Recurse Center (YC S10) Is Hiring a Career Facilitator

Summary

Published July 1, 2025. About the Recurse Center Our mission is to transform lives by helping people direct themselves. We do this by running retreats where curious programmers come to recharge and grow. Programmers of all stripes work alongside each other for 6 or 12 weeks of self-directed growth, exploration, and programming. Since 2011, more than 2,800 people from nearly 200 cities around the globe have participated in our retreats. People routinely describe their time here as among the most productive, educational, and transformative periods of their lives. Our retreats take place both in-person at our hub in Brooklyn and online, with most participants spending at least some of their batches in person. After their retreats, participants join our lifelong alumni community. Our recruiting agency supports all of our operations and is fully integrated with our retreat. We recruit for a range of companies on a contingency basis, with a focus on US-based early-stage startups and technology-focused finance firms. These companies pay us a referral fee when they hire our candidates. Our recruiting business provides lifelong career services to Recursers, and allows us to keep our retreats free to all participants. The retreat is our recruiting advantage: We get to know our alums over the course of months and years, which lets us get under their resumes to find great matches employers otherwise wouldn't for their open roles. What you’ll do As a Career Facilitator, you’ll focus on full-cycle recruiting. But unlike traditional agencies, we only source candidates from our own community. Instead of emailing strangers, you’ll: Make the retreat our recruiting advantage. What distinguishes us as recruiters are the wonderful people in our community, and our relationships with and knowledge of them. You’ll get to know Recursers and help them through every part of their job searches. Delight and serve our partner companies. You’ll understand their hiring needs, find Recursers for th...