Our mission

Boom is on a mission to level the playing field for the 110+ million renters in the US by making housing more flexible, affordable, and rewarding. Boom is building a suite of rental financial services for renters and property managers, including tenant screening, rent payment reporting, rent reporting-as-a-service, and a number of integrations with the largest property management systems (PMS). Boom serves renters through the Boom App and property managers via the Boom Platform. Now serving thousands of renters, Boom is led by second-time founders Rob Whiting (ex-BCG, Rubicon) and Kirill Moizik (Eco, Technion, Grubhub). It's backed by investors such as Starting Line, Clocktower Ventures, Mischief VC (CEO of Plaid Zach Perret's fund), Gilgamesh Ventures (Petal co-founders), and angels such as William Hockey CEO of Column, founder/former CTO of Plaid) and Harry Stebbings. Boom has been profiled by Inman, Business Insider, HousingWire, and more.

Opportunity

Boom is hiring our first Lead Recruiter to own and scale our hiring function as we continue to grow. To date, the CEO and other members of the team has managed our recruiting 'by committee'; this isn't scaling fast enough.

This is a hands-on, senior recruiting role for someone who loves sourcing, closing, and building relationships - not a purely administrative or coordination role. At the moment, the top most priority of this role is grow top of funnel candidate pipeline. We are looking for someone who is aggressive and relentless, willing to do cold outreach, never afraid of picking up the phone or sending the cold outreach.

You’ll be responsible for shaping how we hire, who we hire, and the candidate experience from first touch through offer acceptance. You’ll need to be comfortable operating at both the strategic level (workforce planning, hiring priorities, process design) and the tactical level (sourcing, screening, interview processes).

This role is a great fit for someone who has recruited in Austin and has an existing local network, enjoys working closely with founders, and wants real ownership and accountability in an early-stage, high-growth environment. Given the seniority and collaboration required, this role is based in Austin, TX and works closely with our leadership team.

What you'll do

• Own full-cycle recruiting across key roles (engineering, product, design, sales, operations, leadership), from intake up until close (CEO will do most of the closing)
• Partner with the CEO and functional leaders to define hiring priorities and ideal candidate profiles
• Proactively source candidates using your Austin network, referrals, outbound sourcing, and creative channels
• Design and continuously improve Boom’s recruiting process (e.g. identify and grow referral channels, improve interview processes, etc.)
• Build and maintain strong pipelines for priority roles rather than hiring reactively

What you'll need

• 5+ years of recruiting experience, including full-cycle ownership of roles
• Meaningful experience recruiting in Austin, TX, with at least a modest existing local talent network
• Experience recruiting for early-stage or high-growth companies (startup or venture-backed environment strongly preferred)
• Track record of aggressively reaching out to talent (you're willing to pick up the phone, send the cold DM, etc.) and sourcing competitive candidates
• Excellent communication and sales skills - comfortable representing the company to candidates
• High level of ownership, organization, and follow-through - you don't let things drop and you're relentless
• (Major plus) You have experience sourcing engineering talent

Benefits of working at Boom

• Competitive salary with stock options
• US employees: Full healthcare coverage (health, dental, vision) including 50% coverage for dependents
• 15 days of Paid Time Off (PTO) per year + 3 sick days + all US federal holidays (11 in total) (note: we think unlimited PTO is BS and causes some employees to feel guilty when they take it)
• Company-issued laptop/MacBook
• Company-sponsored training & development
• Regular off-sites and other company-sponsored travel opportunities

How to apply

Apply on Wellfound and include a quick paragraph addressed to Rob as to why you're interested / qualified.