Whatnot · 2 days ago
Technical Recruiter
Los Angeles, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$125K/yr - $195K/yr
4+ years expWhatnot is the largest live shopping platform in North America and Europe, redefining e-commerce through community and entertainment. The Technical Recruiter will partner with hiring managers to influence hiring decisions, source technical talent, and improve recruiting processes to support the company's growth.
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Responsibilities
You'll partner closely with hiring managers and business leaders, bringing a consultative approach to influence hiring decisions, shape strategies, and align recruiting priorities with broader business goals
Recruit for engineering roles. You’ll build strong pipelines and help technical leaders across the company to build their orgs
Source strong technical talent. You’ll experiment and partner with hiring managers to reach top candidates and explore creative channels beyond LinkedIn
Act as a full-cycle recruiter from sourcing, screening, managing the candidate through interviews, and closing
Assist with developing job posts, hiring plans, and rubrics. You'll work with the hiring manager to tighten up job descriptions, screening rubrics, and guide the hiring process along the way
Iterate on candidate feedback. You'll smooth rough edges in the recruiting process by iterating on feedback from candidates or other signals
Uplevel the recruiting team. You'll share best practices and help build a culture of continuous improvement that raises the bar for recruiting excellence across the organization
Build scalable processes. You'll work on improving and standardizing recruiting workflows that can scale with the company’s growth, creating repeatable and effective practices that can be applied across the business
Emphasize diversity. You'll look for proven traditional and creative methods to bring new points of view to the team and encourage inclusive hiring practices
Qualification
Required
4+ Years Of Technical Recruiting Experience In High-growth Startups, Specifically Supporting Engineering Teams
Previously evaluated candidates for a range of technical roles and levels
Comfortable operating as a full-stack recruiter, managing the entire process of a candidate end to end
Act as a true strategic partner to hiring managers, building close relationships and providing expert guidance throughout the recruitment process
Enjoy sourcing for positions and take pride in nurturing and building relationships with passive talent
Understand the tech landscape and can paint the picture of how working at Whatnot stacks against other top companies
Comfortable moving uncomfortably fast, managing multiple roles, and being accountable for work
Prioritize providing a more human experience for everyone that interacts with Whatnot during a hiring process
Measure pipeline health to balance priorities and set hiring manager expectations
Champion for diversity hiring & inclusive interview practices
Benefits
Generous Holiday and Time off Policy
Health Insurance options including Medical, Dental, Vision
Work From Home Support
Home office setup allowance
Monthly allowance for cell phone and internet
Care benefits
Monthly allowance for wellness
Annual allowance towards Childcare
Lifetime benefit for family planning, such as adoption or fertility expenses
Retirement; 401k offering for Traditional and Roth accounts in the US (employer match up to 4% of base salary) and Pension plans internationally
Monthly allowance to dogfood the app
Parental Leave
16 weeks of paid parental leave + one month gradual return to work
Company
Whatnot
Whatnot is a livestream shopping platform for buying and selling products.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$974.7MKey Investors
CapitalGY Combinator Continuity FundAndreessen Horowitz
2025-10-28Series F· $225M
2025-01-08Series E· $265M
2022-07-21Series D· $260M
Leadership Team
Jeff Chang
Director of Engineering, Head of Growth
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