Technical Recruiter

Helius

24d•Remote

About The Position

Helius is hiring a Technical Recruiter to own full-cycle recruiting for its most challenging engineering searches, particularly roles in Rust and backend engineering, streaming, databases, edge gateways, platform and bare-metal infrastructure, and developer-facing technical work. The recruiter will report to the VP of People and partner directly with Engineering leadership. Most recruiting will focus on engineering, with flexibility to support other functions as business needs require. The role involves building outbound pipelines, identifying high-potential candidates, communicating Helius’s technical challenges to people who may not be considering crypto, and running a structured, efficient interview and closing process. The recruiter will also strengthen referrals, manage agency relationships, track recruiting funnel performance, and contribute to Helius’s talent brand through outreach, content, and occasional engineering events and conferences. In the first 90 days, the recruiter will take over a priority database and performance engineering search, learn the engineering organization and open roles, establish outbound sourcing that does not depend on agencies or inbound applications, and review interview processes and funnel data.

Requirements

At least 5 years of experience recruiting engineers.
A track record of closing senior- and staff-level backend, infrastructure, or systems engineering candidates.
Strong sourcing instincts and a personal approach to finding candidates who are not actively seeking jobs.
Technical fluency sufficient to discuss distributed systems, databases, and performance with engineers; coding is not required.
Experience in a startup or high-growth environment where speed and quality were expected.
Confidence pushing back on hiring managers and driving alignment.
Clear, direct communication and dependable follow-through.
Bias for action and ownership of outcomes, not just activity.

Nice To Haves

Experience recruiting at an infrastructure, developer tools, cloud, or trading-technology company.
A network in the Rust or systems engineering community.
Experience with Ashby and AI-assisted sourcing tools.

Responsibilities

Own a portfolio of senior- and staff-level searches end to end, from intake through signed offer.
Partner with Engineering leadership to define success profiles, calibrate levels, and challenge unsuitable requisitions or candidate profiles.
Build outbound pipelines in infrastructure, cloud, developer tools, and data companies, including large infrastructure companies and fast-moving startups.
Identify high-trajectory engineers, evaluating growth and potential rather than relying solely on titles or years of experience.
Explain Helius’s engineering problems and systems challenges to candidates who may not otherwise consider crypto.
Run a structured, high-signal interview process in Ashby that moves quickly without lowering standards.
Lead the closing process, involving founders and investors at appropriate points to win candidates with competing offers.
Develop the referral program by actively mining the team’s networks.
Manage agency relationships and determine when in-house sourcing is preferable.
Track pipeline health and stage conversions, and use the data to address bottlenecks.
Build Helius’s talent brand with engineers through outreach, content, and representation at engineering events and conferences.
Take over the priority database and performance engineer search during the first 90 days.
Learn the engineering organization well enough to pitch every open role in the recruiter’s own words.
Audit the interview process and funnel data and recommend changes.