Senior Recruiter

Nectar Group

Senior Recruiter scaling the recruiting function at Nectar Social, an AI-native social commerce startup. Partnering with leadership to identify and hire top candidates across engineering and operations.

Posted 7/8/2026full-timePalo Alto • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $150,000 - $180,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Execute Full-Cycle Recruiting: Own full-cycle recruiting across a mix of technical and non-technical roles, including engineering, product, GTM, and operations.
Partner with Leadership: Collaborate with the Head of Talent, founders, and hiring managers to understand team goals, align on hiring roadmaps, and execute prioritized headcount plans.
Scale the Recruiting Engine: Work alongside the Head of Talent to refine structured interview processes, calibration frameworks, and decision-making systems.
Creative Sourcing: Source, engage, and close exceptional candidates through outbound outreach, referrals, communities, and creative sourcing strategies.
Data-Driven Recruiting: Leverage recruiting metrics and dashboards to track pipeline health, optimize time-to-hire, and ensure high-quality hiring decisions.
Elevate Candidate Experience: Deliver a high-touch, exceptional candidate experience from the first outreach all the way through onboarding.
Enable Hiring Teams: Train and support hiring managers with structured interview frameworks, calibration processes, and objective evaluation techniques.
Enhance Employer Brand: Partner with the Head of Talent and marketing to help tell Nectar’s story and strengthen our talent narrative in the market.

Requirements

What you’ll need

5–7+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, with a proven track record in scaling technology start-up environments.
Proven ability to identify, engage, and close exceptional candidates across both technical and non-technical disciplines.
Excitement about working within a growing talent team, sharing best practices, and building together.
Strong judgment around culture add, role fit, and long-term potential, maintaining high quality without sacrificing speed.
Comfort partnering closely with hiring managers, functional leaders, and executives.
Resourceful, adaptable, low ego, and highly comfortable operating in ambiguity with a strong bias toward action.
Willingness to collaborate in person with the team in Palo Alto.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive compensation and early equity
Health, vision, and dental benefits + 401(k) match
Clear career growth opportunities as the company scales
Free lunch in the heart of University Ave. in Palo Alto
Deep exposure to cutting-edge AI tooling and the opportunity to shape how brands use it
A collaborative, ambitious team defining a new category of AI-native marketing infrastructure

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Hard Skills & Tools

Full-Cycle RecruitingTechnical RecruitingNon-Technical RecruitingInterview FrameworksRecruiting MetricsPipeline ManagementCandidate EngagementOnboarding ProcessesDecision-Making SystemsCalibration Frameworks

Soft Skills

Strong JudgmentResourcefulnessAdaptabilityCollaborationLow Ego