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Salary: USD 140,000 - 170,000 / annual
WithCoverage is an AI-powered insurance brokerage platform that replaces traditional risk management with modern technology. Founded by JD Ross (co-founder of Opendoor) and Max Brenner (Bain, Compound), the company has raised over $43M from Sequoia, 8VC, Khosla Ventures, and Crystal Venture Partners. WithCoverage partners with high-growth companies including GoPuff, Eight Sleep, Bombas, and others, serving consumer brands, hospitality leaders, manufacturers, and defense contractors.
As Senior Technical Recruiter, you will own full-cycle hiring for Engineering, Product, and Data teams—the groups building WithCoverage's proprietary technology platform. You'll act as a strategic talent partner to engineering and product leaders, managing critical technical searches including senior individual contributor and leadership roles while shaping how technical hiring scales across the organization.
Key responsibilities include:
- End-to-end recruiting for Software Engineering, Product Management, Data Science/Engineering, and adjacent technical roles, from intake through offer close
- Strategic advising to the Head of Talent and hiring managers on role design, leveling, compensation, and candidate profiles
- Proactive sourcing of passive technical talent using LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub, Gem, Juicebox, and personal networks, with focus on engineers and product leaders from top startups
- Pitching and closing candidates with confidence, including explaining startup equity (options, vesting, strike price, upside potential) and navigating competing offers
- Managing candidate pipelines in Greenhouse to ensure exceptional candidate experience
- Designing and running structured interview processes, including calibration sessions, interviewer training, and feedback collection
- Serving as brand ambassador, translating technical roadmap and mission into compelling narratives for candidates
- Tracking and reporting on recruiting metrics (time-to-fill, pass-through rates, offer acceptance rate, pipeline health) to drive improvements
- Building and refining recruiting processes, scorecards, SOPs, and best practices as engineering org scales
- Mentoring other Talent team members as the function grows
The role is based in Hudson Square, NYC, requiring 4-5 days/week in office.
REQUIREMENTS:
- 5-10 years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience, majority spent in-house recruiting for Engineering and Product roles
- Experience at startup or growth-stage company, ideally through rapid scaling period
- Proven track record sourcing and closing passive, senior technical talent in competitive market
- Comfortable and credible pitching equity and explaining startup compensation
- Sourcer at heart; proactive in hunting talent, not relying solely on inbound
- Hands-on experience with LinkedIn Recruiter, Greenhouse, Gem, Juicebox, or comparable tools
- Strong technical fluency to assess candidate profiles, hold credible conversations about engineering roles and stacks, and earn trust of engineering leaders
- Ability to manage multiple technical requisitions simultaneously in fast-paced environment
- Strong stakeholder management skills; ability to influence, advise, and push back with hiring managers and executives
- Data-driven and process-oriented, while scrappy and adaptable when needed
- Passionate about building diverse, high-performing technical teams
PREFERRED:
- Recruiting experience in insurtech, fintech, or other regulated industries
- Experience hiring engineering or product leadership (Manager, Director, Head of level)
- Experience using AI or automation tools to improve sourcing or recruiting workflows
