7+ years of engineering recruiting experience in high-growth startups or fast-paced companies.
Proven ability to close candidates in a competitive market.
Expertise in managing the full recruitment cycle from sourcing to closing.
Strong relationship-building skills with hiring managers as a strategic partner.
Passionate about sourcing and nurturing relationships with passive talent.
Comfortable managing multiple roles in a fast-paced environment.
Data-driven approach to measuring pipeline health and setting expectations.
Responsibilities
Lead hiring initiatives for specific engineering teams, aligning recruiting strategies with business goals.
Source and engage strong technical talent using AI tools and creative channels.
Manage the full-cycle recruitment process, ensuring a smooth candidate experience.
Collaborate with hiring managers to refine job descriptions and hiring plans.
Iterate on candidate feedback to enhance the recruiting process.
Share best practices to elevate the recruiting team's performance.
Develop scalable recruiting processes that can grow with the company.
Promote diversity and inclusive hiring practices throughout the recruitment process.
Benefits
Generous holiday and time-off policy.
Comprehensive health insurance options including medical, dental, and vision.
Support for remote work with home office setup allowance and monthly cell phone/internet stipend.
Care benefits including wellness allowance, childcare support, and family planning assistance.
401k retirement plan with employer match and international pension plans.
Monthly allowance for using the app to enhance product understanding.
16 weeks of paid parental leave with a gradual return to work.
Full Job Description
Role
As a Senior Technical Recruiter, you'll manage end-to-end recruiting and act as a strategic talent partner for our engineering teams. You'll have the opportunity to:
Lead hiring for specific engineering teams. You'll partner closely with hiring managers and business leaders across engineering, bringing a consultative approach to influence hiring decisions, shape strategies, and align recruiting priorities with broader business goals.
Sorce strong technical talent. You'll leverage AI tooling and partner with hiring managers to reach top candidates and explore creative channels beyond LinkedIn.
Act as a full-cycle recruiter from sourcing, screening, managing the candidate through interviews, and closing.
Assist with developing job posts, hiring plans, and rubrics. You'll work with the hiring manager to tighten up job descriptions, screening rubrics, and guide the hiring process along the way.
Iterate on candidate feedback. You'll smooth rough edges in the recruiting process by iterating on feedback from candidates or other signals.
Uplevel the recruiting team. You'll share best practices and help build a culture of continuous improvement that raises the bar for recruiting excellence across the organization.
Build scalable processes. You'll work on improving and standardizing recruiting workflows that can scale with the company's growth, creating repeatable and effective practices that can be applied across the business.
Emphasize diversity. You'll look for proven traditional and creative methods to bring new points of view to the team and encourage inclusive hiring practices.
We offer flexibility to work from home or from one of our global office hubs, and we value in-person time for planning, problem-solving, and connection. Team members in this role must live within commuting distance of our San Francisco, Seattle, Los Angeles, or NYC hub.
You
People who do well at Whatnot tend to be comfortable figuring things out as they go, biased toward action, and genuinely curious about what they're building. They care more about outcomes than credit and stay close to the product and the people using it.
As our next Senior Technical Recruiter you should have 7+ years of engineering recruiting at high-growth startups or fast-paced companies of scale, plus:
You know how to close in a competitive market. You understand the tech landscape and can paint the picture of how working at Whatnot stacks against other top companies.
You're comfortable operating as a full-stack recruiter. You're able to manage the entire process of a candidate end to end.
You act as a true strategic partner to hiring managers, building close relationships and providing expert guidance throughout the recruitment process.
You're a sourcer at heart. You enjoy sourcing for your positions and take pride in nurturing and building relationships with passive talent.
You're comfortable with ownership. Whatnot is one of the fastest-growing startups in history, and hiring is key to our success. You should feel comfortable moving uncomfortably fast, managing multiple roles, and being accountable for your work.
You provide an incredible candidate experience. You know that a job search can be nerve-racking and you prioritize providing a more human experience for everyone that interacts with Whatnot during a hiring process.
You are data-focused. You measure pipeline health to balance your priorities and set hiring manager expectations.
You are a champion for diversity hiring & inclusive interview practices. At Whatnot, we believe hiring and fostering a diverse team is the key to building a successful business.
Benefits
Generous Holiday and Time off Policy
Health Insurance options including Medical, Dental, Vision
Work From Home Support
Home office setup allowance
Monthly allowance for cell phone and internet
Care benefits
Monthly allowance for wellness
Annual allowance towards Childcare
Lifetime benefit for family planning, such as adoption or fertility expenses
Retirement; 401k offering for Traditional and Roth accounts in the US (employer match up to 4% of base salary) and Pension plans internationally
Monthly allowance to dogfood the app
All Whatnauts are expected to develop a deep understanding of our product. We're passionate about building the best user experience, and all employees are expected to use Whatnot as both a buyer and a seller as part of their job (our dogfooding budget makes this fun and easy!).
Parental Leave
16 weeks of paid parental leave + one month gradual return to work *company leave allowances run concurrently with country leave requirements which take precedence.
Please note: Whatnot will only contact you through official [redacted].com email addresses. If you see an email impersonating a Whatnot recruiter, please disregard and report it as spam.
