Capi is building the financial infrastructure for emerging markets trade.

Backed by $18M+ from top-tier investors like Creandum, Y Combinator, General Catalyst, and angels from Revolut, Checkout, Stripe, and Remitly, we’re building the financial infrastructure that emerging markets deserve.

By making global trade smoother and more accessible, we help local businesses grow faster, hire more people, and power prosperity across their communities.

Our mission is to grow GDP in emerging markets by making the global financial system fairer and more accessible. We’re tackling global trade, making it easier for importers to pay their international suppliers. Our platform enables businesses to expand rapidly, create jobs, and be engines of prosperity for their countries.

Our team is made up of approx 80 people across 10 countries; we are a group of a highly-ambitious, get-it-done people, who like to work hard on something that has a tangible impact in the world. And we’re looking for more people to join our team!

Take a look through Capi’s mission & values.

About the Talent Team
The Talent team is a core growth driver at Capi. We build the teams that make our expansion across Africa possible and ensure product excellence.
Operating close to the business, we support multiple African markets as well as our HQ teams in London and Paris, navigating diverse talent landscapes with a strong strategy and execution mindset. We are a results-driven, hands-on team with one clear standard: we raise the bar and hire A-players only.
Speed, ownership, and candidate experience matter deeply. We continuously improve how we work through regular retros and modern, AI-driven recruitment tools.
Joining the team means being part of a small, high-impact setup where expectations are high and every hire truly counts.

Role Overview

As our Technical Recruiter at Capi, you will play a critical role in scaling our Engineering and Product teams during a period of accelerated growth. You will own full-cycle technical hiring across multiple roles and geographies, partnering closely with Engineering leadership and the Talent team to hit ambitious hiring targets and KPIs. You'll help shape our technical hiring strategy, build relationships with candidates, and ensure a high-quality candidate and hiring-team experience throughout the recruitment process.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and execute technical recruitment strategies to build strong candidate pipelines

• Own full-cycle recruitment process for technical roles, from sourcing to offer stage and onboarding

• Partner with hiring managers to understand technical requirements and create compelling job descriptions and candidate pitches

• Source candidates through multiple channels including direct outreach, referrals, and tech recruitment platforms

• Work with external partners as needed; you will own and manage these partnerships directly and should be well-versed in standard recruitment partner SLAs

• Screen technical candidates effectively and manage the interview process end to end

• Be our internal driver for Capi’s tech network, including tech recruitment, technical networking events, groups, and communities - you should be in the know with what is going on in the technical space

• Maintain and grow an excellent technical candidate network - ABR! - always be recruiting!

• Track and analyse recruitment metrics to optimise hiring processes; propose improvement and process changes

• Help develop and improve our technical assessment processes; including retros of processes where improvements can be made

Requirements

• At least 3+ years of technical recruitment experience; preferably with 2+ years in a fast-paced start-up or scale-up environment, or equivalent agency experience (ideally agency followed by in-house)

• Proven track record of successfully hiring engineers and technical roles at scale

• Strong understanding of technical roles, skills, and market trends

• Experience with modern recruitment tools and platforms (ideally Ashby, Welcome to the Jungle, Juicebox/Ppl GPT, Github, Cord, etc).

• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills

• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail

• Open to travel to our other offices to spend time on the ground with teams

• Fluent in English and French

Nice to Have

• Experience recruiting for fintech companies

• Experience working with remote technical teams

Additional Information

• Full-time position with competitive salary, share options, and benefits

• This is a hybrid role, with 3 days per week required in office on Tues-Thurs

• Start date: May 2026 (open on specific dates - we are also aware that a notice period may need to be fulfilled and can adjust accordingly)

Capi is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes candidates from diverse backgrounds. We’re all about building a diverse, inclusive team at Capi. Whoever you are, we’d love to hear from you. If there’s anything you need to make the interview process easier—whether it’s accessibility support, a different format, or just a heads-up about what to expect—just let us know, we’re happy to help.

We've won some cool awards recently too! Check them out:

• Startups UK Top 100 (No. 24)

• Viva Technology Top 100

• Welcome to the Jungle's Fintech's Finest Top 50