Who We Are

The Farmer’s Dog was born from a mission to change the landscape of pet health, providing dogs and their humans with honest, smart, and simple care. We’re starting by radically improving the $90 billion pet food industry, replacing bags of highly-processed pellets with a personalized subscription service that sends complete and balanced, freshly-made dog food directly to customers’ doors. Our ultimate goal is to create innovative, delightful and personalized experiences across all aspects of pet care, and we believe our direct-to-consumer business model, holistic approach to growth, and dynamic culture uniquely position us to shepherd this backwards industry into the future.

To date, The Farmer’s Dog has delivered over 1 billion meals nationwide and raised over $150M in funding to help us build a company as healthy as the dogs who are eating those meals. Join us as we continue to develop ways of bringing peace of mind to customers, health to their companions, and much-needed change to the way people feed and care for their pets.

#LongLiveDogs

What We Stand For and Where You’ll Come In

We are currently seeking a dynamic Senior Recruiter to join our growing TFD team! This position will be responsible for leading the full-life cycle recruiting process for our positions in our NYC based office.

In this role, you will partner with key leaders to strategically source and attract outstanding talent to support our rapidly growing business. You will build and deliver an outstanding candidate experience that consistently represents TFD values and mission externally in the hiring market. You will own full-cycle recruiting responsibilities including sourcing, screening, candidate communication, and Hiring Manager partnerships. This role will work across different functions of TFD and support highly specialized roles with a specific focus on Tech - Software Engineering, Data, Product and Product Design.

One Team: We don’t think of ourselves as “Acquisition Marketers”, “Engineers”, “Data Analysts”, or “Product Managers”. Beyond denoting skill sets and areas of expertise, we don’t think departments matter. We’d rather align ourselves to the goals we’re working to achieve and make sure we have necessary subject matter expertise to drive meaningful impact. We strive to orient ourselves around customer problems TOGETHER – getting the right people, with the right context, in the right rooms/Zooms to solve problems holistically.

We are skeptical about everything and precious about nothing: Ideas can and should come from anywhere, and we aren’t tied to our own. We proactively source input. We talk to our customers and leads regularly and are quick to change course if we know there’s a better or more impactful way to solve problems.

We consider the customer journey in all of our decisions: We know that no interaction exists in a silo and therefore understand how important every single one is. We ensure our strategy sets prospective and new customers up for success and drives long-term retention. We answer questions and address problems early and proactively. We understand the value of different channels, initiatives, and messages and know how to articulate impact and advocate for prioritization holistically.

We Execute For Impact: We don’t subscribe to “best practices” or “industry KPIs”. We’re uninterested in how we compare to “benchmarks”; instead we orient ourselves around being the best we can possibly be. Similarly, we don’t subscribe to rigid or classical expectations of roles – i.e. acquisition is hyper-focused on improving customer retention and experience.

We Are Focused and Work Without Assumption: We are not beholden to ideas. We have goals and believe everything beyond that is a series of hypotheses to validate. To that end, we seek to work in sequence and not in parallel. We constantly ask ourselves, “what’s the most important hypothesis I should be working on right now? How do I confirm or reject that hypothesis as fast as possible?”. We rarely have timelines/deadlines and are constantly taking in new information and adjusting our priorities accordingly. We don’t expect to be perfect the first time.

How You'll Make An Impact

Own the full-cycle recruiting process from intake through close, focusing on delivering an amazing experience both for candidates and internal stakeholders.
Partner with Hiring Managers as a strategic advisor on sourcing strategy, deeply understanding business needs for roles and helping to define the bar for talent
Build creative sourcing strategies that reach passive candidates — through targeted outreach, network activation, and channels beyond the LinkedIn inbox.
Run structured, consistent interview loops that effectively and consistently assess candidates.
Proactively leverage data and AI to enhance the process to identify what's working, iterating on what isn't, and improving the experience for candidates and interviewers with each role.
Own recruiting projects end-to-end: set the goal, define what success looks like, deliver the result, and clearly communicate wins and blockers to your manager and stakeholders.
Act as a proactive and collaborative partner with other recruiters, spotting industry trends and helping improve each other.

We're Excited About You Because

You have 6+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience in a fast-paced, high-growth environment, with recent ownership of technical hiring across Software Engineering, Data, and Product at all levels (IC through leadership). You use LinkedIn Recruiter fluently and have worked in Greenhouse or a comparable ATS as your system of record.
You're a creative sourcer who builds pipelines where none exist — not leaning on inbound or the same five boolean searches.
You partner with Hiring Managers as a peer, not a service provider, asking hard questions and helping them make better decisions.
You are able to thrive in a fast-paced and ambiguous environment, naturally curious and proactive self-starter, constantly on the lookout for new opportunities and solutions
You're an owner, have excellent problem-solving skills and can prioritize tasks effectively, with a strong attention to detail
You are detail-oriented and proactive, you thrive as a self-starter and excel in managing multiple projects simultaneously
You're a skilled communicator and have the ability to absorb and distill complexity into simple terms to drive decision making.
You love dogs.

Office Guidelines

We are an in-office culture, made of in-office people who thrive on the collaboration and magnetism of working in a shared space. We are seeking individuals who excel in this type of environment, where being present fosters deeper connections and engagement.

Our Belonging Philosophy:

At TFD, we believe Belonging is a shared commitment to creating a workplace where every person feels respected, valued, and empowered to be themselves. When people feel a true sense of belonging, they do their best work, take smart risks, and bring forward diverse perspectives — leading to stronger decisions and deeper relationships.

We anchor this belief in a simple phrase: “Everyone’s welcome at the dog park.” No matter your background, identity, or role, there’s space for you here. There’s no one way to show up at the dog park— just shared space, mutual respect, and the freedom to be yourself. Being included is just the beginning, it’s about contributing your voice, growing through challenges, and building trust through shared goals. This philosophy guides how we lead, how we hire, how we communicate, and how we grow.

We continuously evaluate to ensure we are creating a consistent experience that cultivates belonging for all employees, from hiring and performance reviews to talent development. We also believe Belonging happens in everyday moments of connection; lunch with a new teammate, a shared laugh, or a quick story about your weekend. Our structure includes biannual employee surveys, manager training, TFD camps, and support from Humans to ensure we’re listening and learning from our Team.

Together, these efforts reflect what Belonging means at TFD: a culture where everyone can thrive.

A Few of Our Best Benefits

Dog-friendly office in SoHo
Market-competitive compensation and equity packages
Comprehensive Healthcare, Dental, and Vision
Company supported mental health benefits
12 week paid parental leave
Competitive 401k plan with company match
Flexible PTO
Discounted fresh food for your pup
Your pet interrupting video calls (and in-person meetings) is now a feature, not a bug

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The Farmer's Dog, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer and does not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status or any other legally protected characteristic or status. For more information, please visit Know Your Rights.

Reasonable Accommodations

TFD complies with applicable federal, state, and local disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact humansops@thefarmersdog.com.