Team lead, Technical Recruiting at Etsy. Helping to build and lead the recruiting team that supports software engineering, tech ops, and product.
The technical staff at Etsy believes that code is craft, good software and systems designs are works of art, and that the work we do is part of larger creative culture represented by the hundreds of thousands of inspired makers who make Etsy such a wondrous marketplace. We believe that small, empowered, self-motivated teams can do big things. We also believe in the right tool for the job, not language-as-religion. Our current systems run PHP, Java, Python, Ruby, Solr/Lucene, Postgres, MySQL, and more.
Read Code as Craft, our engineering blog, for a glimpse into our minds: http://codeascraft.etsy.com/
Or check out our engineering channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/etsyengineering/videos
Team Lead, Technical Recruiting @ At Etsy, our mission is to enable people to make a living making things. The engineers who make Etsy make our living making something we love: software. We think of our code as craft — hence the name of our blog - http://codeascraft.etsy.com/.
At Etsy, we approach what we do with the same care and inspiration as the makers in our marketplace. We talk about the tools we use, celebrate the experiments that worked, and learn from the ones that went awry, always learning new things to improve our craft.
Our engineering culture:
• Big engineering team with smart people, but everyone works in small decentralized teams ranging from 3 - 10 people, and everyone on the team deploys their own code — frequently multiple times a week.
• That means you'll be deploying your own code, as frequently as you like (and on your first day).
• Everyone contributes, everyone deploys, and we keep development cycles rapid.
• We run a high-traffic site, which means you get to learn whether new features or changes you make actually make a difference.
• We empower every team with all of the tools they need to build, release, and analyze success of products.
• Mobility across engineering teams and projects.
• Shared/open code base, able to contribute anywhere in the stack.
• Speaking of sharing, we are very open about how we build things and the tools we have created to get things done: https://codeascraft.com/
• We open source a lot of code at https://github.com/etsy.
• Awesome learning environment, where everyone has an opportunity to obtain new and refine existing skills and talents. Check out Etsy School: https://blog.etsy.com/news/2013/about-us-etsy-school/
Our Stats
• 32 million items for sale
• 1.5 million active sellers
• 21.7 million active buyers
• And people buying and selling from nearly every country in the world From September 2015 to Present (4 months) Senior Technical Recruiter @ From September 2012 to September 2015 (3 years 1 month) Talent Acquisition Partner @ Experian CheetahMail is the preferred email, social, mobile and display marketing provider for the world’s top brands.
As a leading email marketing and customer intelligence company, our technology and service is designed for companies that want to increase their brand equity through the acquisition and retention of their customer base. By empowering our customers to send highly targeted and relevant emails to their permission based subscriber list, our clients can leverage the use of the web as a means to cut costs, strengthen relationships and increase ROI.
With the industry’s largest client services team, sophisticated digital marketing technology and over 13 years of experience, Experian CheetahMail helps marketers maximize the relevance and precision of their communications. Our global client base includes the world’s most recognizable brands, including Adidas, American Express, Barnes & Noble, Electronic Arts, Hulu, Neiman Marcus and Yahoo!.
• Provide full life cycle recruitment and strategic talent advice supporting Experian Marketing Services’ Global Product Development and CheetahMail business units
• Recruit and screen IT professionals for the development and support of the high availability flagship system responsible for processing an average of 6000 emails per second (approximately 500 million a day). Areas of focus include: Directors of Software Development, Lead/Senior Software Engineers, Software QA Engineers, Database Administrators, Application Support Engineers, Build & Release Engineers, Product Managers and Project Managers.
• Positions filled primarily specialize in the following technologies: OO Perl, Linux, LAMP, Agile/SCRUM, Java, C, Oracle, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP
• Consistent results in resolving staffing requirements by directly interacting with VP’s, Directors, IT Managers and Human Resource Professionals to help them articulate their business and resourcing needs From September 2011 to September 2012 (1 year 1 month) Senior Technical Recruiter, Professional Services Division @ One of the top ten commercial staffing companies in the United States with over 300 locations in 30 states.
• Recruit and screen IT professionals for clients in a wide variety of industries including finance, insurance, cpg, media, e-commerce, advertising and publishing
• Proven experience placing technical professionals for both contract and direct hire positions; Performed extensive recruiting for Senior Software Developers (front-end and back-end), Database Developers and Administrators and Project Managers with heavy focus on technologies including: Java/Java EE, Front End Development (JSF, JSP, AJAX, JQuery, JavaScript), .Net (C# & VB.Net), C/C++, VBA, MS SQL Server, Oracle, Sybase
• Effectively sought out and partnered with candidates utilizing a variety of research methods including: cold calling / emailing passive candidates, job board searches, Boolean searches, ad postings, internal database, referrals, and online / offline social and professional networking
• Established long standing profitable professional relationships with key clients representing industry leading organizations ranging across multiple disciplines
• Regularly conducted in-depth phone screens and in-person interviews with candidates to effectively determine skills, knowledge, interest, market value, and availability in order to maintain client satisfaction by ensuring that only properly qualified candidates are represented to clients
• Reviewed and augmented resumes for client consumption, checked references, negotiated terms and rates, coordinated interview logistics, extended job offers, and closed candidates who proved a good match
• Mentored numerous junior recruiters and new hires
• Directly interacted with IT managers and human resource professionals to identify technical needs; coach hiring managers in best practices around providing feedback to candidates and constructing offers From October 2007 to September 2011 (4 years) Greater New York City AreaTechnical Recruiter @ From January 2007 to October 2007 (10 months) Researcher @ From August 2002 to October 2006 (4 years 3 months) Technical Recruiter @ • Ran a full desk including business development, account management, and recruitment of engineers specializing in infrastructure support. From 1999 to November 2001 (2 years) Greater New York City Area
Stony Brook University From 1995 to 1999 Bronx High School of Science From 1991 to 1995 Joe Chan is skilled in: Recruiting, Talent Acquisition, Sourcing, Interviews, Screening, Technical Recruiting, Internet Recruiting, Applicant Tracking Systems, Contract Recruitment, Screening Resumes, SDLC, Temporary Staffing, Human Resources, Business Networking, Staffing Services
Websites:
http://www.etsy.com/,
http://www.etsy.com/careers/?ref=ft_careers,
http://codeascraft.etsy.com/