Technical Recruiter

Zip

Engineering Recruiter at Zip, focusing on sourcing Software Engineering talent and managing recruiting lifecycle. Partnering with leadership to build a world-class Engineering organization.

Posted 5/4/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $125,000 - $190,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Effectively identify, attract, and engage top Software Engineering candidates through creative sourcing strategies and talent mapping.
Source and maintain a large, high-quality pipeline across high-priority Software Engineer roles, balancing volume and specialization.
Partner with Zip’s founders, Head of Engineering, and senior leadership to define hiring needs, ideal candidate profiles, and go-to-market recruiting strategies.
Serve as a trusted advisor to hiring managers by providing market insights, competitive intelligence, and data-driven recommendations.
Screen, vet, and guide candidates throughout the interview and hiring process while keeping candidate experience top of mind.
Partner cross-functionally with Engineering, Marketing, Operations, and People teams to drive alignment and land successful hires.
Lead compensation conversations and offer negotiations, including startup equity packages.
Track recruiting metrics and performance to continuously optimize processes, improve conversion rates, and scale hiring effectively.
Build and maintain strong relationships with candidates, hiring managers, and senior leadership to influence decision-making and hiring outcomes.

Requirements

What you’ll need

3+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, with a focus on Software Engineering roles (backend, frontend & full-stack)
Proven success hiring for other Engineering roles such as Data Engineering, Security Engineering, Machine Learning, Infrastructure, SRE, DevOps, and AI Engineers.
Ability to influence and build trusted relationships with senior leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills; able to represent Zip’s story and value prop to top talent.
A strong sense of ownership and passion for delivering excellent results with speed and precision.
Highly proactive, resourceful, and solutions-oriented, thriving in ambiguity and a fast-moving startup environment.
Detail-oriented and organized, comfortable managing multiple requisitions and competing priorities simultaneously.
Strong experience working with ATS platforms; Ashby experience preferred.
Familiarity with compensation structures and negotiating startup equity packages.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Start-up equity
Full health, vision & dental coverage
Catered lunches & dinners for in office employees
Commuter benefit for in office employees
Team building events & happy hours
Flexible PTO
Apple equipment plus home office budget
401k plan

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Hard Skills & Tools

full-cycle recruitingsoftware engineering recruitingdata engineeringsecurity engineeringmachine learninginfrastructureSREDevOpsAI engineeringcompensation negotiation

Soft Skills

influencerelationship buildingwritten communicationverbal communicationownershipproactivityresourcefulnesssolutions-orienteddetail-orientedorganizational skills