Contract Recruiter (6 - 9 months with a potential of going perm)
- Location
- Seattle
- Work mode
- Hybrid
- Employment type
- Contract
About the job
Who We Are: At Rover, pets and their people are at the heart of everything we do. We connect pet parents with trusted pet care across the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Australia. Headquartered in Seattle and Barcelona, we’re a values driven, fast-growing tech company focused on building safe and personalized experiences tailored to the needs of each unique pet. We’re investing in AI as a business accelerator and provide every team member access to AI tools in service of creating better experiences for our community. We are proud to be recognized as a great place to work, having been named among the 100 Best Companies to Work For in Seattle Business Magazine and Washington’s Best Workplaces in the Puget Sound Business Journal. At Rover we’re committed to creating an accessible, inclusive, and welcoming community, which starts with our employees. Want to make an impact? Join our pack and come work (and play!) with us.
Who we are: Rover.com connects pet parents with the world’s largest network of pet sitters and dog walkers. On Rover, pet parents can easily discover, book, and manage personalized care for their dogs including pet sitting, dog walking, and doggy day care. Founded in 2011 on the belief that everyone should have the opportunity to experience the unconditional love of a dog, Rover improves and simplifies life for pet parents and the dogs they love.
Our global headquarters are in Seattle, Washington in the United States, working closely with our teams in Spokane, London, and Barcelona. We have a track record of being recognized as a great place to work, having been named among Seattle's 'Best Places to Work' in Seattle Business Magazine and the Puget Sound Business Journal for three years running. We're an agile, fast-growing company, and our leadership comes from some of the world's most respected tech companies. Our pioneering approach to people and pups alike landed us on the list of GeekWire’s Next Tech Titan in 2019 and the World's Most Innovative Companies in 2018 by Fast Company. Needless to say (but we're going to say it anyway)—we love dogs, and we wouldn't dream of going to work without them by our sides.
What we are looking for: The ideal candidate for the Recruiter role will be someone who is not only passionate about hiring, but is driven by a desire to build a company which balances operational excellence with a welcoming and inclusive employee culture. In this role, you will serve as one of our client leads supporting our crucial business functions. We are a small and growing company, thus you may also take on additional areas from time to time. You will partner heavily with our hiring managers who are skilled in recruiting and are very passionate about hiring the best talent into their teams. Prior experience working closely with hiring managers is a must in this position! You will also help Rover in providing amazing experience, whether they get hired or not!
Location: The person who fills this role can work fully remotely from anywhere in the United States, or be based in our Seattle or Spokane offices (once our offices reopen). The majority of our People Team (including recruiting) is based out of Seattle. Please note that we offer weekly work from home flexibility across all of our offices.
Your Responsibilities:
- Advise hiring managers: Run a real intake, pressure-test the requirements, agree on what a strong candidate looks like, and keep managers honest about market realities, timelines and pay. Give them data and a point of view, not just resumes.
- Source passive candidates: Find people who aren't looking and give them a reason to reply. That means thoughtful, personalized outreach rather than mass messages, and building pipelines in places where good candidates actually spend time.
- Provide a great candidate experience: Keep candidates informed at every stage, prep them for interviews, and follow up quickly, including with the people we don't hire.
- Own your searches end to end: Source, screen, and close candidates, while keeping Lever accurate and up to date.
- Work independently: Manage your own workload across open roles, flag risks early, and tell us what's working and what isn't.
- Help us improve: Share what you learn about the market, our process and our messaging
Your qualifications:
- 5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, in-house, with a track record of closing searches in a fast-moving environment.
- Hands-on experience recruiting for technical roles (software engineering, data or similar).
- Proven ability to source passive candidates using LinkedIn Recruiter, boolean search, and other channels, and to write outreaches that get replies.
- Comfort partnering with and gently pushing back on hiring managers, from first-time managers to senior leaders.
- A candidate-first mindset, shown through clear communication, fast follow-up and respect for people's time.
- Strong organization and judgment. You can juggle a mix of roles, prioritize without being told, and ask for help when you need it.
- Experience working with an ATS and keeping data clean. We use Lever.
- Experience using AI tools to speed up sourcing, scheduling or outreach, with sound judgment about where a human needs to stay in the loop.
Compensation
- The hourly rate for this contract is $55 - $63.
- The cash compensation offered for this role will be dependent on the candidate's experience, qualifications, skills, and abilities as demonstrated in the interview and hiring process.
Rover is an equal opportunity employer committed to promoting a diverse, inclusive and inventive environment with the best employees. We’re driven by seeing our people succeed and grow, and we work to ensure everyone contributes to their fullest potential. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to age, race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, disability, protected veteran status, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We are committed to work with you to look for reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
From Rover.com's careers page (Lever), checked 12 Nov 2026.
How to apply
- Select Apply on jobs.lever.co. It opens Rover.com's own application form in a new tab, run on Lever.
- Fill in the form and upload your résumé there. Jobiwork never sees your application.
- Rover.com will reply to you directly. No real employer asks you for money to apply.
Posted 12 Nov 2026 · checked 12 Nov 2026 · Report this job