Summary
Maple L is an experienced technical recruiter and talent leader based in New York with eight years of experience building inclusive engineering and product teams for mission-driven companies. She has led technical recruiting at startups and scale-ups like Valon, Color, and Superhuman, and now recruits at Clay while advising Bluenote, showing a mix of hands-on sourcing and strategic hiring. Known for prioritizing humility and cultural fit, she partners closely with engineering leaders to hire people who are both technically strong and mission-aligned. Her background in psychology and a stint at the National University of Singapore give her a thoughtful, people-first approach to candidate assessment and team dynamics. Despite a self-described "CS beginner" GitHub bio, she effectively bridges technical and human perspectives to create sustainable hiring processes.
8 years of coding experience
University of California Santa Cruz
National University of Singapore