Technical Recruiter (Contract)

The Tidal Financial Group is a leading ETF investment technology platform dedicated to creating, operating, and growing ETFs. We combine expertise and innovative partnership approaches to offer comprehensive, value-generating ETF solutions. 

Our platform offers best-in-class strategic guidance, product planning, trust and fund services, legal support, operations support, marketing and research, and sales and distribution services.

About the role

Tidal is seeking a contract Technical Recruiter to rapidly source, screen, and coordinate interviews for high-caliber engineering talent—starting with a Lead Data Engineer. The ideal contractor blends hands-on technical recruiting skills with familiarity of finance/fintech hiring, understands the pace and rigor of growth environments, and can operate autonomously while keeping stakeholders tightly informed.

What you'll do

• Own the full top-of-funnel: build targeted pipelines for the Lead Data Engineer role; craft outreach, calibrate profiles, and maintain an active slate of qualified candidates.
• Run a crisp screening process: design/refine knockout questions, conduct structured phone screens, and score candidates against role rubrics; keep quality bars high while moving fast.
• Partner with hiring teams: synchronize on intake, define interview slates, prepare interviewers, and manage scheduling and feedback loops; ensure strong candidate experience.
• Optimize tools & workflows: use our ATS (Rippling) for requisitions, posting, tracking, candidate comms, and reporting; maintain accurate, auditable records.
• Market research & calibration: advise on talent pools, comp signals for contractors/FTEs, and sourcing channels for niche skills (e.g., AWS/Snowflake/dbt/Airflow, market data/Bloomberg, custodial/fund admin).
• Reporting & cadence: deliver weekly pipeline metrics (sourced, screened, submitted, scheduled, offers) and risks/blockers with clear action plans.
• Brand & compliance: represent Tidal’s brand professionally, follow structured, consistent evaluation practices, and adhere to equal opportunity hiring standards.

Qualifications

• 4–7+ years of technical recruiting experience, with a strong track record filling data and software engineering roles (including senior/lead positions).
• Deep understanding of modern engineering stacks, including:
• • Data: Python, SQL, Snowflake/Redshift/BigQuery, dbt, Airflow/Prefect, AWS data services.
  • Development: REST APIs, microservices, React (or similar), CI/CD pipelines, Git/GitHub.
• Strong process ownership — from structured screening and interviewer enablement to thorough ATS documentation (Rippling or similar).
• Excellent communication skills, high judgment, and a bias for action.

Preferred:

• Experience recruiting in asset management, exchanges, broker-dealers, fintech, or financial data environments.
• Familiarity with market data (Bloomberg APIs), fund administration, or regulated industries.
• Established network in ETFs, capital markets, or financial data engineering.

Success Metrics (First 8–10 Weeks)

• Submit qualified candidates within 10 business days of kickoff; maintain steady weekly pipeline.
• Time-to-first-interview ≤ 7 days from recruiter screen.
• Timely ATS updates; interviews scheduled within 48 hours of panel availability.
• Data-backed offer recommendations (scorecards, references, work samples).
• Strong candidate experience and clear weekly reporting.

Engagement Terms

• Contract: 2–3 months, hourly.
• Expected availability: 25–35 hours/week (flex for spikes around interviews/offers).
• Rate: Competitive; aligned with experience and market.

Equal Opportunity

Tidal Financial Group is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We