Akash P.

•Own full-cycle recruiting for SWE (University, Full-Stack, ML, FinOps Automation, SRE), Data Analyst, and DevOps roles. •Closed 27 FTE hires in first 8 months + 6 SWE interns — delivering 67% of the 2026 intern class. •Designed and deployed GPT-powered Offer Proposal Generators adopted by hiring managers and reducing time-to-hire drag at the late offer stage. •Built AI-powered resume evaluators for SRE, Data Engineering, and Back Office roles — enabling faster, calibrated screening at high-volume across specialized pipelines. •Mentor and onboard new recruiting team members; co-recruit across SWE, ML, and university pipelines with senior recruiters.

↑ Promoted from Candidate Lead after demonstrating exceptional sourcing initiative, process improvement leadership, and cross-functional partnership. •Sourced 9 hires including 2 pivotal Senior and Staff-level hires; averaged 15–20 new candidate calls weekly across SWE, ML, and Quant Trading pipelines. •Maintained 80%+ offer acceptance rate; improved sourcing calibration and outreach efficiency through structured feedback loops and tighter targeting. •Produced market maps, candidate briefs, and documentation to scale sourcing and improve cross-functional visibility with Engineering and Trading Operations leadership. •Led sourcing analytics and reporting to refine pipelines and improve candidate-to-onsite conversion. •Built AI-augmented boolean search strategies and tooling.

•Led redesign of candidate communication templates, custom feedback forms, and GoodTime/Lever workflows for senior-level searches including Director of Engineering — praised by VP of Engineering for elevating search quality and process consistency. •Built Voleon's SWEng Recruiting Confluence hub: centralized resource covering interviewer training materials, assessment designs, HackerRank/Lever system guides, and recruiting metrics dashboards. •Trained and onboarded new Candidate Leads; expanded interviewer capacity by adding 7 Senior Eng + 11 non-Senior Eng interviewers in a single review period. •Delivered ancillary infrastructure projects: Slack + Lever integration, HackerRank user base expansion, SWEng Recruiting Landing Page, and FAENG Data Diagnostics dashboard (interview-stage cut-rate analysis for hiring managers). •Earned 3.7/4.0 avg. from hiring managers on responsiveness, adaptability, and urgency; 3.75/4.0 avg. on candidate experience scores.

•Coordinated full-cycle recruiting operations at a leading decentralized technology / Web3 research and development company; managed candidate pipelines for engineering and research roles across a globally distributed team.

•Built packaging approval platform managing 12,500+ SKUs; reduced compliance costs 56% YoY through systematic process improvements. •Negotiated vendor contracts yielding $156K in annual savings; implemented quarterly multi-site audits reducing non-compliance by 18%. •Developed SOPs and training programs across Production, Supply Chain, and Distribution.

•Scaled headcount from ~200 to 300+ employees; onboarded 82 hires in 12 months while managing 30+ simultaneous open requisitions across 5 hiring managers. •Sourced and closed senior-level talent including Head of Security and Sr. Facilities Manager; owned full-cycle logistics from kickoff through debrief. •Leveraged LinkedIn Recruiter, Indeed for Employers, and Greenhouse to source and coordinate pipelines.

At Facebook, I played a pivotal role in coordinating senior leadership recruiting, supporting executive searches at Meta HQ in Menlo Park. My responsibilities included managing the recruitment process in a fast-paced environment, ensuring that we attracted top-tier talent to drive the company's success. This experience honed my organizational and communication skills while deepening my understanding of leadership dynamics in the tech industry.

•Led daily operations, team training, and service quality standards at a luxury 5-star property; strengthened cross-departmental coordination and documentation practices.

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