About the role
Why Midnite?
Midnite is a next-generation sports betting and gaming platform built for a new wave of players. The company combines sharp product thinking, a bold brand, and fast execution to create experiences that feel modern, intuitive, and built for how people actually play today.
Midnite is a high-performance team operating at pace, characterized by high ownership and constant iteration. The environment involves no hiding behind processes, moving quickly, testing relentlessly, and turning ambitious ideas into real impact.
The Role
- Title: Senior Talent Acquisition Manager
- Team: Talent Acquisition
- Location: Cape Town, South Africa - full-time on-site
- Contract: Six-month fixed-term contract, with the opportunity to progress into a permanent, full-time role
- Salary: Up to ZAR 750,000 per year
The role involves helping Midnite scale teams during a period of growth. Technical recruitment is the heart of the position, with additional ownership of commercial hiring as business priorities evolve. Reporting to the Talent Acquisition Lead, the manager will take ownership of end-to-end technical searches, partner with senior stakeholders, and help strengthen internal processes, project delivery, and the adoption of AI within the Talent Acquisition team.
Key Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end hiring across engineering, product, data, infrastructure, and related technical disciplines.
- Support commercial hiring across Growth, Marketing, Operations, and other business functions when required.
- Partner with hiring managers to define roles, build scorecards, and design effective interview processes.
- Build and execute proactive sourcing strategies across South Africa and relevant international markets.
- Qualify candidates thoroughly and manage an excellent experience from first contact through to offer.
- Use Ashby confidently from day one to manage data hygiene, workflows, templates, automation, and reporting.
- Provide clear market insight, pipeline updates, and hiring recommendations to senior stakeholders.
- Coach hiring managers on structured interviewing and evidence-based decision-making.
- Own additional Talent Acquisition projects and support improvements to internal team processes.
- Help drive practical AI adoption and automation within the Talent Acquisition team.
Candidate Requirements
- Significant in-house technical recruitment experience within a high-growth scale-up environment.
- Hired across multiple engineering or technical disciplines and levels.
- Credible experience hiring commercial roles alongside a technical remit.
- Excellent sourcer capable of building pipelines beyond inbound applications.
- Ability to confidently advise and challenge senior stakeholders.
- Uses data and market insight to improve hiring decisions.
- Highly organized and comfortable managing multiple complex searches.
- Thrives in ambiguity and takes ownership from brief through to signed offer.
- Cares deeply about quality of hire and candidate experience.
- Strong hands-on Ashby experience and ability to contribute effectively from day one.
Winnings
- Shape the future: Play a key role in the team's success, where your voice matters, and you will have a direct impact on shaping Midnite's future.
Midnite is committed to creating equal opportunities and strives to build balanced teams that reflect the diversity of communities, including ethnic minorities, people with disabilities, the LGBTQIA+ community, and all genders. An inclusive and supportive interview experience is provided, with reasonable adjustments available upon request.