Senior Technical Recruiter EMEA
Blockstream develops Bitcoin-focused infrastructure, including software wallets, hardware devices, and layer-2 functionality.
Maintainer signals as of 9/2/2026
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About Blockstream
Blockstream builds layer-2 and related infrastructure for Bitcoin. Its offerings include the Liquid Network for asset issuance and fast settlement, consumer and developer wallets, Lightning-as-a-service, a satellite data broadcast, and open-source hardware. The company’s goal is to deliver secure, scalable technology that reduces reliance on intermediaries and advances a global Bitcoin-based financial system.
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About the Role
Drive full-cycle recruitment across the EMEA region, owning the end-to-end hiring lifecycle. Source and build talent pipelines, partner with hiring managers and senior leadership, deliver high-quality candidate shortlists, manage candidate experience, guide structured interviewing, monitor recruiting metrics, and improve recruitment processes.
Requirements
- 7+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience in high-growth international technology environments
- Experience hiring in regulated industries such as software development, financial services, crypto, or fintech
- Experience supporting high-growth or scale-up environments
- Demonstrated success hiring complex technical profiles including engineering, infrastructure, and security across multiple EMEA jurisdictions
- Proven ability to influence and advise senior stakeholders
- Strong proactive sourcing and pipeline building skills
- Experience managing cross-border hiring complexities within EMEA
- Data-driven approach to recruiting with understanding of hiring velocity, pipeline health, and quality-of-hire metrics
- Comfort operating autonomously in a distributed, remote-first organization
- Fluency in English required; additional professional proficiency in German, French, Italian, Spanish, or another EMEA language strongly preferred
- Bachelor’s degree in HR, Business, Psychology, or a related field
- Familiarity with Ashby or similar ATS and recruitment automation tools (nice to have)
Responsibilities
- Drive full-cycle recruitment across EMEA
- Build and nurture proactive talent pipelines
- Partner with hiring managers and senior leadership to define role scope and hiring criteria
- Deliver high-quality candidate shortlists balancing speed and rigor
- Manage candidate experience from first outreach through offer acceptance and onboarding
- Guide hiring managers on structured interviewing and objective evaluation practices
- Own recruiting performance metrics and use data to refine approach
- Contribute to employer branding and talent community visibility
- Identify and implement process improvements across the recruitment lifecycle