Senior Technical Recruiter, EMEA

The role

You will lead full-cycle recruitment across multiple countries in the EMEA region. You will partner with the Head of HR EMEA and the global HR team to attract and retain talent across technical and business functions.

What you will do

• Own hiring outcomes across EMEA and contribute to how Blockstream scales
• Lead full-cycle recruitment across EMEA for technical and business-critical roles
• Build and nurture talent pipelines through proactive sourcing strategies
• Partner with hiring managers and senior leadership to define hiring criteria and talent strategy
• Deliver candidate shortlists balancing speed, rigor, and mission alignment
• Drive candidate experience from outreach through onboarding
• Guide hiring managers on structured interviewing and market intelligence
• Own recruiting performance metrics and use data to refine approach
• Contribute to employer branding initiatives
• Implement process improvements for the EMEA recruitment lifecycle

Required qualifications

• 7+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience in high-growth, international technology environments
• Experience hiring in regulated industries (software development, financial services, crypto, fintech)
• Experience supporting high-growth or scale-up environments
• Success hiring complex technical profiles (engineering, infrastructure, security) across multiple EMEA jurisdictions
• Ability to influence and advise senior stakeholders
• Strong sourcing depth
• Experience managing cross-border hiring complexities within EMEA
• Data-driven approach to recruiting
• Comfort operating autonomously in a distributed, remote-first organization
• Fluency in English
• Bachelor’s degree in HR, Business, Psychology, or a related field

Nice to have

• Additional professional proficiency in German, French, Italian, Spanish, or another EMEA language
• Familiarity with Ashby or similar ATS systems and recruitment automation tools
• Strong employer branding and talent marketing exposure
• General HR experience

About the company

Blockstream is a leading Bitcoin company providing infrastructure solutions for enterprises, institutions, and individual Bitcoin users. It was founded in 2014 by Dr. Adam Back and a group of cryptographers and engineers.