Senior Technical Recruiter

Stream is looking to expand the Talent Acquisition department by hiring a Senior Technical Recruiter. In this position, you’ll enjoy sourcing and hiring top talent for our technical teams, particularly those working on our Chat, Feeds and Video products. This role offers excellent growth potential and the opportunity to take ownership of a critical function in an exciting marketplace.

What you will be doing

The ideal candidate for this position enjoys helping people with their challenges and enjoys multi-tasking. You’ll work directly with our engineering teams, and you’ll often be the first point of contact for our candidates.

Responsibilities

• Source, attract, and hire top technical talent for our engineering and product teams
• Partner with hiring managers to understand hiring needs and develop effective recruitment strategies
• Conduct in-depth technical interviews and assessments to identify the best candidates
• Build and maintain a network of potential candidates through proactive market research and ongoing relationship management
• Ensure positive candidate experience throughout the recruitment process
• Collaborate with the People team to improve recruitment processes and strategies
• Participate in industry-related conferences and meetups to network with potential candidates
• Assist in developing and maintaining our employer brand within the tech community
• Provide insights and recommendations based on market trends and candidate feedback

About You

You have

• You have 6-9 years of experience in technical recruiting, particularly in the SaaS industry.
• Prior experience with hiring backend engineers, ideally Golang/Go engineers
• Prior experience hiring in Amsterdam and EU remote
• A basic understanding of APIs, software development terminology
• You are fluent in English with excellent written and verbal communications skills.
• You have the ability to work autonomously on technical roles from sourcing to closing the role

Don’t fall into all of the requirements? You don’t have to match every bullet as long as you can grow into the role and provide value to the team.

Bonus points

• You have experience working with a diverse team and in a fast-paced environment
• You have experience in a technical role and/or have worked closely with technical teams
• You have experience hiring for non-technical roles
• Experience working with distributed teams

Why join Stream?

• History of success. From Amsterdam to Boulder and Techstars in-between, Stream has raised over $58.25M to build the best Chat Messaging & Activity Feed infrastructure available, with best-in-class support.
• Freedom and endless growth opportunities. As a rapidly growing startup (since 2020 we have gone from 30 to 150 employees), Stream gives you unique personal and professional growth opportunities. The opportunity of true ownership and accountability has a massive impact on your career. These are the things you can rarely experience in huge corporations.
• Be on the front line of progress and innovation. While working with cutting-edge technology, we are passionate about tackling difficult tech problems at scale and creating reusable components for them, empowering engineering teams to ship apps faster, more securely, and with a better user experience.
• They believe in us: Stream is backed by leading VC companies (Felicis Ventures, GGV Capital, 01.Advisors, Techstars, Arthur Ventures), including backers like Dick Costolo (01 Advisors, ex-CEO of Twitter), Olivier Pomel (CEO of Datadog), Tom Preston-Werner (Co-Founder of GitHub), Nicolas Dessaigne (Co-Founder of Algolia), Johnny Boufarhat (Founder and CEO of Hopin).
• Complete location and working hours flexibility. If you prefer working from the office, working 100% remotely, combining both, or relocating to our AMS office, you have total freedom to choose what works best for you and makes you happy. We’re here to support you in being productive and feeling part of the team, no matter where you are.

What we have to offer you

Stream employees enjoy some of the best benefits in the industry:

• 28 days paid time off plus paid Dutch holidays
• Company Equity
• A pension scheme
• Remote work flexibility
• A Learning and Development budget
• NS business card or a company bike-covered
• Fitness stipend
• Monthly in-office chair massages by a professional
• Parental leave paid at 100%
• MacBook Pro provided
• Healthy team lunches and plenty of snacks
• A generous relocation package
• An office in the heart of Amsterdam
• The opportunity to attend or present at global conferences and meetups
• The possibility to visit our office in Boulder, CO

Note: this list of benefits applies to Netherlands-based employees and is adjusted per your location of residence.

Our culture

• Stream has a casual social culture, our team is diverse, and we all have different backgrounds. Now, Stream is a team of over 130+ peers from over 35 countries across the globe.
• We value transparency, aim for excellence, and support each other on our way to new victories.
• Our team consists of the strongest talents worldwide, making Stream a great place to learn and improve your skills.
• When it comes to software engineering, our culture is oriented towards ownership and quality: our goal is to deliver stable software.
• If you are interested in becoming a part of what we do, apply now!

Stream provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

No recruiters/agencies please