Founding Recruiter

The role

You will build the recruiting function at Nova. You will work with the founding team to hire people across engineering, SAP, go-to-market, operations, and leadership roles.

What you will do

• Own recruiting from initial sourcing through offer
• Build a strong outbound sourcing program for software engineers in New York
• Identify and engage talented candidates who may not be actively looking
• Work with hiring managers and the founding team to define hiring needs and evaluate candidates
• Build Nova's reputation through outreach, recruiting events, and community presence
• Set the recruiting strategy and adjust the approach as needed
• Manage relationships with external recruiters and search firms
• Create an organized and responsive candidate experience
• Build systems, processes, and tools to allow recruiting to scale

Required qualifications

• 4+ years of recruiting experience
• Strong technical recruiting foundation
• Meaningful experience hiring top software engineers
• Experience hiring across different functions and seniority levels
• Strong communicator and storyteller
• Ability to build pipeline through outbound hunting
• First-principles problem solver
• AI-native using AI tools and workflows for recruiting operations
• Ability to move quickly and write well

Nice to have

• Experience hiring at a high-growth startup

About the company

Nova recently closed its Series A and expects to grow significantly over the next year.