Technical Recruiter

Arbitrum; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

LayerZero Labs is looking for a Technical Recruiter to shape the future of their engineering teams. This role involves full-cycle recruiting for technical positions, partnering with hiring managers, and ensuring a rigorous yet candidate-friendly hiring process. Located in Vancouver, BC, this position is essential for attracting top talent in a growing tech environment.

Qualifications

• Experience recruiting for backend, infra, systems, protocol, and Rust roles.
• Strong ability to craft tailored messaging for candidates.
• Comfortable probing for candidate signals and assessing resumes.

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle recruiting for technical roles across LayerZero.
• Partner with hiring managers to define role profiles and build pipelines.
• Deliver high-quality candidate experiences at speed.

Skills

Sourcing

Screening

Resume Assessment

Candidate Experience

Technical Recruitment

Job description

LayerZero

The Future is Omnichain.

Founded in 2021, LayerZero’s vision is to create a community of cross-chain developers, building dApps that are no longer constrained by individual blockchain capabilities. With LayerZero's simple, generic messaging protocol, builders will develop cross-chain dApps designed to unify the power of individual blockchains.

We are funded by the best investors in the world including:

a16z, Sequoia, PayPal, Binance Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Uniswap Labs, Circle Ventures, Delphi Digital, and many more.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We’re building the next generation of talent at LayerZero. As our Technical Recruiter, you’ll be one of the first people candidates meet—and one of the most critical. You’ll help shape the future of our engineering teams, identify world-class talent across frontier tech domains, and design candidate journeys that are fast, rigorous, and deeply aligned to our values.

This role is based full-time in our Vancouver, BC office.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Own full-cycle recruiting for technical roles across LayerZero: sourcing, screening, coordinating, and closing
• Partner directly with hiring managers and engineers to define role profiles, build pipelines, and calibrate signal
• Craft bespoke outbound strategies tailored to high-caliber candidates (think Principal Engineers, Compiler Experts, Core Infra Builders)
• Deliver high-quality candidate experiences at pace—speed matters, but quality matters more
• Run structured, signal-rich interviews and guide interviewers through calibration and debriefs
• Become a system builder: help scale and improve how we run recruiting, not just run reqs

ABOUT YOU

• You’ve recruited for deeply technical roles before (backend, infra, systems, protocol, Rust)
• You know how to write compelling outbound that gets replies—and understand how to tailor messaging across profiles
• You’re comfortable assessing resumes, probing for signal, and escalating red flags early
• You care about candidate experience, but not at the expense of rigor
• You’re motivated by impact: you want to help define the DNA of an engineering org at the frontier

Bonus Points

• You’ve hired in early-stage environments before (0→1 recruiting muscle)
• You’re fluent in Web3, or technical enough to ramp quickly
• You’ve run debriefs, driven interviewer training, or contributed to rubric design

Equal Opportunity Employer

LayerZero Labs is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. LayerZero Labs is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, protected veteran status, disability, age, or any other legally protected status.