Contract Recruiter (Entry level - SF)

About The Company Valon is building the AI-native operating system for regulated finance, starting with mortgage servicing. We are a Series C company backed by a16z, transforming industries that others have written off as too complex to innovate. Rather than build on top of broken legacy systems, we built and operate our own mortgage servicing business, managing $110+ billion in loans. This experience helped us deeply understand the complexity required to build software that actually works in regulated industries. We have transformed mortgage servicing from a 0 %‑margin business into 60 %+ margins while dramatically improving customer experience, and major enterprise contracts are now deploying across the industry. ValonOS is our unified platform that makes every process structured and programmable, positioning us for the AI era. When everything flows through one system with rich data, AI agents automate tasks and continuously improve entire operations. Mortgage servicing is just the beginning of our vision to transform regulated industries and beyond. About The Role Early career role – training will be provided! Recruiting at Valon isn’t support; it’s the engine. Every hire we make compounds our ability to build the AI-native operating system that will run trillion‑dollar regulated industries. The people who identify, engage, and coordinate exceptional talent are central to the mission, helping create the conditions for it to scale. We’re looking for a contract recruiter focused on sourcing and university recruiting efforts across our technical teams. In this role, you’ll help build and maintain high‑quality early‑career and experienced‑candidate pipelines, support university recruiting programs, coordinate candidate processes with speed and care, and ensure every touchpoint reflects the rigor and ambition of Valon. This Role is NOT For You If... You see sourcing as a volume game rather than a quality and precision game You’re comfortable letting candidates sit in limbo or waiting for someone else to follow up You struggle to manage many moving pieces across candidates, events, schools, and stakeholders You need a fully built process to be effective – we’re still building ours You view university recruiting as just event attendance instead of relationship‑building, pipeline development, and thoughtful follow‑through You’re not detail‑oriented enough to keep systems, schedules, and candidate communications clean You’re uncomfortable using data, tools, or AI to improve speed, quality, and organization What You’ll Do Build and maintain high‑quality candidate pipelines Source technical talent across engineering, product, data, and early‑career roles. Identify strong prospects, conduct candidate research, draft personalized outreach, maintain organized pipelines, and ensure promising candidates are surfaced quickly to the recruiting team. Support university recruiting programs Execute Valon’s university recruiting strategy across target schools and early‑career channels. Prepare for career fairs, coordinate campus events, manage candidate follow‑up, track student pipelines, and polish every university touchpoint for high impact. Coordinate career fairs and recruiting events Own event details: attendee tracking, candidate capture, resume review workflows, event materials, post‑event follow‑up, scheduling, and pipeline organization. Turn events into measurable recruiting outcomes, not one‑off activities. Deliver an exceptional candidate experience Keep candidates moving with urgency and care. Coordinate interviews, manage communications, help prepare candidates for each step, and ensure no one is left waiting without context. Every interaction should feel thoughtful, timely, and high‑trust. Partner closely with recruiters and hiring teams Work with recruiters and hiring managers to understand role requirements, sourcing priorities, event goals, and candidate profiles. Ensure pipelines align with team needs and that recruiting efforts are clearly communicated. Use tools and AI to improve recruiting execution Use AI and recruiting tools to increase quality and speed of sourcing, candidate research, outreach personalization, event follow‑up, pipeline tracking, and workflow automation. Be curious, resourceful, and eager to find better ways to work. Keep recruiting systems clean and actionable Maintain accurate candidate records, pipeline stages, event tracking, outreach activity, and follow‑up notes. Ensure the recruiting team has data and visibility needed to make fast, informed decisions. What You Bring Experience in sourcing, recruiting coordination, university recruiting, talent operations, or a related recruiting support role Strong interest in technical recruiting, early‑career talent, and high‑growth hiring environments Excellent organization and attention to detail across scheduling, candidate communication, event logistics, and pipeline management Ability to manage multiple priorities at once without dropping details Strong written communication skills, especially for candidate outreach and follow‑up Comfort working with recruiters, hiring managers, candidates, university partners, and cross‑functional stakeholders A high‑agency mindset: you notice what needs to be done, take ownership, and follow through without needing every step defined Familiarity with recruiting tools, applicant tracking systems, sourcing platforms, spreadsheets, and AI tools Strong candidate‑first instincts and a belief that speed, clarity, and care matter at every stage of the process Curiosity, resilience, and comfort operating in ambiguity as we continue to build and improve our recruiting processes Why Valon? Impact. Every hire you close directly accelerates the AI-native OS that will transform how regulated finance operates. This isn’t hypothetical – our platform already manages millions of homeowner accounts. Innovation. AI isn’t a feature at Valon. It’s the architecture. You’ll recruit for a company where the product thesis and the internal operating model are both AI-native. Team. A small, high‑talent‑density recruiting squad where your ideas get pressure‑tested and shipped – not buried in a backlog. Growth. We’re scaling beyond mortgage servicing into the broader regulated finance ecosystem. The recruiting function you help build now will power that expansion. Throughout the interview process, please remember that emails will only be from valon.com email addresses. We will never ask for any personally identifiable information during the interview process itself. Please reach out to View email address on click.appcast.io if you have any requests to verify the authenticity of an outreach. Valon is an equal‑opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws. Valon makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time. #J-18808-Ljbffr Valon