Founding Recruiter
New York, NYFull-timePosted 3w agoStill listed today
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Job overview
Nova is hiring its first in-house recruiter to build the recruiting function as the company grows after its Series A. The recruiter will partner with the founding team and hiring managers on roles across engineering, SAP, go-to-market, operations, and leadership, with a particular focus on software engineers in New York. The role owns candidate experience from outreach through offer and shapes recruiting strategy, processes, and Nova’s reputation with candidates.
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Full job description
We’re hiring our first in-house recruiter to build the recruiting function at Nova. We recently closed our Series A and expect to grow significantly over the next year. You’ll work closely with the founding team to help us hire exceptional people across the company while building a recruiting process that is fast, thoughtful, and consistent. The role covers engineering, SAP, go-to-market, operations, and future leadership hires, with a particular focus on hiring top software engineers in New York. You’ll own the candidate experience from first outreach through offer, partner with external search firms where helpful, and shape how Nova presents itself to prospective employees.
Responsibilities
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Own recruiting from initial sourcing through offer across engineering, SAP, go-to-market, operations, and leadership roles
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Build a strong outbound sourcing program, with a particular focus on top software engineers in New York
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Identify and engage talented candidates who may not be actively looking for a new role
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Work closely with hiring managers and the founding team to define hiring needs, evaluate candidates, and move searches forward
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Build Nova’s reputation with candidates through thoughtful outreach, recruiting events, and a strong presence in relevant communities
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Set the recruiting strategy: determine where to find the best candidates, understand what is working, and adjust the approach when needed
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Manage relationships with external recruiters and search firms
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Create a candidate experience that is organized, responsive, and respectful of people’s time
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Build the systems, processes, and tools that will allow recruiting to scale as the company grows
Who You Are
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You have 4+ years of recruiting experience, with a strong technical recruiting foundation and meaningful experience hiring top software engineers, ideally at a high-growth startup
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You have hired across different functions and seniority levels, from individual contributors to senior leaders, and can quickly learn unfamiliar talent markets
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You are a strong communicator and storyteller: you can explain the product, articulate why the opportunity is exciting, and build real conviction in candidates
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You are a hunter. You build pipeline rather than wait for inbound, and you know how to reach people who are not actively looking
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You are a first-principles problem solver who is comfortable working without an established playbook
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You are AI-native and use AI tools and workflows to improve sourcing, outreach, scheduling, and recruiting operations
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You move quickly, write well, and have strong judgment about talent
How this job compares
Set against the 2,606 open Recruiter jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- New York median$115–158K/yr156 salary ranges
- New York median$28–29/hr27 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 254 open Recruiter jobs in New York and 2,606 across the US. 8% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 4 years of experience; Recruiter postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years at the median (1,805 postings).
- Education
- 306 of the 2,606 open Recruiter jobs (12%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 5, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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