Recruiter

endeavorai.com; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Endeavor is hiring a Recruiter in Chicago, IL onsite to run technical recruiting searches end-to-end and ensure candidates have a respectful, informed experience. You will lead searches from initial outreach through signed offers and partner with hiring managers to find top engineers and technical leaders.

The role emphasizes empathy, strong sourcing, and a startup-paced, transparent process. Expect 1-4 years of recruiting experience, a growth mindset, and clear, warm communication.

Qualifications

• 1-4 years of recruiting experience; ideally with exposure to technical roles (agency or in-house).
• Empathy for candidates.
• Strong sourcing fundamentals and a drive to continually improve.
• Clear, warm written and verbal communication.
• Strong organization and ability to manage multiple moving parts.
• Comfort with ambiguity and a startup pace, including a preference for building process rather than waiting for it.
• Growth mindset.

Responsibilities

• Lead searches from initial outreach through signed offer.
• Manage sourcing and outreach for engineers, product people, and technical leaders.
• Partner closely with hiring managers throughout the hiring process.
• Ensure each candidate, hired or not, leaves the process feeling respected and informed.

Skills

Empathy

Sourcing fundamentals

Communication

Organization

Ambiguity tolerance

Startup pace

Growth mindset

Job description

Endeavor is hiring a Recruiter in Chicago, IL (onsite) to run technical recruiting searches end-to-end and ensure candidates have a respectful, informed experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead searches from initial outreach through signed offer.
• Manage sourcing and outreach for engineers, product people, and technical leaders.
• Partner closely with hiring managers throughout the hiring process.
• Ensure each candidate, hired or not, leaves the process feeling respected and informed.

Requirements

• 1-4 years of recruiting experience; ideally with exposure to technical roles (agency or in-house experience both count).
• Empathy for candidates.
• Strong sourcing fundamentals and a drive to continually improve.
• Clear, warm written and verbal communication.
• Strong organization and ability to manage multiple moving parts.
• Comfort with ambiguity and a startup pace, including a preference for building process rather than waiting for it.
• Growth mindset.

Operating Principles

• One team, one fight: internal alignment matters, and the focus is on winning together.
• Strong convictions, loosely held: bring a point of view while staying open to updated evidence.
• Default to open: operate with transparency using shared data, context, and decision reasoning.

Compensation

• USD 65,000 - 95,000 per year.