Talent Acquisition Associate

About Apollo Finvest
We are a publicly listed tech-first NBFC — think AWS, but for lending. Armed with advanced APIs and capital, we partner with the best fintechs to power digital loans across India.
Now, we’re scaling Apollo’s lending business as well as Apollo Cash, our digital personal loan app. As Apollo Cash scales, our team needs to scale rapidly across engineering, product, business, and operations.
We’re looking for a Talent Acquisition Associate who has spent their career inside startups and technology companies, building teams from the ground up.
This role is heavily focused on engineering, product, and data hiring, and requires someone who has independently driven hiring in fast-paced environments where speed, ownership, and resourcefulness matter.
This is not a traditional HR coordination role, nor is it a role for agency recruiters.
This is a high-ownership recruiting role where you will work closely with founders and hiring managers to build a scalable, AI-native hiring engine as Apollo Cash grows.
What You’ll Do
Own end-to-end hiring across roles, with a primary focus on engineering, product and data hiring
Partner with founders and hiring managers to define hiring strategy, role clarity, and ideal candidate profiles
Build strong pipelines for critical and hard-to-fill roles as Apollo Cash scales
Source candidates using LinkedIn, referrals, startup communities, networks, and AI-driven sourcing tools
Drive the entire hiring funnel — sourcing → screening → interviews → offer → closure
Act as the hiring owner for Apollo Cash as teams scale across engineering, product, business, and operations
Build hiring processes, playbooks, and sourcing strategies from scratch rather than relying on agencies or inbound applications
Ensure a strong, fast, and consistent candidate experience at scale
Build and improve hiring systems, trackers, dashboards, and reporting
Use automation and AI tools to improve sourcing, screening, scheduling, and follow-ups
Track and optimize hiring metrics such as TAT, conversion rates, offer acceptance, and quality of hire
What You’ll Need
2–4 years of talent acquisition experience exclusively within startups, fintechs, or technology companies
Strong experience in tech hiring is non-negotiable
Must have independently hired for engineering, product, and data roles
Demonstrated experience owning the complete hiring funnel — sourcing, screening, stakeholder management, offers, and closures
Strong sourcing skills beyond job portals, including LinkedIn, referrals, communities, and founder networks
Experience working in lean, high-growth environments with aggressive hiring goals
Comfortable experimenting with AI tools, automation, sourcing tools, and ATS platforms
Ability to assess candidates for ownership, execution ability, and startup mindset
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
Ability to work in a fast-paced, founder-led environment with high autonomy and accountability
Bonus if you have:
Experience hiring in fintech or lending startups
Experience building hiring processes from scratch
Familiarity with engineering roles such as backend, frontend, full-stack, mobile, data, ML, and DevOps
Exposure to AI-driven sourcing, screening, or recruiting workflows
What Success Looks Like
Apollo Cash hiring scales smoothly across functions as the business grows
Strong pipelines for engineering, product, and business roles exist at all times
Hiring becomes faster, more predictable, and less manual through automation
High-quality hires with strong ownership and cultural fit
Founders and hiring managers rely on you as a true hiring partner
Why Join Us?
Work directly with Founders: Mikhil Innani, former co-founder of PharmEasy and ex-Product Head at Hotstar, and Diksha Nangia, a former banker and CFA Charterholder
Own hiring for a fast-scaling fintech and directly shape the team
Best of both worlds: startup speed + listed company stability
High ownership, fast-track growth, and direct impact
Interested?
Drop us a message at anuj@apollofinvest.com / careers@apollofinvest.com
Let’s build the team powering the next phase of Apollo Cash.

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