Engineering Recruiter for Fintech & Blockchain Scale-Up

Ctrl Alt; Greater London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

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Job summary

Ctrl Alt in United Kingdom is seeking a Recruiter to lead engineering hiring as it scales. You will own the end-to-end process from intake to offers, partnering with engineering leaders and the Talent team to shape candidate assessment, market expectations, and pipeline health across London, Belfast and beyond.

The role requires 3+ years of full-cycle recruiting in tech, strong collaboration with engineering leaders, and a data-driven approach using AI tools to improve speed and quality.

Qualifications

• Have 3+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, with a strong track record of hiring software engineers, in-house or agency.
• Understand engineering well enough to tell a lead from a senior, and to spot when a CV claims more than the person did.
• Have built pipelines for hard-to-fill technical roles through direct sourcing rather than relying on applications.
• Are trusted by engineering leaders as a partner, and challenge them with evidence when the bar or the process is slipping.
• Can run several searches at once without losing pace, quality or candidate experience on any of them.
• Care about the small details, from accurate notes to a well-timed update and rejections with real feedback.
• Raise your hand early when a search is off track, and come with a plan to fix it.
• Use data and new tools, including AI, to work faster without cutting corners.

Responsibilities

• Own the engineering hiring pipeline end to end, from intake to accepted offer, across several live roles at once.
• Run intake meetings with engineering leaders to define the level, the profile, the interview loop and the salary target before a role goes live.
• Build sourcing strategies for scarce profiles and run targeted outreach that gets replies from people who aren’t looking.
• Assess candidates with enough technical understanding to judge seniority, probe what someone actually built, and make a clear recommendation.
• Improve our engineering interview process with the team, from first-round questions to scorecards in Teamtailor, so decisions are consistent and well evidenced.
• Coach interviewers on running a good interview, especially with sourced candidates who are still deciding whether they’re interested.
• Advise hiring managers on market conditions, salary expectations and the trade-offs behind hybrid and location requirements.
• Run debriefs, push for timely decisions, and manage offers through to close, including references and pay conversations.
• Manage agency partners for engineering roles, brief them properly, and hold them to the quality we expect.
• Use pipeline data to track conversion and time to hire, flag bottlenecks, and report progress in the weekly hiring sync.

Job description

Ctrl Alt in United Kingdom is seeking a Recruiter to lead engineering hiring as it scales. You will own the end-to-end process from intake to offers, partnering with engineering leaders and the Talent team to shape candidate assessment, market expectations, and pipeline health across London, Belfast and beyond.

The role requires 3+ years of full-cycle recruiting in tech, strong collaboration with engineering leaders, and a data-driven approach using AI tools to improve speed and quality.