Rishna Valiyakath

Relocated to Berlin following embedded recruiting role at Google. Completed German B1+ Integration Programme (LID) May 2026; B2 commencing September 2026. Actively targeting Senior Technical Recruiter, IT Recruiter, and Talent Acquisition Manager roles across Germany and EU. Available immediately, no visa required.

Full life-cycle Technical Recruiting & GTM Hiring at Google via Randstad. Delivered 25–50 hires/year across 10–20 concurrent requisitions (SWE II to Principal Engineer, GTM, GBO). 93% offer-to-join ratio. Closed 16 GTM/GBO roles in 2-month sprint, time-to-fill as low as 14 days. Reduced time-to-hire by 30%. 50% DEI representation across all pipelines. Sourcing: LinkedIn Recruiter AI, HireEZ, SeekOut, Blind, Boolean/X-Ray, Kaggle, Indeed, Instahyr. ATS: GHIRE. Award: Best Talent Advisor(2x, Randstad, 2024).

RPO Technical Recruiting for Amazon via JoulestoWatts. High-volume full life-cycle recruitment for Level 5 SDEs (Backend, Frontend, ML, Data Science) across APAC. Hiring against Amazon Leadership Principles. ATS: Hire (Amazon). Tracked offer acceptance rate, interview-to-offer ratio, and pipeline conversion to drive continuous improvement.

Senior Technical Recruiter at early-stage startup (~10–20 employees). 90%+ hiring conversion rate across FinTech, Crypto, AI, SaaS, E-commerce, Robotics, and Cybersecurity. Filled ML, AI, DevOps, Cloud, Security, Full-Stack, and PM roles for B2B/B2C startups, scale-ups, and MNCs. Direct engagement with founders and CEOs. Built recruiting infrastructure from ground up. Sourcing: LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub, Stack Overflow, Boolean. ATS: Greenhouse.

Full life-cycle Talent Acquisition across Software, Hardware, Manufacturing, Industrial Automation, and Defence sectors at early-stage startup (~10–20 employees). Coordinated 500+ technical interviews across APAC, US, and Europe for clients including Kongsberg. Recruited across FinTech, SaaS, Cloud, Cybersecurity, Hardware, and Manufacturing. Sourcing: LinkedIn Recruiter, Naukri, Boolean Search, direct headhunting.

German Language Integration Course (LID), B1 level. VHS Pankow, Berlin. Completed April 2026. B2 course commencing September 2026.

Specialisation in HR Management & Marketing. Focus: Talent Acquisition, HR Strategy, Business Law, Compensation & Benefits, Organisational Behaviour, Marketing Management.

Specialisation in Human Resource Management. Focus: Recruitment & Selection, Organisational Behaviour, HR Planning, Labour Law, Business Communication.