Head of Talent (Founding)
Startale Group is an onchain-finance company building products that bring digital assets, stablecoins, and blockchain applications to users and institutions. Its offerings include Startale App, a digital-asset superapp, and Startale USD (USDSC), a U.S. dollar stablecoin.
About Startale Group
Startale Group develops an onchain-finance ecosystem spanning consumer and institutional use cases. Its Startale App enables users to hold, swap, earn, and spend digital assets, access onchain mini apps, and collect rewards. The company also issues Startale USD (USDSC), a U.S. dollar stablecoin built on M0 and backed by short-term U.S. Treasuries, and provides developer resources for building within its ecosystem. It supports partners building mini apps and works with institutions on tokenized capital-markets and stablecoin initiatives.
Skills
About the Role
You design and lead a talent function from zero. You own end to end engineering hiring. You source evaluate and close senior engineers through direct outreach. You build an evaluation framework and scorecards. You expand the pipeline and collaborate with stakeholders.
Requirements
- Experience closing senior leadership engineers through direct cold outreach for companies without brand recognition
- Strong network of engineers who respond to outreach and refer others
- Track record of building a hiring function from zero and scaling across engineering domains
- Technical literacy and fluency in English to source write and close candidates
- Experience in startup environments and adaptability to shifting priorities
- Willingness to recruit from non brand companies and operate in a global context
- Presence in Japanese and English speaking engineering communities is a plus
- Former engineer or strong following in an engineering community is a plus
Responsibilities
- Lead engineering hiring end to end through direct sourcing and closing
- Identify and hire senior and leadership engineers for product engineering and financial infrastructure
- Design and implement an in house screening AI and evaluation process
- Create a repeatable recruitment engine with processes scorecards and playbooks
- Develop a referral flywheel and refine the global pipeline for speed and quality
- Handle adjacent hiring in product business and program management as the company scales
- Collaborate with founding leadership to define hiring standards and maintain a high bar
Benefits
- Equity in the company
- Compensation aligned with global salary standard
- Unlimited time off
- Stock options
- Annual workations in Seoul Tokyo Croatia Turkey Belgium
- Premium tooling including hardware and AI agents
