Aparajita Roy Gupta
Noida, India
I lead the AI/ML engineering search practice at The Align Works. My focus is the senior engineering talent who do not browse job boards: Staff engineers, Principal engineers, technical leads, and CTO-track operators who choose startups over big tech for the chance to actually build.
Over the last eleven years, I have run technical hiring inside fast-growing AI startups, mid-stage technology firms, and global services companies. My most recent engagement reduced time-to-hire from 23 days to 6 through a combination of passive-candidate strategy and automation-led pipelines.
I do not run job-board funnels. I do not work contingent on senior roles. I work the candidates who are not looking, who need a reason to leave, and who become the most loyal hires in your company because you earned them.
Selected work
Fractional Talent Partner, Phyniks
Passive-focused hiring strategy for AI-native and tech-driven startups in London. Owned the full pipeline across sourcing, screening, and closing. Partnered with leadership to define roles, success metrics, and real hiring needs.
Fractional GTM Recruiter, Omnipractice
Built automation-led talent pipelines using Apollo, Clay, Smartlead, n8n, and Make. Multi-source enrichment workflows and automated screening reduced average time-to-hire from 23 days to 6.
HR Generalist, Snetaj Limited (London)
Owned end-to-end HR and recruitment for the company. Full-cycle recruitment across tech and offshore development roles. Key contributor to ISO certification processes. Direct collaboration with founders, managers, and clients.
Senior Technical Recruiter, Srijan Technologies
High-pressure technical hiring with time-to-hire targets close to one week. Owned 5 to 10 open tech roles simultaneously. Process-heavy recruitment with multiple interview rounds and strict evaluation.
HR Business Partner, Terasol Technologies
Five years owning the people function at Terasol while Pratik ran the company. People relations, hiring, onboarding, accounts. The foundation of how we work together now.
Education and outside work
- Indian Institute of Technology, Patna. MBA.
- BTech, Computer Science, Sharda University.
- Outside the practice, you'll find me working on Mithila art, crocheting, mandala design, and jewelry making. The craft mindset transfers more than people expect: every great hire is the same kind of slow, attentive making.