Senior Technical Recruiter

About the Role

We are building a next-generation digital banking platform for one of Africa's largest financial institutions, a product built to serve 15 million users at launch, scaling to hundreds of millions across the continent and diaspora.

As a Senior Technical Recruiter, you will own technical recruitment end-to-end, from sourcing and screening through technical assessment, interviewing, reference checks, compensation benchmarking, and candidate presentation.

You will recruit across product, engineering, platform, security, and QA, ensuring hiring managers receive a small number of thoroughly assessed, decision-ready candidates.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the full recruitment lifecycle from job briefing through to signed offer.
• Proactively source candidates through LinkedIn, technical communities, referral networks, and other relevant channels.
• Screen candidates thoroughly against role requirements before presenting them to hiring managers.
• Manage candidate communication and experience throughout the recruitment process.
• Conduct structured competency interviews assessing technical depth and behavioural fit.
• Coordinate and interpret technical assessments, working with engineering leads where specialist expertise is required.
• Verify candidate credentials, certifications, and employment history.
• Conduct or coordinate reference checks before final shortlisting.
• Prepare concise, decision-ready shortlists covering candidate fit, technical assessment outcomes, strengths, gaps, compensation expectations, availability, and recommendation.
• Benchmark compensation against current market rates and advise on offer strategy.
• Track technical talent and compensation trends across Nigeria and the broader African technology market.
• Maintain accurate candidate records and recruitment pipelines within the applicant tracking system.
• Monitor recruitment metrics, including pipeline health, time-to-shortlist, offer acceptance rates, and source effectiveness.
• Identify recruitment bottlenecks and implement improvements.
• Build and maintain relationships with specialist recruitment agencies where required.

Requirements

• 5+ years of technical recruitment experience, with a track record of filling senior engineering and technology roles.
• Demonstrated ability to assess technical candidates credibly across engineering disciplines.
• Experience independently managing the full recruitment lifecycle from sourcing through to offer.
• Strong structured interviewing skills with an evidence-based approach to candidate assessment.
• Proven ability to produce concise, well-reasoned, and genuinely pre-vetted shortlists.
• Experience recruiting across multiple technical disciplines simultaneously.
• Proficiency with an applicant tracking system and disciplined pipeline management.

Nice to Have

• Experience recruiting across product, engineering, QA, design, and security.
• Familiarity with the Nigerian and broader African technical talent market.
• Experience recruiting both permanent and contract/consulting talent, including rate benchmarking.
• Experience working within early-stage or high-growth technology programmes.
• HR or talent operations certification.

Technical Tools

Experience with:

• Breezy HR or an equivalent applicant tracking system
• LinkedIn Recruiter
• Compensation benchmarking tools
• G Suite or Microsoft 365

What We Offer

• Genuine ownership: You will run the recruitment function independently, with hiring managers relying on your process and recommendations.
• High-impact work: The quality of the team you build will directly contribute to the success of a platform serving millions of users.
• World-class environment: Work alongside engineers, architects, and specialists from leading organisations across Africa and globally.
• Lagos-based opportunity: Work from our Lagos office at the heart of Africa's dynamic technology ecosystem.

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