Senior Technical Recruiter

Cardless • San Francisco, CA

10d • $185,000 - $210,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Cardless is hiring one of its first technical recruiters to own full-cycle recruiting for critical engineering searches, including staff-level backend engineers and technical leaders. The recruiter will work directly with engineering leadership and help establish the playbooks, interview processes, and hiring standards that will guide future hiring. The role combines hands-on sourcing and candidate closing with advising hiring managers, building scalable recruiting systems, and reporting on hiring performance.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience.
• A track record of closing senior- and staff-level engineers.
• Experience recruiting at a high-growth, venture-backed startup and building processes where none exist.
• Knowledge of the San Francisco engineering market, including leading teams, compensation, and candidate outreach.
• Expertise in outbound recruiting, engaging engineers, and identifying top candidates through thoughtful calibration.
• Personally closed candidates against competing offers from top-tier companies and fluency in compensation, equity, and leveling.
• Strong ownership and judgment, with the ability to manage priorities across several critical searches without activity-level management.

Nice To Haves

• Fintech or infrastructure recruiting experience.

Responsibilities

• Run full-cycle searches from intake and market mapping through outbound recruiting, interview loops, debriefs, and offer close.
• Source and engage passive engineering candidates using sophisticated sourcing techniques and provide a high-quality candidate experience.
• Advise engineering leadership and hiring managers on role requirements, talent-market conditions, compensation, and hiring strategy.
• Develop offer strategies, explain early-stage equity, and close candidates considering competing offers.
• Design and improve structured interview frameworks, recruiting processes, programs, and systems.
• Track pipeline health, conversion rates, and time-to-hire, and communicate hiring progress and risks to leadership.

Benefits

• Meaningful startup equity.
• 100% primary health, vision, and dental coverage.
• 75% dependent health, vision, and dental coverage.
• Catered lunches.
• $250 per month commuter benefit.
• Parental leave.
• Team-building events and happy hours.
• Flexible PTO with a minimum of 15 days off per year.
• Apple equipment.
• 401(k) plan.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed