Senior Talent Acquisition Partner - Software Engineering in Lincoln, Lincolnshire

Nottingham Trent House (95002), United Kingdom, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire Senior Talent Acquisition Partner - Software Engineering Job Title: Senior Talent Acquisition Partner - Software Engineering Location: Nottingham - Hybrid Working Pattern: 3 days in-office (Tuesday-Thursday) and 2 days remote. About this role Are you a highly strategic, Senior Software Engineering recruiter ready to directly influence the growth of a leading financial technology organization? This is a high-impact, full-lifecycle role where you will partner directly with Engineering leaders to solve complex talent challenges, amplify our brand, and secure top software engineering talent. Strategic Talent Acquisition: Develop and execute innovative, long-term sourcing and attraction strategies to build robust pipelines of high-calibre software engineering talent, solving for both immediate demand and future organizational needs. Serve as a trusted advisor to engineering leaders, leveraging your deep market knowledge of the software engineering market to influence hiring models, compensation strategy, and the long-term talent quality bar. Data-Driven Influence: Utilize market insights and recruiting data to inform and influence organizational decisions related to talent benchmarking, search strategy, and pipeline investment. Culture & Brand Activation: Lead our presence in the Nottingham tech community. You will own the strategy for hosting engineering user groups at our Nottingham office and spearhead our impactful presence at major industry conferences. World-Class Candidate Experience: Create inspiring, high-touch experiences for every engineering candidate, focusing on powerful storytelling that connects top talent directly to our mission and technical challenges. Recruiting Innovation: Stay ahead of the curve on emerging sourcing techniques, interview innovations, and the evolving dynamics of the wider UK engineering market to ensure we maintain a competitive edge. Proven track record as a full-lifecycle recruiter with a deep, nuanced understanding of the Midlands software engineering landscape Strategic & Consultative Approach: Ability to move beyond tactical recruiting to think strategically about talent challenges, advise senior stakeholders, and shape organizational hiring strategy. Community Building: Experience in leveraging community involvement (meetups, conferences, thought leadership) to build an authentic employment brand and generate pipelines. Exceptional Stakeholder Management: Highly effective communication and relationship-building skills to partner with busy hiring managers and provide a world-class experience to candidates. Where and how you'll work This is a permanent position based in our Nottingham office . We embrace a hybrid approach to work. You'll spend three days a week in the office (Tuesday-Thursday), with Monday and Friday being dedicated work-from-home days. At our Nottingham head office, you'll find an on-site gym, restaurant and dedicated Learning Loft. In addition to career development, our comprehensive benefits package is designed to grow with you, ensuring your wellbeing is prioritised at every stage of your career: Wealth & Future: Competitive pension and performance-based bonus schemes Holidays: Start with 25 days of annual leave, increasing with tenure. Health: Access premium care through our private medical insurance. We champion your milestones with enhanced parental leave. Building diverse and inclusive teams is the right thing to do and the smart thing to do. We want to work with top talent: whoever you are, whatever you look like, wherever you come from. That’s why we make our recruitment process fair and accessible. We value diversity, inclusion and belonging at our core. Our associate-led Business Resource Groups were created to help support our diverse population and include over 10 groups across our offices. Because each Business Resource Group is as unique as the population it serves, they offer a range of activities, networking opportunities, special events and learning programs to associates. Capital One is committed to diversity in the workplace. Capital One Financial is made up of several different entities. Who We Are At Capital One, we're building a leading information-based technology company. Still founder-led by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Richard Fairbank, Capital One is on a mission to help our customers succeed by bringing ingenuity, simplicity, and humanity to banking. We measure our efforts by the success our customers enjoy and the advocacy they exhibit. We believe that innovation is powered by perspective and that teamwork and respect for each other lead to superior results. Our associates serve with humility and a deep respect for their responsibility in helping our customers achieve their goals and realize their dreams. Together, we are on a quest to change banking for good.