Technical Recruiter

Helius is a core infrastructure provider for Solana, enabling developers and established companies like Coinbase, Phantom, and Jupiter to build and scale on-chain applications. The company's APIs, webhooks, and indexing tools have become essential to the Web3 ecosystem. Backed by leading venture firms including Haun Ventures and Founders Fund, Helius is a lean, senior-focused team committed to building scalable, performant systems for decentralized finance.

You'll lead full-cycle recruiting for Helius's most demanding engineering positions, reporting to the VP of People while partnering closely with Engineering leadership. Your focus will be on backend, infrastructure, and systems engineers who can tackle the company's hardest technical problems. In this early-stage environment, you'll also contribute across other functions as business needs arise, but engineering hiring will be your primary domain.

What you'll do

• Own senior and staff-level engineering searches from initial scoping through offer close, working directly with Engineering leadership to define success profiles and validate role requirements.

• Build and maintain outbound sourcing pipelines across infrastructure, cloud, devtools, and data companies, targeting both large-scale and fast-growing organizations where candidates often have diverse experience.

• Identify engineers with steep growth trajectories and strong fundamentals rather than relying solely on title or years of experience.

• Develop outreach and positioning that speaks to Helius's technical challenges and infrastructure problems in language that resonates with engineers outside the crypto space.

• Manage the interview process using Ashby, maintaining speed and rigor while coordinating with founders and investors during closing stages to compete against larger competitors.

• Activate your team's professional networks through a structured referral program and oversee relationships with external recruiting agencies.

• Monitor pipeline metrics and conversion rates to identify and resolve hiring bottlenecks.

• Build Helius's talent brand through engineering outreach, event participation, and industry representation.

What you'll bring

• Five or more years recruiting backend, infrastructure, or systems engineers, with demonstrated success closing senior and staff-level candidates.

• Strong sourcing ability and a personal methodology for finding engineers who aren't actively seeking new roles.

• Technical depth in distributed systems, databases, and performance engineering sufficient to communicate credibly with engineers.

• Experience operating in startup or high-growth environments where speed and precision matter equally.

• The judgment to challenge hiring managers and drive consensus on hiring decisions.

• Direct communication style backed by consistent follow-through and ownership of results.

Nice to have

• Prior recruiting experience at infrastructure, devtools, cloud, or trading-technology companies.

• Established network within the Rust or systems engineering communities.

• Familiarity with Ashby and AI-assisted sourcing platforms.

What they offer

• Fully remote position supporting North America time zones with flexible work arrangements.

• Market-rate compensation, meaningful equity, generous vacation policy, wellness budgets, and learning and travel support.