Sr. Technical Recruiter

About the role

This role involves end-to-end recruitment across a variety of positions, from specialized technical roles to critical business functions. The recruiter will partner with founders and leaders to shape hiring strategies, organizational design, and headcount planning. Success in this position means consistently building high-quality talent pipelines and advising on market dynamics.

The recruiter will develop sourcing strategies to engage passive candidates across multiple disciplines and ensure a positive candidate experience from initial contact through to hiring. This includes establishing scalable recruiting processes, tools, and best practices to support the company's growth in high-performance systems and distributed infrastructure.

Jito Labs is building at the intersection of high-performance systems and distributed infrastructure within the crypto space. The team includes protocol, infrastructure, product, and business functions. This role is crucial for scaling the company thoughtfully by identifying and securing exceptional talent across all departments.

The listed salary range for this role is $190,000 to $210,000 USD.

Skills that matter here

• full-cycle recruiting: This role requires managing the entire recruitment process from initial sourcing to closing candidates for both technical and non-technical positions.
• technical hiring: The recruiter must understand and assess talent for roles in systems, infrastructure, and backend development, including engineers proficient in languages like Rust.
• sourcing: Developing creative strategies to find and engage passive, high-caliber candidates across various disciplines is a key responsibility.
• global hiring: Experience recruiting across different regions and markets is necessary to support the company's worldwide talent acquisition.
• high-growth startups: The ideal candidate has experience in fast-paced, early-stage environments, contributing to building recruiting infrastructure from the ground up.

Who this role suits

• Someone with 5-10 years of full-cycle recruiting experience, comfortable with both technical and non-technical roles.
• A recruiter who can operate with high ownership and autonomy, acting as a builder rather than a coordinator.
• An individual with strong judgment and instincts for talent, culture, and long-term fit.
• A professional with a proven ability to close high-caliber, competitive talent, even for hard-to-reach candidates.

From the employer

What You’ll Do

• Own end-to-end recruiting across a wide range of roles
• Partner with founders and functional leaders to define hiring strategy, org design, and headcount planning
• Build high-quality pipelines for both niche technical roles and business-critical positions
• Develop creative sourcing strategies to engage passive, high-caliber candidates across multiple disciplines
• Act as a trusted advisor on talent market dynamics, leveling, and compensation
• Drive a best-in-class candidate experience—from first touch through close
• Establish scalable recruiting processes, tools, and best practice

Who You Are

• 5-10 years of full-cycle recruiting experience, with a mix of technical and non-technical hiring including global hiring across multiple regions and markets
• Proven ability to hire across the stack and across functions (Rust engineers to BD leads)
• Strong understanding of technical roles (systems, infra, backend) with the ability to assess talent depth
• Equally comfortable hiring for business roles
• Exceptional sourcing skills—especially for passive and hard-to-reach candidates
• Strong closer with a track record of landing high-caliber, competitive talent
• High ownership and autonomy—you operate like a builder, not a coordinator
• Excellent judgment and instincts for talent, culture, and long-term fit
• Experience in high-growth startups or zero-to-one environments

Nice to Have

• Experience recruiting in crypto, blockchain, or adjacent technical domains
• Familiarity with highly technical profiles (e.g., Rust, C++, distributed systems, cryptography)
• Experience building recruiting infrastructure or being the first/early recruiting hire
• Existing network across both engineering and business talent pools

Benefits

• Above market compensation and multiple forms of equity
• 100% of employee health benefits covered by employer
• All-expenses-paid team retreats and conferences
• Generous PTO
• Weekly meal voucher