Lead Technical Recruiter

About the company
Hi, we're Ondo Finance. Our mission is to provide institutional-grade, blockchain-enabled investment products and services. We have both a technology arm that develops decentralized finance technology, and an asset management arm that creates and manages tokenized funds. We are the global leader in tokenized treasuries, tokenized stocks and ETFs, and are building the future of institutional-grade financial services onchain.

Founded by folks from Goldman Sachs Digital Assets Team, we’re backed by some of the best investors in the world including Founders Fund, Coinbase Ventures, Pantera Capital, Tiger Global, and more. We are currently the leaders in the space in terms of AUM and are well capitalized to continue growing the firm. We're fully remote, with team members across the U.S.

About the role

We’re looking for an experienced technical recruiting leader to build and scale our engineering organization during one of the most exciting periods of growth in crypto. You’ll partner closely with engineering leadership to define hiring strategy, attract exceptional technical talent, and continuously raise the hiring bar across the company. This role is highly strategic while remaining hands-on, owning searches for some of our most critical engineering hires. As the recruiting function grows, there is an opportunity to mentor recruiters and help shape the long-term talent strategy for the company.

Target outcomes

• Build a world-class engineering hiring function capable of supporting rapid company growth.
• Consistently hire exceptional engineers who raise the technical bar across the organization.
• Develop scalable recruiting processes that improve speed, quality, and candidate experience.
• Become a trusted advisor to engineering leaders on organizational design, talent markets, and hiring strategy.
• Establish Ondo as a destination for top engineering talent.

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle recruiting for senior engineering and technical leadership roles.
• Partner with engineering leaders to develop hiring strategies, workforce planning, and interview processes.
• Build strong pipelines of passive technical talent through creative sourcing and networking.
• Coach hiring managers on interviewing, calibration, and candidate evaluation.
• Drive operational excellence across recruiting metrics, reporting, and forecasting.
• Improve recruiting processes through thoughtful use of AI, automation, and recruiting technology.
• Champion an exceptional candidate experience from first outreach through closing.
• Mentor recruiters and sourcers while helping establish recruiting best practices across the organization.
• Continuously refine Ondo’s employer brand within engineering communities.

Requirements

• 7+ years of technical recruiting experience with significant experience supporting engineering organizations at high-growth startups.
• Demonstrated success hiring senior software engineers and engineering leaders.
• Strong understanding of technical organizations and engineering talent markets.
• Experience partnering directly with senior engineering stakeholders and executives.
• Exceptional sourcing, interviewing, and closing capabilities.
• Data-driven approach to recruiting strategy and process improvement.
• Excellent communication and relationship management skills.

Nice to haves

• Experience recruiting within crypto, blockchain, infrastructure, AI, or fintech.
• Previous experience leading or mentoring recruiting teams.
• Familiarity with engineering compensation, equity, and competitive talent markets.

What we offer

• Competitive compensation including but not limited to salary, future token rights, and/or equity (according to your preferences) — We are well-funded and believe that great talent deserves great compensation.
• Full benefits (medical, vision, and dental) and flexible vacation policy (PTO).
• Remote-first team across many countries — You will be an early team member helping shape our vision, culture, and design practices.
• A+ colleagues — Our team includes alumni from: Goldman Sachs, Blackrock, Two Sigma, Bridgewater, SpaceX, AWS, Meta, Google, McKinsey, Coinbase, Circle, Uniswap.
• Best-in-class investors — We are proud to be backed by leading crypto experts and VCs, including Pantera Capital, Founders Fund and Coinbase Ventures.