Ctrl Alt

recruiter for engineering teams

In short

This is an engineering recruiter role at Ctrl Alt, a fintech company building on-chain infrastructure for digital capital markets, based hybrid in London (Shoreditch office, three days a week). The recruiter owns the full engineering hiring pipeline end to end — from intake with engineering leaders to sourcing, candidate assessment, interview process improvement, offer management, and agency partner coordination. It requires 3+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience with a strong track record of hiring software engineers and enough technical understanding to judge seniority and contributions accurately.

About Ctrl Alt
Ctrl Alt designs and operates on-chain infrastructure for global digital capital markets. It provides tailored, compliant solutions for alternative assets and has tokenized over $1.5 billion in assets across real estate, private credit, funds, and litigation finance.
Responsibilities
•Own the engineering hiring pipeline end to end, from intake to accepted offer, across several live roles
•Run intake meetings with engineering leaders to define role level, candidate profile, interview process, and salary target
•Build sourcing strategies for scarce profiles and conduct targeted outreach
•Assess candidates' technical understanding, evaluate their seniority and contributions, and make clear recommendations
•Improve the engineering interview process, including first-round questions and Teamtailor scorecards
•Coach interviewers on conducting effective interviews, especially with sourced candidates
•Advise hiring managers on market conditions, salary expectations, and trade-offs related to hybrid and location requirements
•Run debriefs, encourage timely decisions, and manage offers through to close, including references and pay discussions
•Manage agency partners for engineering roles, brief them, and uphold quality standards
•Use pipeline data to track conversion and time to hire, flag bottlenecks, and report progress in the weekly hiring sync
•Support hiring in Product and other functions when needed
•Lead the weekly engineering hiring sync
Requirements
•Have 3+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience and a strong track record of hiring software engineers, in-house or agency
•Understand engineering well enough to distinguish lead from senior candidates and assess their actual contributions
•Have built pipelines for hard-to-fill technical roles through direct sourcing
•Be a trusted partner to engineering leaders and challenge them with evidence when hiring standards or processes slip
•Manage several searches at once while maintaining pace, quality, and candidate experience
•Pay attention to detail, including accurate notes, timely updates, and thoughtful rejection feedback
•Raise concerns early when a search is off track and propose a plan to address it
•Use data and new tools, including AI, to work efficiently without cutting corners
Nice to have
•Experience hiring for blockchain, web3, or fintech engineering teams
•Knowledge of the Belfast and London engineering markets
•Experience running early careers or placement student programmes
•Experience using Teamtailor or a similar ATS
Conditions
•Competitive salaries with regular reviews reflecting impact, performance, and progression
•Generous stock options
•Premium private healthcare
•26 days of annual leave, birthday off, and regional bank holidays, with flexible leave
•Enhanced parental leave
•MacBook, screens, and additional equipment
•Salary sacrifice schemes covering childcare, groceries, EV cars, tech, pensions, bikes, and subscriptions
•Modern, centrally located offices in London, Belfast, Dundalk, and Dubai
•Annual learning and personal development budget for training, exams, certifications, and qualifications
•Hybrid role in the Shoreditch office, three days per week

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