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Dhanour

Technical Recruiting Manager at Rippling

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About

I'm Dhanour, the Technical Recruiting Manager at Rippling. My career has been defined by a transition from traditional recruiting at firms like Riviera Partners and Uber to a deeply technical focus here at Rippling, where I served as the first Principal Recruiter. I don't just hire for engineering; I build alongside it, having developed internal tools in Rust and Python to automate recruiting operations. I am passionate about the 'Go and See' principle—getting into the weeds of a problem rather than just looking at a dashboard. Currently, I'm focused on scaling our engineering organizations across North America and international hubs, looking for Senior Staff+ talent who want to tackle hard technical challenges at scale. If you're interested in AI-first cultures or high-growth engineering strategy, I'd love to connect.

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What I can offer

  • ›Insights into scaling engineering teams at high-growth companies
  • ›Expertise in technical recruiting for Senior Staff+ and M-ladder roles
  • ›Knowledge of no-code automation for business operations

Looking for

  • ›Senior Staff+ engineers
  • ›Engineering leadership (M-ladder)
  • ›Engineering leaders and VPs to build core business units

Best fit for

Senior Software EngineersEngineering ManagersVPs of EngineeringTech Founders

Current Interests

AI-assisted developmentDeveloper productivity toolchainsMonorepo managementGlobal engineering expansionRust and Python ecosystems

Background

Career

Progressed from Associate Recruiter at Riviera Partners to Senior roles at OpenTable and Uber, eventually becoming the first Principal Recruiter at Rippling and now Technical Recruiting Manager.

Education

Bachelor of Science (BS) in International/Global Studies from UC Irvine

Achievements

  • ›Built a Recruiting Attainment App using Rippling’s App Studio to automate KPI tracking
  • ›Migrated Rippling’s Python environment to Astral’s uv to increase productivity
  • ›Built a Rust-native MongoDB client that reduced query latency by 45%
  • ›First Principal Recruiter at Rippling
  • ›Panelist at TECH WEEK by a16z discussing AI scaling

Opinions

  • Leaders should prioritize firsthand experience and 'going deep' over relying solely on spreadsheets
  • Building AI products and building with AI are inseparable
  • Recruiting is most rewarding when you believe in the company’s transformational mission