Mehak Tandon

Currently recruiting for specialised roles within the R&D-APAC team at Atlassian. We focus on niche positions, such as Performance Engineering, DevOps, and Data Engineering, and assist the business in establishing new teams from scratch. Additionally, we recruit for executive roles like EM and Principal Recruiters.

• Successfully delivered high-quality hires within TAT for demanding roles requiring niche skills like Fullstack, DevOps, Frontend, Backend, Data Engineer, Performance Engineer
• Process Development: Established a comprehensive hiring process for Devops & Data Engineering roles that is now used globally.
• Global Initiative: Contributed significantly to the global initiative for ICIMs Adoption & Onboarding.
• Data-Driven Analysis: Conducted a comprehensive frontend offer and compensation analysis to guide engineering leadership.
• Mentorship Program: Launched India TA Mentorship Program to empower and develop TA team members.

• Led recruitment efforts for multiple delivery centers, successfully hiring for various technical roles like Director, Technical Architects, Program Managers, Data Engineers, Fullstack & Frontend Developers, Salesforce Developer, QA Analyst & Data Analysts
• Set up 2 parallel centers & onboarded 80+ candidates every quarter through FY’21 by hiring candidates across the grades {SF, Mulesoft & Clicksoftware}
• Initiated & led diversity program “Women Returnship” this is the pilot and first of the program for Salesforce India. {We successfully onboarded 15 women candidates who are going through the program}
• Focused on improving offer acceptance rates and the overall candidate experience, led projects like Improving Offer Acceptance {across all hiring divisions} & Improving

• Built and scaled the engineering team by hiring across various roles, including QA, Core Engineering, Devops & Cloud, Security, Mobile Development, and Product Management.
• Collaborated with leadership to establish new teams and successfully hired over 50+ talent in a quarter.
• Led and coached team of 2 to ramp up technology hiring.
• Improved technology hiring through initiatives like assessment platforms and interviewer training.
• Contributed to overall hiring strategies by leading initiatives like employer branding and compensation benchmarking.
• Collaborated with global leaders to create performance metrics and build dashboards for global reporting.

As a Talent Acquisition Specialist, I primarily source candidates for engineering roles in India using various platforms like Naukri, LinkedIn, and GitHub. I specialize in sourcing for niche and hard-to-find skills through both active and passive channels. I also conduct role selling, HR briefings, and profile screening before scheduling interviews. Additionally, I develop effective staffing strategies for critical leadership positions, maintain ATS, and conduct market intelligence to recruit for high-priority roles. I'm committed to ensuring that every candidate has positive experience with D.E. Shaw.

As Coordinator, I was responsible for scheduling and coordinating interviews across India for IT, Leadership, and Operations roles. Hosted numerous hiring drives and campus hiring events. Additionally, I published global reports, organised events, and worked on projects to improve candidate experience and retention rates. Additionally played key role in global project focused on retaining driver partners and collaborated with teams to reduce interview rescheduling

As a Financial Analyst, I was responsible for processing payments and redemptions for shareholders. I also worked with Quality team to reduce errors through trend analysis. Additionally, I was elected as People's Ambassador to drive change management within department of 200 employees.