Overview
Qualifications, skills, and all relevant experience needed for this role can be found in the full description below.
We are looking for a CTO or Senior Engineer to help Jumpstart break into the world of technical hiring – setting up the systems and processes we need to select and place the best junior to mid level engineers at startups.
A bit of context
- Jumpstart has primarily been focused on non-technical hires (e.g. ops, generalist, sales, marketing) with strong penetration in the seed & series A startup market
- We have LOTS of demand from our startup partners for help with technical hiring (starting with junior to mid level as this is where we are best placed to execute)
- However, we need a real expert who has (a) worked for a number of years as a Software Engineer in a startup and (b) has hired and recruited engineers to help us make this happen
Core activities
- Candidate acquisition & marketing: whether it be through content, direct sourcing, hackathons, or events – experimenting with the best way to find the top candidates for these startups. You will be able to leverage the Jumpstart brand & content creation resources to get there
- Candidate selection: use your expertise to find the best way to evaluate these candidates to make sure they are truly exceptional AND want to build in early stage startups
- Feedback loops & driving success: working with candidates & the CTOs at our startups to work out what makes them tick (and earn yourself some ££, more on this below)
About You
Must have:
- At least 5 years experience as a Software Engineer in startups, ideally as a CTO or building from 0-1
- Experience hiring & managing Software Engineers, especially at a junior to mid level, with a clear idea of what does or doesn’t work
- Keen interest in the startup talent space, with strong opinions on how we could make this work!
- Ability to fully commit to at least 3 months. We need someone who can fully commit, doing everything from posting on LinkedIn to garner interest, to running technical challenges and hackathons with potential candidates
What we’ll offer in return
- Day rate of £350 (i.e. £84k annualised)
- 20% of any fee Jumpstart earns on a Software Engineer placed, which would be approx. £1,800 per hire, although this would be uncapped – so unlimited upside!
- If you help us place 5 engineers in 3 months (for context, we place c.50 candidates per month currently so very doable), this would be a total package of £28,000+ for 3 months work
Working directly with our founder & CTOs
You will work directly with our co-founder Kabir on a day to day basis, as well as with our massive network of 500+ CTOs looking to hire our candidates. xwzovoh
Building 0-1
This role is IDEAL for a CTO or technical person who is looking to found in the future, and wants to learn how to set an operation up from scratch, from a team who has done this very successfully so far with a VERY sticky customer base. See below for a message sent from one of our customers in anticipation…
How to Apply
We will keep the process short and sweet
Step 1: Apply directly with your CV in as little as 30 seconds HERE
Step 2: Interview with our in house CTO Patrick and our co-founder Matthew
Step 3: Short case study (no longer than an hour or two)
Step 4: If that goes well, we will get started **
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