Erica Stires
About Erica Stires
Erica Stires is the Lead Talent Advisor at WP Engine in Austin, Texas, specializing in full life cycle technical recruiting for Product and Engineering roles.
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Erica Stires is a Lead Talent Advisor at WP Engine. She focuses on expanding the company's talent pool across various departments including Sales, Engineering, Marketing, and Finance. She began her role on May 1, 2018, and has been instrumental in WP Engine's significant hiring initiatives.
Current Company
WP Engine, located in Austin, Texas, specializes in managed WordPress hosting solutions. The company supports over 200,000 customers globally and has experienced significant growth, partially due to Erica Stires' efforts in talent acquisition. WP Engine had its biggest hiring year to date in 2021, adding 400 new employees.
Previous Roles at Facebook
Erica Stires worked at Facebook in two technical recruiting roles. From 2017 to 2018, she was a Technical Recruiter for iOS in Austin, TX. Prior to that, she worked as a Technical Recruiter for Software Engineering from 2013 to 2017 in the Greater Seattle Area.
Previous Roles at Amazon
Before joining Facebook, Erica Stires worked at Amazon as a Technical Recruiter in 2013 for 11 months and as a Recruiting Coordinator from 2012 to 2013 for one year. Both roles were located in the Greater Seattle Area.
Education and Expertise
Erica Stires holds a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Human Resource Management from Florida State University, where she studied from 2005 to 2009. She also earned a Master of Science (MSc) in Human Resource Management from Troy University. Her educational background has equipped her with expertise in full life cycle technical recruiting, specifically for Product and Engineering roles.