Talent Coordinator

TL;DR: We're seeking an ambitious Talent Coordinator to help us attract, engage, and hire exceptional people while delivering an outstanding candidate experience and building our internal talent capability.

About Cloudsmith

Cloudsmith is the world's most powerful artifact management platform. Software organizations of all sizes rely on Cloudsmith to control and secure their software supply chains. Cloudsmith allows customers to manage curated private repositories that proxy public open source software registries. Developers use these repositories as their trusted source for build artifacts.

We support over 30 formats, including most popular languages, package managers, operating systems, and AI and container protocols. We're aimed at the enterprise, with built in comprehensive security and advanced features for policy enforcement, integrations, and observability. Customers consider Cloudsmith to be critical infrastructure as a central part of their software build chain.

Cloudsmith is built by developers, for developers. We treasure the developer experience. The Tao of Cloudsmith expresses the values we live by every day. This is a special company, and now is a great time to join us.

The Role

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone at the start of their recruitment career to join a growing Talent Acquisition team and make a real impact from day one. As our Talent Coordinator, you will be the engine behind our hiring delivery, keeping pipelines moving, engaging candidates, and ensuring a smooth, high quality experience for everyone who applies.

You'll report to and work closely with the Talent Acquisition Lead, taking ownership of sourcing, screening, and coordination across a wide range of roles. Over time, you'll help build our internal capability to source talent directly, reducing our dependency on agencies and growing your own skills and autonomy.

The Operations team works in person at Belfast HQ at least one day per week.

Key Responsibilities Candidate Sourcing & Pipeline Building

• Proactively source candidates through LinkedIn, job boards, CV databases, and other channels for a range of roles
• Build and maintain talent pipelines for current and anticipated vacancies, keeping candidate records up to date in our ATS (Teamtailor)
• Develop a working knowledge of our key hiring profiles so you can spot strong candidates quickly

Application Management & Screening

• Review and process incoming applications in the ATS on a daily basis, ensuring candidates receive a timely response
• Conduct initial screening calls to assess suitability, motivation, and availability before progressing to hiring managers
• Provide clear and constructive candidate briefings prior to interviews

Scheduling & Process Support

• Coordinate interview scheduling across candidates, hiring managers, and panel members, managing diaries efficiently
• Own the logistics of the interview process: room bookings, video links, assessments, and any other pre hire requirements
• Send timely communications to candidates at each stage, maintaining a positive candidate experience throughout

ATS Administration

• Maintain accurate candidate records and keep all job postings current and well presented in the ATS
• Ensure candidate stages, tags, and notes are consistently updated to support reporting and pipeline visibility
• Support the Talent Acquisition Lead with automation setup, template maintenance, and onboarding new users to the platform

Referral & Offer Support

• Track and manage employee referral submissions, communicating with referring employees and referred candidates appropriately
• Assist with the preparation of offer letters and starter paperwork under the guidance of the Talent Acquisition Lead
• Support right to work checks and early onboarding coordination in line with compliance requirements

Employer Brand & Social Media

• Support the creation of content for LinkedIn and other channels that showcases the company's culture, roles, and people
• Assist with careers page updates and help maintain a strong, consistent employer brand across all candidate touchpoints

Required Experience, Qualities & Skills

• 0-2 years of experience in a recruitment, resourcing, HR, or people facing role (agency or in house)
• A genuine interest in talent acquisition and building a career in People/TA
• Someone who will champion the Cloudsmith culture and values with the ability to make a great first impression, every time
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills - confident speaking with candidates and colleagues at all levels
• Someone who will be able to explain what Cloudsmith is, what kind of product we make, who our customers are and what value customers get from our product, and confidently translate technical concepts into clear, compelling candidate conversations
• Highly organised with the ability to calmly juggle multiple roles and priorities simultaneously
• A proactive, self starting attitude: you don't wait to be told what to do next
• Comfortable using technology and keen to become an expert in our ATS and sourcing tools
• Attention to detail in written communications, candidate records, and admin

Nice to Have

• Experience using Teamtailor or a similar ATS
• Familiarity with LinkedIn Recruiter or Boolean search techniques
• Any exposure to employer brand, social media content, or events coordination
• CIPD Level 3 (studying or completed) or equivalent

What you'll Get

• A clear development path: this role is designed to grow with you
• Close mentorship from the Talent Acquisition Lead
• Exposure to all areas of the hiring lifecycle from day one
• The opportunity to help build something you won't just be maintaining a process, you'll be shaping it

Benefits, Location & Work Environment

Note: You must be based in Northern Ireland and have the right to work independently without requiring sponsorship.

Headlines

• A position based in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
• A competitive compensation package, including equity.
• With comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Plus, generous annual leave and flexible working policies to suit your lifestyle.
• Including a professional development budget for conferences and training.
• In a dynamic, innovative, trust centric, and supportive work environment.
• With the opportunity to shape a fast growing Series C startup (and beyond).
• Regular (monthly ish) travel may be required for team meetings.
• Regular (quarterly ish) travel may also be required for events and customers.

Health and Wellness

Regardless of your location, we deeply care about the health and wellness of our staff and their families; a sustainable pace is important to us. In addition to generous annual leave (PTO), we offer health and wellbeing benefits along with flexible family friendly working policies.

Personal Growth

You will have an enormous opportunity to learn new skills alongside your colleagues, and your continued professional development is essential to us because it's important to you. We will support you with budgets for equipment, training, books, conferences, travel, and certifications. The more powerful you become, the better for all of us.

Facilities

Cloudsmith is headquartered in Belfast, Northern Ireland, with fully equipped office space that's open 24x7. We use our H.Q. regularly for activities like working sessions, team planning, meets and greets, and sometimes other group activities (like games!). We also hold all hands offsites in Belfast thrice yearly, with guest speakers and team activities. Many Cloudsmithers work remotely, so we rely on our online collaboration tools; Slack, Google Docs, Linear, and other popular collaboration tools are how we work.

About Equal Opportunity

Cloudsmith is an equal opportunity employer proud to nurture a diverse workplace that welcomes applications from individuals of all races, genders, and ethnic groups. We do not discriminate on age, religion, sexual orientation, citizenship status, military service, or health conditions. We will not tolerate discrimination of any kind within our workforce.

The Final Word

We're looking for someone who can balance organisation with adaptability, has the drive to help build a world class talent function, and is fearless in rolling up their sleeves when needed. We're critical infrastructure by developers, for developers, and are building the world's software supply chain platform and ecosystem. We want to hear from you if you're excited to build the teams and foundations that will power our growth, with a lasting impact on the software industry from today until IPO and beyond.