Recruiter
Own full-lifecycle recruiting and help build Mintlify’s talent foundation as its second Talent team member. The role partners with founders and hiring managers, sources passive talent, improves recruiting operations, and closes high-impact hires.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Lead full-lifecycle recruiting from initial outreach through offer close for key roles across the company.
- Partner with founders and hiring managers to refine job descriptions, requirements, interview processes, hiring rubrics, and interview questions.
- Source passive candidates and determine when to engage retained or contingency agencies or hiring-team support.
- Build trust-based candidate relationships, understand candidate motivations, and close critical hires.
- Use recruiting metrics to guide activity, present findings to hiring managers, experiment, and reduce time-to-hire while maintaining candidate experience.
- Represent company culture with candidates, agencies, customers, and other stakeholders.
- Own both hiring strategy and recruiting operations across multiple searches.
Requirements
- 1–3+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience at a Seed through Series D startup.
- Strong track record sourcing and hiring passive talent, including effective outbound communication and A/B testing.
- Ability to operate as a generalist and manage multiple searches with urgency and strong stakeholder alignment.
- Candidate-selling and closing skills, including navigating competing offers without overselling.
Nice-to-haves
- Experience working closely with a Head of Talent during major growth phases and helping build and scale a recruiting function.
- Experience using AI tools to reduce tedious work while preserving candidate experience.
- Ability to understand engineering roles, distinguish strong from exceptional candidates, and identify overlooked talent.
Compensation and Benefits
- Competitive compensation and equity.
- 20 days of paid time off annually.
- 401(k) or RRSP.
- $420/month wellness stipend.
- 100% coverage for health, dental, and vision.
- Free Ubers to and from work.
- Free lunch and dinners.
- Annual team offsite.
Skills
Full-Cycle Recruiting, Sourcing, Passive Candidate Recruiting, Outbound Recruiting, A/B Testing, Recruiting Metrics, Interview Design, Hiring Rubrics, Candidate Closing, AI Tools
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