# Senior Technical Recruiter **Company:** [Whatnot](https://zerogtalent.com/frontier-companies/whatnot) **Location:** Remote (US) **Work mode:** Remote **Seniority:** Senior **Employment type:** Full Time **Salary:** USD 158K–180K/yr **Category:** Recruiting & HR **Department:** Recruiting & HR **Listed:** 2026-11-12 [View and apply on Zero G Talent](https://zerogtalent.com/frontier-jobs/whatnot/senior-technical-recruiter-122392) ## What you'll do - Lead hiring for specific engineering teams - Source strong technical talent using AI tooling - Manage full-cycle recruiting from sourcing to closing - Build scalable recruiting workflows and processes - Partner with hiring managers on recruiting strategy ## What you need - 7+ yrs engineering recruiting at high-growth startups - Full-cycle technical recruiting and sourcing experience - Data-focused with pipeline health measurement skills - Diversity hiring and inclusive interview practices - Strategic partner to engineering hiring managers ## 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](https://www.whatnot.com/careers#principles) 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](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/business/dealbook/whatnot-livestream-shopping-fundraise.html) and were recently named the [#1 Best Startup Employer in America](https://www.forbes.com/lists/americas-best-startup-employers/) by Forbes. Check out the latest Whatnot updates on our [news](https://blog.teamwhatnot.com/) and [engineering blogs](https://medium.com/whatnot-engineering) 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. ## Other open roles at Whatnot - [Product Counsel](https://zerogtalent.com/frontier-jobs/whatnot/product-counsel-122390) — Remote (US) - [Corporate Security Investigations & Protective Intelligence Manager](https://zerogtalent.com/frontier-jobs/whatnot/corporate-security-investigations-protective-intelligence-manager-122069) — New York, NY / San Francisco, CA / Los Angeles, CA / Remote (US) - [Staff Software Engineer, CX](https://zerogtalent.com/frontier-jobs/whatnot/staff-software-engineer-cx-121788) — New York, NY / San Francisco, CA / Seattle, WA / Remote (US) - [Senior iOS Engineer, App Platform](https://zerogtalent.com/frontier-jobs/whatnot/senior-ios-engineer-app-platform-121787) — New York, NY / San Francisco, CA / Los Angeles, CA / Seattle, WA / Remote (US) - [Account Executive (French-speaking)](https://zerogtalent.com/frontier-jobs/whatnot/account-executive-french-speaking-121164) — London, UK / Berlin, Germany --- *Source: [Zero G Talent](https://zerogtalent.com), the job board for space, defense, AI, robotics and frontier-tech companies.*