Tech Recruiter — RecT (Algarve)

Location: Algarve, Portugal (remote, with in-person sessions every week or two)

Seniority: Open. We care more about how you think than how many years you've logged.

We're a specialist tech recruitment agency placing Software Engineering, AI/ML, Data Engineering and Product talent across Europe and the US.

We're growing, and we want the next person in the room to be someone who helps shape where this goes.

The role

You'll run full-cycle delivery on technical mandates. Over time you'll take ownership of client relationships too. This is not a desk where you inherit a database and a quota and get told to dial.

Day to day, you'll

Join client consultations to properly understand a role: business stage, must-haves, must-nots, and where there's flex
Turn that into a sharp candidate profile before a single message goes out
Run deep searches for AI, data and engineering talent, not keyword spam
Vet candidates technically and commercially, using our in-house recruitment intelligence tooling
Present shortlists that land right first time, so clients don't have to go back and forth
Manage candidates through interviews, offers and the awkward bits in between
Feed what you learn back into how we work, our tools and our process

How we work

Remote most of the week, together in person every week or two. That's the deal, and it's deliberate.

Fully remote is fine for getting things done. It's not great for building something. Our best ideas came out of people arguing across a table, not a Slack thread nobody finished reading.

So when we're in the room, we use it properly: client strategy, whiteboarding hard mandates, deciding what's working and binning what isn't. Then lunch somewhere that doesn't involve a meal deal.

The rest of the week, you own your time. We care about outcomes, not green dots.

Where RecT is going

We're building a modern recruitment business, and you'd be in early enough to shape it.

Our own CRM. We've moved off Bullhorn onto a CRM we built ourselves, designed around how we actually recruit.
Recruitment intelligence. In-house tooling built into how we vet, so our shortlists carry more signal than a CV and a gut feeling.
hiCalibre. Our vetted talent marketplace for AI, data and engineering professionals, launched alongside the agency.
Europe and the US. Deep networks in Portugal and Greece, and a growing focus on US companies building European hubs.

Who you are

Non-negotiables

You live in the Algarve, or you're genuinely moving here. This one isn't flexible.
You can make the in-person sessions every week or two
Experience in tech recruitment, agency or in-house, at any level
You understand technical roles well enough to have a real conversation with an engineer
Fluent English, written and spoken
You're curious, you ask "why" a lot, and you'd rather fix a broken process than complain about it

Nice to have

Experience recruiting for AI/ML, data or engineering roles
Exposure to US or wider European markets
Portuguese, or another European language
You're comfortable with AI tools and like finding smarter ways to work
Some client-facing experience, or a clear appetite for it

Your path

You start in delivery and grow into owning clients. How fast depends on you, not on a tenure chart.

Delivery. Own mandates end to end. Build a track record of shortlists that land and placements that stick.
Client exposure. Join consultations, run updates, and become a voice clients trust on their roles.
Account ownership. Take on client relationships of your own. Grow mandates within existing accounts, and help win new ones.

We'll be honest about where you are on that path, and we'll tell you what's needed to get to the next step.

What you get

The lifestyle. Build a career from the Algarve. You'll finish the day 15 minutes from a beach, not 45 minutes from a train.
A real team. A small, ambitious group that actually sees each other, not a grid of muted cameras.
Influence. Your ideas on process, tooling and clients get heard and get used.
Growth. A clear route from delivery into client ownership.
Interesting work. AI, data and engineering mandates for companies across Europe and the US.

Working pattern: Hybrid