Technical Recruiter

About Compa

Compa is a venture-backed AI startup revolutionizing the future of compensation.

In a dynamic job market with hiring challenges, accountability, and the rise of AI, companies need the best data to stay ahead of industry changes, competition, and costs. Compa has developed the premier real-time compensation data platform, delivering top-tier compensation intelligence to leading enterprise teams.

Compa is a compensation intelligence company built to augment enterprise compensation teams in the era of AI.

Our customers include the world’s biggest companies: NVIDIA, Stripe, DoorDash, Open AI, TMobile, Moderna, Workday, Ulta, Target, and more.

Locations:

Compa headquarters are located in Irvine, California, with growing sites in Denver, Colorado and San Francisco, California. We’re a collaborative, curious, and driven team that values transparency, ownership, and continuous learning and prioritizing in person work where possible.

The Role

As Compa's Technical Recruiter, you will own execution of our technical talent strategy. You'll act as a full-cycle recruiter across 5–10 open roles at any given time, spanning software engineering, AI, infrastructure, security, and IT.

This role will be based in Denver, CO. This role works closely with Compa's Co-founder & CTO and the Director of People to build and scale our technical teams. We're a collaborative, curious, and driven team that values transparency, ownership, and continuous learning — and we prioritize in-person work where possible.

What You'll Do

• Partner closely with hiring managers and business leaders, bringing a consultative approach to influence hiring decisions, shape strategies, and align recruiting priorities with broader business goals

• Own the full candidate lifecycle — sourcing, screening, coordinating interviews, and closing — across roles of varying complexity and seniority

• Develop and refine job descriptions, hiring plans, and screening rubrics in collaboration with hiring managers

• Build scalable, repeatable recruiting workflows that grow with the company

• Mentor peers, share best practices, and help build a culture of continuous improvement that raises the bar for recruiting excellence

• Support Compa's CTO Leadership Team in executing hiring plans and talent strategy

Who You Are

• A sourcer at heart — you enjoy building pipelines and take pride in nurturing relationships with passive talent

• Data-focused — you measure pipeline health to balance priorities and set clear expectations with hiring managers

• Comfortable operating as a full-stack recruiter who manages every stage of the process end to end

• You’re a builder who thrives in ambiguity and have successfully created recruiting processes that scale with a growing organization.

Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years of recruiting experience at a growth-stage company

• Track record hiring specialized technical and engineering roles

• Strong written and verbal communication with candidates, cross-functional leaders, and hiring teams

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience recruiting in HR tech

• Familiarity with Ashby