Tech Recruiter

Spade•New York, NY

8d•$150,000 - $180,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Spade is a fast-growing, Series B company backed by industry experts and top-tier investors. They are a lean and execution-oriented hybrid team, passionate about building exceptional products for their growing customer base. They care deeply about diversity of background, experience, and opinion, and value empathy, curiosity, and passion. They strive to create an environment where individuals have autonomy and the ability to take ownership over their work. As Spade's first technical recruiter, you will play an integral part in guiding their growth, with a focus on candidate experience and hiring quality. You will work across scaling their incredible engineering and data science teams, from building sourcing strategies and partnering with hiring managers, to designing the processes and tooling that scale with them. This is a high-ownership role on a small team, where your decisions directly shape the caliber and pace of hiring across the company.

Requirements

2+ years in a technical recruiting capacity (with at least 4 years of total work experience, ideally in a talent-related role: coordinating, sourcing, ops, etc)
General understanding of engineering + data science roles and related technologies
Experience partnering directly with hiring managers to define role requirements and run structured interview processes
Comfort owning the full recruiting lifecycle independently — sourcing, screening, coordinating, and supporting offer processes - ideally in a fast-moving, resource-constrained environment
Proficiency with recruiting tools (ATS, CRM, Sourcing) - Ashby experience a huge plus.
Empathetic, with strong candidate communication and relationship-building skills, and a track record of delivering delightful candidate experiences
Based in NYC with ability to work out of our Flatiron office at least 2 days/week

Nice To Haves

Experience as an early recruiter at a high-growth startup
Background hiring in fintech, data, or infrastructure companies
Interest in and experience involving AI to improve hiring velocity, candidate quality, and feedback clarity
Recruiting Ops experience and/or interest in using data to optimize processes
Early exposure to recruiting process improvement (templates, scorecards, interview guides)

Responsibilities

Manage full-cycle recruiting for technical roles, from intake and job setup through offer close, flexing to non-technical as business priorities evolve
Partner with hiring managers and founders to define role requirements and interview plans, building process that are efficient and give high-signal
Build and execute sourcing strategies to generate qualified pipelines, with a focus on passive talent outreach and attracting top-tier talent in competitive markets
Deliver a high-quality candidate experience at every stage — timely communication, clear expectations, and thoughtful feedback loops that reflect Spade’s company values
ATS administration (Ashby), including job setup, candidate tracking, interview scheduling workflows, and overall hygiene
Track and report on hiring metrics — funnel health, hiring velocity, and pipeline bottlenecks — to inform decision-making and recommend adjustments
Drive recruiting process improvements by evolving templates, scorecards, tooling, and best practices as the team and company scale