Recruiting Coordinator - UK (Contract)

Chainguard is the trusted source for open source. By delivering hardened, secure, and production-ready builds of all the open source software engineers and AI agents rely on, Chainguard helps organizations build faster, stay compliant, and eliminate risk. Our customers include Fortune 500 enterprises and global industry leaders, including Anduril, Canva, Fortinet, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, OpenAI, Snap Inc., and Snowflake.

This is a 4 month contract position. Benefits are not offered for this position.

Chainguard is securing the software supply chain, and our EMEA recruiting engine is growing fast. We're looking for a contract Recruiting Coordinator to keep the machine running — someone who takes ownership of the candidate experience, keeps the calendar airtight across multiple time zones, and makes our EMEA recruiters faster at everything they do. This is a four-month contract based in the UK, and it is not a background role. You will be the operational backbone of a team that moves quickly and holds a high bar.

What you'll do:

• Own end-to-end interview scheduling for two EMEA recruiters — coordinating across UK, European, and APAC time zones without dropping the ball.
• Manage candidate communications, ensuring every touchpoint is timely, professional, and reflects a high-quality candidate experience.
• Maintain and update candidate records in the ATS, ensuring pipeline data is accurate and audit-ready at all times.
• Prepare and distribute interview materials, agendas, and panel briefs ahead of every interview loop.
• Flag scheduling conflicts, bottlenecks, or process gaps proactively — don't wait to be asked.
• Support the team with administrative tasks including job postings, reporting, and internal logistics.
• Coordinate across stakeholders independently — hiring managers, panelists, and candidates — without needing hand-holding on standard workflows.

What we're looking for:

• 1–2+ years of recruiting coordination, executive coordination, or high-volume administrative experience.
• Exceptional organizational skills with a proven ability to manage multiple competing priorities without things falling through the cracks.
• Strong communicator in writing and over video — clear, concise, and professional across every channel.
• High sense of urgency: you understand that slow scheduling hurts the candidate experience and costs the business.
• Comfortable operating independently in a remote, fast-paced environment — you do not need a manager to tell you what to do next.
• Confident managing multi-timezone logistics without a second thought.
• Experience with Greenhouse (ATS) or Gem is a strong plus — but if you haven't used them before, you'll pick them up quickly.
• Based in the UK with the ability to work UK business hours.

About Us:

We live and breathe our company values: We are customer obsessed — We focus on delivering solutions to our customers that create value and make their lives better. We have a bias for intentional action — We prioritize, plan, try things, and fail fast. We don't take ourselves too seriously (but we do serious work) — We are solving an important problem which takes focus, but we also like to enjoy the journey. We trust each other and assume good intentions — We're transparent with decisions to empower team members to make well informed decisions.

A few of the benefits we offer:

• Flexible & Remote-First Culture: Work remotely with team meetup opportunities, bi-annual destination summits, and a monthly stipend for coworking spaces, phone and internet costs.
• Our Approach to Equity: Receive stock options upon hire and promotion. Plus, you can participate in secondary offerings and have 10 years to exercise your options.
• 100% Covered Health Insurance: We cover 100% of your health, vision and dental insurance premiums for you and your dependents.
• ∞ Flexible Time Off: Take the time you need – to do our best work, we need to recharge and reset.
• 18 Weeks Paid Parental Leave: We offer 18 weeks for birthing parents and 12 weeks for non-birthing parents, with the option to use it all at once or throughout your child's first year.

If your experience is close but doesn't fulfill all requirements, please apply. We're building the best team in technology and are focused on hiring "Chainguardians" with unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences. Chainguard is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, political views or activity, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.

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