Technical Recruiter

PromptCube; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first flexibility

Job summary

Helius is hiring a Technical Recruiter to own senior and staff-level engineering searches end to end, from intake through signed offer, reporting to the VP of People. The focus is Rust and backend engineers for streaming, database and edge gateway teams, plus platform and infrastructure engineers.

The posting lists location only as Remote, with no country, time zone or language limit stated, so remote does not mean worldwide eligibility.

Qualifications

• 5+ years recruiting engineers, with a track record of closing senior and staff-level backend, infrastructure, or systems roles.
• Strong sourcing instincts; a personal playbook for finding people who aren’t on the market.
• Technical fluency: talk distributed systems, databases, and performance with engineers without needing to code.

Responsibilities

• Own a portfolio of senior and staff-level searches end to end, from intake through signed offer
• Partner with Engineering leadership to define success profiles and calibrate on level
• Build outbound pipelines into infrastructure, cloud, devtools, and data companies
• Spot high-trajectory engineers, not just impressive titles
• Sell the engineering problem, translating systems challenges for engineers
• Run a high-signal interview process in Ashby that moves fast
• Run the closing process end to end with founders and investors

Skills

Senior recruitment

Sourcing instincts

Technical fluency

Startup experience

Stakeholder management

Clear communication

Ownership of outcomes

Tools

Ashby

AI-assisted sourcing tools

Job description

Editorial reading guide based on the employer listing. Check the complete source below for all application details.

Role overview

Helius is hiring a Technical Recruiter to own senior and staff-level engineering searches end to end, from intake through signed offer, reporting to the VP of People and partnering directly with Engineering leadership. The focus is Rust and backend engineers for streaming, database and edge gateway teams, plus platform and bare-metal infrastructure engineers. The posting lists location only as Remote, with no country, time zone or language limit stated, so remote does not mean worldwide eligibility.

The posting describes competitive compensation and perks, including meaningful equity, generous vacation, wellness budgets and support for learning and travel, without giving figures; employment type is not stated and is not added here.

Responsibilities

• Own a portfolio of senior and staff-level searches end to end, from intake through signed offer
• Partner directly with Engineering leadership to define success profiles and calibrate on level, and push back when a req or a profile is not right
• Build outbound pipelines into infrastructure, cloud, devtools, and data companies, sourcing from both large-scale infrastructure companies and fast-moving startups
• Spot high-trajectory engineers, not just impressive titles
• Sell the engineering problem, not the token, translating Helius's systems challenges for engineers who would never open a crypto recruiter's message
• Run a structured, high-signal interview process in Ashby that moves fast without lowering the bar
• Run the closing process end to end, including bringing in founders and investors at the right moments

Qualifications

• 5+ years recruiting engineers, with a track record of closing senior and staff-level backend, infrastructure, or systems roles
• Strong sourcing instincts, with a personal playbook for finding people who are not on the market
• Technical fluency: no coding required, but able to talk distributed systems, databases, and performance with engineers without losing them
• Startup or high-growth experience where you were expected to move fast and get it right
• The confidence to push back on hiring managers and drive alignment
• Clear, direct communication and real follow-through
• A bias for action and ownership of outcomes, not just activity

Application conditions

• Location is listed only as Remote, with no country, time zone or language limit stated; remote does not mean worldwide eligibility, so check the original posting's residency, work authorization, time zone and language requirements before applying
• The original posting mentions occasional travel to represent Helius at engineering events and conferences
• The original posting does not state salary or employment type, so this draft does not add either

Preferred qualifications

• Experience recruiting at an infrastructure, devtools, cloud, or trading-technology company
• A network in the Rust or systems engineering community
• Experience with Ashby and AI-assisted sourcing tools

Compensation and benefits

• The original posting states competitive compensation and perks, including market-leading salary, meaningful equity, generous vacation, wellness budgets, and support for learning and travel, without giving figures, so this draft adds no numbers

What this role focuses on

• This role is mostly engineering hiring for Helius's hardest searches, with flex to support other functions when the business needs it
• A second thread is trajectory over titles: the posting explicitly prefers steep growth over flat years
• A third thread is selling the engineering problem, not the token, to engineers who would never open a crypto recruiter's message

Application preparation (editorial suggestions)

• Prepare senior and staff-level engineering search stories, especially Rust, backend, infrastructure and developer-facing roles
• Show how you define success profiles with engineering leadership and push back when a req or profile is wrong
• Be ready to explain how you sell an engineering problem to engineers who would never open a crypto recruiter's message
• Confirm the role's location, work authorization, time zone and language requirements on the original posting before applying; remote does not mean worldwide eligibility

Role information

Editorial reading guide based on the employer listing. Check the complete source below for all application details.

Role overview

Helius is hiring a Technical Recruiter to own senior and staff-level engineering searches end to end, from intake through signed offer, reporting to the VP of People and partnering directly with Engineering leadership. The focus is Rust and backend engineers for streaming, database and edge gateway teams, plus platform and bare-metal infrastructure engineers. The posting lists location only as Remote, with no country, time zone or language limit stated, so remote does not mean worldwide eligibility.

The posting describes competitive compensation and perks, including meaningful equity, generous vacation, wellness budgets and support for learning and travel, without giving figures; employment type is not stated and is not added here.

Responsibilities

• Own a portfolio of senior and staff-level searches end to end, from intake through signed offer
• Partner directly with Engineering leadership to define success profiles and calibrate on level, and push back when a req or a profile is not right
• Build outbound pipelines into infrastructure, cloud, devtools, and data companies, sourcing from both large-scale infrastructure companies and fast-moving startups
• Spot high-trajectory engineers, not just impressive titles
• Sell the engineering problem, not the token, translating Helius's systems challenges for engineers who would never open a crypto recruiter's message
• Run a structured, high-signal interview process in Ashby that moves fast without lowering the bar
• Run the closing process end to end, including bringing in founders and investors at the right moments

Qualifications

• 5+ years recruiting engineers, with a track record of closing senior and staff-level backend, infrastructure, or systems roles
• Strong sourcing instincts, with a personal playbook for finding people who are not on the market
• Technical fluency: no coding required, but able to talk distributed systems, databases, and performance with engineers without losing them
• Startup or high-growth experience where you were expected to move fast and get it right
• The confidence to push back on hiring managers and drive alignmentClear, direct communication and real follow-through
• A bias for action and ownership of outcomes, not just activity

Application conditions

• Location is listed only as Remote, with no country, time zone or language limit stated; remote does not mean worldwide eligibility, so check the original posting’s residency, work authorization, time zone and language requirements before applying
• The original posting mentions occasional travel to represent Helius at engineering events and conferences
• The original posting does not state salary or employment type, so this draft does not add either

Preferred qualifications

• Experience recruiting at an infrastructure, devtools, cloud, or trading-technology company
• A network in the Rust or systems engineering community
• Experience with Ashby and AI-assisted sourcing tools

Compensation and benefits

• The original posting states competitive compensation and perks, including market-leading salary, meaningful equity, generous vacation, wellness budgets, and support for learning and travel, without giving figures, so this draft adds no numbers

What this role focuses on

• This role is mostly engineering hiring for Helius's hardest searches, with flex to support other functions when the business needs it
• A second thread is trajectory over titles: the posting explicitly prefers steep growth over flat years
• A third thread is selling the engineering problem, not the token, to engineers who would never open a crypto recruiter's message

Application preparation (editorial suggestions)

• Prepare senior and staff-level engineering search stories, especially Rust, backend, infrastructure and developer-facing roles
• Show how you define success profiles with engineering leadership and push back when a req or profile is wrong
• Be ready to explain how you sell an engineering problem to engineers who would never open a crypto recruiter's message
• Confirm the role's location, work authorization, time zone and language requirements on the original posting before applying; remote does not mean worldwide eligibility

Source job listing. Remote does not imply worldwide eligibility; confirm residency, time zone, language and work authorization on the original page.

About Helius

Helius is building the core infrastructure for Solana - empowering developers to create the next generation of crypto-powered applications. Our mission is to accelerate the development of internet capital markets by making it easier, faster, and more intuitive to build on-chain.

Thousands of teams - from early-stage startups to industry leaders like Coinbase, Phantom, and Jupiter - rely on Helius APIs, webhooks, and indexing tools to power their products. Backed by Haun Ventures, Founders Fund, and Foundation Capital, we’re a small, senior team obsessed with performance, simplicity, and scalability in decentralized systems.

Read our Helius Manifesto to see how we work and what we value.

About the Role

We’re hiring for roles where the best candidates aren’t looking, and many have never considered crypto. You’ll own full-cycle recruiting for our hardest engineering searches. That means Rust and backend engineers for our streaming, database, and edge gateway teams, platform and bare-metal infrastructure engineers, and technical …

What You'll Do

• Own a portfolio of senior and staff-level searches end to end, from intake through signed offer.
• Partner directly with Engineering leadership to define success profiles and calibrate on level, and push back when a req or a profile isn’t right.
• Build outbound pipelines into infrastructure, cloud, devtools, and data companies. Source from both large-scale infrastructure companies and fast-moving startups, because our best hires often have both on their résumé.
• Spot high-trajectory engineers, not just impressive titles. We’ll hire someone with 3 years of steep growth over someone with 10 flat years.
• Sell the engineering problem, not the token. Translate Helius’s systems challenges for engineers who would never open a crypto recruiter’s message.
• Run a structured, high-signal interview process in Ashby that moves fast without lowering the bar.
• Run the closing process end to end, including bringing in founders and investors at the right moments, to win candidates with competing offers from larger, well-funded companies.
• Turn our referral program into a consistent source of hire by mining the team’s networks, not just waiting for submissions.
• Own our agency relationships and decide where in-house sourcing beats them.
• Track pipeline health and conversion by stage, and use the data to fix bottlenecks.
• Help build our talent brand with engineers through outreach, content, and representing Helius at engineering events and conferences (occasional travel).

Your First 90 Days

• Take over our highest-priority search: a database and performance engineer for one of our core data teams.
• Learn our engineering org well enough to pitch every open role in your own words.
• Build an outbound pipeline that doesn’t depend on agencies or inbound.
• Audit our interview process and funnel data, and bring back what you’d change.

What You'll Bring

• 5+ years recruiting engineers, with a track record of closing senior and staff-level backend, infrastructure, or systems roles.
• Strong sourcing instincts. You enjoy the hunt and have your own playbook for finding people who aren’t on the market.
• Technical fluency. You don’t need to code, but you can talk distributed systems, databases, and performance with engineers without losing them.
• Startup or high-growth experience where you were expected to move fast and get it right.
• The confidence to push back on hiring managers and drive alignment.
• Clear, direct communication and real follow-through.
• A bias for action and ownership of outcomes, not just activity.

Nice to Have

• Experience recruiting at an infrastructure, devtools, cloud, or trading-technology company.
• A network in the Rust or systems engineering community.
• Experience with Ashby and AI-assisted sourcing tools.

Why Helius?

• High-impact work: You’ll work side by side with Engineering leadership, and your hires will directly shape the teams building critical infrastructure. At our size, every hire changes the company.
• Real ownership: You’ll help define how Helius hires engineers, including success profiles, sourcing strategy, and process, not just work through a req list.
• Remote-first flexibility: Work where you’re most effective with a flexible, fully distributed team.
• Competitive comp & perks: Market-leading salary, meaningful equity, generous vacation, wellness budgets, and support for learning and travel.
• Mission-driven team: You’ll work alongside people who move fast, take ownership, and care about doing things well.

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