Lead Technical Recruiter for Engineer Hiring

Chime Enterprise; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

In-office policy

Health and wellbeing benefits

Parental leave

Wellness stipend

Family planning reimbursement

Job summary

Chime is hiring a Lead Technical Recruiter to help hire exceptional engineers. You’ll own the full lifecycle—from sourcing to offer—collaborating with engineering leaders and hiring teams to ensure high-quality searches and a strong candidate experience.

This full-time role offers a base salary between $130,000 and $180,000, with bonus, equity, and benefits. You’ll build pipelines, optimize interview processes, and explore AI-enabled recruiting tools to keep Chime competitive.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience.
• Experience recruiting for engineering or other technical roles.
• Ability to own searches end-to-end including sourcing, screening, and closing.
• Strong understanding of technical terminology, languages, and engineering stacks.
• Experience sourcing and engaging technical talent through multiple channels.
• Strong communication and candidate management skills.
• Curiosity about emerging recruiting technologies, including AI recruiting tools.

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle recruiting for technical roles from sourcing through offer acceptance.
• Deliver a thoughtful and high-quality candidate experience throughout the hiring process.
• Build strong technical talent pipelines through proactive sourcing and outreach.
• Work closely with hiring teams to run structured, efficient interview processes.
• Track pipeline health and recruiting metrics to ensure consistent progress across searches.
• Partner cross-functionally with recruiting and People team members—including recruiting coordinators, sourcers, and people partners—to support smooth and effective hiring processes.
• Identify opportunities to improve recruiting workflows and experiment with emerging tools, including AI recruiting technology.

Skills

Full-cycle recruiting

Sourcing

Interviewing

Candidate experience

Stakeholder management

AI recruiting tools

Tools

AI recruiting tools

Job description

Chime is hiring a Lead Technical Recruiter to help hire exceptional engineers. You’ll own the full lifecycle—from sourcing to offer—collaborating with engineering leaders and hiring teams to ensure high-quality searches and a strong candidate experience.

This full-time role offers a base salary between $130,000 and $180,000, with bonus, equity, and benefits. You’ll build pipelines, optimize interview processes, and explore AI-enabled recruiting tools to keep Chime competitive.