Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Zip is an AI platform for enterprise procurement that helps companies innovate faster through collaboration with AI agents. The Engineering Recruiter will play a crucial role in building a world-class Engineering organization by managing the full recruiting lifecycle, from sourcing to closing, while ensuring a top-notch candidate experience.
Responsibilities
- Effectively identify, attract, and engage top Software Engineering candidates through creative sourcing strategies and talent mapping
- Source and maintain a large, high-quality pipeline across high-priority Software Engineer roles, balancing volume and specialization
- Partner with Zip’s founders, Head of Engineering, and senior leadership to define hiring needs, ideal candidate profiles, and go-to-market recruiting strategies
- Serve as a trusted advisor to hiring managers by providing market insights, competitive intelligence, and data-driven recommendations
- Screen, vet, and guide candidates throughout the interview and hiring process while keeping candidate experience top of mind
- Partner cross-functionally with Engineering, Marketing, Operations, and People teams to drive alignment and land successful hires
- Lead compensation conversations and offer negotiations, including startup equity packages
- Track recruiting metrics and performance to continuously optimize processes, improve conversion rates, and scale hiring effectively
- Build and maintain strong relationships with candidates, hiring managers, and senior leadership to influence decision-making and hiring outcomes
Skills
- 3+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, with a focus on Software Engineering roles (backend, frontend & full-stack)
- Proven success hiring for other Engineering roles such as Data Engineering, Security Engineering, Machine Learning, Infrastructure, SRE, DevOps, and AI Engineers
- Ability to influence and build trusted relationships with senior leadership and cross-functional stakeholders
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills; able to represent Zip's story and value prop to top talent
- A strong sense of ownership and passion for delivering excellent results with speed and precision
- Highly proactive, resourceful, and solutions-oriented, thriving in ambiguity and a fast-moving startup environment
- Detail-oriented and organized, comfortable managing multiple requisitions and competing priorities simultaneously
- Strong experience working with ATS platforms; Ashby experience preferred
- Familiarity with compensation structures and negotiating startup equity packages
- Experience scaling recruiting in a high-growth startup
- Background in B2B SaaS and/or Fintech recruiting
- Previous experience managing both volume hiring and niche, senior-level searches
- Experience building recruiting processes from the ground up and thriving in ambiguity
Benefits
- Start-up equity
- Full health, vision & dental coverage
- Catered lunches & dinners for in office employees
- Commuter benefit for in office employees
- Team building events & happy hours
- Flexible PTO
- Apple equipment plus home office budget
- 401k plan
Company Overview
Zip is an intake and procurement orchestration platform that enables users to initiate purchase requests across the enterprise. It was founded in 2020, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 501-1000 employees. Its website is https://www.ziphq.com.Company H1B Sponsorship
Zip has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 4 in 2025, 9 in 2024, 4 in 2023, 4 in 2022. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.