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Keepers

Helping talent and innovators come together to change the World.

Tech Recruiter: Candidate Discovery Specialist


About Keepers
We are a recruitment firm based in New York City with a team in the U.S.A. and Brazil. We help US-based high-growth tech companies build their engineering and GTM teams. Our clients include leading tech companies like Cal.com, Gumroad, and Intapp. 

We're creating NYC's most beloved and fast-growing startup recruiting firm.

We don’t just fill roles; we challenge industry standards and earn trust from clients and candidates for being supportive, effective, and high-urgency. We pride ourselves on delivering a thoughtful, human, and efficient candidate and client experience. Click to see what clients say and what the talent we work with say.

We have very high expectations of each other. We’re a team of high-performing professionals with a common goal of outsized professional and financial success. Keepers is more challenging, rewarding (financially, professionally, and personally), and supportive than 99% of companies. DO NOT APPLY if accelerated growth and financial achievement are not your top priorities.


About the Role


You are a critical front-line interviewer at Keepers. Your judgment is trusted as the gatekeeper of the talent we eventually place with our clients. You will conduct in-depth candidate discovery calls, assess cultural fit, gather technical fit details, and translate your findings into clear, actionable notes for hiring decisions. You’ll leverage AI tools and processes to make your work effective and high-quality. This role sits at the heart of our recruiting process. You’re the person who uncovers why a candidate is exceptional (or not) and communicates that insight to our internal team.

You’ll help us execute and further develop the gold standard for candidate assessment. This role can grow into a client-facing account manager position or expanded leadership responsibilities within the interviewing team.

Keepers is a startup, you may need to wear multiple hats at times to help the team reach its goals.


About You


You thrive on connecting with people and have a sharp instinct for spotting red flags and hidden gems in conversation. With experience interviewing technical candidates, you go beyond scripts to uncover the truth—listening to what’s said and how it’s said. Tech-curious, organized, and fluent in English, you approach interviewing as investigative work, making confident calls that help teams find the right fit.

You’re driven to grow fast and want to be part of a team that accomplishes in one week what others take a month to do. Career growth is your fuel, and you’re motivated by compensation that reflects the impact you deliver. Working late nights or weekends alongside founders isn’t a burden to you—it’s an opportunity to accelerate your trajectory. Ambitious yet collaborative, you make working together easy and productive, bringing energy that pushes you and your team forward.


Required Hard Skills:


  • C1 or C2 English fluency, verbal and written.
  • 2+ years of experience in interviewing.
  • Experience interviewing for software engineering or product roles.
  • Strong writing and documentation skills, you know how to summarize with clarity.
  • Comfortable using modern tools like Notion, Google Calendar, and ATS systems.
  • Familiarity with tech stacks, teams, and roles. You can confidently discuss typical software engineering technologies, and aren’t afraid to ask follow-up questions about unfamiliar technologies.
  • Relevant undergraduate degree: Psychology, anthropology, business, or other fields exploring people and behavior


Required Soft Skills:


  • Ambitious and motivated: Proven track record of obsessive pursuit in any professional or personal field, seeking outlier achievements. Keepers is not for average professionals.
  • Genuinely enjoys interviewing and connecting with people.
  • Investigative mindset: asks thoughtful questions, digs for context, spots inconsistencies.
  • High emotional intelligence and people-reading ability.
  • Proactive communicator who is organized, self-directed, and reliable.
  • Comfortable making independent decisions based on context, not just checklists.
  • Thrives in concise, async-first environments.
  • High-agency: self-directed, reliable, relentless.


Great to have:


  • Worked in a startup or high-growth environment.
  • Experience with the US tech ecosystem or offshore hiring.
  • Interest in process improvement or tooling for hiring teams (e.g., using AI tools like ChatGPT)


Role Responsibilities 



  • Conduct interviews (CDCs) using a structured but dynamic approach.
    • Shadow experienced team members to gradually own the CDC process.
    • Identify and document soft and hard skills, motivations, concerns, and overall fit.
  • Create clear and actionable candidate and interview summaries for internal stakeholders.
  • Collaborate with your managers to ensure interview quality and alignment.
  • Surface insights, raise concerns, and advocate for or against candidate progression.
  • Update candidate statuses, dashboards, and internal tools (Notion, ATS, etc.).
  • Contribute to sourcing when needed.
  • Conduct reference checks to verify past performance and reliability.


Compensation

  • Base Salary: R$8,000 - R$10,000 / month.
  • Year-end Bonus: ~R$30,000 per year, based on company goal achievement.
  • Equity with target value of USD$200,000.
  • CNPJ role with support.

Perks & Benefits

  • Remote-first company, onsite trips to NYC.
  • Mentorship from founders.
  • Culture designed for outlier results
    • Health-conscious, obsessed, and supported, like high-performing athletes.
    • Gym membership: We pay 80% of any health club/gym membership.
    • Chores outsourcing: up to R$1,000 / month for chores (e.g., home cleaning, laundry, and cooking).
    • Oura ring or other preferred wearable.
    • Async-leaning operations where all work is managed live and transparent.
    • Health insurance contribution
  • Flexible, async-friendly team culture.
  • Work with a driven team that values your growth.
  • Career growth opportunities: client-facing or leadership roles.
  • Access to premium tools like Grammarly, Masterclass, Premium ChatGPT, and others.


Selective Process


  1. Apply
  2. Interview with Isadora Fonseca
    • A 60-minute call focused on your experience, motivations, and approach to interviewing. (Bring two pens to the interview)
  3. If approved, take-home Exercise
  4. Interview with Co-founder Barbara Resende
    • A 45-minute deep dive into soft skills, communication, and alignment with our culture and values.
  5. Final Call with Co-founder Ed Cravo
    • A 45-minute sync to share vision, exchange insights, and ensure mutual fit.
  6. Reference Checks
    • We’ll ask to speak with at least one past manager and one peer.
  7. Paid Trial (4-8 hrs per wek)
    • If everything aligns, we’ll move fast to formalize and get you started.
  8. Full Time Offer
    • If the trial goes well, you’ll transition from trial to full-time.


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