Technical Recruiter (Engineering)

Mission

We've always known how deeply innovative, exciting and creative our engineering culture is...but as such a small team, in the broader engineering community, many others did not.

This year, however, through the establishment of the hx talent team, we've put ourselves on the map as one of the highest quality engineering teams in the world, and we're beginning to see the fruits of our labour.

In the last few months alone we're fortunate to have had engineers from companies such as Improbable, Microsoft, Metaswitch, FanDuel and Bulb choose to work at hx, and there is a lot more to come!

We need an experienced Technical Recruiter, passionate about building diverse, high-quality engineering teams, to partner with our Heads of Engineering, Head of Excellence and engineering teams as we scale our Product Engineering function from 20 to 50 people.

Working in a dedicated Engineering Talent team you will ensure successful delivery into these teams and be jointly responsible for execution against our broader hiring strategy.

This year has seen us grow from a 12-person startup in Peckham to a 40-person, post-Series A scaleup with HQ at The Ministry, Borough. We've been busily establishing our 'foundations to scale' and have built the framework required to take us to the next level.

You will be involved in stakeholder management across the engineering teams, building relationships with some of the very best figures in industry who we have worked tirelessly to secure as we build the platform for our next growth phase, so you will drop into a unique position!

Talent @ hx

In taking this role you will be joining an effective, high-performance talent team. We are a team of true talent professionals who go above and beyond at every opportunity. We task ourselves with being the standard setters to each other and the wider business, and we forge partnerships with hiring teams and consult them on best hiring practices.

We are the guardians of hx culture and we challenge our colleagues if we are at risk of making a hire that could negatively impact this or fail to meet our quality of standards.

We have scrapped, we have dug deep and we've pushed the limits of what should be achievable by such a small team. In doing so, we've laid the foundations for hx to become one of the very best technology companies globally.

These foundations include:

• Hiring our Head of Frontend, Head of Backend, Head of Excellence, VP Sales, VP Customer & Consultancy, Head of Ops and People Ops & Performance Lead
• Tripling our engineering team and quadrupling our model development team, while also scaling out sales, marketing & ops
• Designing and rolling out V1 of the hx Hiring Playbook, with V2 in development
• and we'll have a CFO, VP of Marketing & Head of Product landing soon...

As we move into our next phase of growth, we are realigning our team to be even more effective. Where we have so far operated as a team of generalists we will soon be formalising our team structure and splitting into the following disciplines:

• Product Engineering
• Revenue
• Insurance

As a Technical Recruiter you will have autonomy and freedom to bring your own approach to the role and operate in the way that allows you to be most effective, with close support from the Head of Talent & Community and the wider talent team.

Key Responsibilities

Delivery

• Ensure that our engineering-focused hiring targets are consistently achieved
• Maintain impeccable standards - raise the bar in candidate experience, interview technique, hiring processes, sourcing and strength of candidate
• Work within the Engineering Talent unit to bring to life our hiring plan, while remaining pragmatic in your approach and signalling early when changes should be made

Stakeholder Management

• Work with the Engineering Talent unit to run regular syncs, reporting and consulting for and with stakeholders
• Work with the team to produce weekly reports to all hiring managers
• Identify opportunities to improve hiring processes and interview technique with your respective hiring managers and their teams
• Embed yourself in your partner teams by joining standups and meetings, as often as you feel necessary!

Community

• Work with our CTO, Heads of Engineering/Excellence and the engineering teams to deepen our engagement within the tech community
• Leverage your network to continue to build hx's brand through events and initiatives
• Work with your team and our marketing and events functions to showcase hx to the world!

Initial deliverables

• Learn the talent team's ways of working through our standups and ceremonies
• Attend 1:1s with all talent team members to get to know your teammates and understand their journeys
• Join focused meetings with all hiring managers within engineering at hx, and join team standups/ceremonies to get to know your new colleagues
• Work with hiring managers to spec out their roles and understand the hiring processes
• Begin sourcing for talented engineers! We have a LOT of hiring to do, so we'll support you to get up and running right away

Persona

If you're the right fit for this role, you will be able to show clear evidence that you:

Hold yourself and those around you to the highest standards - you don't settle for 'good enough', and you challenge others to expect higher standards of themselves even when it is easy to overlook

Are an owner - You understand the importance of autonomy and you are committed to succeeding when others might stop.

Are dependable - we operate in a high-trust environment, so it is vital that everyone can count on you to deliver what you promise, when you promise it

Experience and skills

To be a good fit for this role, you will have::

• Several years' experience (2-3+) hiring within technology for companies with the highest standards across all departments, with heavy focus on engineering
• Successfully executed against talent acquisition strategies and managed end-to-end recruitment lifecycles across all roles and levels
• Deep knowledge of the tech market and its trends, and a great network within the engineering community
• The ability to break down long-term hiring strategies to ensure successful delivery against these
• A positive attitude! We are an immensely positive team - dare we say with a good sense of humour - so as a member of this team you must also be! We usually finish our standups with a joke, riddle or fact, as chosen by the chairperson - so come armed...

Interview process

• Initial phone call to see if we fit
• 1:1 with Head of Talent & Community
• Presentation to Head of Talent & Community and CTO
• Meet the talent team
• 1:1 with CEO

What do we offer?

• Competitive salary + bonus
• Very staff-friendly EMI share options
• £5,000 annual learning & development allowance
• 33 days annual leave (inc. public holidays)
• £250 gadget-for-the-office budget (on hiatus due to Covid)
• Top-spec equipment (laptop, mechanical keyboards, screens, etc)
• Huge opportunity for personal development and mastery as we grow together
• Regular remote hackathons, lunch & learns, socials and games nights
• Team breakfasts and lunches, snacks, drinks fridge, fun office @ The Ministry
• Annual team trip somewhere warm (sadly on hold due to COVID19)
• Monthly talent team night out!