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Head of Recruiting

Leads full-cycle recruiting with focus on engineering, operations, and GTM at a fast-growing fintech startup. Builds and scales recruiting function and team while hands-on sourcing and closing top talent in a competitive market. Requires 5+ years tech recruiting experience.

170k – 230k
On-site5+ YOERecruiting

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Own full-cycle recruiting across all functions, with a near-term focus on engineering, operations, and GTM.
  • Build the recruiting function: hiring plan, process, tooling, employer brand, candidate experience.
  • Build and lead a lean recruiting team that scales thoughtfully with hiring demand, prioritizing efficiency, strong processes, and clear ownership.
  • Partner with hiring managers to define roles, calibrate on candidates, and close offers.
  • Be a closer. Do extraordinary things to get candidates over the line.
  • Move fast to meet aggressive hiring goals.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of recruiting experience at tech companies, with meaningful time spent on engineering roles.
  • Experience building or significantly scaling a recruiting function — or senior IC ready to step up and own it.
  • Hands-on approach; not managing from a distance.
  • High bar for talent; know what great looks like.
  • Creative and relentless closer.
  • Organized and fast; can run multiple searches in parallel.
  • San Francisco-based and excited to be in-office 5 days a week.

Compensation

  • Annual starting salary range of $170,000–$230,000 + equity + benefits.

Skills

Full-Cycle RecruitingEngineering RecruitingTalent SourcingCandidate ClosingRecruiting ProcessesEmployer BrandingATSHiring ToolsCandidate ExperienceGtm Recruiting

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