Recruiter

Blackbird Labs is a loyalty and payments platform establishing meaningful connections between the world’s best restaurants and their customers.

Served up in 2022 by Ben Leventhal, co-founder of Eater and Resy, Blackbird offers a fully customizable loyalty programming platform for restaurants and a consumer app designed to make every guest feel like a bonafide VIP no matter where they dine. Backed by Union Square Ventures, a16z, Amex Ventures, Variant Fund, and other forward-thinking investors, Blackbird is out to revolutionize the restaurant industry.

At Blackbird, our values guide everything we do and our talent principles define the key traits we seek in our employees.

We have passion for our product – committed to our mission and instinctively think like and go the extra mile for our customers. We are elite performers – striving for excellence, going above and beyond to achieve exceptional results, and learning quickly with horsepower, drive, and grit. We make others better – taking initiative to elevate others, giving and receiving feedback, and championing a culture of growth. We hold one another accountable to living out our talent principles as we march together to achieving our mission.

About The Job

We're looking for a Recruiter to join our growing team and help us attract exceptional talent across engineering, product, marketing, and operations. Reporting to Amanda, Head of Recruiting, you'll play a critical role in building our team during a pivotal growth phase. This is an opportunity to develop your recruiting skills in a fast-paced startup environment while working directly with leadership on high-impact hires.

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle recruiting for multiple roles simultaneously, from sourcing through offer acceptance

• Source candidates using LinkedIn, Boolean search, and creative outreach strategies to build robust pipelines

• Screen and interview candidates, assessing both technical capabilities and cultural fit

• Coordinate interview processes with hiring managers and cross-functional stakeholders, ensuring smooth candidate experience

• Partner with hiring managers to understand role requirements, refine job descriptions, and develop effective sourcing strategies

• Manage candidate relationships with clear communication and timely follow-up throughout the hiring process

• Track recruiting metrics and maintain organized pipeline data in our ATS

Requirements

• 3+ years of technical recruiting experience, ideally in a startup or high-growth environment

• Strong sourcing skills with demonstrated ability to find passive candidates through LinkedIn and other channels especially engineering talent

• Excellent communication skills - you write clear, compelling outreach messages and provide thoughtful candidate feedback

• Highly organized with ability to manage multiple searches and stakeholders simultaneously

• Collaborative mindset - you thrive working closely with hiring managers and cross-functional teams

• Adaptability and resourcefulness - you're comfortable with ambiguity and can figure things out independently

• Genuine interest in fintech, payments, or restaurant technology (bonus if you're a food enthusiast!)

• This role requires you to be based in the United States or Canada due to legal requirements.

Depending on your work location and experience the target hourly rate for this position can range from: $50-75 hourly USD.

Blackbird Labs is committed to diversity in its workforce and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation or any other basis protected by applicable law. Blackbird will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law. For US applicants, you may view the Know Your Rights notice here. Additionally, Blackbird participates in the E-Verify program.

Join us and find out what the best work of your career could look like here at Blackbird.