What We’re All About at Kroo
Kroo has a big vision. To be the first bank that is both trusted and loved by its customers. We’re helping people take control of their financial future and achieve their goals, whilst making a positive impact on the planet. Here at Kroo, doing what is right is in our DNA. We act with integrity, transparency and honesty. We think big, dream big, and relentlessly pursue our goals. We like to be bold, break new ground, and we never stop learning. But most importantly, we are on this journey together.
How You’ll Contribute
You will report to the Senior Talent Manager and contribute by driving a direct sourcing strategy to enable Kroo to scale and hire an exceptional and diverse team. You will get the opportunity to work on strategic projects and collaborate with a variety of teams across the company. As a Tech Recruiter, you will play a crucial role in identifying, attracting, and retaining top-tier software engineering professionals.
What you’ll do:
- Drive the candidate funnel for tech candidates, ensuring that we deliver the right candidates to the business within the right timeframes.
- Build a world class candidate experience.
- Build tech and product talent pools.
- Support wider people initiatives working with our CPO amp; People Manager.
- Collaborate with hiring managers and senior leadership to understand the technical requirements and strategic goals of software engineering teams.
- Develop and implement recruitment strategies to proactively address current and future talent needs.
- Utilise a variety of channels to source and identify potential candidates, including online platforms, professional networks, and industry events.
- Build and maintain relationships with passive and active candidates to create a pipeline of qualified software engineering talent.
- Coordinate technical interviews and collaborate with hiring managers to ensure a comprehensive evaluation of candidates' technical capabilities.
- Showcase the company's technical excellence and innovative projects to attract top talent.
- Stay informed about industry trends, market conditions, and competitor practices in software engineering talent acquisition.
- Work closely with cross-functional teams, including HR, hiring managers, and technical leads, to align recruitment efforts with business objectives.
- Utilise data-driven insights to assess a candidate's appropriateness for the job vacancy and take responsibility for the decision-making process.
Requirements
About You
- Proven experience in technical recruitment, specifically within the software engineering domain.
- Deep understanding of software development life cycle, technologies, and programming languages.
- Strong technical assessment skills and ability to evaluate candidates' technical proficiency.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to effectively engage with technical professionals.
- Familiarity with industry best practices and emerging trends in software engineering talent acquisition.
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Computer Science, or a related field.
- Experience taking responsibility for managing the hiring funnel, candidates and interview process for Tech at Kroo.
- Ensure Kroo has access to the right technical talent, inline with the hiring plan.
- Ensure all candidates receive an appropriate rejection email and feedback.
- Ensure candidates have an exceptional experience.
- Minimise time to hire for new roles.
- Frequent travel to the London office is expected.
About Our Process
We understand that competency is contextual, so throughout the process, we aim to gain an understanding of your experience. Our general interview process is as follows, but if your circumstances or timescales require, we can be flexible with its structure:
- 30-minute meet and greet with a member of our talent team via Google Hangouts
- 1-hour live technical recruitment exercise. You will work through a recruitment challenge with members of our talent team via Google Hangouts
- 30-minute opportunity to meet with our CPO via Google Hangouts
- Please let us know if you have any specific requirements or need assistance so we can be as accommodating as possible for you.
Benefits
What We Offer
At our cutting-edge fintech company, we know that attracting and retaining the best talent means offering top-notch benefits that help our employees thrive both in and outside of work. Check out what we currently offer:
- Generous holiday time: 25 days annual leave, 8 bank holidays, 1 Kroo bank holiday (June 24th), and 1 d