Ira Gnat

Partnership with startups and scaling companies on senior technical hiring, focusing on high-impact, hard-to-close roles where precision matters. Over the past decade, I’ve led searches across engineering and technical leadership in the EU, UK, and US, including deep tech, AI, Blockchain, Cybersecurity.

Supported strategic hiring (UK locations) across a broad range of functions, including engineering, architecture, security, infrastructure, product, design, project management, and marketing. Focused on identifying and attracting top-tier talent across technical, creative, and business-critical roles.

Responsible for the full tech recruitment process, headhunting, interviews, designing job descriptions, process of recruitment, investigation / enlarging new markets / locations for tech recruitment, daily communication with Tech departments / Engineering Directors regarding tech recruitment. Recruitment in Europe locations. Used tools: linkedin, boolean, x-rays, jem, notion, greenhouse as ATS. Closed positions: Senior / Lead: Backend Engineers: golang, python, php, ruby, . NET/ C#, java, C++. Front-end Engineers: JS/ TS of different libraries. Web Engineers.

Full technical recruitment in the US and Latam region. Communication with Hiring managers, Clients about all workflow, implementing better solutions for improving sourcing / recruitment strategies. Cooperation with companies of IT outstaff services providers. Technical recruitment, sourcing, headhunting, focus on tech interviews. Building the overflows for recruitment screening process; all stages: job description, screening evaluation stages, referral program. Investigation of new markets for recruitment. Closed positions: Senior/ Lead: Backend Engineers ( golang, python, java, ruby, php), Front-end Engineers ( JS, react, angular, TS), mobile, devops, qa, designers)

Recruiting three products/ three offices per 20-30 workers – Ukraine (Fuzzy Button Games -15 people, start up), US (NDA: products: Augmented Reality & Data Science) New York. Full recruitment process; managing interviews process, job offers, on-board, off-board process, improving hiring process, weekly meeting with Board Members about hiring process at company. Development Branding strategy of companies. Closed positions: Seniors: Android/ IOS developers, Java, DevOps Engineer, QA Engineer, Java Architect, Scala developer, Data Science Engineer, UI/ UX designer, Front –end developer, Product owner, Scrum master, Go developer. .NET, C++, Ruby on Rails. HR: implementation HR policy, adaptation, motivation, performance reviews, setting the budget, cutting retention. Corporate events. HR database. Managing team of 3 recruiters, 4 freelance recruiters (remote).

Managing full cycle of recruitment; closed positions: Senior/ Middle: Python developer, Front end developer, Java Lead, DevOps Engineer, .NET developer, Delivery Manager (.NET), AQA Engineer, Android / IOS developer, Scala developer. Recruited for such projects: e-Commerce, banking, media, fintech. Implementation recruitment strategies, improving hiring process, pull into action recruitment database for recruitment control, storage CVs, management hiring process. Cooperation with Top leaders of the company according development recruitment policy, gain set goals and KPI’s, make correct work balance. HR role: responsible for adaptation of new comers, motivation/ education policies, organized tech talks, conferences, meet-ups cultural events, set English courses, performed weekly staff meetings, trial/performance reviews.

Managing full cycle recruitment; closed positions: Senior – IOS developer, Android dev., Project Manager, Scrum master, QA Lead, Senior PHP, Java developer, DEVOPS, UI/UX designer, OPS operator, DB, Frontend developer. Full recruiting process management: communication with Board Members about recruitment process, implementation new approaches, using different recruitment tools, job boards, set time lines of closing positions, meeting with technical team about the interviewing process (goals, steps of interviews, correct description). Recruitment a new projects from zero, staffing full teams. Management the team of 3 recruiters: hiring process, weekly meeting, set tasks, managing recruitment workflow, solving problems; collaboration with recruitment agencies, monitoring candidates represented by the agency. Business trips. Put into work a new recruitment database, adaptation process of newcomers, onboarding process. Organization cultural events for staff, recruitment meet-ups.

Full cycle of global recruitment: Europe &US (San Francisco, Boston, Chicago, New York, Toronto). Headhunting IT: composing descriptions of vacancies, screening CVs, full hr interviews, processing technical tests, working with job boards, recruitment tools. Closed position (seniors/ middle): Microsoft Dynamics NAV/AXAPTA, Senior Java developer, IOS developer, VB.NET developers, C#, AUSP.NET, DevOps, .NET developer, C++/C#, Qlikview, Hybrics, MSCE Systems Administrator, Android developer, PHP developer, Python developer, Web developers (angular js, bootstrap, laravel, 2YII frameworks).Managing recruitment databases, communication / negotiation with clients about recruitment workflow. Recruited for such domens: aviation, space, cybersecurity,cryptocurrency, shipbuilding, medicine, data science.