Job Description
Our Technical Recruiting team builds the teams that build Plaid. We partner with leaders across Engineering, Product, Design, Data, and Security to deliver thoughtful, candidate-first processes and continually raise the bar for how we scale.
We are hiring a Technical Recruiter to support GenSWE, Plaid’s programmatic approach to software engineering hiring. GenSWE drives the majority of Plaid’s engineering growth and is one of our highest-impact recruiting efforts.
In this role, you will partner closely with engineering leaders to guide candidates through the most critical stage of the hiring process, from final interviews through close. You will design closing strategies, keep pipelines strong in partnership with sourcers, and share insights that help hiring teams make smarter, data-informed decisions. Most importantly, you will champion a candidate-first experience that reflects Plaid’s values at every touchpoint.
This is a high-volume and high-impact opportunity where your work will directly influence Plaid’s ability to grow its engineering organization and deliver on our mission.
Responsibilities
- Own the end-of-cycle recruiting process for software engineering roles, ensuring a seamless candidate experience from final interview through offer close
- Build trust and alignment with engineering managers as a key recruiting partner
- Partner with sourcers to guide sourcing strategy and ensure pipeline health
- Bring candidate and market insights to help engineering leaders make smarter hiring decisions
- Ensure consistent stakeholder communication and a high-quality candidate experience
- Contribute to the continued growth of GenSWE, ensuring it scales while remaining predictable, efficient, and candidate-first
Qualifications
- 3+ years of recruiting software engineers in fast-paced environments
- Proven experience running late-stage recruiting cycles
- Strong closing skills with the ability to craft and execute candidate-first strategies to win top talent
- Trusted partner to engineering managers and leaders; able to influence decisions with confidence
- Skilled at balancing high-volume recruiting with high-quality execution
- Experience coaching sourcers and guiding pipeline strategyComfort using data to drive decisions
Nice to have:
- Experience in a client lead recruiting model (acting as the primary partner for a business unit or function)
- Exposure to scaling programmatic hiring efforts such as multi-role SWE pipelines
- Background in high-growth SaaS or fintech recruiting
Job Tags
Remote job, Full time,