Senior Recruiter, Cardless
$150-200k
+ Equity
Co-branded credit card creation platform
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Co-branded credit card creation platform
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
$150-200k
+ Equity
21-100 employees
Company mission
To make credit more engaging, rewarding, and accessible.
Role
Who you are
- You understand that great recruiting is about quality, not quantity. You know how to identify truly exceptional candidates and would rather leave a role open than make a mediocre hire
- Attention to detail. You craft thoughtful, personalized messages and create candidate experiences that reflect our values. You know that how we recruit says everything about who we are as a company
- Effective in high-stakes rooms. You're comfortable presenting to executives, pushing back when needed, and advocating for both the business and candidates. You can navigate complex stakeholder dynamics with grace
- Interdisciplinary curiosity. You genuinely enjoy learning about different functions and can speak intelligently about roles ranging from fraud analysts to product managers. You ask great questions and admit when you don't know something
- 7+ years of recruiting experience, with a proven track record of hiring exceptional talent in competitive markets
- Experience with executive search or boutique recruiting where relationship-building and personalization are paramount
- Demonstrated ability to recruit across diverse functions — from engineering to operations to finance
- Strong business acumen and the ability to deeply understand role requirements beyond surface-level skills
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills — your outreach messages should make candidates want to respond
- Self-starter who thrives in ambiguity and can build processes from scratch
- Experience in fintech, B2B platforms, or high-growth startups is a plus but not required
What the job involves
- We're looking for a Senior Recruiter to partner directly with our Chief Operations Officer and lead talent acquisition across the entire company.
- At Cardless, bringing in great people is one of our most important goals, and we take a distinctively nuanced approach to recruiting.
- We treat all recruiting like executive recruiting — every hire matters, and we're willing to accept occasional false negatives if it means we can move quickly while avoiding false positives at all costs
- This isn't your typical recruiting role. You'll be responsible for deeply understanding exactly who we need, finding those specific individuals, and building authentic relationships through personalized outreach.
- This is a hands-on individual contributor role — everyone at Cardless gets their hands dirty, and this position is no exception.
- You'll be doing the sourcing, the outreach, the screening, and the coordination yourself. Hard work is required, and we need someone who thrives on rolling up their sleeves and delivering results
- Partner with Leadership to Define Talent Needs
- Work directly with the COO and executive team to understand the nuanced requirements for each role
- Go beyond job descriptions to identify the exact type of person who will thrive at Cardless
- Develop detailed candidate personas that capture both technical requirements and cultural attributes
- Execute Targeted, Executive-Style Recruiting
- Source high-caliber candidates through creative channels and deep market research
- Craft personalized outreach that resonates with each individual candidate's motivations
- Build genuine relationships with passive candidates who aren't actively looking
- Own the Full Recruiting Lifecycle
- Manage end-to-end recruiting processes with white-glove service for every candidate
- Partner with hiring managers to design thoughtful interview processes that assess for both competence and culture
- Move quickly without sacrificing quality — speed and precision are equally important
- Build Scalable Recruiting Infrastructure
- Develop systems and processes that allow us to maintain our high-touch approach as we grow
- Create compelling employer brand content that attracts the right people
- Establish talent pipelines for critical roles before we need them
Our take
Cardless is a financial technology company attempting to modernize co-branded credit card programs. There are around 200 brands in the U.S. with traditional cards that haven't been modernized in over 20 years. These traditional cards, from the likes of Costco and Sam's, enable shoppers to collect reward points that they can use for things like travel.
Cardless is helping popular consumer brands (for example, NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers) launch credit cards so they can engage with their fans and reward them with bespoke benefits. For example, a virtual conversation with a player.
Cardless’ co-founders are no strangers to the financial industry. Michael Spelfogel spent time at Visa and Scott Kazmierowicz worked in banking for Goldman Sachs. Through their experiences they spotted a gap in the market for simple, credit card loyalty programs that focus on customer experiences.
The global credit card market is valued at over $100 billion. It's certainly big enough for consumer brands to enter, however, with Cardless acting as a middle-man, there's always a risk that it could get frozen out by the big banks.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-30% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Nov 2024
$30m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Jul 2021
$40m
SERIES B
Total funding: $80m
Company benefits
- 💸 Competitive salaries, equity, and a 401(k) plan
- 🏥 Top-of-the-line healthcare (medical, vision, and dental), with 100% primary coverage and 75% dependent coverage for medical
- 🌴 Unlimited paid time off, with a minimum of 15 days off per year
- 👶 Parental leave for birthing and non-birthing parents
- ✈️ Team trips & offsites
- For in-office employees:
- 🍱 Catered lunch at the office every day, plus plenty of snacks & drinks
- 🚎 $250/month commuter assistance for public transit or our parking garage
- For remote employees:
- 🖥️ $500 remote setup stipend to help you do your best work
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Scott Kazmierowicz
(CEO)Former Investment Banker at Allen & Company and Bank of America. Former Software Engineer at Goldman Sachs. BS in Computer Science at Stanford University.
Michael Spelfogel
(President)Former Data Scientist at Lyft and Rent the Runaway. Formerly in Commercial Card Management at Visa. BASc in Management Science and Engineering at Berkley.
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