed by engaging with past candidates. Promoted jobs internally, leading to 𝟐𝟎% of roles being closed through referrals. • Leveraged advanced sourcing strategies to identify and engage with top-tier candidates for hard-to-fill roles. Created multi-step nurture campaigns and leveraged my network and our 𝐒𝐋𝐓 and 𝐄𝐱𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 to increase responses significantly, leading to 𝟑𝟎% of roles being closed through sourcing. • Created and maintained hiring guides that reduced Recruiter onboarding time for recurring roles. 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐀𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 • Almost doubled the size of Toptal’s Internal Product team over 2 years, from 𝟐𝟐 to 𝟑𝟖 𝐏𝐌𝐬. • Hired 𝟔𝟎+ people including Product Managers, Designers, UX Researchers, SEO, SEM, Marketing & Growth Strategists, Engineers, Sales Executives, Client Partners, and General Managers as well as SLT and Executive roles. • Promoted twice, shifting from a 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 & 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 scope to supporting recruitment across all functions, including hiring for 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬, 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, and our 𝐒𝐋𝐓 and 𝐄𝐱𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦. • Offer acceptance rate of >𝟗𝟎%, average time to fill of <𝟑𝟎 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬, and 6-month retention of >𝟖𝟓%. • Helped increase 𝐢𝐧𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 by experimenting with manual posts and alternate job titles. 𝐊𝐞𝐲𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬: remote, global, marketplace, product company, founder-led, hypergrowth

Toptal is a fully remote global talent marketplace that connects companies with the top 3% of talent, on-demand. Toptal is the largest fully-remote workforce in the world. 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞: https://www.toptal.com

Toptal is a fully remote global talent marketplace that connects companies with the top 3% of talent, on-demand. Toptal is the largest fully-remote workforce in the world. 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞: https://www.toptal.com

123𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫 is a powerful data collection platform that helps companies and users focus on their core business and lets them handle all data collection-related processes through the use of a simple and intuitive online form builder. 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞: https://www.123formbuilder.com 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 • Acted as a trusted partner for various teams, such as 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭, 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧, and 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠. • Owned the entire recruitment process from requisition approval, sourcing, screening, and closing. • Analyzed trends and best practices, developing process improvements for recruitment practices. • Measured recruitment impact and tracked relevant KPIs (source quality, quality of hire, cost per hire, time per hire, and more), building cost-effective recruitment strategies based on metrics and insights. • Worked with 𝐒𝐋𝐓 to define salary bands and forecasts, planning resources to reach long-term goals. • Worked with 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 to build a competency framework. Trained and coached interviewers. • Evaluated and onboarded an 𝐀𝐓𝐒 to help scale our recruitment efforts, and automate daily tasks. 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐀𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 • Hired 𝟒𝟎+ people including Engineers, Product Managers, Designers, Product Marketing, Content & Creative, SEO, Marketing Operations, and Sales. Hired 𝟐 𝐄𝐱𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 and rebuilt the 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 function. • Helped scale the 123FormBuilder team from <𝟕𝟎 people to 𝟏𝟎𝟎+ in less than 𝟏 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫. • Achieved a 1-year retention of >𝟖𝟎%, an average time to fill of <𝟑𝟎 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬, and reduced cost per hire. 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤: 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐝 (PHP / Laravel / Lumen, Java / Spring Boot), 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝 (React / TypeScript, CSS), 𝐐𝐀 (Selenium, Cucumber, Jenkins CI/CD), 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐎𝐩𝐬 (Docker, K8s, AWS, IaC, Netflix OSS), 𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 architecture. 𝐊𝐞𝐲𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬: remote, startup, SaaS, product company, founder-led, tech recruiting

𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 is a Swiss web development agency that specializes in creating customized digital solutions using technologies like 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐃𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐚𝐥, and 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐟𝐲 to support businesses in their digital transformation. 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞: https://dreamproduction.com/en/ 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 & 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐀𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 • Sourced, screened, and hired top talent, growing and maintaining a candidate database. • Partnered with 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 to create job descriptions and technical assessments. • Built an internal performance evaluation and feedback process, and wrote internal procedures and guidelines. • Managed employee benefits, organized team activities, and conducted event planning, marketing, and logistics. • Hired 𝟑𝟎+ people over 4 years (mainly 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐬), nearly 𝐝𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 the Dream Production 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦. 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤: 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐝 (PHP / Symfony, Java / Spring Boot), 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝 (JavaScript, Angular, Vue.js, CSS), 𝐂𝐌𝐒 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬 (WordPress, Drupal, Shopify), 𝐐𝐀 (Manual, Selenium, CI/CD), 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐎𝐩𝐬, 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐏𝐌, and 𝐔𝐈/𝐔𝐗. 𝐊𝐞𝐲𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬: startup, consulting company, digital agency, founder-led, tech recruiting

𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 is a company specializing in cloud computing and interoperability. They focus on integrating 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤 with 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐰 environments, offering services like cloud infrastructure deployments, testing, and automation. 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞: https://cloudbase.it 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 & 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐀𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 • Grew the 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 team from 𝟓 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 working in an apartment to 𝟔𝟎+ 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞, by sourcing top talent, creating and managing local tech communities, and developing internship programs in universities. • Hired 𝟖𝟎+ 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐬 on technologies like 𝐂/𝐂++ (Kernel Development), 𝐏𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐧, 𝐆𝐨, 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐎𝐩𝐬 (OpenStack, Azure, Docker, K8s, Puppet, Ansible, Terraform, PowerShell, Jenkins CI/CD), 𝐐𝐀, 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭. Also hired 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐌𝐬. • Opened 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞 offices in 2 other 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬, expanding the company's presence in major tech hubs. • Organized 𝟓𝟎+ community events and meetups around key 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧-𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞 and emerging technologies. • Built 𝟏𝟎+ student internship programs, partnering with local Universities and student organizations. • Handled logistics for large open-source and cloud conferences, such as the OpenStack Summits. 𝐊𝐞𝐲𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬: startup, open-source, tech meetups, founder-led, tech recruiting

𝐀𝐈𝐄𝐒𝐄𝐂 is an international platform for young people to explore and develop their leadership potential. I was involved in multiple projects with 𝐀𝐈𝐄𝐒𝐄𝐂, led teams, and took part in an international exchange program. Most notably, between 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟎 and 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟐, I organized student internship programs, that helped 𝟗𝟎+ Computer Science students and graduates land their first jobs at local tech companies. 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞: https://aiesec.org

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 is one of the largest automotive manufacturing companies specializing in tires, brake systems, interior electronics, automotive safety, powertrain and chassis components, tachographs, and other parts for the automotive and transportation industries. I worked as a SW Quality Assurance engineer interacting with different teams (development and system test) to make sure that the Software processes were being upheld and different quality standards were met (CMMI, Automotive Spice, etc.). I performed quality checks for activities such as project requirements, design, coding, reviews, testing, integration, and release management.

Completed coursework in 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬, 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, and 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐬. 𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐞.