Technical Recruiting Lead
About The Position
As Playground’s first in-house Technical Recruiter, you will own full-cycle recruiting for engineering, product, and technical roles while building the processes, playbooks, and systems needed to scale our technical hiring 3× over the next year. You will play a crucial role in shaping Playground’s technical team — identifying and hiring builders who can design systems from scratch, not just operate existing ones. We’re looking for self-starters who thrive in a fast-paced, high-ownership environment and are excited to define a function from the ground up, balancing hands-on recruiting with strategic process-building.
Requirements
- 5+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience, ideally in high-growth startups or SaaS/tech companies.
- Proven ability to source and close top technical talent in competitive markets.
- Strong understanding of technical roles, including engineering, product, and technical leadership.
- Strategic thinker with hands-on execution skills — able to design processes and run searches independently.
- Excellent communication, organization, and collaboration skills.
- Comfort working in a fast-paced, high-growth environment with multiple priorities.
Nice To Haves
- Ideal candidates will have experience building or scaling a technical recruiting function, managing multiple concurrent searches, and partnering with leadership to define org design and hiring strategies.
- Familiarity with engineering evaluation, builder vs. operator assessment, and recruiting tools (Greenhouse, Gem, HireEZ, etc.) is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end recruiting for engineering, product, and technical leadership roles.
- Source, engage, and close top technical talent in competitive markets.
- Build repeatable recruiting processes, playbooks, evaluation rubrics, and interview loops.
- Partner with leadership on headcount planning, role design, and technical team growth strategy.
- Screen candidates for technical depth and “builder vs. operator” signals before technical interviews.
- Ensure a diverse and inclusive candidate pipeline across all technical roles.
- Track recruiting metrics such as time-to-fill, source of hire, conversion rates, and quality of hire.
- Continuously improve the candidate experience and recruiting operations.
Benefits
- Competitive salary + equity
- 3 weeks of PTO
- Health, vision, and dental benefits
- $1200/year education stipend
- Free lunch daily
- New Macbook
- Collaborative and supportive work culture with a high level of autonomy and room for growth
- Help accelerate our mission to make excellent child care accessible to all!
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
11-50 employees
