Lead Recruiter

Application Deadline: 31 October 2026

Department: People&Culture

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Kyiv, Dnipro

Compensation: $1,900 - $2,700 / month

Description

If you're reading this and wondering, "Why isn't there a standard list of hard skills?" that's already a good sign.

Technical expertise is a baseline. If you're a strong IT recruiter, you already know how to source, where to look, and how to read a technical CV. That's the entry ticket, not the competitive edge.

We're looking for someone who will make recruitment effective in the business sense of the word: scalable, predictable, and strategically aligned with business goals.
Hands-on. Independently. With full ownership of the function.

What You Will Do:

• Full-cycle hiring: from shaping the role profile to offer
• Independent sourcing: choosing channels, tools, and approaches, and being ready to change them when they stop working
• Market analysis (Ukrainian and international), before the search starts, not after the first failed month
• Working with hiring managers: clarifying requirements, managing expectations, making decisions together
• Competency-based interviews: assessing both hard and soft skills
• Building and improving the recruitment process:
• metrics, analysis, iterations, sourcing templates
• Maintaining CRM and other recruitment tools
• Participating in annual planning and budgeting for the function
• Preparing analytical reports
• Making independent operational decisions on resources and approaches

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise:

• Strong IT recruitment background (technical roles, full cycle)
• Confident sourcing: LinkedIn Recruiter, ATS, and the ability to find and implement new tools independently
• Understanding of engineering roles: tech stacks, terminology, market trends
• Experience with competency-based interviews
• Data-driven decisions: you argue your position with numbers and facts, not gut feelings or "that's how it's done"
• Systems thinking: you see recruitment as a function, not a set of tasks
• English Upper-Intermediate+

Nice to Have:

• Experience managing a team
• Background where you had personal accountability for business outcomes, industry doesn't matter

You should apply for this role if:

• You think of recruitment as a business function with metrics, forecasts, and strategy — not a pipeline of incoming requests
• You analyze the market before starting a search, not after the first failed month
• When something isn't working, you change your approach — you don't explain why it didn't work
• You ask uncomfortable questions of hiring managers when it's needed
• You understand the difference between "closed the vacancy" and "hired the right person"
• Scale doesn't scare you, you figure out how to get there yourself

This role is not for you if:

• You need a manager to start your work
• You're used to strategy being set above you
• "The market is like that" is an argument for you, not a starting point for finding a solution

What We Offer:

• Salary: market rate of $1900–$2700/month + bonus tied to business OKRs
• Office: Kyiv or Dnipro (hybrid: 3 days office / 2 remote)
• Pet-friendly office open 24/7
• Learning & development support: courses, conferences, internal knowledge sharing
• Annual development review and personal growth plan
• A team of professionals and an environment open to your initiatives