Alex Brynza

• Lead Full-Cycle Engineering Recruiter: AI Native SDE's, Machine Learning, Data Scientists, Leadership, Staff/Senior SWE, Security, Sr. Data Engineers, TPMs. • 2025 accomplishments: 25 hires in Q1. Successfully launched engineering's 1st "Interview Blitz" event. Onboarding Sr. Sourcers. • 2024 accomplishments: 39 hires (21% direct sourced) including 7 in leadership, partnered with a Sr.EM to hire the most talented/diverse squad in his career. • Led 1 out of 4 global TA site expansions in 2024 (Vancouver, Canada). Cross functional collaboration with Engineering, HR, Employment Law, Immigration, Comp, Payroll, IT, Facilities. • Tools: LinkedIn, Gem, Workday, Rooster/Prelude, Pave, Odyssey, DataPeople, Okta, Loom. • AWS, Java, Kotlin, Python, Go, React, TypeScript.

• First recruiter hire and Engineering lead. Hired 60 people out of 180 person Series B Start-Up. • Partnered with the SVP of Engineering to build out the sourcing strategy and high closing rate. After a 12-month vacancy for the Chief Platform Architect, I took upon the role and made the hire in 2 months. • Directly worked with the CEO to hire the VP of Demand Generation. With very precise requirements, the candidate was successfully hired and onboarded within the 3-month deadline. • 85% Direct Sourcing via LinkedIn, SeekOut, YCombinator. 14% Referrals. 1% Applicants. • Recruited for Front-End, Full-Stack, Backend, Data Engineers, Data Architects, DevOps, Support Engineers, Leadership, Uniques. React, JavaScript, TypeScript, NodeJS, Python, AWS cloud native serverless architecture. • Crafted engaging LinkedIn messages and company spiel on the phone/Zoom, and mastered comp/closing techniques. • Trained, mentored, and onboarded new members of the team. • Experienced with International hires (EMEA/Canada), and with H1B, TN, F1, EMEA and Canadian visa requirements. • Workable, Gem, LinkedIn.

• Scrum Leader for the Infrastructure Engineering recruiting team of 8 people. Directly supported the EVP and his SVP’s/VP’s to source, hire and scale recruiting for a 200 person org. • Created sourcing strategies and partnered with sourcing to create the most effective collaboration across Talent Acquisition that was recognized by the Recruiting Leadership at Salesforce. • Transformed the acceptance rate from 45% to 70% for some of the toughest groups to hire for. • Project Accomplishments: Talent Mapping, Compensation Training (60-person Tech Recruiting audience), Sourcing Partnership Training. • Recruited for Senior, Lead, Principal, Architect, and Principal Architect openings. Java, Go, C++/C, Scala; AWS; Big Data Monitoring, Streaming, Compute, Storage; Networking; Database; MuleSoft. • Multiyear/quarter award recipient: Heavy Hitter and Recruiting Rockstar.

• Jan. 2015 - May 2017: Full-Cycle, Senior Industry Recruiter for EMC's emerging product groups. • Jan. 2012 - Dec. 2014: Full-Cycle, College Recruiter for EMC Isilon. • Jan. 2011 - Dec. 2011: Recruiting Coordinator (hired 50 people and then promoted to Recruiter) • Founded Isilon’s College Recruiting program. Scaled for all of Emerging Technologies businesses by request of Chirantan "CJ" Desai (now President/COO @ ServiceNow). • Events Sourcing: Open Houses, Storage Conferences, Seattle Meet-Ups, Roof-top w/ Geekwire, Hackathons, Career Fairs, Tech Talks, and Company Day. • Technology specialties: C/C++, Python, Java, JavaScript, Perl, CSS, HTML, Unix/Linux, FreeBSD, Kernel, Networking, Protocols, Web Services, Large Scale Distributed Applications, UI/UX. • Recruited for Senior, Principal, Consultant, Manager/Sr. Manager positions in: SDE, SDET, QA, Performance, System Integration, DevOps, Post-Release, and Product Support.

*SIGHT LIFE (Contract) – 2 months - HR contract *SEATTLE SHRM CHAPTER (Volunteer) – 12 months - Board Member *KCTS 9 (Internship) – 3 months - Recruiting Internship *SEATTLE CITY LIGHT (Internship) – 3 months - HR Internship *HIGHLINE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (Internship) – 3 months - HR Internship