About

Maria Joseph is an accomplished Recruiter with 8 years of experience in technology hiring for top R&D groups. She is currently working as a Talent Acquisition professional at Amazon, where she is responsible for hiring Software Development Engineers and Development Managers for Alexa Experience India and Consumer Robotics Team (Astro/Coro). Maria is a result-driven professional with a passion for raising the bar for hiring exceptional talent across industries like Product Development and Executive Search through innovative search practices. Maria has an excellent track record of hiring top talent for high-end product development companies, Research Labs, and setting up and running high-performing Campus Hiring and technology hiring teams. She has staffed for a broad range of positions from entry-level to executive positions. Maria has experience in high volume, niche hiring, and University Relations. She has recruited almost all spheres in IT Technologies, including Application Development Java (Core & Advance), C/C++, and QA. Maria is proficient in recruiting techniques like Social Media recruiting, networking, LinkedIn, Portals, Boolean Search, and Internet-based recruiting tools. She focuses on optimizing resource utilization and making a good match of skill, role, organization needs, and employee aspirations. Maria has excellent communication and interpersonal skills, strong analytical skills, and a problem-solving approach with a focus on results. Maria's specialties include Product Development hiring, Technology Hiring, University Relations, Campus and off-campus hiring, Intern Hiring, Hiring for Research Labs, Recruitment Process Improvement, External and Internal Employment Branding, and Innovation in hiring through Tech Talks, Contests, and Events. Maria has worked with some of the leading companies in the industry, including Symantec and IBM. At Symantec, she was responsible for growing the Engineering team in the Chennai and Bangalore Development Center. She also grew and staffed the customer service team, Product Management, Professional Services, and Technology Groups. At IBM, Maria worked as a Training Lead. Maria holds a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) degree in Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General from Anna University. She has relevant experience of 14.77 years and possesses a strong TechStack that includes Software Engineer, Research Scientist, Search, QA, Product Manager, Java, and C.