Technical Recruiter

First Circle is a fast-growing, profitable, credit-led SME Neobank in the Philippines, backed by shareholders including the World Bank Group (IFC). Thousands of SMEs use our Business Credit Line and Business Bank Accounts to run and grow their businesses. Our product velocity continues to accelerate, with upcoming launches including SME Corporate Cards, Payroll, Invoices, and Solar Financing - redefining the SME Neobank category through software, financial products, and exceptional risk models.

Our culture is built around ownership, problem-solving, and continuous growth. We combine a collaborative environment with direct, no-politics communication, enabling us to move fast and raise the bar as we scale. This approach supports our compounding growth of 100%+ year on year.

Our ambition is to build Southeast Asia’s leading SME Neobank and reach $1B in revenue by 2030. This is equal parts exciting and challenging, a feat only possible by welcoming exceptional talent to our company - if that's you, we look forward to hearing from you!

Role Overview

As a Technical Recruiter, you play a critical role in the future of the company by sourcing, supporting, and screening excellent technical talent to join our fast growing company.

Your direct responsibilities include building a talent pipeline, supporting recruitment events, and promoting our employer brand in Serbia.

You will be hands-on in full-cycle recruiting but will also support initiatives to make our hiring processes more efficient and candidate-friendly.

This is an exciting opportunity to rapidly accelerate your recruiting career while making a real impact in a high-growth fintech environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Proactively source technical candidates through LinkedIn, job boards, referrals, and other creative channels
• Partner closely with hiring managers to understand role requirements and ideal candidate profiles
• Build and maintain strong candidate pipelines for engineering roles in Serbia
• Conduct initial screening calls to assess candidate skills, experience, and motivation
• Promote our employer brand through events, hackathons and meet-ups
• Deliver an exceptional candidate experience throughout every touchpoint through clarity of process and responsiveness
• Gather and share accurate and detailed feedback on candidates
• Manage candidate data accurately in our ATS (Workable) and keep pipelines up to date
• Coordinate interview scheduling and support candidates throughout the hiring process
• Share market insights and sourcing feedback to continuously improve hiring strategies

Requirements:
• Bachelor’s degree in HR, Business, Psychology, IT, or related field

• 2+ years of recruitment experience, ideally in tech or engineering
• Passion for engineering, fintech, and talent acquisition
• Strong communication skills in English and Serbian (verbal and written)
• Highly organised, detail-oriented, and self-motivated
• Comfortable with metrics-driven work (pipeline tracking, KPIs, time-to-fill)

Nice-to-haves:

• Previous experience recruiting engineers in Serbia
• Interest in coding or technology fundamentals to better engage technical candidates
• Familiarity with ATS and sourcing platforms e.g. Linkedin, Workable

Benefits:
• Direct impact on building a high-performing engineering team
• Collaborative, fast-moving startup environment with lots of growth opportunities
• Competitive salary with performance-based bonuses
• Macbooks, health insurance, training budgets and more!
• Flexible working arrangements including remote work
• Possibility to travel to south-east Asia