# Head of Recruiting

**Company:** [Cardless](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/cardless)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Recruiting
**Salary:** $170k – $230k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Full-Cycle Recruiting, Engineering Recruiting, Talent Sourcing, Candidate Closing, Recruiting Processes, Employer Branding, ATS, Hiring Tools, Candidate Experience, Gtm Recruiting
**Posted:** 2026-01-20

> 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.

## Job Description

## 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.

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