Recruiter at RenoFi - Mortgage Sales Hiring Role in Columbus
Career & Market Insight
This recruiter role at RenoFi sits at an interesting intersection: fintech startup + niche mortgage/lending domain. Building expertise in mortgage industry recruiting — particularly for production-focused loan officers — is a highly specialized and marketable skill set that translates well across fintech, proptech, and traditional banking sectors.
Compensation signals: The posting offers base salary plus performance bonuses — standard for recruiting roles — but does not disclose figures. For a startup-stage recruiter focused on sales hiring, US market benchmarks typically range from $70,000–$110,000 base, with bonus potential adding 10–25%. The equity component is a meaningful upside given RenoFi's VC backing (First Round Capital, Canaan Partners).
Career development highlights:
- Direct exposure to sales leadership and an EVP — high visibility for a recruiter role
- End-to-end ownership of a specialized recruiting vertical (mortgage/loan officer), which builds rare domain expertise
- Experience with MMI data validation and Lever ATS adds concrete technical credentials
- Early-stage startup environment means you'll likely shape recruiting processes, not just execute them
Green flags: Diverse hiring commitment, distributed-first culture, and VC-backed growth trajectory. Watch for: Reporting to an EVP of National Production (not a Head of People/HR) may signal that recruiting is viewed primarily as a sales support function, which could limit broader HR career growth. Confirm organizational structure and whether a people ops team exists.
RenoFi is hiring a recruiter to join our fast-growing, early-stage startup. As a sales-focused recruiter, you will be responsible for recruiting Senior Loan Officers with a proven track record of self-sourcing leads. Senior Loan Officers are able to offer the full range of RenoFi's loan product suite, including RenoFi's exclusive home equity renovation loans.
What You'll Be Doing
- Own the end-to-end recruiting process for Senior Loan Officer candidates — you'll be their trusted contact and guide them from initial outreach and screening, to coordination of interviews with the team, and through the offer and reference check stages
- Engage with the Sales leadership team to understand priorities for each market and corresponding resourcing needs
- Build trusted relationships with hiring managers and key stakeholders and coach them on hiring best practices
- Own the job posting process for various roles, including drafting job specs and posting to relevant sites including LinkedIn
- Manage and maintain the talent pipeline and leverage data to inform hiring projections
- Maintain the ATS and provide timely and thoughtful feedback to all candidates to maintain data integrity
- Leverage all RenoFi recruiting platforms to actively engage and source candidates
- Validate potential candidates' mortgage production using data sources such as MMI
- Provide weekly updates to key stakeholders on activities and pipeline
- Champion RenoFi's culture & vision
What We're Looking For
- Preference given to candidates with significant experience recruiting loan officers and sales roles
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with proven negotiation skills
- Excellent time management and attention to detail
- Flexible and responsive to feedback; comfortable navigating ambiguity
- Committed to maintaining a high level of professionalism
- Proficient with Google Suite & ATS platforms — our team uses Lever
Compensation
Compensation is comprised of a competitive base salary plus performance-based bonuses.
Additional Information
This role reports to our EVP of National Production and will work closely with our Retail Sales team.
We are committed to hiring and cultivating a diverse team. If you are uncertain about whether you meet our requirements, please apply anyway!
About Us
The demand for home renovations has never been stronger, yet it's surprisingly difficult for a new homeowner to renovate. It can take a decade to build up enough home equity and savings to pay for a major renovation. As a result, recent homeowners often resort to financially suboptimal solutions like borrowing from their 401k, racking up credit card debt, or using high-interest personal loans — or they live unhappily for years in a home that doesn't meet their family's needs.
By completing a major renovation, homeowners increase the value of their home. Professional real estate investors leverage this After Renovation Value (ARV) to roll increases in value into new properties. RenoFi created a platform that enables homeowners to borrow funds from RenoFi-approved lenders in the form of the first home equity loan purpose-built for renovations. Unlike standard home equity loans, RenoFi Loans use the post-renovation value of your home, letting you borrow the most money at the best possible terms.
For homeowners, RenoFi makes it possible to renovate years earlier than otherwise feasible. For contractors, we empower renovation financing at the point of sale. Our lender partners — most often credit unions — rely on RenoFi's platform to generate loans, create efficiencies, and grow membership. RenoFi is truly a win-win-win for everyone involved.
RenoFi is backed by some of the best startup investors in the world, including First Round Capital, Comcast Ventures, and Canaan Partners.
We Are a Globally Distributed Team
RenoFi has been built from the start as a fully distributed team with an intentional focus on growing a strong team and culture that spans timezones and nationalities. Here's one fun example!
Please highlight any prior experience working remotely when applying. US or GMT-adjacent timezones will be prioritized.
RenoFi offers competitive cash and equity compensation. Some benefit offerings will vary by country. In the United States, we offer competitive health and retirement plans. All staff across the globe enjoy a flexible vacation policy.
Read More About RenoFi
- Funding announcement post
- Lead investor blog post announcing investment in RenoFi
- National coverage by Housing Wire
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