Lead Technical Recruiter, Zapier
$143.9-215.9k
Offers Equity • Offers Bonus. Canada salary: CA$143.9K – CA$215.9K
Workflow automation service
Job no longer available
Workflow automation service
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
$143.9-215.9k
Offers Equity • Offers Bonus. Canada salary: CA$143.9K – CA$215.9K
501-1000 employees
Company mission
Zapier's mission is to Make Automation Work for Everyone!
Role
Who you are
- In the spirit of Default to Transparency: we’ll be extremely picky about who we hire for this role. We care less about titles held and more about what you’ve accomplished, and how you achieved it. Below are some of the skills, behavoirs and experiences you have to be successful
- Significant, senior-level full-cycle technical recruiting experience. You’ve had ownership of hiring strategy beyond your own reqs or for complex pieplines. Ideally this is across various engineering disciplines including Applied AI, Software Engineering, Infrastructure, and Security
- Strategic operational and systems thinking. You have strong operational instincs that connect recruiting to business outcomes, along with solid systems mindset to create efficent, future-looking talent plans (comp analysis, competitive positioning, org-level market mapping) and process, not just fills reqs. This also means you anticipate problems before they surface
- Trust building with senior leaders and TA peers. You’re savvy at building strong relationships with peers and key leaders that enables you to partner and influence on complex hiring scenarios, and build alignment around a recommendation rather than just presenting one
- High AI fluency, ready to lead with it. Our team is on the leading end of AI fluency and usage. Ideally, yours is be on par or better. That said, learning mindset, excitment around AI, and a solid understanding of usage fundamentals is more important. At minimum, you should be using AI as a core part of how you work
- Driving results without a title. You know how to drive results regardless of if you own the work direclty or if its been delegated. That means knowing how to mentors and coaches peers and holding stakeholders accountable
- Strong opinions loosely held. As a subjec matter expert, you hold strong opinions based on data, experience, and desired outcomes, but you are know how/when to flex when presented with additional details, context, or ideas
- Resourceful with ambiguity. You know how to connect the dots and don’t feel stalled when you have limited information. You know how to create plans that are good enough to move forward vs. the perfect solution, and are comfortable pivoting quickly. You’re tied to outcomes, not projects
- Champion for diversity hiring & inclusive interview practices . You know how to advocation for and build diverse talent pools, and can shape process at the team/department level, not just their own interviews
What the job involves
- We’re hiring an Americas-based Lead Technical Recruiter to join our team. We’re a highly tenured, technically savvy group that cares deeply about landing exceptional talent and creating thoughtful, transparent experiences for every candidate. We do this while leveraging AI tooling to change the way we’re working
- This is an exciting role for a recruiter who operates beyond their own req load. You’ll shape talent strategy for an entire department, partner closely with senior leaders, and help define how our team uses AI and scalable process innovation to do our best work
- As a Lead Technical Recruiter, you’ll drive talent strategy across complex technical hiring needs while helping improve the systems, partnerships, and operating rhythms that make great hiring possible at scale. This role matters because it expands our ability to support high-stakes technical hiring with stronger strategy, clearer stakeholder guidance, and more durable recruiting processes
- Advise hiring managers, directors, and executives on talent strategy and complex technical hiring decisions
- Drive talent intelligence and market mapping that informs acquisition strategy for an entire department or vertical
- Use AI to design repeatable workflows, improve recruiting outputs, and increase team efficiency
- Build future-looking recruiting plans, including compensation analysis and competitive positioning recommendations
- Partner across recruiting, operations, and hiring teams to solve process bottlenecks and improve hiring effectiveness
- Lead AI transformation, process improvement, and high-impact projects that improve candidate experience, stakeholder satisfaction, and recruiting systems at scale
- Mentor teammates through hands-on problem-solving and help raise the overall capability of the technical recruiting team
- Lead talent brand initiatives for your vertical, from events to platform presence to targeted attraction campaigns, aligned to Zapier’s broader EVP
Application process
- Deadline to Apply: August 15, 2026 at 7:00 AM UTC
- How to Apply:
- At Zapier, we believe that diverse perspectives and experiences make us better, which is why we have a non-standard application process designed to promote inclusion and equity
- We're looking for the best fit for each of our roles, regardless of the type of companies in your background, so we encourage you to apply even if your skills and experiences don’t exactly match the job description
- All we ask is that you answer a few in-depth questions in our application that would typically be asked at the start of an interview process
- This helps speed things up by letting us get to know you and your skillset a bit better right out of the gate
- Please be sure to answer each question; the resume and CV fields are optional
- Education is not a requirement for our roles; however, if you receive an offer, you will need to include your most recent educational experience as part of our background check process
- After you apply, you are going to hear back from us—even if we don’t see an immediate fit with our team
- In fact, throughout the process, we strive to never go more than seven days without letting you know the status of your application
- We know we’ll make mistakes from time to time, so if you ever have questions about where you stand or about the process, just ask your recruiter!
Our take
Even before remote working became the "in thing", freelancers, small business owners, and large organisations have found themselves needing more and more software platforms to serve their operational needs. As people used more software services, Zapier founders saw the need to connect the actions between these software and save everyone some time.
Zapier is the largest integration and automation tool for businesses. Since its founding, Zapier has grown its suite of automation offerings across almost every mainstream software service. The company is one of the most successful to come out of Y Combinator and has also been a pioneer of remote working.
Zapier has so far been able to capitalise heavily on its advantage as one of the first entrants and has had very little actual competition. Software services aren't going anywhere anytime soon, and organisations are only going to need more of them. This puts Zapier in a strong position for growth, but also opens up room for bolder companies to get in on the action. Companies like Airtable and Integromat are already preying on more niche segments of Zapier's market share.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
38% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Oct 2012
$1.3m
SEED
Sep 2012
$0.2m
SEED
Total funding: $1.5m
Company benefits
- Work from anywhere
- Bonus program
- Unlimited vacation policy
- Great healthcare + dental + vision coverage*
- Retirement plan with company match*
- Stock options for every Zapien**
- 2 annual company retreats to awesome places
- 14 weeks paid leave for new parents
- Home office setup stipend
- Professional development allowance
Additional info
- As a fully remote company with 800+ team members across 40+ states, 38 countries, and 18+ timezones, we’ve adopted a culture of asynchronous work. This work style allows teams to collaborate effectively across locations, time zones, skills, and each individual’s energy levels, and empowers employees to work in a setting that fits their needs. In practice, we live on Slack, with most conversations in public channels. It mimics the open-office feel and allows everyone to search the chat logs if they need to find something that happened when they weren’t around
Leadership
Wade Foster
(Co-Founder & CEO)Prior to co-founding Zapier, wasEmail Marketing Manager with Veterans United Home Loans, and Customer Development Lead at The Idea Works.
Bryan Helmig
(Co-Founder & CTO)Was previously Product Dev/Manager at Veterans United Home Loans.
Mike Knoop
(Co-Founder)Was CPO and Head of Labs at Zapier before becoming President. Previously was a Graduate Research at the University of Missouri.
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