Recruiter (Fintech/Blockchain)

Index Industries is hiring an experienced Recruiter to own full-cycle hiring as the company scales. Index Industries is a venture-backed startup building financial infrastructure for real estate investing, opening one of the world's largest asset classes to investors globally. You will be a key partner to hiring managers and leadership, building pipelines for technical, product and business roles across the blockchain and fintech work.

What you'll do

• Own full-cycle recruiting, from intake and sourcing through offer and close, for engineering, product, operations and business roles
• Partner with hiring managers to define role requirements, build interview plans and set clear hiring timelines
• Proactively source and engage passive candidates in the blockchain, fintech and broader tech talent markets
• Build and maintain strong pipelines for hard-to-fill and specialized technical roles
• Deliver an excellent, timely and respectful candidate experience at every stage
• Advise on compensation, market trends and competitor talent landscapes to help close top candidates
• Keep the applicant tracking system accurate and report on pipeline health, time to hire and other recruiting metrics
• Manage relationships with recruiting agencies and job boards when needed
• Help build scalable recruiting processes, interview training and employer branding as the team grows

What you bring

• 5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, including in-house recruiting at tech companies or high-growth startups
• A proven record of hiring in fintech, tech and blockchain, plus a network in those communities
• Experience recruiting GTM and technical talent such as software engineers, smart contract and protocol engineers, security and data roles
• Strong sourcing skills across LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub, technical communities and industry events
• Ability to manage multiple open roles at once while keeping quality and speed high
• Comfort working remotely and independently, with clear written and verbal communication
• Working knowledge of applicant tracking systems such as Greenhouse or Ashby
• Sound judgment, discretion with confidential information and a strong sense of ownership

Nice to have

• Experience as an early or first recruiter at a startup, helping build a recruiting function from the ground up
• Familiarity with regulated financial services hiring, such as compliance, risk and legal roles
• Experience with employer branding and recruitment marketing
• Chicago based