Contract Recruiter

About the role

We’re looking for a Contract Recruiter to join our Talent Acquisition team and own full-cycle recruiting for our business functions. You’ll partner directly with hiring managers across areas like Marketing, Sales, Customer Experience, Operations, Finance, Legal & Compliance, and HR to build pipelines, run tight processes, and close great candidates. You’ll work in a fast-paced, regulated fintech environment where a polished candidate experience and sound process matter as much as speed.

This role is based in our NYC office. Contract duration is 6 months.

Compensation

New York City: $55–$65 per hour. Actual pay will vary based on experience and performance.

What you’ll do

• Own the full recruiting lifecycle for a portfolio of non-engineering roles, from intake through offer and close
• Partner with hiring managers at kickoff to align on role scope, scorecards, interview plans, and timelines, and give honest market feedback when expectations and reality diverge
• Source candidates proactively through LinkedIn Recruiter, outbound outreach, referrals, and communities, while building warm talent pipelines for recurring roles
• Screen and qualify candidates, run structured phone screens, and make clear, well-documented recommendations to the hiring team
• Coordinate and manage the interview process so candidates and interviewers are prepared, informed, and moving quickly
• Support offer strategy and negotiation, including comp benchmarking and closing conversations
• Keep Greenhouse accurate and current (stages, scorecards, dispositions, notes) so our pipeline data is reliable
• Contribute to improving our recruiting process by flagging bottlenecks, sharing what’s working, and testing new sourcing approaches
• Deliver a consistently strong candidate experience, including timely communication and thoughtful rejections

What we’re looking for

• 3+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, with a strong track record hiring for non-technical roles across multiple functions and levels
• Hands-on sourcing expertise, including LinkedIn Recruiter and building outbound pipelines for hard-to-fill roles
• Working knowledge of Greenhouse (or a comparable ATS) and strong data hygiene habits
• Experience running structured, scorecard-based interview processes
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to advise and push back on hiring managers
• Comfort managing a high-volume, multi-requisition workload with minimal ramp-up time and shifting priorities
• Strong judgment and attention to detail, especially around process consistency and confidentiality

Nice to have

• Experience recruiting in fintech, financial services, or another regulated industry
• Experience hiring for Sales, Marketing, Customer Experience, or Finance/Legal/Compliance roles

Join a team built on these core values

We change lives

Be a part of a community of innovators working to transform financial outcomes for real people. Your work will make an impact, always laddering up to our mission; to empower people to build wealth with confidence and ease.

We set audacious goals

We set them for the company, our customers, and ourselves, and we won’t stop until we reach them. We don’t just show up; we give our all, then celebrate our wins.

We value all perspectives

When we collaborate, we're at our best. We believe diverse perspectives lead to better outcomes and strive to uphold our supportive and inclusive community.

We simplify financial services

We’re financial services pioneers, always finding new ways to improve, optimize, and enhance. Constant improvement is in our DNA.

 Our Commitment to Your Total Well-being:

• We offer a competitive suite of benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage; life and AD&D insurance; short- and long-term disability; infertility support and WPATH-aligned transgender health benefits; an Employee Assistance Program (EAP); transit benefits and FSA and HSA options
• Ownership: Equity for all employees, including new hire and refresher grants.
• Time: Flexible paid time off, paid parental leave, and a fully paid four-week sabbatical in your sixth year.
• Growth: Company-paid professional coaching for all employees.
• Wealth: Day-one 401(k) match plus matching on qualified student loan payments.

What happens next

We’ll take a few weeks to review all applications. If we’d like to spend more time with you, we’ll reach out to arrange next steps, which will include 3-4 sets of meetings with your future colleagues.

In the interview process, we’ll look to learn more about your skills, experiences, capabilities, and motivators. Many of our questions will be aimed at understanding how you might operate here at Betterment. Depending on the role, we may ask you to complete a case study exercise or technical assessments, as we want to collect a robust set of data points to better inform our decisions.

On average, it takes us around 3-5 weeks to make a hiring decision, depending on your availability and sense of urgency. As a best practice, we aim to interview at least 2-3 final round candidates before making a hiring decision. Please note that, as we usually receive an overwhelming number of  applications for open positions, we’re unable to offer individual feedback during the interview process. 

We recognize that interviewing for a new role is a big deal. We appreciate you considering Betterment as the next step in your career, and our Recruiting Team is here to support and advocate for you through the interview process!

Betterment is dedicated to providing accommodations to candidates upon request. If you need accommodations at any point throughout the interview process, please reach out to your recruiter. 

Please note that in any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.

Come join us! 

We’re an equal opportunity employer and comply with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. We strictly prohibit and do not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants, or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, sex, gender (including gender nonconformity and status as a transgender or transsexual individual), sexual orientation, marital status, age, physical or mental disability, citizenship, past, current or prospective service in the uniformed services, predisposing genetic characteristic, domestic violence victim status, arrest records, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state or local law.