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At Peloton, Swetak has recruited across backend, full\-stack, mobile, ML, ML Ops, product, enterprise technology, hardware, GTM, finance, compliance, and international roles in Canada, the UK, and Taiwan\. Swetak created interview processes and guides that improved candidate and hiring\-manager experiences, supported 200\+ applications in a member\-support event that led to 10 hires in a few days, and referred an SVP candidate hired into the Platform organization\. Earlier recruiting work includes scaling ML infrastructure, GTM, people systems, and financial engineering teams at Stripe supporting engineering hiring at Audible/Amazon and leading technical recruiting at Jet, Walmart Global Tech, Emtec, Yodle, HBO, and Quilter\. Swetak holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pune\. ## Services - Corporate Recruiting - Candidate Management - Offer Management - Closing Candidates - GTM Recruiting - Research Skills - Market Mapping - Global Talent Acquisition - Strategy - Interview Preparation - Recruiting - Interviewing - Executive Search - Employer Branding - Internet Recruiting - Screening - Technical Recruiting - Talent Management - Talent Acquisition - Client Relations - Candidate Generation - Passive Candidate Generation - Sourcing - Talent Pipelining - Screening Resumes - Recruitment Process Re\-engineering ## Highlights - Leads full\-cycle recruitment at Peloton Interactive across backend, full\-stack, mobile, ML, ML Ops, product, enterprise technology, and corporate technology roles\. - Recruited Peloton marketing\-technology talent for Braze and Salesforce Marketing Cloud, integration engineers for Boomi and MuleSoft, and member\-support hiring for Genesys\. - Successfully expanded into hardware hiring at Peloton, hiring Mechanical Engineers, Electrical Engineers, a Hardware Product Manager, Prototype Machinists, Hardware Program Managers, Quality Engineers, Failure Analysis Engineers, and Industrial Design and Test Engineers\. - Supported Peloton GTM hiring for a Manager of Marketing Analytics, Senior Director of Marketing, Director of Marketing Measurement, and SEO Program Manager\. - Supported Peloton compliance and finance hiring for SOX Audit and Risk Assurance, SEC Reporting, and FP&A roles\. - Supported leadership hiring at Peloton in quality and program management\. - Supported Peloton hiring in Canada, the United Kingdom, and Taiwan\. - Created Peloton interview processes, interview guides, and process improvements that improved candidate experience and hiring\-manager satisfaction\. - Mentored junior Peloton team members and helped onboard new hires\. - Collaborated on candidate\-closing efforts and provided guidance to recruiters following Peloton’s “closing club\.” - Referred an SVP candidate who was hired into Peloton’s Platform organization\. - Participated as a talent\-team SME in Peloton’s Visier implementation\. - Helped Peloton Global Mobility create Greenhouse alerts for immigration\. - Organized a Peloton onsite event with a company tour and panel discussion for students from Harvard Business School and Michigan State University’s Eli Broad School\. - Participated in an Indeed member\-support hiring event that processed more than 200 applications and produced 10 hires in a few days\. - Represented Peloton at Women Impact Tech and TechFuture\. - At Stripe, helped scale ML infrastructure and ML Ops, GTM, people systems, and financial engineering teams\. - Served as Stripe’s first dedicated recruiter for ML Ops and GTM teams\. - Built Stripe interview processes for multiple engineering roles and recruited senior individual contributors through VP\-level candidates\. - Participated in Stripe projects focused on recruiter efficiency and data integrity\. - Supported Walmart Labs/Walmart Global Tech recruiting across six North American locations after Walmart acquired Jet\.com\. - At Walmart Global Tech, hired backend, frontend, full\-stack, DevOps, security, and data engineers, technical project managers, and Director\- and VP\-level leaders\. - Led and mentored sourcing and recruiting team members at Walmart Global Tech and improved interview processes, including unbiased\-interviewing practices\. - Worked on diversity, employer\-branding, and candidate\-experience initiatives for Walmart Global Tech engineering teams\. - Joined Quilter as its first recruiter at the Series A stage and helped accelerate engineering growth from 12 to 18 engineers\. - At Quilter, helped hire reinforcement\-learning engineers, SRE/ML Ops professionals, and electrical engineers in the United States and Canada configured Ashby, refined interviews, created automation templates, and implemented background checks\. - At Audible/Amazon, hired engineering talent from individual\-contributor through leadership levels across Newark, Seattle, and Boston\. - At Emtec, recruited Software Engineers, Program Managers, Data Engineers, PeopleSoft professionals, and Salesforce professionals and managed external vendors\. - At HBO GO/Code Labs, partnered with hiring managers on recruiting strategy and delivered hiring reports to the VP and CTO\. - At Yodle, recruited engineering talent in New York and Austin and helped organize Engineering Game Night and tech meetups\. ## Experience - **Senior Recruiter at Peloton Interactive** (2024\-07\-01–present) — \- Involved in full cycle recruitment of Software engineers \(Backend, Full stack, Mobile, ML, ML Ops, Product and Enterprise Tech\) , Product Manager, Supported corporate technology roles \( Marketing Technology\- Braze, SFMC, Integration engineer \- Boomi, Mulesoft & Member support \- Genesys\)\. \- Took up a challenge on Hardware hiring and successfully hired Mechanical Engineer, Electrical Engineer, Product Manager\-Hardware, Prototype Machinist, Program Manager \- Hardware, Quality Engineer, Failure Analysis Engineer, Industrial Design & Test Engineer\)\. \- Supported Business roles on GTM team \( Mgr\-Marketing Analytics, Senior Director of Marketing, Dir\. Marketing Measurement, SEO Program Manager\) , \- Supported Compliance & Finance team \- SOX Audit & Risk Assurance, SEC Reporting, FP&A, \- Supported leadership hiring \(Quality, Program management\) \- Supported International Hiring for Canada, UK and Taiwan\. \- Created interview process, interview guide and process improvements that resulted in - **Fractional Technical Recruiter at Quilter** (2024\-03\-01–2024\-07\-01) — At Quilter, we are helping electrical engineers save time and accomplish more by automating the tedious and time\-consuming task of designing circuit boards\. The team is composed of experts in electrical engineering, ML/AI, and software development leveraging \(and inventing\) novel techniques to solve the decades\-old problem of automating circuit board design\. \- Joined as a first recruiter at early\-stage \(Series\-A\) to accelerate hiring from 12 to 18 engineers\. \- Helped CEO and team hire Reinforced Learning\(RL\) Engineer, SRE/ML\-Ops, and Electrical Engineers in US and Canada\. \- Refined interview process and configured ATS \(Ashby\)\. \- Created email templates for automation\. \- Implemented background check process - **Senior Technical Recruiter Contract at Peloton Interactive** (2023\-01\-01–2024\-02\-01) - **Lead Technical Recruiter at Stripe** (2021\-06\-01–2022\-12\-01) — Stripe is a technology company that builds economic infrastructure for the internet\. Businesses of every size—from new startups to public companies like Salesforce and Facebook—use the company’s software to accept online payments and run technically sophisticated financial operations in more than 100 countries\. Over the long term, Stripe aims to increase the GDP of the internet\.Stripe has been one of the most valuable privately held tech companies in Silicon Valley \- Helped scale ML Infrastructure \( ML\-Ops \) , Go To Market\(GTM\) , People systems and Financial Engineering team \- First dedicated recruiter for ML Ops and GTM teams \- Build interview process for various Engineering roles \- Helping scale Machine Learning infrastructure \( ML\-Ops\) Team \( Engineers and Managers\) \- Hired Senior Individual contributor to VP level candidates \- Participated in various project to increase recruiter efficiency and data integrity - **Lead Technical Recruiter at Walmart Global Tech** (2019\-01\-01–2021\-06\-01) — Jet\.com was acquired by Walmart\. \- Supported Walmartlabs/ Walmart Global tech after Jet\.com acquisition which involved supporting multiple team across 6 different locations in North America\. \- Hired Backend, Fronted, Fullstack, Devops, Secuirty, Data engineers and Technical Project managers \- Hired Director/VP roles\. \- Lead/Mentor sourcing and recruiting members\. \- Created/Improved interview process for various teams and helped scale unbiased interview process\. \- Hired candidates via active social media sourcing, referrals & inbound\. \- Worked on Diversity and Employer branding initiative for Engineering team\. \- Involved in building awesome candidate experience\. - **Lead Technical Recruiter at Jet** (2016\-02\-01–2018\-12\-01) — At Jet , our goal is to reshape the landscape of e\-commerce forever and make a lasting difference in people’s lives\. If you want to take on the challenge of building something amazing from the ground up, then this is the place for you\. Jet\.com was acquired by Walmart for $ 3 billion\. - **Engineering Recruiter at Yodle** (2015\-01\-01–2016\-02\-01) — Yodle was a provider of local online advertising and marketing services\. One of Forbes most promising company & Best places to work for in NYC in 2005\. It got acquired by Web\.com Sourced/Recruited engineering talent for Yodle in New York & Austin, TX\. Helped organize Engineering Game Night and Tech Meetups\. Positions worked on: Software Engineers, DevOps Engineer, Salesforce Developer ,Database Engineer, Graphic Designer, Director of Engineering, Chief Architect , iOS Engineer , Software Engineer in Test/SDET\. - **Recruiter I Technology at HBO** (2014\-07\-01–2014\-11\-01) — Worked as Sourcing Recruiter for HBO GO/Code Labs \(startup within HBO\) \. \-Participated in recruiting meetings and collaborated with hiring managers in order to identify needs and design recruiting strategies\. \- Updated hiring reports to present to VP/CTO\. \-Utilized sourcing strategies such as: LinkedIn, Connectifier, Boolean web searches, Internal database, Academic groups and Coding competitions\. - **Engineering Recruiter I Sourcing at Audible** (2013\-12\-01–2014\-07\-01) — Audible, Inc\., an Amazon\.com, Inc\. subsidiary \(NASDAQ: AMZN\), is the leading provider of premium digital spoken audio information and entertainment on the internet\. Worked with the Leadership team to hire Engineering roles at Audible/Amazon\. Hired Software Engineers, SDET, Software Development Manager\(SDM\), and Program Manager\(TPM\) \- Sourced and hired engineering talent from individual contributor to Leadership role for the Newark, Seattle, and Boston location\. \- Responsible for sourcing, screening, and interviewing candidates, as well as scheduling and organizing multiple Hiring Events \- Worked closely with the VP of Technology, both mobile and web, and Hiring Managers to build hiring strategy\. - **Senior Technical Recruiter at Emtec Inc\.** (2003\-02\-01–2013\-11\-01) — Emtec is the right size provider of technology\-empowered business solutions for world\-class organizations\. Recruited Software Engineer ,Program Manager, Data Engineers, Peoplesoft and Salesforce Professional for In\-house/Consulting Project\. Managed external vendors\. - **Technical Recruiter at Ace Technologies** (1999\-11\-01–2003\-03\-01) - **Programmer Analyst at FCS Software Solutions Ltd** (1999\-01\-01–1999\-10\-01) - **Mechanical Engineer at Batliboi Ltd** (1996\-06\-01–1998\-12\-01) ## Education - Bachelor’s Degree, Mechanical Engineering — University of Pune ## FAQ ### What does Swetak do now? Swetak is a Senior Recruiter at Peloton Interactive and is exploring full\-time, contract, or fractional project\-based work\. Swetak is open to remote and hybrid work arrangements\. ### What are Swetak’s core recruiting strengths? Swetak also supports market mapping, talent pipelining, employer branding, talent acquisition strategy, and recruitment\-process re\-engineering\. ### How does Swetak approach candidate experience and closing? Swetak owns recruiting processes from start to finish and is particularly effective at sourcing, running the process, and closing candidates\. Swetak builds candidate relationships through consistent communication, strategic executive involvement, and high\-touch candidate engagement\. ### What roles has Swetak recruited for at Peloton? Swetak has supported full\-cycle recruitment for software engineers across backend, full\-stack, mobile, ML, ML Ops, product, and enterprise technology\. Swetak has also supported marketing technology roles involving Braze and Salesforce Marketing Cloud, integration engineering involving Boomi and MuleSoft, and member\-support roles involving Genesys\. ### What hardware hiring has Swetak supported at Peloton? At Peloton, Swetak took on hardware hiring and successfully hired Mechanical Engineers, Electrical Engineers, a Hardware Product Manager, Prototype Machinists, Hardware Program Managers, Quality Engineers, Failure Analysis Engineers, and Industrial Design and Test Engineers\. ### What business, finance, compliance, and leadership hiring has Swetak handled at Peloton? Swetak supported Peloton’s GTM hiring for roles including Manager of Marketing Analytics, Senior Director of Marketing, Director of Marketing Measurement, and SEO Program Manager\. Swetak also supported SOX Audit and Risk Assurance, SEC Reporting, and FP&A hiring for compliance and finance teams, as well as leadership hiring in quality and program management\. ### What international hiring has Swetak supported? Swetak supported Peloton hiring in Canada, the United Kingdom, and Taiwan\. ### What process and team\-building work has Swetak done at Peloton? Swetak created interview processes, interview guides, and process improvements that resulted in better candidate experience and hiring\-manager satisfaction\. Swetak also mentored junior team members, helped onboard new hires, collaborated on candidate\-closing guidance through the “closing club,” and referred an SVP candidate who was hired for Peloton’s Platform organization\. ### What special projects has Swetak completed at Peloton? Swetak participated as a talent\-team subject\-matter expert in Visier implementation, helped Global Mobility create Greenhouse immigration alerts, and organized an onsite college event with a company tour and panel discussion for Harvard Business School and Michigan State University’s Eli Broad School\. Swetak also participated in an Indeed member\-support hiring event that processed more than 200 applications and resulted in 10 hires in a few days, and represented Peloton at Women Impact Tech and TechFuture\. ### What did Swetak accomplish at Stripe? At Stripe, Swetak helped scale ML infrastructure and ML Ops, GTM, people systems, and financial engineering teams\. Swetak was the first dedicated recruiter for the ML Ops and GTM teams, recruited engineers and managers through VP\-level candidates, built interview processes for engineering roles, and participated in projects to improve recruiter efficiency and data integrity\. ### What was Swetak’s experience at Jet? Swetak served as Lead Technical Recruiter at Jet, whose stated goal was to reshape e\-commerce\. Jet\.com was acquired by Walmart for $3 billion\. ### What did Swetak do at Walmart Global Tech? Following Walmart’s acquisition of Jet\.com, Swetak supported Walmart Labs/Walmart Global Tech teams across six locations in North America\. Swetak hired backend, frontend, full\-stack, DevOps, security, and data engineers, technical project managers, and Director\- and VP\-level leaders led and mentored sourcing and recruiting team members improved team interview processes and unbiased interviewing sourced through social media, referrals, and inbound channels and contributed to diversity, employer\-branding, and candidate\-experience initiatives\. ### What did Swetak accomplish as Fractional Technical Recruiter at Quilter? At Quilter, Swetak joined as the first recruiter at the early\-stage Series A company to accelerate engineering hiring from 12 to 18 engineers\. Swetak helped the CEO and team hire reinforcement\-learning engineers, SRE/ML Ops professionals, and electrical engineers in the United States and Canada, refined the interview process, configured Ashby, created automated email templates, and implemented a background\-check process\. ### What did Swetak do at Emtec? At Emtec, Swetak recruited Software Engineers, Program Managers, Data Engineers, PeopleSoft professionals, and Salesforce professionals for in\-house and consulting projects, while managing external vendors\. ### What did Swetak do at Audible? At Audible, an Amazon subsidiary, Swetak worked with leadership to hire Software Engineers, SDETs, Software Development Managers, and Technical Program Managers\. Swetak sourced and hired engineering talent from individual\-contributor through leadership levels for Newark, Seattle, and Boston handled sourcing, screening, interviewing, and hiring\-event coordination and partnered with the VP of Technology for mobile and web and with hiring managers on hiring strategy\. ### What did Swetak do at HBO? At HBO, Swetak served as a sourcing recruiter for HBO GO/Code Labs, a startup within HBO\. Swetak participated in recruiting meetings, partnered with hiring managers on recruiting strategies, updated hiring reports for the VP and CTO, and used LinkedIn, Connectifier, Boolean web searches, internal databases, academic groups, and coding competitions for sourcing\. ### What did Swetak do at Yodle? At Yodle, Swetak sourced and recruited engineering talent in New York and Austin, Texas\. Swetak supported hiring for Software Engineers, DevOps Engineers, Salesforce Developers, Database Engineers, Graphic Designers, Directors of Engineering, a Chief Architect, iOS Engineers, and Software Engineers in Test/SDETs, and helped organize Engineering Game Night and tech meetups\. Yodle was later acquired by Web\.com\. ### What other roles has Swetak held? Swetak also worked as a Senior Technical Recruiter on contract at Peloton Interactive, as a Technical Recruiter at Ace Technologies, as a Mechanical Engineer at Batliboi Ltd, and as a Programmer Analyst at FCS Software Solutions Ltd\. ### What types of roles can Swetak recruit for? Swetak has recruited across software engineering, data, security, machine learning, ML Ops, product, hardware, finance, compliance, marketing, and corporate technology roles\. ### What diversity and inclusive\-hiring experience does Swetak have? Swetak has experience in diversity recruiting and collaborating with employee resource groups\. At Walmart Global Tech, Swetak also worked on diversity and employer\-branding initiatives for engineering teams and helped scale unbiased interview processes\. ## Links - LinkedIn: https://www\.linkedin\.com/in/swetakshah