# University Recruiter

**Company:** [Nooks](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/nooks)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Recruiting
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** university recruiting, campus recruiting, engineering recruiting, technical hiring, employer branding, Project Management, Recruiting Metrics, candidate experience, Program Management, Vendor Management
**Posted:** 2026-08-06

> Build and own Nooks’ university recruiting strategy, campus partnerships, employer brand, and new graduate hiring programs. The role requires 5+ years of recruiting experience, strong technical hiring knowledge, and the ability to build scalable programs from scratch.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Own Nooks' end-to-end university recruiting strategy and execution.
- Develop a focused campus strategy across 4–6 top engineering universities.
- Build long-term relationships with career centers, professors, student organizations, and influential campus communities.
- Create Nooks' employer brand for early talent through events, technical talks, hackathons, sponsorships, social content, and student engagement.
- Design and manage the annual new graduate recruiting program, including sourcing, interview scheduling, offer management, and candidate experience.
- Partner closely with Engineering leadership to define hiring goals, interview processes, and evaluation standards.
- Build internship and new graduate recruiting programs that scale with the company.
- Create exceptional candidate experiences that reflect Nooks' culture and values.
- Plan and execute campus visits, information sessions, technical events, and networking opportunities.
- Track recruiting metrics and continuously improve conversion rates throughout the hiring funnel.
- Own recruiting operations, timelines, budgets, and vendor relationships related to university hiring.
- Partner with People Operations to help create an outstanding onboarding and early career experience.

## Requirements
- 5+ years of recruiting experience with significant ownership of university or early-career hiring.
- Experience building or scaling campus recruiting programs at a high-growth technology company.
- Proven success hiring top engineering talent from leading universities.
- Strong understanding of engineering recruiting and technical hiring.
- Experience building employer-branding initiatives that resonate with technical students.
- Exceptional relationship-building skills with internal stakeholders and external partners.
- Strong project management skills and the ability to run multiple recruiting initiatives simultaneously.
- Analytical mindset with experience using recruiting metrics to improve outcomes.
- Comfort working in ambiguity and building programs from scratch.
- Passion for helping exceptional early-career talent launch their careers.

## Preferred Qualities
- Enjoys building programs where none exist today.
- Creates memorable candidate experiences.
- Thinks strategically while executing every detail.
- Builds trusted relationships quickly.
- Is energized by representing an exciting company externally.
- Cares deeply about hiring quality over hiring volume.
- Wants to have a lasting impact on how a company attracts future engineering leaders.

## Success in the First Year
- Establish Nooks as a recognized engineering employer across 4–6 target universities.
- Hire an exceptional class of 8–10 new graduate software engineers.
- Build repeatable recruiting programs and campus partnerships that scale.
- Launch employer-branding initiatives that increase awareness and applicant quality.
- Create a recruiting experience candidates consistently value.
- Develop the foundation for a world-class early-talent program that grows with the company.

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