Technical Recruiter

About Middesk:

Middesk is building the data and intelligence infrastructure that helps businesses work together with confidence. We started by creating a comprehensive platform for understanding businesses, bringing together authoritative and proprietary data to help customers verify business identities, onboard customers faster, and manage risk throughout the customer lifecycle.

Today, Middesk is used by more than 700 banks and fintechs, and in 2025 we verified more than 7 million companies. We've also expanded beyond business verification to help companies form, register, manage, and maintain their businesses, supporting more than 50,000 companies in setting up over 100,000 accounts required to hire employees, run payroll, and stay compliant.

Middesk came out of Y Combinator, and is backed by Sequoia Capital, Accel, Insight Partners, and Canapi. We're proud to be named on the Forbes Fintech 50 and Best Startup Employers lists.

About the role:

Middesk is looking for a tenacious and versatile full-cycle Technical Recruiter to help shape our future. We’re building the business identity platform that accelerates the economy. Your role is to accelerate our growth by building exceptional teams.

You're an experienced talent partner who brings a deep understanding of the market, and proven success embedding with technical stakeholders to source and close hard-to-fill roles. In this role, you will act as a trusted advisor to translate a business need into a full candidate pipeline - and ultimately to new hires who raise the bar for those around them.

Middesk has offices in SF and NYC. This is a hybrid role requiring 2+ days per week in our SF office.

What you'll do:

• Own the full recruiting lifecycle - sourcing, qualifying, and closing - across multiple concurrent searches for Middesk’s Engineering, Data Science, and Product teams

• Partner with hiring managers to define what great looks like, build structured interview processes, and sharpen how we position Middesk in a competitive talent market

• Ensure a consistent, fair, and engaging candidate experience that demonstrates our values and why Middesk a great place to work

• Help evolve our recruiting systems, tooling, and process as we scale

What we’re looking for:

• 5+ years of in-house recruiting experience, with proven success recruiting technical talent

• Curiosity and the ability to quickly learn and credibly recruit new profiles of talent

• High ownership and the drive to succeed in an ambitious, fast-paced environment

• Communication and collaboration skills to earn trust with both hiring teams and candidates

• Proactive use of the AI-enabled recruiting tech stack, with a focus on continuous improvement

• Team-first mindset and a positive attitude; no task is too big or too small