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Senior Technical Recruiter

Whatnot

Remote (US) · FlexibleFull-time$158–180K/yrSeen todayStill listed today

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At a glance

Compensation
$158–180K/yr
Location
Remote (US)Flexible
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

Whatnot is hiring a Senior Technical Recruiter to lead end-to-end recruiting and serve as a strategic talent partner for engineering teams. The role includes sourcing, candidate management, hiring strategy, process improvement, and inclusive hiring practices. The position offers flexibility to work from home or a global office hub, but team members must live within commuting distance of the San Francisco, Seattle, Los Angeles, or NYC hub.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Engineering Recruiting, nice to haveTechnical Sourcing, nice to haveFull-Cycle Recruiting, nice to haveHiring Strategy, nice to haveCandidate Relationship Building, nice to haveCandidate Experience, nice to havePipeline Analytics, nice to haveDiversity Hiring, nice to haveInclusive Interviewing, nice to have

Qualifications

7+ Years Engineering Recruiting, nice to have

Benefits

Paid Time Off
Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match
Parental Leave

Full job description

🚀 Join the Future of Commerce with Whatnot! Whatnot is the largest live shopping platform in North America and Europe to buy, sell, and discover the things you love. Whether it's trading cards, fashion, electronics, or live plants, our sellers are building real businesses across hundreds of categories. We're building live commerce at a scale that's never been done in the West, and there's no playbook to copy. The people here are shaping how an entirely new industry develops. As a remote co-located team, we're inspired by our values and anchored in hubs across the US, UK, Ireland, Poland, Germany, and Australia. We move fast, stay close to our users, and focus on the work that drives the most impact. We're one of the fastest growing marketplaces and were recently named the #1 Best Startup Employer in America by Forbes. Check out the latest Whatnot updates on our news and engineering blogs and join us as we enable anyone to turn their passion into a business and bring people together through commerce. 💻 Role As a Senior Technical Recruiter, you’ll manage end-to-end recruiting and act as a strategic talent partner for our engineering teams. You’ll have the opportunity to:

  • Lead hiring for specific engineering teams. You'll partner closely with hiring managers and business leaders across engineering, bringing a consultative approach to influence hiring decisions, shape strategies, and align recruiting priorities with broader business goals.

  • Source strong technical talent. You’ll leverage AI tooling 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.

We offer flexibility to work from home or from one of our global office hubs, and we value in-person time for planning, problem-solving, and connection. Team members in this role must live within commuting distance of our San Francisco, Seattle, Los Angeles, or NYC hub. 👋 You People who do well at Whatnot tend to be comfortable figuring things out as they go, biased toward action, and genuinely curious about what they're building. They care more about outcomes than credit and stay close to the product and the people using it. As our next Senior Technical Recruiter you should have 7+ years of engineering recruiting at high-growth startups or fast-paced companies of scale, plus:

  • You know how to close in a competitive market. You understand the tech landscape and can paint the picture of how working at Whatnot stacks against other top companies.

  • You're comfortable operating as a full-stack recruiter. You're able to manage the entire process of a candidate end to end.

  • You act as a true strategic partner to hiring managers, building close relationships and providing expert guidance throughout the recruitment process.

  • You're a sourcer at heart. You enjoy sourcing for your positions and take pride in nurturing and building relationships with passive talent.

  • You're comfortable with ownership. Whatnot is one of the fastest-growing startups in history, and hiring is key to our success. You should feel comfortable moving uncomfortably fast, managing multiple roles, and being accountable for your work.

  • You provide an incredible candidate experience. You know that a job search can be nerve-racking and you prioritize providing a more human experience for everyone that interacts with Whatnot during a hiring process.

  • You are data-focused. You measure pipeline health to balance your priorities and set hiring manager expectations.

  • You are a champion for diversity hiring & inclusive interview practices. At Whatnot, we believe hiring and fostering a diverse team is the key to building a successful business.

🎁 Benefits

  • Generous Holiday and Time off Policy

  • Health Insurance options including Medical, Dental, Vision

  • Work From Home Support

  • Care benefits

  • 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

Please note: Whatnot will only contact you through official @whatnot.com email addresses. If you see an email impersonating a Whatnot recruiter, please disregard and report it as spam. 💛 EOE Whatnot is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diversity, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, parental status, disability status, or any other status protected by local law. We believe that our work is better and our company culture is improved when we encourage, support, and respect the different skills and experiences represented within our workforce. $157.5K – $180K The salary or hourly rate range may be inclusive of several levels that would be applicable to the position. Final salary or hourly rate will be based on a number of factors including, level, relevant prior experience, skills, and expertise. This range is only inclusive of base salary or hourly rate, not benefits or equity.

How this job compares

Set against the 431 open Technical Recruiter jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$158–180K/yr
  • US median$125–170K/yr277 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $169K, is 15% above the US median midpoint ($148K) — in the middle half of Technical Recruiter salary ranges across the US.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 431 open Technical Recruiter jobs across the US. 7% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most across the US
Experience
This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Technical Recruiter postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (375 postings).
Education
39 of the 431 open Technical Recruiter jobs (9%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 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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