Technical Recruiter

About the Company:

Capi helps businesses in Africa pay their international suppliers. We’ve raised over $18m from Creandum, Y Combinator, General Catalyst, Firstminute, Janngo, Kima Ventures, and some great angels from Revolut, Checkout, Stripe, Onfido, and Remitly.

Capi was founded by Mitch Riley, Scott Liddle, and Tom Watson. Mitch and Scott were COO/CFO/GC and CRO/CMO at Taptap Send, a remittance unicorn, and have spent two decades between them working in emerging markets. Tom is a third-time founder having founded Hubble and P4SD.

Role Overview

As our Technical Recruiter, you will play a crucial role in building out our tech team. Working closely with engineering leadership and talent team, reporting to our Talent Manager, you'll be responsible for full-cycle recruitment of technical roles across the organization. You'll help shape our technical hiring strategy, build relationships with candidates, and ensure a high-quality candidate experience throughout the recruitment process.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and execute technical recruitment strategies to build strong candidate pipelines

• Manage full-cycle recruitment process for technical roles, from sourcing to offer stage and onboarding

• Partner with hiring managers to understand technical requirements and create compelling job descriptions

• Source candidates through multiple channels including direct outreach, referrals, and tech recruitment platforms

• Screen technical candidates effectively and manage the interview process

• Be our internal driver for Capi’s tech network, including tech recruitment, technical networking events, groups, and communities

• Maintain grow an excellent technical candidate network

• Track and analyse recruitment metrics to optimise hiring processes

• Help develop and improve our technical assessment processes

Requirements

• 3+ years of technical recruitment experience, preferably in a fast-paced start-up or scale-up environment, or equivalent agency experience

• Proven track record of successfully hiring engineers and technical roles

• Strong understanding of technical roles, skills, and market trends

• Experience with modern recruitment tools and platforms (ideally Ashby, Welcome to the Jungle, Juice/Ppl GPT, Github, etc).

• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills

• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail

• Location: London

Nice to Have

• Experience recruiting for fintech companies

• French language skills

• Experience working with remote technical teams

Additional Information

• Full-time position with competitive salary, share options, and benefits

• This is a hybrid role, with 3 days per week in office on Tues-Thurs, and WFH on Mon/Fri (office is near Old street)

• Start date: April 2025 (we are aware that a notice period may need to be fulfilled and can adjust accordingly)

Capi is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes candidates from diverse backgrounds.