# Steven Jiang

> Steven Jiang is the co-founder and CEO of hireEZ, the recruiting software company originally known as Hiretual. A former Samsung engineering manager, he co-founded the business with Xinwen Zhang in 2015. His approach was shaped by hiring bottlenecks and six months operating a recruiting agency. He has led its expansion from AI sourcing into candidate relationship management and agentic recruiting workflows.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at hireEZ
- **Organizations:** hireEZ, Samsung
- **Education:** Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Master’s degree in Computer Science, North Carolina State University
- **Known for:** Co-founded hireEZ in 2015 and remains its CEO., Led the 2022 rebrand from Hiretual to hireEZ alongside a $26 million funding announcement., Expanded the product from sourcing into recruitment CRM and agentic workflows.

## Career timeline

- **2010** — Completed undergraduate computer science studies at the University of Science and Technology of China.
- **2012** — Completed a computer science master’s degree at North Carolina State University; subsequently worked at Samsung.
- **Before 2015** — Worked as an engineering manager at Samsung’s Silicon Valley mobile division under Xinwen Zhang.
- **2015** — Co-founded the recruiting technology company that became Hiretual and later hireEZ with Xinwen Zhang.
- **2022** — Announced the hireEZ rebrand and a $26 million funding round led by Conductive Ventures on February 2.
- **2023** — Introduced GPT-powered candidate engagement functionality.
- **2024** — Launched hireEZ 2, a recruitment CRM platform.
- **2025** — Introduced semi-autonomous Agentic AI recruiting workflows.
- **2026** — Announced partnerships with Nexxt and Talroo to connect candidate channels.

## Achievements

- Co-founded hireEZ in 2015 and remains its CEO.
- Led the 2022 rebrand from Hiretual to hireEZ alongside a $26 million funding announcement.
- Expanded the product from sourcing into recruitment CRM and agentic workflows.
- Recognized on TAtech’s honors website.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Nexxt published a recap and video of Jiang’s speakEZ Summit fireside chat with Dwaine Maltais and John Redig about recruiting partnerships and AI.
- **2026-07** — hireEZ announced Nexxt and Talroo partnerships; Nexxt was live at announcement, while Talroo access was planned for early design partners in 2026.
- **2025-10** — Published an argument for prioritizing talent acquisition in corporate AI investment.

## Links

- Website: https://hireez.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevenhireez

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Last updated: 2026-10-27