Technical Recruiter

Summary

Zip is an AI platform for enterprise procurement, trusted by major companies like T-Mobile and OpenAI. They are seeking a Technical Recruiter to manage the entire recruiting lifecycle for Software Engineering roles, collaborating closely with leadership to attract top talent and enhance candidate experience.

Responsibilities

• Effectively identify, attract, and engage top Software Engineering candidates through creative sourcing strategies and talent mapping
• Source and maintain a large, high-quality pipeline across high-priority Software Engineer roles, balancing volume and specialization
• Partner with Zip’s founders, Head of Engineering, and senior leadership to define hiring needs, ideal candidate profiles, and go-to-market recruiting strategies
• Serve as a trusted advisor to hiring managers by providing market insights, competitive intelligence, and data-driven recommendations
• Screen, vet, and guide candidates throughout the interview and hiring process while keeping candidate experience top of mind
• Partner cross-functionally with Engineering, Marketing, Operations, and People teams to drive alignment and land successful hires
• Lead compensation conversations and offer negotiations, including startup equity packages
• Track recruiting metrics and performance to continuously optimize processes, improve conversion rates, and scale hiring effectively
• Build and maintain strong relationships with candidates, hiring managers, and senior leadership to influence decision-making and hiring outcomes

Skills

• 3+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, with a focus on Software Engineering roles (backend, frontend & full-stack)
• Proven success hiring for other Engineering roles such as Data Engineering, Security Engineering, Machine Learning, Infrastructure, SRE, DevOps, and AI Engineers
• Ability to influence and build trusted relationships with senior leadership and cross-functional stakeholders
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills; able to represent Zip's story and value prop to top talent
• A strong sense of ownership and passion for delivering excellent results with speed and precision
• Highly proactive, resourceful, and solutions-oriented, thriving in ambiguity and a fast-moving startup environment
• Detail-oriented and organized, comfortable managing multiple requisitions and competing priorities simultaneously
• Strong experience working with ATS platforms; Ashby experience preferred
• Familiarity with compensation structures and negotiating startup equity packages
• Experience scaling recruiting in a high-growth startup
• Background in B2B SaaS and/or Fintech recruiting
• Previous experience managing both volume hiring and niche, senior-level searches
• Experience building recruiting processes from the ground up and thriving in ambiguity

Qualifications

Must Haves

• 3+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, with a focus on Software Engineering roles (backend, frontend & full-stack)
• Proven success hiring for other Engineering roles such as Data Engineering, Security Engineering, Machine Learning, Infrastructure, SRE, DevOps, and AI Engineers
• Ability to influence and build trusted relationships with senior leadership and cross-functional stakeholders
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills; able to represent Zip's story and value prop to top talent
• A strong sense of ownership and passion for delivering excellent results with speed and precision
• Highly proactive, resourceful, and solutions-oriented, thriving in ambiguity and a fast-moving startup environment
• Detail-oriented and organized, comfortable managing multiple requisitions and competing priorities simultaneously
• Strong experience working with ATS platforms; Ashby experience preferred
• Familiarity with compensation structures and negotiating startup equity packages

Nice to Haves

• Experience scaling recruiting in a high-growth startup
• Background in B2B SaaS and/or Fintech recruiting
• Previous experience managing both volume hiring and niche, senior-level searches
• Experience building recruiting processes from the ground up and thriving in ambiguity

Benefits

• Start-up equity
• Full health, vision & dental coverage
• Catered lunches & dinners for in office employees
• Commuter benefit for in office employees
• Team building events & happy hours
• Flexible PTO
• Apple equipment plus home office budget
• 401k plan