Paytm Labs

Digital payments, loans, investments, and insurance

Talent Acquisition Specialist - IT Recruitment

Technical RecruitingConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeNoida, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

Two to four years of hands-on experience in IT or technical recruitment within an Internet, fintech, product, or high-growth technology environment.
A demonstrated track record of closing niche and complex engineering roles, such as Java, microservices, React, Node.js, cloud/DevOps, or data engineering.
A strong understanding of modern technology stacks, engineering designations, and technical skill matrices.
Candidate assessment, stakeholder management, and salary negotiation skills.
A bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Engineering, or a related field.

Responsibilities

Drive the full recruitment lifecycle for software engineering, backend, frontend, infrastructure, data, and mobile engineering roles.
Use advanced sourcing techniques, including LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub, technology communities, employee referrals, and specialized job portals, to build candidate pipelines for critical engineering hiring needs.
Collaborate with engineering leadership to understand technical requirements, define candidate personas, and align on hiring timelines and assessment criteria.
Ensure a transparent and professional candidate journey from initial outreach through technical interview rounds, offer acceptance, and onboarding.
Conduct salary fitment assessments, negotiate offer packages, and manage post-offer engagement to improve offer conversion and reduce candidate dropouts.
Track recruitment metrics including time to fill, cost per hire, channel mix, and pass-through ratios to optimize hiring efficiency.
Use AI tools for job description generation, candidate matching, Boolean string building, and resume parsing.
Use AI tools for market mapping, competitive talent research, and personalizing candidate outreach emails at scale.
Use AI-driven scheduling tools, automated interview updates, and automated reporting to reduce recruitment cycle times.

Desired Qualifications

Experience recruiting within product-based technology companies or fast-scaling fintech startups.
Familiarity with applicant tracking systems such as Lever, Greenhouse, or Darwinbox.
Exposure to high-volume recruitment drives, hackathons, and technology community engagement.

About Paytm

Paytm is India's leading mobile payments and financial services distribution company. Pioneer of the mobile QR payments revolution in India, Paytm builds technologies that help small businesses with payments and commerce.

Paytm's mission is to serve half a billion Indians and bring them to the mainstream economy with the help of technology.

About the Role

Paytm is looking for an energetic, data-driven, and high-impact IT Recruiter to join our Talent Acquisition team in Noida. In this role, you will own the end-to-end recruitment lifecycle for engineering and technology roles across Paytm's core business units.

You will partner closely with Engineering Managers, Tech Leads, and HR Business Partners to source, attract, and hire high-caliber technical talent in a fast-paced, high-growth fintech environment. This role matters directly to Paytm’s growth engine: speed of technical execution starts with bringing in top-tier engineering talent who demonstrate strong ownership, business impact, and learning agility.

Key Responsibilities

End-to-End Talent Acquisition: Drive the full recruitment lifecycle for software engineering, backend, frontend, infrastructure, data, and mobile engineering roles.

Proactive Sourcing & Pipeline Building: Utilize advanced sourcing techniques (LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub, tech communities, employee referrals, and specialized job portals) to build a robust candidate pipeline for critical engineering demands.

Hiring Manager Partnership: Collaborate with Engineering Leadership to understand technical requirements, define candidate personas, and align on hiring timelines and assessment criteria.

Candidate Experience: Ensure a transparent, engaging, and professional candidate journey from initial outreach through technical rounds to offer acceptance and onboarding.

Offer Management & Negotiation: Conduct salary fitment assessments, negotiate offer packages, and manage post-offer engagement to ensure high offer conversion rates and low drop-outs.

Process & SLA Adherence: Track key recruitment metrics including time-to-fill, cost-per-hire, channel mix, and pass-through ratios to continuously optimize hiring efficiency.

Required Qualifications

2–4 years of core hands-on experience in IT/Technical recruitment within a fast-paced Internet, Fintech, Product, or High-Growth Tech ecosystem.

Demonstrated track record of closing niche and complex engineering roles (e.g., Java, Microservices, React, Node.js, Cloud/DevOps, Data Engineering).

Strong understanding of modern technology stacks, engineering designations, and technical skill matrices.

Excellent candidate assessment, stakeholder management, and salary negotiation skills.

Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Engineering, or a related field.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience recruiting within product-based tech companies or fast-scaling fintech startups.

Familiarity with Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) like Lever, Greenhouse, or Darwinbox.

Proven exposure to high-volume recruitment drives, hackathons, and tech community engagement.

AI Expectations

AI-Enabled Recruitment Workflows: Utilize AI tools for job description generation, candidate matching, Boolean string building, and intelligent resume parsing.

Market Intelligence & Outreach: Use AI tools for market mapping, competitive talent research, and personalizing candidate outreach emails at scale.

Productivity Improvement: Leverage AI-driven scheduling tools, automated interview updates, and automated reporting to reduce recruitment cycle times.

Ideal Candidate

Demonstrates high ownership, bias for action, and a result-oriented approach to closing open mandates.

Possesses strong learning agility and keeps pace with evolving technology trends and tech-hiring practices.

Brings a young, dynamic, and modern mindset, adapting rapidly to shifting business priorities.

Values candidate experience, diversity, and candidate-first communication.

Experience

Experience: 2–4 years

Location

Noida, Uttar Pradesh

Requirements at a Glance

Experience Level: Mid
Education: Bachelor's

Benefits

Health & Wellbeing - Your group health benefits are 100% funded by us, and start on your first day.
Travel the World - Even though we are currently working remotely, usually our employees make frequent international business-related trips while working on exciting projects.
Continuous Learning - We're passionate about learning and strive to constantly improve and innovate. We learn from others, our challenges & our successes.
Connection - In this virtual world, we stay connected through events like game nights, movie nights, arts & crafts sessions (like Origami), meditation sessions, and much more.
Autonomy & Flexibility - You get to define how you want to make an impact. We truly believe that great things happen when people are given the trust and freedom to create their own path.
Beautiful Office - Whenever we return back to the office, you’ll get to check out our awesome workspace, complete with pool and ping pong tables, a snack-filled kitchen, and tons of cozy work spaces.

About the Company

Paytm Labs

Digital payments, loans, investments, and insurance

Paytm Labs offers an integrated digital payments and financial services platform in India for individuals and businesses, covering UPI payments, mobile recharges, bill payments, ticket bookings, loans, investments, insurance, metro cards, and more. Users initiate payments or financial actions in the app, which are processed through UPI and payment gateways, with revenue from transaction fees and commissions on financial services. It differentiates itself through a large ecosystem of merchants and users, a wide range of services in one app, and a focus on customer support and trust. Its goal is to make a broad set of financial services easily accessible to mass-market users while growing revenue via payment processing and financial services partnerships at scale.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: IPO
Headquarters: Noida, India
Founded: 2014

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