Lead Recruiter, Nextdoor
Engineering
$160-215k
Private social network for neighbours
Be an early applicant
Private social network for neighbours
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$160-215k
501-1000 employees
Company mission
Nextdoor’s mission is to cultivate a kinder world where everyone has a neighbourhood they can rely on.
Role
Who you are
- 6+ years of full life-cycle recruiting experience and 1+ years of experience leading a team
- A strategic, people-first mindset
- Solid understanding of Engineering domains and the skills required for success in these areas
- Ability to influence and advise senior leadership on hiring strategies
- Adaptability and a willingness to engage in a wide range of hiring and People-related topics
- Experience mentoring and coaching high-performing technical recruiters
What the job involves
- As the Lead Recruiter for Engineering, you will partner with our Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Engineering Leadership Team to design and execute strategic hiring plans that build a world-class Engineering organization.
- You will focus on fostering a strong recruiting culture, creating scalable hiring practices by empowering leaders, and activating employees' networks. Additionally, you will grow, mentor, and lead the Engineering recruiting team
- We believe that scaling Talent Acquisition effectively requires equipping everyone involved in the hiring process with the necessary skills, tools, and context to make informed decisions. Your role as a strategic leader and advisor is essential in making that a reality
- Strategy: Design and implement proactive recruiting strategies to attract world-class talent to the Engineering team
- Recruiting: Manage the full recruiting lifecycle for Engineering roles, from sourcing and screening to offer negotiation and onboarding
- Talent Planning: Develop organization-wide talent strategies that address immediate hiring needs while setting Nextdoor up for long-term success
- Analysis: Use a data-informed approach to enhance recruiting efforts, improve hiring workflows, and drive quality decision-making
- Team Building: Grow, mentor, and develop a high-impact Engineering Recruiting Team that builds strong, cohesive teams across the organization
Our take
Nextdoor is a private social network that aims to encourage social interaction between neighbours and make people aware of crime in their area.
The social network has had huge success in the United States and has expanded internationally, with Nextdoor now present in more than 242,000 neighbourhoods around the world.
The company's main competition comes from local Facebook groups, which have become less and less popular due to their comparative lack of functionality. Nextdoor's laser focus on building for neighborhoods has helped them to build a better product, and their advertising partnership with Oracle, launched in 2022, will help bring more transparency to Nextdoor's sponsorships.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
8% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
May 2019
$129.5m
Dec 2017
$79m
Total funding: $208.5m
Company benefits
- Monthly wellness stipend
- 12 weeks of parental, family or medical leave
- Global end of year shutdown
- Learning and development stipend
- Work from home opportunities
- Health insurance
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Prakash Janakiraman
(Advisor & Co-founder)Graduated from the University of California, Berkeley before working in engineering roles at Google and as the co-founder of Fanbase.com
David Weisen
(Engineer & Co-founder)Worked as a software engineer at Google, Fanbase.com and Open Harbour after graduating from Stanford with a degree in Computer Science
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