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title: "Shivam Tomar - Senior Talent Partner in Bengaluru | Tal"
description: "Meet Shivam Tomar, Talent Acquistion at Arcana (Ex-Razorpay, Ex-Zendrive) || SaaS || Fintech based in Bengaluru."
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# Shivam Tomar on Tal

## Headline

Talent Acquistion at Arcana \(Ex\-Razorpay, Ex\-Zendrive\) \|\| SaaS \|\| Fintech

## About

🚀 Passionate About People \| Tech Recruiting Enthusiast \| Hiring \#AllTheGreatMinds 🚀 A serendipitous moment a few years ago led me into the world of Technical Recruiting, and I haven't looked back since\! Connecting brilliant minds with game\-changing opportunities is not just my job—it’s my passion\. There’s nothing more fulfilling than helping talented individuals land careers that ignite their potential and shape the future of technology\. As a people\-first recruiter, I thrive on: 💡 Building world\-class teams that drive innovation 🤝 Creating meaningful connections and lasting professional relationships 🎯 Delivering an exceptional candidate experience—one that’s transparent, engaging, and seamless I take immense pride in being part of Arcana, where we’re rewriting the rules of fintech and scaling at an unprecedented pace\. If you’re looking to be part of something truly transformative, let’s connect\! 🚀 When I’m not scouting top\-tier talent, you’ll find me: 🌍 Exploring new destinations \(always on the hunt for the best travel deals\!\) 🍽️ Eating my way through the cities I visit \(foodie at heart\!\) 📺 Binge\-watching the latest Netflix series 🔍 Recruiting Expertise: ✅ Advanced Sourcing \(Boolean Logic, X\-ray searches\) ✅ Social Media Recruitment \(LinkedIn, GitHub, Twitter, Stack Overflow\) ✅ Job Boards \(Naukri, Monster\) ✅ Employer Branding & Candidate Engagement 📩 Let’s chat—whether it’s about hiring, tech, travel, or just a great story\. Always open to new conversations and connections\!

## Location

Bengaluru

## Work experience

Senior Talent Partner at Arcana, Mar 2026 \- Present · 8 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Associate Manager Talent Acquisiton at Razorpay, May 2024 \- Mar 2026 · 1 yr 11 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Lead the leadership hiring charter for the entire Engineering organization, owning end\-to\-end recruitment for senior individual contributors and people manager roles across all engineering verticals\. Drive strategic hiring for Data Platforms, Data Engineering, and Data Science, partnering closely with CXOs, VPs, and Engineering Directors on workforce planning, succession pipelines, and critical capability building\. Work extensively on leadership roles including Senior Director of Engineering, VP Engineering, Director of Engineering, Principal and Senior Principal Engineers, enabling data\-driven hiring decisions while continuously optimizing leadership hiring processes to ensure quality, speed, and an exceptional candidate experience at scale\.

Senior Associate Talent Partner at Razorpay, Jul 2021 \- May 2024 · 2 yrs 11 mos, Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India, Led end\-to\-end hiring for the Payments Business unit and then moved to DevSecOps charter, covering DevOps, Security, Compliance IT, and Platform Reliability roles across the Engineering organization\. Owned niche and hard\-to\-close mandates, partnering closely with Engineering leaders to scale high\-impact teams\. Actively supported hiring for Principal Engineers and senior leadership roles, contributing to succession pipelines, leadership assessments, and strategic workforce planning\. Built strong talent pipelines, improved time\-to\-hire for critical roles, and consistently delivered high\-quality hires in a fast\-paced, hyper\-growth environment\.

Talent Acquisition Specialist at Zendrive, Oct 2020 \- Jul 2021 · 10 mos, India, Worked closely with senior engineering and data leaders at Zendrive, a mission\-driven mobility analytics company, to scale high\-impact teams across Engineering and Data Science\. Owned end\-to\-end hiring for Engineering Managers, Staff Engineers, and Data Science leadership roles, partnering directly with the VP of Engineering and Director of Data Science to align hiring strategy with business and technical priorities\. Built hiring programs from scratch, including employee referral and candidate engagement initiatives, strengthening talent pipelines in a highly competitive market\. Drove focused, quality\-first hiring for niche and leadership roles, emphasizing strong technical fit, ownership mindset, and long\-term impact\.

Founding Recruiter at Fortanix, Jan 2020 \- Oct 2020 · 10 mos, Bangalore, First recruiter hired and handled in\-house recruitment for Fortanix, a deep\-tech security company building cloud security and privacy solutions using Intel SGX\. Led end\-to\-end hiring across Bangalore and Eindhoven, supporting teams in Engineering, Cloud Security, Privacy, Product, Design, Marketing, and Customer Support\. Partnered closely with hiring managers to define complex technical requirements, calibrate candidate quality, and drive structured interview processes\. Focused on building strong technical pipelines for highly specialized security and systems roles while ensuring a consistent, high\-quality candidate experience across geographies\.

Sr Recruitment Researcher at HuntingCube Recruitment Solutions, Dec 2016 \- Jan 2020 · 3 yrs 2 mos, Responsible for End to End Recruitment : \- Client Engagement\. \- Gather information from clients to develop a detailed understanding of the nature and culture of their businesses\. \- Follow\-ups with clients for regular updates on the status on the candidates presented\. \- Develop strategies tailored to individual client requirement\. \- Experience in entire recruitment life cycle from sourcing, initial screening, selection, salary negotiation & onboarding\. \- Interacting with the candidates, briefing them about the company & job requirements & understand their willingness\. \- Screening, short listing and conducting preliminary interview \(Candidate Assessment\) prior to sending it to the client\. \- Client research and branding to reduce the time\-to\-hire\. \- Creating and maintaining an active as well as a passive candidate pipeline for different roles\. \- Market mapping\. \- Evaluation of the candidate for the requirements on the basis of skills, functionality, domain, experience, qualifications, temperament, cultural fitment etc\. \- Follow up with the candidates, intimating the results & status of the interview to the candidates\. \- Post offer follow\-up with the candidate to ensure timely joining\. •Full involvement in Product Development hiring\. •Attracting new candidates via networking, internal database, job portals, references •Head Hunting high profile developers for awesome Startups across India\. •Sound Experience in doing Mapping & Head Hunting for the clients\. •Having fun with Recruitment tools which includes Linkedin, Naukri\.com , Monster\.com •Maintaining the high quality standard of work in providing the candidatures & profiles to clients\. Positions worked on: Frontend Developer, Backend Devloper, Fullstack Developer, Engineering Manager, Architect, C\+\+ Developer, Product Manager, Program manager, UI/UX Researcher, iOS Developer, Android Developer, Testing & Automation, Quant Trader, Infrastructure Developer, Director of Engineering\.

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