Recruiter (Contract)

The Role

Optery is a fast-growing startup tackling one of today’s most pressing issues: data privacy. We’re hiring a part-time Full Cycle Recruiter for a 3-month contract to lead hiring efforts across both Technical and GTM teams at a mission-driven, high-growth startup.

This contract position (20 hours/week) offers flexibility and potential to scale to 40 hours/week. You’ll work directly with founders and hiring managers to source top talent, drive hiring processes, and build strong candidate experiences.

What You’ll Do

• Manage full-cycle recruiting for roles across Engineering, Product, Marketing, and Sales

• Actively source candidates on LinkedIn and other platforms to maintain a strong pipeline

• Conduct resume reviews and phone screens to assess qualifications and team fit

• Coordinate interviews across time zones and ensure a smooth candidate experience

• Partner with hiring managers to define role needs, candidate profiles, and hiring strategy

• Maintain and organize candidate data in ATS (Ashby) and Google Sheets

• Track and report recruiting metrics regularly to evaluate process effectiveness and support decision-making

• Optimize recruiting workflows and recommend process improvements

• Draft and post job descriptions that reflect our team and culture

What We’re Looking For

• Bachelor's degree

• Track record of professional success and achievement

• 5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, ideally in startup or high-growth environments

• Strong background hiring for both technical and GTM roles

• Experience sourcing passive candidates using LinkedIn Recruiter or similar tools

• Proficient in ATS platforms (e.g., Ashby, Lever, Greenhouse) and G Suite

• Comfortable working independently in a remote, part-time capacity during U.S. business hours

• Clear communicator, highly organized, and proactive
  
  

Bonus Points For

• Experience recruiting at an early-stage startup

• Experience hiring in a cybersecurity company

• Staying up-to-date with industry trends, market conditions, and recruitment best practices to continually improve the recruitment process and attract top talent.
  
  

Why Work With Us

• 💰 Competitive hourly rate ($40–$70/hr based on experience)

• 🧘 Flexible, remote schedule (20 hrs/week, with room to scale to 40 hours/week)

• 🤝 Collaborate directly with founders and hiring managers

• 🛠️ Make a meaningful impact by shaping our team and hiring foundation

• ❤️ Supportive, mission-driven team with a low-ego, high-impact culture
  

Location

Optery is headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, but operates as a fully-remote global team. While this is not necessarily a U.S.-based position, working regular U.S. business hours, i.e. U.S. Eastern, Central, Mountain, or Pacific time zones, is strongly preferred.

Equal Opportunity

Optery values diversity and is an equal opportunity employer. Optery does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor.