--- title: 'Recruiter at SOUM' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/recruiter-soum-cairo-zn4e6ze4ztq4' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-10-27' --- # Recruiter at SOUM - **Company:** SOUM - **Location:** Cairo - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** remote - **Posted:** 2026-10-14 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-27 - **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/soum/41d92361-e107-48bf-bf72-1062ad3d76d9 ## Job description Role: Recruiter Location: Egypt (Remote) Work Week: Sunday – Thursday Work Timings: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM (Saudi Arabian Time Zone) Role Overview: We're looking for a Recruiter to own end-to-end hiring for a portfolio of open roles across the business. This is a full-cycle recruiting role — from intake to offer — for someone who can run a high volume of searches independently, build strong relationships with hiring managers, and bring structure and speed to how we hire. Language Requirement: Fluent Arabic and English (C1 proficiency in English) — both are essential for this role ## What You'll Do - Run recruitment for 5-6 concurrent open roles: sourcing, screening, interview scheduling and moving candidates through to offer. - Join intake meetings with hiring managers to understand role needs, must-haves and the interview process. - Source actively on LinkedIn and other channels to build healthy, diverse pipelines, not just rely on inbound applications. - Run first-round screening calls and write clear, structured candidate summaries for hiring managers. - Coordinate interviews and feedback so processes keep moving without delays. - Give every candidate a fast, respectful and transparent experience, whatever the outcome. - Keep the ATS (Lever) accurate and up to date: pipeline stages, notes and candidate status. - Contribute to employer branding to strengthen Soum’s presence as an employer of choice in the region. ## Requirements - At least 1 year of recruitment experience, in-house or agency. Exposure to startups, scale-ups or tech/marketplace businesses is a plus. - Hands-on sourcing experience and comfort reaching out to passive candidates. - Familiarity with the Saudi/MENA hiring market is a strong plus. - Experience with an ATS (Lever preferred). - Strong organization and follow-through: you can juggle several processes without dropping details. - Clear, confident communication with candidates and hiring managers. - Fluent English required; Arabic required for close collaboration with the Riyadh team. - Comfortable working remotely, eager to learn, with a strong bias for action. What Success Looks Like - Open roles filled with strong, culture-aligned hires. - Hiring managers find you responsive, organized, and easy to work with. - Pipeline data in Lever is always accurate, with no surprises in the weekly hiring review. - Candidates consistently describe the process as respectful and well run, whatever the outcome. ## Why Join Soum ●       Real ownership over your recruiting pipeline from day one. ●       A People function that's actively building out career ladders, leveling, and process — you'll help shape it, not just execute it. ●       A culture that values speed, autonomy, and results over hours logged. ## About SOUM ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Soum is a re-commerce marketplace platform based in Saudi Arabia that enables individuals and businesses to buy and sell pre-owned goods—starting with electronics and expanding into automobiles and collectibles—with guaranteed, end-to-end transaction support. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series A) - **Headquarters**: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - **Founded**: 2021 - **Founders**: Bader Almubarak (CEO), Fahad Al Hassan, Fahad Albassam ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Internet Marketplace Platforms / Re-commerce - **Target customers**: B2C (individual buyers and sellers), B2B (small businesses via Merchant App), and B2B2C (telecom/retail partners with bulk-selling options) - **Mission or purpose statement**: "Build a marketplace that enables users to buy and sell anything online with convenience, trust, and ease starting in the MENA market." ## Products & Services - **Peer-to-Peer Marketplace**: A platform for individuals to list and sell second-hand electronics, used cars, and collectibles. Soum manages the entire transaction cycle including listing approval, logistics coordination, payment holding, and delivery guarantee. - **Merchant App**: A dedicated tool for small businesses to sell faster and reach a wider audience through the Soum marketplace. - **Bulk-Selling Solutions for Partners**: Tailored services for telecom and retail partners (e.g., bulk inspections, warehouse management, optimal returns) for high-volume inventory. - **AI-Powered Platform Features**: Personalized recommendations, dynamic pricing, predictive analytics, and fraud detection models deployed across the marketplace. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed - **Total Funding**: $22M USD to date - **Notable Investors**: Jahez Group (lead, Series A), Isometry Capital (New York-based), Al Rajhi Partners, Khwarizmi Ventures, Outliers Venture Capital - **Growth Signals**: - 10th most downloaded e-commerce app in KSA in 2023 - Over 5 million app downloads - 10,000+ active listings at any given time - 30,000+ new listings every month - Facilitated hundreds of thousands of transactions across 150+ locations in Saudi Arabia - Headcount grew +10.3% YoY (90 employees as of latest data) - Expanding into UAE and other MENA markets, and testing new categories (used cars, collectibles) ## Competitive Advantages - **Trust & Safety Moat**: Proprietary fulfillment and payment systems hold funds until the buyer confirms delivery—reducing fraud risk in a high-friction category (used goods). - **Full-Stack Marketplace**: Unlike pure listing platforms, Soum manages pre-approval of listings, logistics, and payment escrow, creating a controlled, consistent user experience. - **AI Integration**: Uses machine learning for recommendations, dynamic pricing, and fraud detection, making the platform smarter and safer as it scales. - **First-Mover in MENA Re-commerce**: Dominant position in Saudi Arabia’s second-hand electronics market with a trusted brand and strong local logistics network. ## Strategic Focus - Geographic expansion across the MENA region, starting with the United Arab Emirates - Category expansion beyond electronics into automobiles and collectibles - Extending return windows (from 24 hours to a week or month) to increase buyer confidence - Scaling the merchant and partner programs to drive B2B revenue - Continued investment in AI/ML to improve personalization, pricing, and fraud detection ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Soum describes itself as looking for "innovators, the hungry, the go-getters" and offers autonomy to experiment, learn, fail, and grow. The team is called "Soumers" and has worked across 14+ countries from the US to South Korea. - **Remote/Hybrid Policy**: Mixed. Many roles are remote (e.g., Cairo-based positions), but some roles (e.g., Senior Compliance Officer, Operations roles) are on-site in Riyadh or Jeddah. The company has offices in Riyadh and Cairo. - **Global & Diverse Team**: 90 employees spread across 8 countries (Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Pakistan, UAE, South Korea, Nigeria, Uzbekistan, US). Engineering and product teams are distributed. - **Engineering Culture**: AI/ML is core to the product; they deploy models for recommendations, dynamic pricing, predictive analytics, and fraud detection. The technical team makes up ~12% of headcount. - **Growth Trajectory**: High-growth startup (10%+ YoY headcount growth, expanding geographies and categories) offering significant ownership and impact. - **Compensation**: Senior Software Engineer roles reported at ~SAR 128,877/month. Overall employer rating is 3.7/5 (19 reviews on LinkedIn), with Culture rated 3.6 and Career growth rated 3.5. - **AI in Hiring**: Soum discloses that they use AI tools to support parts of the hiring process (reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, identifying signals), but final decisions are made by humans. ## Sources 1. [soum.sa](https://soum.sa) 2. [jobs.lever.co/soum](https://jobs.lever.co/soum) 3. [linkedin.com/company/soum-sa](https://linkedin.com/company/soum-sa) 4. [techcrunch.com](https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/20/soum-18m-series-a-funding/) 5. [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/soum) 6. 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