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Klaviyo is building its Dublin engineering hub—and we’re looking for a Principal Technical Recruiter to be the first recruiting hire on the ground. This is a rare opportunity to shape a new office, build high-impact engineering teams from zero to scale, and leave a lasting imprint on Klaviyo’s culture in EMEA.
As a senior member of the Talent Acquisition team, you will operate as both a hands-on recruiter and a strategic partner, owning the full lifecycle of technical hiring while helping define how we recruit, interview, and grow engineering talent in Dublin. Your work will directly influence Klaviyo’s growth, culture, and technical excellence.
If you’re excited by greenfield challenges, thrive in ambiguity, and want to build something meaningful from the ground up—this role is for you.
How You Will Make a Difference
Build from the Ground Up
- Serve as the first recruiting hire in the Dublin office, partnering closely with engineering leadership to launch and scale new teams.
- Design and execute hiring strategies for software engineers and technical leaders in a competitive European market.
- Help establish Klaviyo’s employer brand and recruiting presence in Dublin.
Own the Full Recruiting Lifecycle
- Lead end-to-end technical recruiting—from proactive sourcing and talent mapping through offer negotiation and close.
- Deliver a thoughtful, high-touch candidate experience that reflects Klaviyo’s values and commitment to people.
- Own hiring outcomes, including pipeline health, time-to-fill, and quality of hire.
Be a Strategic Partner
- Partner deeply with hiring managers as a trusted advisor on market insights, role design, and hiring decisions.
- Use data and analytics to drive smarter, more efficient recruiting practices and inform long-term workforce planning.
Improve and Scale Our Process
- Identify opportunities to improve systems, workflows, and interview practices as we grow in Dublin.
- Bring fresh perspectives and practical solutions—your voice will matter, and your ideas will shape how we hire.
Represent Klaviyo
- Act as an ambassador for Klaviyo through outreach, events, referrals, and social channels.
- Be the first impression many candidates have of Klaviyo, balancing empathy and authenticity with business needs.
- 5+ years of experience in full-cycle technical recruiting, ideally supporting high-growth or scaling engineering organizations
- Comfortable operating autonomously and excited to build something new without a playbook
- Deeply people-centric, empathetic, and relationship-driven
- Data-informed and results-oriented, with a strong sense of ownership and accountability
- Energized by challenge and motivated by continuous personal and professional growth
- Able to balance exceptional candidate experience with ambitious hiring goals
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Our salary range reflects the cost of labour in the country where the job post is advertised. The base salary offered for this position is determined by several factors, including the applicant’s job-related skills, relevant experience, education or training, and work location.
In addition to base salary, our total compensation package may include participation in the company’s annual cash bonus plan, variable compensation (OTE) for sales and customer success roles, equity, sign-on payments, and a comprehensive range of health, welfare, and wellbeing benefits based on eligibility.
Your recruiter can provide more details about the specific salary/OTE range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
Get to Know Klaviyo
We’re Klaviyo (pronounced clay-vee-oh). We empower creators to own their destiny by making first-party data accessible and actionable like never before. We see limitless potential for the technology we’re developing to nurture personalized experiences in ecommerce and beyond. To reach our goals, we need our own crew of remarkable creators—ambitious and collaborative teammates who stay focused on our north star: delighting our customers. If you’re ready to do the best work of your career, where you’ll be welcomed as your whole self from day one and supported with generous benefits, we hope you’ll join us.
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Klaviyo is committed to a policy of equal opportunity and non-discrimination. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, citizenship, national origin, color, religion or religious creed, age, sex (including pregnancy), gender identity, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, veteran or active military status, marital status, criminal record, genetics, retaliation, sexual harassment or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
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What We Do
Klaviyo (NYSE: KVYO) is the B2C CRM. Powered by its built-in data platform and AI, Klaviyo combines marketing automation, analytics, and customer service into one unified solution, making it easy for businesses to know their customers and grow faster. Klaviyo (CLAY-vee-oh) helps over 183,000 brands like Mattel, Glossier, Daily Harvest, and Liquid Death deliver 1:1 experiences at scale, improve efficiency, and drive revenue.
Why Work With Us
We refer to our employees as ‘Klaviyos’, and we make up a diverse community united around shared values: We’re curious, collaborative, driven, innovative, fun, and fully ourselves at work. No matter which team you join, your work won’t just impact Klaviyo. It’ll help empower our customers and enable creators across the globe to own their destinies.
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