Technical Recruiter, Coach

  • $100,000.00 - $150,000.00/year
  • Free Agency is a new talent startup (started in April, $2.35m raised). We provide job search and career management to tech talent. Hollywood entertainers and athletes have agents -- why shouldn’t everyone else? We’re not ready to share all the details publicly, but our product and business model allow us to pair closely with every candidate that comes to us looking for a career upgrade.

    This role is not a traditionally recruiting role. Instead, it’s more like reverse recruiting. Think of this role’s true title as being ‘Talent Agent.’ Our Talent Agents (alternatively: Reverse Recruiter, Career Coach) pair with our job-seeking or career-upgrading candidates. This means daily interaction, progress coaching, interview preparation, reverse recruiting, employer reach out, and more. You’ll help our candidates get placed, keep them happy and motivated along the way, and work with (or, at times, ‘against’) employers on the other side.

    Additionally, as one of our Technical Talent Agents, you’ll be specifically responsible for managing our technical candidates. You’ll provide a level of confidence, expertise, and career mentorship to engineers, product managers, and designers who expect knowledge and wisdom from the Free Agency team.

    You might be good for this role if other job titles you're looking at include:
    • Technical Recruiter
    • Engineering Manager
    • Technical Instructor

    We think your daily responsibilities will include:
    • Daily contact with candidates to track job search progress & motivation
    • Coaching candidates on interviews, career, & negotiations
    • Working with technical candidates, including mid- and senior-level talent
    • Drafting and editing writing material on behalf of candidates
    • Collaborating with others on the Talent Team to guide their technical candidates
    • Proactively answering questions, solving problems, and otherwise enabling candidates
    • Interacting with a community of mentors, alumni, and hiring managers

    Things that you may want to know:
    • You must have high familiarity with the latest software engineering developments, frameworks, languages, libraries, and career trends.
    • While this is a full-time, onsite role, most of the above interactions with candidates and employers will take place over email, Slack, Zoom, and phone.
    • We don't mind whether you're on the lesser or more experienced end of the spectrum. This role is adaptable based on seniority.
    • You'll be person #3 or #4 with this job title. While we think we know what you'll be doing, you'll be key in helping us improve your job description.

    Internally, we expect you to mostly collaborate with:
    • The co-founders.
    • The Chief of Staff.
    • Others on the Talent Team.

    We try to look for aptitude and ability, not experience, but here are things that might hint to us that you're a fit:
    • You’ve either been in engineering yourself or are a technical recruiter with a high base of knowledge in software development.
    • You have held some sort of management or mentorship role, whether in a job, as a volunteer, or during your education.
    • You've held roles that required attention to detail and a consistent cadence of communication.
    • You know the tech industry and about the ecosystems in New York & San Francisco.

    Compensation: This depends on your experience and how much of the role we expect you to fulfill immediately. If you're a junior team member and we think you'll be great at 70% of the above but need time to learn the other 30%, you should expect to make around $100,000. If you're more senior and we think of you as someone who will own this role, assist in defining its future, and help us hire others, you could make around $150,000. We also offer equity in the business and we'll be extremely transparent during offer-stage as to the details of any equity offering.

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