Technical Recruiter - job 1 of 2

Lead is a fintech building banking infrastructure for embedded financial products and services. We operate an FDIC-insured bank headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri.  Additionally, we have offices in San Francisco, Sunnyvale, and New York City, where our technical, product, design, and legal teams operate.

We are built for a constantly evolving financial landscape, where new ventures and technological advancements emerge daily. Guided by a team of entrepreneurs and technologists with decades of experience navigating intricate banking and payments regulations, Lead blends regulatory and technological expertise to help our fintech partners scale their operations with compliance and creativity.

Simply put, Lead offers the essential attributes that every fintech seeks in a partner bank. First, unparalleled technical expertise from a distinguished team of developers with an extensive understanding of the banking and payments systems. Second, oversight expertise, automated compliance systems, and bespoke program management to navigate the ever-shifting regulatory landscape. Finally, a commitment to transparency and operational rigor to ensure everyone’s money does what it’s supposed to do. 

Role Description: We’re building the future of Banking-as-a-Service at startup speed. As a Technical Recruiter, you’ll be a core force in scaling our engineering, product, and business teams with top-tier talent who thrive in fast-paced, high-impact environments. Your work will directly power our expansion into new financial products and help accelerate our mission to make modern banking infrastructure more accessible. In this role, you’ll move fast, think strategically, and help build a more diverse, inclusive, and high-performance culture — not just through who we hire, but how we hire, retain, and grow. If you're energized by hyper-growth, mission-critical work, and recruiting for velocity and innovation, we want to talk.

• Work on full-cycle recruiting and deliver work consistently in a fast-paced environment by managing time and effort across hiring projects, sourcing strategies, timelines, and deliverables for projects.
• Support our Tech hiring and business hiring needs with the opportunity to drive GTM and G&A hiring as needed
• Solve challenges and produce solutions by collecting and analyzing data with quantitative or qualitative approaches.
• Own hiring strategy, sourcing, and building excellent relationships with candidates and Team Leaders.
• Communicate with candidates through the hiring and onboarding process.
• Work with hiring leaders to create appropriate job descriptions.
• Have a pulse on external talent landscape to understand current trends in technology; use this knowledge to be responsive and drive creative approaches and solutions to our recruiting function
• Provide an exceptional candidate experience while championing Lead’s culture and employment brand.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• 4+ years of experience working in a combination of recruiting agency and in-house fintech, finance/banking experience is a plus
• Demonstrated track record in technical recruiting, working on a wide array of positions 
• Be action-oriented, with strong organization skills and attention to detail
• Have excellent communication skills coupled with a passion for business and technology
• Are curious, have humility, are open to learning, and approach your work with a growth mindset 
• Demonstrates a strong ability to effectively prioritize assignments and manage time/deadlines
• Thrive working in a fluid environment with high autonomy
• Love to collaborate to get to the best, most efficient outcome
• Bring a self-driven and self-starter mentality 
• Be client-obsessed and have a desire to deliver high customer service to team members and candidates

• At Lead, we design our benefits to support company culture and principles, to foster an efficient and inspiring work environment, and to create the conditions for our team to give their best in both work and life
• Competitive compensation based on experience, geographic location, and role
• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, 401k Matching, and other wellness benefits, including FSA, HSA and HRA based on role eligibility
• Paid parental leave based on role eligibility
• Flexible vacation policy, including PTO and paid holidays based on role eligibility
• A fun and challenging team environment in a dynamic industry with ample opportunities for career growth

*Lead Bank is proud to have an inclusive culture committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity in all employment decisions regardless of race, color, gender, national origin, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, military status, veteran status or any other legally protected status.

*Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

*Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

*Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

*Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. Pay is based on a number of factors and may vary depending on geographical market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. These ranges may be modified in the future.

Zone 1: $85,000 - $126,000 (SF/Bay Area, NYC, Seattle, LA)

Zone 2: $75,000 - $110,000 (Los Angeles, Chicago, Austin, Denver, Boston, Washington DC, San Diego, Philadelphia, Portland, Sacramento)

Zone 3: $65,000 - $98,000 (Other US Metros)

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