Olena Ivanova

Bio

Olena Ivanova is Lead Recruiter at Softermii with 4+ years of experience in technical recruitment and talent acquisition. She has grown from IT Researcher to Lead Recruiter, building expertise in hiring engineering talent across AI, Fintech, Healthcare, Real Estate, Logistics, and iGaming.

She works directly with hiring managers, delivery leaders, and business stakeholders to design hiring strategies that fit both speed and quality requirements. Her areas of expertise include technical recruitment, talent market intelligence, sourcing strategy, employer branding, recruitment process optimization, stakeholder management, and recruiter development.

Throughout her career, she has hired specialists across Backend, Cloud, Data, AI/ML, DevOps, Product, and leadership functions. Key achievements include closing a Senior DevOps position within three days, consistently hitting hiring targets under tight deadlines, and maintaining candidate relationships that converted into hires years after first contact.

Beyond delivery, Olena contributes to process improvement, interviewer enablement, and AI-powered recruitment workflows — with a consistent focus on reducing time-to-hire without compromising hiring quality.