Who you are
- 5+ years of technical recruiting experience, with a track record of hiring exceptional engineers for high-growth technology companies
- Experience owning complex technical searches and closing candidates with competitive offers
- The credibility and judgment to advise senior engineering leaders and influence hiring decisions
- Strong technical fluency and the ability to understand engineering teams, skill sets, and candidate motivations
- Creative sourcing skills and a track record of building relationships with passive technical talent
- High ownership, strong execution, and comfort bringing structure to ambiguous hiring needs
- A disciplined, data-informed approach to managing multiple searches
- Excitement about building our SF office alongside the engineering leaders and teams based there
- Experience recruiting in the Bay Area; AI/ML hiring experience is a plus
- You thrive in fast-paced environments. You are high-intensity and care a lot about what you do, and you're ecstatic to work at a startup
- You are ambitious. You have fun solving problems that others think are impossible
- You are curious. You find joy in learning about AI, technology, and finance
- You are an owner. You are autonomous, self-directed, and comfortable working with ambiguity
- You are collaborative, organized, thoughtful, and kind
What the job involves
- We’re hiring an Engineering Recruiter to build the technical teams behind Rogo’s AI-native products for finance
- As part of our founding San Francisco team, you’ll partner directly with our CTO and SF-based engineering leaders to grow the office and hire the engineers who will shape our next phase of growth
- You’ll own critical technical searches end-to-end and serve as a strategic partner to engineering leadership—shaping hiring priorities, defining what great looks like, and turning ambitious growth plans into exceptional hires
- This is a hands-on opportunity to build both a team and the recruiting practices that support it
- Build our SF engineering team: Partner closely with engineering leaders to define hiring needs, shape roles, and build the technical talent foundation of our San Francisco office
- Own critical technical searches: Drive full-cycle recruiting across engineering disciplines, from search strategy and sourcing through assessment, offer negotiation, and close
- Find and engage exceptional engineers: Map talent markets, build targeted pipelines, and develop relationships with engineers who aren’t actively looking. Craft outreach that connects their interests to the technical problems we’re solving
- Advise engineering leadership: Bring market intelligence and pipeline insights to hiring decisions. Challenge assumptions, calibrate candidate profiles, and help leaders navigate tradeoffs
- Build a rigorous interview process: Partner with interviewers to design assessments that reveal technical ability, judgment, and ownership. Drive clear feedback and timely decisions while maintaining a high bar
- Close competitive candidates: Understand what matters to each candidate and partner with leadership to build a compelling case for joining Rogo
- Strengthen our engineering presence: Build relationships in the SF technical community and help engineering leaders tell Rogo’s story through networks, events, and candidate conversations
- Improve how we hire: Use recruiting data to identify bottlenecks and improve results. Manage agency partners where needed and deliver a thoughtful, responsive candidate experience throughout