We're a fairly typical run-of-the-mill mid-size enterprise software vendor trying to hire for fully-remote SWEs in the "DevOps" software space (Linux, containers, k8s, yadda yadda). We post in the usual places including Who's Hiring but we haven't even managed to backfill a retirement from six months ago, and we're junior-heavy already. Benefits and salary are good (though salary isn't posted in the ad), and the people are great, though the work requires a reasonably deep understanding of the underlying platforms which a lot of people seem to dislike.
I'm wondering if the work being a higher percentage non-code is what's causing us trouble, if we're just rubbish at hiring in general, or if it's something else.
What's everyone else's experience attracting applications from senior talent in this market, and what is everyone doing to increase their attractiveness?
Current hiring process:
- Resume screened by in-house recruiter
- 30m call with them
- Resume passed up to engineering
- Hour-long call with hiring manager (typically the engineering manager of the team the candidate would join)
- Take-home technical assignment (~4h) or similar at candidate's choosing
- Presentation of technical assignment to the team
- Offer