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Sr. Technical Recruiter

WithCoverageNew York City🇺🇸United StatesPosted Sep 28, 2026

Quick Overview

Salary
$140k/yr
Seniority
Mid Senior
Work mode
Hybrid
Location
New York City, United States
Posted
10 hours ago
GreenhouseRecruitingRisk ManagementSourcingStakeholder Management

Job Description

Sr. Technical Recruiter

Location: New York, NY (Hudson Square, in office 4 to 5 days/week)

About WithCoverage:

WithCoverage replaces the traditional insurance brokerage with AI-supercharged risk management designed for the modern economy. 

We partner with hundreds of high-growth, category-defining companies, including GoPuff, Eight Sleep, Bombas, Chomps, and Blank Street Coffee. Our clients span iconic consumer brands, hospitality leaders, GCs, advanced manufacturers, and next-generation defense contractors. They operate in complex risk environments and need a partner that can move at their speed.

Instead of a fragmented, manual brokerage stack, we have built a new category: elite risk advisors operating on top of proprietary technology. Our in-house Agency Management System gives our team and AI agents full visibility into policies, exposures, claims, billing, and commissions. This platform enables deep automation, better decisions, and a fundamentally higher standard of service.

WithCoverage was founded by JD Ross (co-founder of Opendoor) and Max Brenner (Bain, Compound). We have raised over $43M from leading investors including Sequoia, 8VC, Khosla Ventures and Crystal Venture Partners. 

Our ambition is not to build a better brokerage. It is to redefine how risk is managed across the economy.

Why Join Us:

  • Grow Faster – We’re scaling quickly, giving you significant opportunities to learn, lead, and shape your career and the company's future.
  • Work That Matters – We protect the world’s most innovative brands: consumer icons, hospitality leaders, next-gen defense contractors, and US manufacturers.
  • Redefine an Industry – Insurance is one of the largest, slowest-moving markets. We rewrite the playbook with proprietary technology, automation, and AI.
  • Financial Rewards – We hire the best and invest in you. That means competitive comp, meaningful equity, and excellent benefits. We believe strongly in internal promotion and lay out a plan for everyone's career growth.

About The Role

As a Sr. Technical Recruiter, you will own full-cycle hiring for Engineering, Product, and Data, the teams building the proprietary technology that sets WithCoverage apart. You'll act as a true talent partner to our engineering and product leaders, bringing the judgment, market knowledge, and closing ability that comes from years of in-house recruiting at high-growth companies. You'll carry our most critical technical searches, including senior and leadership roles, while helping shape how technical hiring scales at WithCoverage.

What You'll Do

  • Own end-to-end recruiting for Software Engineering, Product Management, Data Science/Engineering, and adjacent technical roles, from intake through offer and close, including senior IC and leadership searches
  • Serve as a strategic advisor to the Head of Talent and technical hiring managers on role design, leveling, compensation, and ideal candidate profiles, pushing back with market data when needed
  • Lead proactive, creative sourcing of passive technical talent using LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub, Gem, Juicebox, and your own networks, with a focus on engineers and product leaders from top startups and growth-stage companies
  • Pitch and close candidates with confidence, including walking candidates through startup equity (options, vesting, strike price, and how to think about upside) and navigating competing offers
  • Manage and optimize candidate pipelines in Greenhouse, ensuring an exceptional candidate experience at every stage
  • Design and run structured interview processes, including calibration sessions, interviewer training, feedback collection, and hiring decisions
  • Serve as a brand ambassador for WithCoverage, translating our technical roadmap and mission into a compelling narrative for candidates
  • Track and report on recruiting metrics (time-to-fill, pass-through rates, offer acceptance rate, pipeline health), and use them to drive improvements in hiring quality and speed
  • Build and refine recruiting processes, scorecards, SOPs, and best practices as the engineering org scales
  • Mentor and raise the bar for other members of the Talent team as the function grows

Who You Are

  • 5 to 10 years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience, with the majority spent in-house recruiting for Engineering and Product roles
  • Experience at a startup or growth-stage company, ideally through a period of rapid scaling
  • A proven track record of sourcing and closing passive, senior technical talent in a competitive market
  • Comfortable and credible pitching equity, explaining how startup compensation works, and helping candidates evaluate offers
  • A sourcer at heart: you enjoy the hunt and don't rely solely on inbound
  • Hands-on experience with LinkedIn Recruiter, Greenhouse, Gem, and Juicebox (or comparable tools)
  • Strong technical fluency, enough to assess candidate profiles, hold credible conversations about engineering roles and stacks, and earn the trust of engineering leaders
  • Able to manage multiple technical requisitions simultaneously in a fast-paced environment
  • Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence, advise, and push back with hiring managers and executives
  • Data-driven and process-oriented, while still being scrappy and adaptable when the situation calls for it
  • Passionate about building diverse, high-performing technical teams

Preferred (not required):

  • Recruiting experience within insurtech, fintech, or other regulated industries
  • Experience hiring engineering or product leadership (Manager, Director, or Head of level)
  • Experience using AI or automation tools to improve sourcing or recruiting workflows

Compensation

This role will be expected to be in our Hudson Square office in NYC 4 to 5 days/week. For candidates based in New York City, the pay range for this position at the start of employment is expected to be between $140,000 and $170,000/year. Your exact offer may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Total compensation for this position may also include equity, an annual bonus, and employee benefits.

In addition to cash compensation, WithCoverage offers full-time employees a comprehensive Total Rewards package that includes equity grants.

What We Offer

  • Competitive compensation that includes equity
  • Comprehensive benefit plans for medical, dental, vision, life, and disability
  • Pre-tax accounts (FSA, HSAs, dependent care FSAs, commuter savings)
  • 401(k) through Human Interest
  • Time off: flexible time off, sick leave, family and medical leave, major national holidays
  • A curated in-office employee experience, designed to foster community, team connections, and innovation
  • A collaborative, transparent, and fun culture