Sean Tabor
Los Angeles
Summary
Accomplished talent acquisition strategist with two decades of excellence in scaling high-growth technology organizations. Recognized for exceptional ability to identify and secure elite engineering talent while building world-class technical teams from scratch. A trusted advisor to C-suite executives, with a proven methodology for transforming hiring challenges into competitive advantages across diverse technology sectors.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Talent Partner
The Friend Network
Los Angeles
02.2025 - Current
- Embedded recruiting support for two companies executing top-of-funnel hiring strategies to engage active and passive talent.
- Current clients:
- Stealth AI/LLM Company: Focused on engaging AI Infrastructure Engineers, Product Engineers, Research Engineers, and Mobile Engineers.
- Chronosphere: Focused on engaging staff-level engineers who build telemetry pipelines, metrics pipelines, cloud infrastructure, and full-stack products.
Principal Recruiter
Genies Inc.
Marina Del Rey
10.2023 - 09.2024
- Principal Recruiter leading recruiting for all of Genie's engineering teams. The teams span Unity Engineering, R&D, LLM Research Engineering, Gameplay Engineering, Full Stack, and Backend engineers.
- Notable Hires: Director of Engineering, Lead Unity Engineers (4), Senior Unity Engineers (8), Senior Gameplay Engineers (4 - Founding Gameplay team), and 4 LLM Interns.
Head of Talent
Saturn Technologies
NYC / Remote
04.2022 - 10.2022
- Principal Recruiter leading recruiting for all teams including Engineering, Design, Product, and Operations.
- Notable hires: Head of Data, Staff Data Scientist (2), Staff iOS Engineer, Senior iOS Engineer (3), Senior Web Engineer, Operations Associate (2), Operations Interns (14)
Head of Talent
Jane Technologies
Remote
05.2020 - 03.2022
- Led recruiting as an IC and Manager, scaling the company from 30 - 150 employees (Series B - Series C)
- Teams Supported: Engineering, Design, Product, Data Science, Sales, Customer Success, Support, Finance
- Following the Series C in August 2021, grew the Talent team from 1 - 6 (Director of Recruiting, 2 Recruiters, 2 RCs)
- Ideated and co-led 'Jane Hearts You', Jane's outward focused community outreach and social equity ERG
- Was offered VP of Talent role in March 2022, declined and led the hiring of my backfill before exiting
Senior Technical Recruiter / Manager
Snap Inc.
Los Angeles
08.2016 - 08.2018
- Q2 2018 Highlights: 7 Staff Level+ Engineering hires (Team Average: 1), 100% close rate at senior level, hires spanned 7 different teams
- January 2017 - October 2017; Managed Core Engineering Recruiting team of 6 (as high as 11); Transitioned to Senior Technical Recruiter following Recruiting RIF October 2017
- August 2016 - January 2017; Initially hired to focus on high priority roles within the Spectacles organization
Talent Lead
Square
New York / San Francisco
12.2011 - 08.2016
- Initially tasked with growing the NYC Engineering team from 0 - 10 Senior / Lead Engineers (June - December 2013), progressively grew the team to 41 engineers spanning 5 teams
- Led the growth of the broader NYC office from 9 - 120; including Engineering, Design, Product, Support, Sales, Office Experience, Operations, Business and Leadership
- Beginning in 2015, Lead Recruiter for Atlanta (Engineering), Waterloo (Engineering) and supported Tokyo and Melbourne (Business/Marketing/Support) from 2015 - 2016
- Initiated and Implemented Staffing initiatives based in NYC that affected the broader organization (Interview Efficiency/Calibration, Talent Mapping, Sourcing Strategy)
- Initial Engineering Teams Supported: Payments, Reconciliation, Data Science, Data Engineering, and Security
- Talent Program Manager for M&A; partnered with Head of Corp Dev to restructure Talent evaluation process
Senior Technical Recruiter
Stumbleupon
San Francisco
05.2011 - 12.2011
- Full Cycle Recruiting support for the following teams: Recommendations, Research, Analytics, Front End, Engineering Leadership
Technical Recruiter / Technical Sourcer
Skype
Palo Alto
11.2010 - 05.2011
- Full Cycle Recruiting support for the following teams: Cloud Infrastructure, QE, Corporate Development, Strategy, Build/Release, EA
Technical Sourcer
Google
Mountain View
12.2009 - 11.2010
- Source, screen and develop Software Engineering candidates (C, C++, Java, JavaScript or Python) for the Mountain View Headquarters
Delivery Manager
Apex Systems
San Francisco
02.2008 - 02.2009
- Managed a team of 10 Technical Recruiters, day to day strategy/development, reporting and business allocation
Technical Recruiter
Marketlive
Petaluma
10.2007 - 01.2008
Account Manager / Technical Recruiter
TEKsystems Inc.
San Francisco
08.2004 - 08.2006
Education
BA - History
University of California
Davis, CA06.2002
Skills
- Technical recruiting and candidate sourcing
- Interviewing techniques and hiring strategies
- Talent mapping and strategic outreach
- Negotiation and candidate closing
- Leveraging AI tooling to accelerate production
- Specialty in hiring senior to principal-level engineering talent
- Quality over quantity approach; optimizing for hiring velocity while limiting interview load
Timeline
Talent Partner
The Friend Network
02.2025 - Current
Principal Recruiter
Genies Inc.
10.2023 - 09.2024
Head of Talent
Saturn Technologies
04.2022 - 10.2022
Head of Talent
Jane Technologies
05.2020 - 03.2022
Senior Technical Recruiter / Manager
Snap Inc.
08.2016 - 08.2018
Talent Lead
Square
12.2011 - 08.2016
Senior Technical Recruiter
Stumbleupon
05.2011 - 12.2011
Technical Recruiter / Technical Sourcer
Skype
11.2010 - 05.2011
Technical Sourcer
Google
12.2009 - 11.2010
Delivery Manager
Apex Systems
02.2008 - 02.2009
Technical Recruiter
Marketlive
10.2007 - 01.2008
Account Manager / Technical Recruiter
TEKsystems Inc.
08.2004 - 08.2006
BA - History
University of California
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