Engineering Recruiter

As an Engineering Recruiter at Zip, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping the teams that define the future products of our company. You’ll partner closely with our Head of Engineering, and our hiring managers to build a world-class Engineering organization. From sourcing to closing, you will own the entire recruiting lifecycle, developing strategies to attract top-tier talent and ensure a best-in-class candidate experience.

The ideal candidate is a self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced environment, moves quickly, and takes pride in delivering excellence. You should be excited about managing multiple high-priority searches, ranging from high-volume roles to niche, senior-level hires spanning across Software Engineering organizations (backend, frontend & fullstack), while helping build scalable recruiting processes that support Zip’s growth.

You Will

• 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.

Qualifications

• 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.

Nice to Haves

• Experience scaling recruiting in a high-growth startup.
• Background in B2B SaaS and/or Fintech recruiting.
• Previous experience managing both volume hiring and niche, senior-level searches.
• Experience building recruiting processes from the ground up and thriving in ambiguity.