Principal Recruiter
Coinbase is hiring a Principal Recruiter for a remote role open to applicants in United States. It pays $166k-$196k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Level.
Level's read on this job
- Level rates this HR role Uses AI ●●○○: an ordinary role that requires AI tools.
- The listed pay starts 39% above the typical HR posting on Level.
- The posting lists this role as remote.
- Tools and skills the posting cites include Generative AI, full lifecycle recruiting and executive search.
- Level lists 225 other open roles at Coinbase.
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Lead full-lifecycle recruiting for senior roles while leveraging generative AI tools to improve hiring efficiency.
Ready to do the most impactful work of your career? At Coinbase, we are uncompromising on our mission to increase economic freedom. The bar is high, the environment is intense, and we like it that way. This isn't a place for complacency, it’s a place to be pushed past your perceived limits. If you're ready to build the future of finance alongside people who refuse to settle for "good enough," you belong here. Coinbase is a remote-first, but not remote-only company. Expect to get together quarterly for intense in-person working sessions called “surges.” learn more about working at Coinbase.
We're hiring a Principal Recruiter to join our Core Recruiting team within People Success. This team owns hiring across Coinbase's G&A functions, and you'll be responsible for owning full-lifecycle recruiting for some of our hardest-to-fill roles. You'll partner directly with senior leaders to deeply understand their talent needs, build strong pipelines, and drive process improvements that help the recruiting team scale.
What you'll do:
- Own the full recruitment lifecycle from role intake through close for complex, senior-level searches across your Core portfolio
- Build candidate pipelines through self-sourcing and competitive research, ensuring sufficient depth and quality at each stage to maintain hiring velocity
- Partner with senior leaders across your client groups to translate hiring needs into effective search strategies and a strong candidate and interviewer experience
- Drive data integrity and use pipeline analytics to inform hiring efficiency, surface bottlenecks, and improve outcomes for your hiring teams
- Design and implement recruiting processes and pilot programs that help the team scale its impact across global markets
Required Skills and Experience:
- 8+ years of full-lifecycle recruiting experience in a technology company or similarly fast-paced, high-growth environment, with demonstrated success closing senior and hard-to-attract candidates
- Experience building and scaling recruiting processes across global markets
- Deep knowledge across the entire candidate lifecycle, from talent mapping and sourcing through interviewing and closing
- Data-driven approach to pipeline management with the ability to translate recruiting metrics into strategic recommendations for stakeholders
- Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.
Position ID: P78571
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Pay Transparency Notice: Base salary varies by location (see range below). Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility, and benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401(k)).
Annual base salary range (excluding equity and bonus):$166,345—$195,700 USD
- Application Limit: Candidates may submit a maximum of 3 applications within a 6-month period.
- Equal Opportunity Employer: Coinbase is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information. Applicants with criminal histories will be considered consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws.
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How we rate this
Principal Recruiter at Coinbase rates 45 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Uses AI (AI Level 2 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Uses AI. An ordinary role that requires AI tools.
- ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
- ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
- ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
- ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39
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Pay
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- $166k
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- $120k
This posting starts 39% above the typical HR job. See HR jobs
Questions you could be asked
- Tell me about a project where full lifecycle recruiting was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where executive search was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where pipeline analytics was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where talent sourcing was part of your work. What did you do?
- Walk me through how you've used Generative AI in your day-to-day work.
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- List these exact terms on your resume: Full Lifecycle Recruiting, Executive Search, Pipeline Analytics, Talent Sourcing, and Generative AI. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
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