
Edward Hooper
@edwardhooper
Talent Acquisition Leader at Commonwealth Bank building structured hiring frameworks for senior technology roles.
What I'm looking for
At Commonwealth Bank, I partner with senior technology executives on hiring across Engineering, Product, Delivery and Strategy. I built structured hiring and interview frameworks for Chief Engineer and Executive Manager appointments, with role-specific guides and assessment rubrics.
At Up, I increased engineering team size by 25% and implemented Greenhouse. Across Cash App and Grubhub, I recruited technical talent across multiple markets and contributed to Indigenous scholarship and early-career programs.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Strategic talent partner to senior technology executives, responsible for identifying and hiring high-impact talent across Engineering, Product, Delivery and Strategy. Operate across complex and highly competitive talent markets, combining hands-on search and assessment with executive advisory, hiring strategy and the design of scalable recruitment practices.
- Partner with senior executives and
I defined and executed a clear recruitment roadmap, partnering with senior stakeholders to enhance the candidate, hiring manager, and overall talent experience. This increased the size of the engineering teams by 25%.
I led end-to-end recruitment across Technology, Product, and Operations, aligning talent acquisition strategies with business objectives.
I implemented Greenhouse (ATS) to streaml
[Impacted by layoffs in 2024]
As a lead recruiting partner at Cash App, I collaborate with hiring managers and senior leaders within engineering on their hiring needs across Australia, USA and Canada. We work together to ensure the right sourcing strategies are in place to identify, attract and retain tech talent into and around the business. This includes things like workforce planning, interna
Achievements:
-2021: Hired 50 Engineers globally across multiple disciplines.
-2022: Mentored & ramped incoming recruiters into CashApp
Cloud Architect, Cloud Consultant, Systems Engineer, Network Architect, Solution Architect, Amazon S3, Machine Learning, AI, Devops, Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, Career, Azure, Google Cloud, Kubernetes, Docker, Big Data, Job, deep learning, super
Lead Recruiter for the New York office.
Responsibilities:
- Recruiting across North America and Internationally.
- Consistently builds high performing engineering teams & business units from the ground up.
- Manages the full lifecycle of the recruiting process: from sourcing, assessing and offer delivery.
- Trained and managed a Technical Sourcer.
- Diverse hiring from entry to senior level acr
Facebook is dynamic fast paced competitive environment. I was hired as a full cycle Technical Recruiter to support growth on the east coast for Facebook and Instagram in New York. I worked on various positions across engineering and mobile recruitment pipelines.
Responsibilities:
- Designed and executed customized, candidate recruiting plans. Partnered closely with sourcers, coordinators and hiri
Robert Walters is one of the world’s leading specialist professional recruitment consultancies with 52 offices spanning 25 countries. I was actively head hunted to transfer from Australia to New York to establish and grow the technology division
Built out a division in one of the most challenging markets in the world. I specialize in software engineering, product management & infrastructure searc
Senior Technical Recruiter - Software Engineering
Apr 2014 - Aug 2015 (1 year 4 months)
Lead Technical Recruiter on the Melbourne IT Commerce Team, specializing in Engineering.
Achievements:
- Rising Star award (2012)
- Hybrid Consultant of the quarter (2013)
- Consultant of the quarter (2014)
- Consultant of the quarter (2015)
- Biggest biller of the quarter (2016)
Robert Walters is one of the world's leading specialist professional recruitment consultancies with 53 offices spanning 24 countries. We place candidates on a permanent, contract and interim basis in accountancy & finance, banking, engineering, operations, legal, information technology, sales & marketing, supply chain, procurement & logistics, human resources, support & administration.
Robert Walt
Founder.
Crazy Crocs
Jan 2010 - Mar 2012 (2 years 2 months)
A business start up I developed whilst at Swinburne University.
The pack was given to international students on arrival free of charge, endeavoring to make their
initial move as easy and convenient as possible. The pack contains an Australian Sim Card,
details for an Australian Bank and all paperwork required to set up an account as well as
voucher for local business in the University area.
• Exceeded expectations with legendary guest service for Walt Disney World guests by building relationships with all resort lines of business.
• Equipped guests with personalized and relatable information to create cherished memories during their stay.
• Accurate cash handling and efficiency at front desk of the hotel.
• Developed new Cast Members to demonstrate the Disney Service Basics.
• Train
Worked as Summer Internship at Swinburne University of Technology.
Worked as Bar Manager at Peter Rowland Catering.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Disney University
Swinburne University of Technology
Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc) / Bachelor of Business (Bcom), Biotechnology / Human Resource Management / Entrepreneurship
Melbourne Grammar School
High School
Linköping University
Bachelor's degree, Business/Commerce, General
Student Exchange
Leadership Skills for The Future
Oct 2023
On Leadership by Jeff Weiner
Nov 2020
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