Principal Recruiter

Come join Irreducible as we accelerate the ZK revolution by supporting web3 networks with reliable and cost-efficient proof generation. We’re a high-performance cryptography startup (with an exciting hardware twist) looking for a talented Principal Recruiter to lead and build out our recruiting function. A much more technical description of what we do is below!

About the role:

We are looking for a dynamic bright and organized self-starter with a passion for talent acquisition and building 0 → 1 to join our team as our first Principal Recruiter. We’re looking for someone who can both partner deeply with our co-founders on forward thinking talent strategy in addition to rolling their sleeves up and leveling up the operational aspects of the function.

This person is a systems thinker with the mindset necessary to create order from ambiguity while fostering a deep sense of partnership and collaboration across the Org and with candidates along the way. Over time leadership will look to you to build out the function in a deeper way - think growing the recruiting team talent mapping internal talent movement compensation etc.

• Set up and run end-to-end best-in-class deep recruitment processes gaining a deep understanding of different technical nuances of each role

• Enfuse recruiting best practices throughout the organization - interview training meeting 1:1 with Engineers running debrief sessions iterating

• Create an amazing candidate experience while ensuring candidates gain a deep understanding of our culture and operating principles

• Partner and manage external agencies

• Develop an understanding of the candidate market continually learning and building strong networks of potential candidates

About you:

• A collaborative thoughtful talent partner who sees the big picture and is comfortable getting into the details (can operationalize a strategy)

• Comfortable with open communication and giving and receiving open constructive feedback respectfully

• Solutions oriented mindset - not afraid to roll up their sleeves and get involved in all aspects of the role - no job too big or too small

• Genuine curiosity and strong desire to continuously learn grow and develop others

• Proven ability to think creatively participate fully and work collaboratively to develop and execute programs

• Strong analytical skills and uses data to influence decision making

• Impeccable judgment and integrity and ability to balance the needs of the company managers and employees

• Adaptable to change

Locations supported:

We’re looking for candidates who are located between the USA East Coast and Central Europe time zones. Although we’re a globally distributed company ensuring the team works in cohesive time zones is essential to our goals. Additionally the company plans to get together ~one week per quarter in either New York City or Europe.

Necessary Qualifications:

• 10+ years of in-house full life cycle recruiting experience with 5+ years of technical recruiting

• Previous experience at an early stage/high growth startup implementing talent acquisition strategies from scratch

• Demonstrated track record of recruiting outstanding diverse technical talent into top-tier engineering organizations

• Understanding of global compensation strategies

• Experience working in a fully remote/remote-first environment

• Experience recruiting talent across the US and Europe and a high level understanding of employment laws associated with global hiring

• Either experience or a “front row seat” to other People functions such as People Operations HRBP work and global compensation