Technical Recruiter

GovDash•New York, NY

19h•Hybrid

About The Position

GovDash helps businesses win and deliver government contracts that advance American interests through its AI platform, which provides a single, secure, workflow-driven system for the full contracting lifecycle. In 2025, GovDash customers won over $5B in government contracts, and the company has raised $42M to scale nationwide. This role is for the first in-house recruiter at GovDash, tasked with building the talent acquisition function from scratch. This includes selecting and implementing an Applicant Tracking System (ATS), defining candidate sourcing and evaluation processes, establishing key recruiting metrics, and creating a positive candidate experience. The majority of the work (approximately 90%) will involve sourcing and closing software engineering roles, with the remaining 10% supporting business hires such as SDRs and operations roles. The recruiter will report directly to the Head of Operations and collaborate closely with hiring managers, the CTO, and the Head of Engineering. This position is ideal for someone who is energized by ownership, thrives in a fast-paced startup environment, and wants to make a significant impact on the company's growth.

Requirements

3–5 years of full-cycle recruiting experience, with meaningful time spent closing software engineering roles in a competitive market.
An existing engineering network and genuine comfort running in technical circles, you know how engineers think, where they gather, and how to earn their interest.
Demonstrated experience sourcing passive engineering candidates creatively, beyond just LinkedIn.
Experience with recruiting infrastructure: ATS selection, pipeline stages, intake processes, and hiring metrics.
Comfortable operating without a playbook and excited to write one.
Curiosity about and working knowledge of AI-powered recruiting tools - you don’t wait to be told to try something new, you’re already experimenting.
Strong communicator who builds trust quickly with both candidates and hiring managers.
Highly organized, data-informed, and proactive about flagging risks and gaps in the pipeline.
Based in New York City, able to work in-person 4 days per week at our Union Square office.

Nice To Haves

Prior experience in startups as an early or sole recruiter and/or as an engineer.
Familiarity sourcing engineers with TypeScript / Node.js / React backgrounds.
Exposure to technical domains like AI or SaaS.
Hands-on experience using AI tools to automate or enhance recruiting workflows, whether that’s sourcing, outreach personalization, scheduling, or pipeline reporting.

Responsibilities

Own full-cycle recruiting for software engineering roles end-to-end, from intake to offer, along with occasional non-engineering business hires.
Build the recruiting foundation: select and implement an ATS, establish sourcing strategies, define workflows, and set the baseline for how we hire.
Develop and track core recruiting metrics: time to fill, pipeline conversion, source quality, offer acceptance rate, and more.
Cultivate a strong engineering network, attend meetups, engage in developer communities, and build genuine relationships in NYC's engineering scene and beyond to stay ahead of passive talent.
Source proactively and creatively, LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub, referrals, events, and outreach, to build deep pipelines for competitive engineering roles.
Leverage AI tools and automation to accelerate sourcing, outreach, and pipeline management - from AI-assisted candidate research and personalized outreach sequences to automating repetitive recruiting workflows so you can spend more time on the work that actually moves candidates forward.
Partner with hiring managers to write clear job descriptions, define scorecards, and calibrate on what "great" looks like for each role.
Deliver a candidate experience that reflects GovDash's culture and values at every touchpoint.
Maintain clean, accurate pipeline data so leadership always has visibility into hiring health.