Substack is building a new economic engine for culture, giving the most creative and interesting people on the internet the power of their own publishing platform. The terms of our culture shouldn’t be set by legacy media gatekeepers or chaos-fueling social platforms, but by the people who actively shape it. Substack’s model—based on direct subscriptions—has fueled an explosion of independent publishing. It empowers creators with economic autonomy, creative ownership, and a direct connection to their most engaged audiences.

Substack is building a new economic engine for culture, giving the brightest, most interesting, and most creative people on the internet the power of their own publishing platform. Substack empowers independent writers, artists, videographers, podcasters, and creators of all types to create, share, and make a living off their work through subscriptions, while offering them creative freedom, ownership, and a direct connection to their audiences.

We are excited to expand our People team and are seeking a highly motivated and strategic Technical Recruiter. In this role, you will drive exceptional candidate experiences, build diverse and high-quality candidate pipelines, and help us attract top-tier technical talent. The ideal candidate is passionate about partnering with our technical hiring team and supporting Substack’s mission to build a world-class engineering team.

What You’ll Do:

• Drive Technical Recruitment Processes: Lead end-to-end recruitment activities from role kick-offs and sourcing to interviews, debriefs, and offers, ensuring a smooth and engaging candidate journey.
• Develop Diverse Talent Pipelines: Implement inclusive sourcing strategies and leverage innovative channels to build a diverse pool of qualified candidates for current and future technical roles.
• Enhance Candidate Experience: Design and deliver a highly engaging, professional, and memorable experience that attracts and retains top talent.
• Data-Driven Recruitment: Establish, monitor, and analyze key recruiting metrics to optimize processes, forecast hiring needs, and ensure continuous improvement.

About You:

• 4+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience, preferably in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
• Proven ability to manage a high requisition volume while maintaining quality and candidate engagement.
• Strong technical acumen with the ability to assess technical skills effectively.
• Ability to cultivate long-term relationships both internally and externally.
• Experience crafting innovative recruitment strategies and understanding of industry trends, best practices, and diversity-focused recruiting.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience with ATS tools such as Ashby or similar platforms is preferred.

Substack offers a competitive compensation package that includes salary, equity, and exceptional benefits. Our cash compensation salary range for this role is $110,000 to $135,000/year. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including candidate experience and expertise and may vary from the amounts listed above.

Substack is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or transgender status), age, national origin, veteran or disability status. We’re seeking people passionate about enabling independent expression and building a better business model for creators. If you want to see what media, communities, and content can become when unmoored from advertising models, and you have the skills and experience to contribute, we’d love to meet you.

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We use Typescript, Javascript, Node.js, Express, and Postgres. React for frontend, Stripe for payments.

We keep our tech stack simple and effective to maximize the how much impact each engineer can have. That way, we can focus on solving the problems that matter for our users - great writers and avid readers.

Two of our three founders are technical, and we're looking for folks to work along side us, shipping things that touch thousands of writers and millions of readers.