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Compensation
$80–99K/yr
Location
Seattle, WA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree

Job overview

Amazon University Talent Acquisition seeks a recruiter to attract and hire student talent for roles across Amazon. The recruiter partners with business leaders, recruiting teams, and program stakeholders to develop scalable early-career recruiting strategies, manage candidate and campus information, and use metrics to track results. The role also focuses on improving candidate experience and recruiting processes in a high-volume environment.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Candidate SourcingCandidate ClosingTechnical RecruitingAnalytical SkillsAttention to DetailCommunicationCustomer ServiceProject ManagementTime ManagementProblem SolvingPrioritizationCross-Functional CollaborationRecruiting Process ManagementProcess Improvement

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree2+ Years Technical RecruitingCorporate RecruitingUniversity Recruiting

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Parental Leave

Full job description

Description

Amazon University Talent Acquisition (AUTA), recruiting team is seeking talented recruiters that will support attracting and hiring Amazon's future leaders, at scale, from student talent.

The ideal candidate must possess the ability to earn trust and influence key stakeholders autonomously, expertly plan and prioritize against customer targets, manage candidates within tight timelines, demonstrate a proven capacity to use metrics to drive and showcase results, and remain calm in high-volume, ambiguous environments. Thriving in a fast-paced setting and excelling at problem-solving will be critical to success in this role.

The best candidate will leverage their extensive knowledge of Talent Acquisition to forge dynamic relationships with business leaders, cross-functional partners, and the centralized Amazon University Talent Acquisition program teams.

Key job responsibilities

In this role, you will:

  • Partner with business and recruiting teams across Amazon to understand student hiring needs

  • Build innovative strategies to attract, source, assess, and hire students for niche roles across Amazon

  • Identify opportunities for improving candidate experience and scheduling efficiency

  • Manage and track all candidate and campus information, consolidate and analyze results and make recommendations for improvements

  • Develop strategies related to recruitment that will contribute to the long-range growth of the Amazon, implement new processes and develop standard operating procedures that fits within Amazon's mission to deliver the highest quality results to the customer.

Key job responsibilities

  • Partner with full lifecycle recruiters, Industry hiring teams, and other stakeholders to build an on early career talent strategy.

  • Manage customer expectations and business goals with bi-weekly business reviews metrics, and status updates to customers and stakeholders.

  • Develop strategies related to recruitment that will contribute to the long-range growth of the Amazon, implement new processes and develop standard operating procedures that fits within Amazon's mission to deliver the highest quality results to the customer.

  • Ability to develop a recruiting plan with deliverables, timelines, and a formal tracking process that scales.

  • Participate in special projects or recruiting initiatives; pilots, process improvement projects, etc.

Basic Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree

  • Experience building candidate sourcing and closing strategies

  • 2+ years of technical recruiting in high volume and high hiring bar environment experience

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience that includes strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and effective communication abilities, or experience working with customers with a passion for delivering exceptional service

  • Experience managing and or coordinating projects in a fast pace environment

  • Experience effectively managing a substantial and time-sensitive workload

  • Experience in problem solving and delivering results

  • Experience in managing multiple, competing priorities simultaneously

  • Experience working effectively across cross-functional teams and partnering well with people at all levels within an organization

  • Focus on results, ability to drive the recruiting process and provide responsive follow-up to both candidates and hiring teams

  • Corporate and prior university recruiting preferred

  • Passion for innovative HR/Recruiting solutions and process improvement

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits .

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USA, WA, Seattle - 80,200.00 - 99,100.00 USD annually

How this job compares

Set against the 2,527 open Recruiter jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$80–99K/yr
  • Washington median$95–142K/yr52 salary ranges
  • US median$81–116K/yr1,261 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $90K, is 25% below the Washington median midpoint ($120K) — in the lowest quarter of Recruiter salary ranges in Washington.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 90 open Recruiter jobs in Washington and 2,527 across the US. 7% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Washington
Experience
This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience; Recruiter postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years at the median (1,679 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 348 of the 2,527 open Recruiter jobs (14%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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