The role involves full-cycle technical recruitment for engineering and product teams, including sourcing, screening, and interviewing candidates while building a strong talent pipeline.
About PayJoy
PayJoy is a mission-first credit provider dedicated to helping under-served customers in emerging markets to achieve financial stability and success. Our patented technology for secured credit provides an on-ramp for new customers to enter the credit system. Through PayJoy’s point-of-sale financing and credit cards, customers gain access to a modern quality of life. PayJoy’s credit also allows our customers to seize opportunities as micro-entrepreneurs, and provide safety acts as insurance for tough times. Through our cutting-edge machine learning, data science, and anti-fraud AI, we have served over 18 million customers as of 2025 while achieving solid profitability for sustainable growth.
This role
You are an experienced technical recruiter with full‑cycle expertise — from sourcing and attracting diverse candidates to interviewing and hiring talent for a fast‑growing Series C fintech. You are the Talent Partner for the Engineering and Product global teams.
You have demonstrated success collaborating with department leaders — especially engineering and product — to understand team and hiring needs. You can source and attract diverse candidates using a variety of innovative methods. You have an academic HR background plus hands‑on experience screening, interviewing, and assessing candidates. Ultimately, you are responsible for ensuring the company attracts, hires, and retains top talent while building a strong pipeline.
You are expected to work on-site three days per week to collaborate closely with your stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for end-to-end recruitment: sourcing, screening, interviewing, and managing candidates throughout the process.
- Support Engineering and Product teams with hiring needs and recruit best-in-class candidates.
- Proactively source candidates for future roles and create projects to build a strong talent pipeline.
- Screen and rank resumes and applications based on job requirements.
- Conduct pre-screening calls to evaluate candidates’ capabilities and cultural fit; interview to assess knowledge, skills, experience, and aptitude.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for candidates, facilitate the interview process, schedule interviews with hiring managers and interview teams, and build strong relationships with candidates.
- Act as an employer brand ambassador, representing PayJoy’s culture to external candidates.
- Understand PayJoy’s mission, products, services, and culture to promote the company as a great place to work.
Requirements
- Proven experience as a recruiter hiring multi‑level engineering and product roles.
- Experience partnering with senior managers and executives.
- Experience recruiting for US markets in fast‑paced environments/startups.
- Nice to have: LATAM hiring experience.
- Hands‑on experience with a variety of results‑oriented sourcing methods.
- Strong ability to screen applicants and conduct multiple interview types.
- Familiarity with applicant tracking systems (Lever a plus) and HR databases (BambooHR a plus); able to produce and report recruiting metrics.
- Spanish language skills a plus.
Benefits
- 100% Company-funded health insurance for employee and immediate family
- Company-funded employee life and disability insurance
- $2,000 USD annual Co-working Travel perk
- $2,000 USD annual Professional Development perk
- $340 Monthly Commuter benefit
- 401k contribution of 3% of salary (up to IRS limits)
- Phone finance, headphone benefit, home office equipment allowance and wellness perks
- Catered lunches
- 20 paid vacation days, unlimited sick leave
PayJoy is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and we welcome and encourage people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
PayJoy Principles
Finance for the next billion * Ownership * Break Through Walls * Live Communication * Transparency & Directness * Focus on Scale * Work-Life Balance * Embrace Diversity * Speed * Active Listening
Top Skills
Bamboohr
Lever
PayJoy San Francisco, California, USA Office
655 4th St, San Francisco, CA, United States, 94107
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