Flywire—Technical Talent Acquisition Partner, APAC (Contract)

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Description: Are you ready to trade your job for a journey? Become a FlyMate! Passion, excitement & global collaboration are all core to what it means to be a FlyMate. At Flywire, we’re on a mission to deliver the world’s most important and complex payments. We use our Flywire Advantage - the combination of our next-gen payments platform, proprietary payment network and vertical specific software, to help our clients get paid, and help their customers pay with ease - no matter where they are in the world. What more do we need to truly be unstoppable? Perhaps, that is you! Who we are: Flywire is a global payments enablement and software company, founded more than a decade ago to solve high-stakes, high-value payments in higher education. We’ve since scaled into new regions and industry verticals and expanded our product offerings to deliver meaningful value to our clients around the world. Today we support more than 5,300 clients across the global education, healthcare, travel & B2B industries, with diverse payment methods across 240 countries & territories and more than 140 currencies. With over 1,400 global FlyMates, representing more than 40 nationalities, and in 15 offices world-wide, we’re looking for FlyMates to join the next stage of our journey as we continue to grow. The Opportunity What You’ll Do: - Own full-cycle recruitment for technical roles across APAC, with a primary focus on India-based engineering hiring, including Software Engineering, Product, Data, Platform, Security, DevOps, and QA. - Partner closely with the India Technical Site Lead and senior engineering leaders to drive hiring strategy, workforce planning, and execution for Flywire’s India engineering hub. - Act as an embedded talent partner to engineering leadership, providing guidance on role design, seniority calibration, market availability, and hiring tradeoffs. - Support additional hiring for GTM and G&A roles as business needs evolve. - Lead structured role intake sessions with hiring managers to define scope, expectations, technical requirements, and success criteria. - Develop and execute proactive technical sourcing strategies using LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search, GitHub, Stack Overflow, job boards, referrals, and targeted talent communities. - Build market maps and identify passive technical talent in competitive India and broader APAC markets. - Conduct high-quality recruiter screens with a strong understanding of technical profiles, skill depth, and experience levels. - Deliver strong, well-calibrated candidate shortlists within agreed timelines, prioritizing quality and hiring manager alignment. - Ensure a consistent and positive candidate experience through clear communication, transparency, and timely feedback. - Build and maintain robust pipelines of technical talent for both immediate hiring needs and future growth. - Serve as a Flywire brand ambassador within the India and APAC technology ecosystem. - Stay current on APAC labor market trends, compensation benchmarks, and competitor hiring activity. - Manage all candidate activity in SmartRecruiters, ensuring data accuracy, compliance, and clean process execution. - Track and report on recruiting metrics including pipeline health, time-to-hire, hiring outcomes, and funnel effectiveness. - Continuously improve recruiting processes and practices to increase efficiency, quality of hire, and scalability as Flywire grows. Here's What We're Looking For - 5 to 8 years of experience in talent acquisition, with deep, hands-on experience in technical recruiting. - Proven experience hiring for engineering and technical roles in fast-paced, high-growth technology or consulting environments. - Strong understanding of technical roles, modern tech stacks, and seniority distinctions across engineering disciplines. - Experience partnering directly with engineering leaders or site leads to scale technical teams in India or other high-growth delivery hubs. - Hands-on experience with applicant tracking systems, SmartRecruiters preferred, and sourcing tools such as LinkedIn Recruiter. - Strong knowledge of India and broader APAC technical talent markets and cultural nuances. - Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English, additional APAC languages are a plus. - Ability to manage multiple technical searches simultaneously while maintaining quality and prioritization. - Data-driven, organized, and comfortable using recruiting metrics to inform decisions. - Comfortable partnering with global stakeholders across time zones. - Adaptable, collaborative, and able to thrive in a dynamic, scaling environment. AI Native Expectations We believe AI is transforming Talent Acquisition. Successful candidates should demonstrate AI fluency and curiosity. Examples include: - Regular use of AI tools to improve recruiting quality and efficiency. - Experience using generative AI for sourcing, interview preparation, research, writing, or recruiting operations. - Ability to critically evaluate AI-generated outputs while maintaining sound recruiting judgment. - Passion for experimenting with emerging AI technologies and sharing best practices with teammates. - Growth mindset toward continuous learning in AI-enabled recruiting. Technologies We Use - Workday Recruiting (preferred) - LinkedIn Recruiter - GoodTime - CodeSignal - HireRight - Google Workspace - AI productivity tools including Google Gemini, or equivalent platforms Submit today and get started! We are excited to get to know you! Throughout our process you can expect to meet different FlyMates including the Hiring Manager and other Flymates. Your Talent Acquisition Partner will walk you through the steps and be your “go-to” person for questions. Flywire is an equal opportunity employer and follows a policy of administering all employment decisions and personnel actions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, gender identity, national origin, age, ancestry, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, genetic disposition or carrier status, veteran status, or any other category protected under applicable national, federal, state or local law. #LI-Hybrid