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Seth Dawson

Senior Recruiter

San Francisco, California, United States · 1 connection

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About

I have extensive experience in recruiting for various technical positions, from large corporations like Google, Microsoft, and DreamWorks Animation, to small startups like Crunchyroll, Trackonomy, Motiv, Node.io, and MergeSort as the 1st recruiter. Although most of my experience is recruiting engineers, I have also successfully staffed marketing, sales, operations, legal and administrative roles, from C-level to individual contributors. My specialties are sourcing, recruiting, salary negotiation, background checks, employment law, immigration law, and staffing program management. In addition to recruiting, I have five years experience in Human Resources including as Head of People for several startups. I am passionate about finding the best fit for both the candidates and the companies, and about contributing to the innovation and growth of the technology sector.

Experience

Senior Contract RecruiterSPAN
Dec 2025
Rider OperationsZoox
Sep 2025 to Dec 2025
Director, Executive Search - Engineering and ProductExceptional People International
May 2025 to Sep 2025
Senior RecruiterMerthin
Jul 2023 to May 2025
Senior Technical RecruiterTuSimple
Oct 2022 to Jul 2023
Senior Director of Recruiting Head of People OpsTrackonomy
May 2020 to Jun 2022
Senior RecruiterAngelList
May 2019 to Apr 2020
Senior Talent Acquisition ConsultantGuidewire Software
Dec 2018 to May 2019
Head of Recruiting (Acquired by Proxy)Motiv Inc
Dec 2017 to Dec 2018
Senior HR and Recruiting Operations Manager (Acquired by SugarCRM)Node.io (Acquired by SugarCRM)
Dec 2016 to Dec 2017
Lead RecruiterCrunchyroll
Apr 2014 to Dec 2016
Senior Contract Recruiter (Acquired by Adobe)Adobe Marketo
Oct 2013 to Apr 2014
Senior Contract Recruiter (Acquired by Edelman)Financial Engines
Jan 2013 to Jul 2013
Senior Contract RecruiterSEPHORA
Jun 2012 to Dec 2012
Senior Contract Technical RecruiterDeNA
Apr 2011 to Oct 2011
Senior Contract Sourcer (Acquired by Google)Meebo
Aug 2010 to Apr 2011
Senior Contract Recruiter6waves
May 2010 to Aug 2010
Senior Contract RecruiterBetfair
Nov 2009 to May 2010
Senior Contract SourcerZoosk Inc.
Jun 2009 to Oct 2009
Senior Contract RecruiterOoga Labs
Mar 2009 to Jun 2009
Senior Contract RecruiterDreamWorks Animation
Oct 2008 to Mar 2009
Senior Contract SourcerMicrosoft
Jan 2008 to Jul 2008
Staffing ManagerDeem, Inc.
May 2007 to Jan 2008
Lead SourcerGoogle
Jan 2006 to May 2007
Staffing ConsultantPacific Gas and Electric Company
Jan 2005 to Jun 2005