Technical Sourcer

What You’ll Do

• Conduct mappings: Map talent pools, competitive landscapes, and emerging technical communities to deliver actionable intelligence on where exceptional candidates are, what they care about, and how to reach them.
• Build pipeline strategies: Partner with TA Partners and/or independently build and execute on sourcing strategies to build up pipelines for multiple competing positions.
• Operate as a data-driven function: Track pipeline metrics, outreach conversion rates, source effectiveness, and market trends. Use data to continuously refine sourcing strategies and report pipeline health to recruiters and leadership.
• Build sourcing infrastructure: Design and document sourcing playbooks, channel strategies, and talent maps that scale with the company and create institutional knowledge across the team.
• Partner closely with recruiting and hiring managers: Collaborate to understand evolving hiring needs, align on ideal candidate profiles, and hand off warm, well-qualified pipelines that accelerate time-to-hire.

Focus/What We Value

• Sourcing as a craft: Systematic and organized approach through technical communities, research networks, and unique channels.
• Strategic and proactive mindset: Think in pipelines and talent maps.
• Data fluency: Measure outreach rates, pipeline conversion, source quality.
• Technical credibility: Understand strong resumes vs. genuine technical excellence.
• Speed without shortcuts: Build high-signal pipelines quickly.
• Builder mentality: Create structure and document learnings.

Must Haves

• 2+ years of sourcing experience with proven track record of building proactive pipelines.
• Demonstrated ability to conduct talent and market mapping.
• Deep channel expertise: GitHub, arXiv, technical conferences, Discord/Slack communities, academic networks, alternative sourcing techniques.
• Strong data orientation.
• Experience in high-growth tech companies or startups, preferably datacenter/cloud/infrastructure, AI/ML.
• Ability to manage multiple pipelines with prioritization.
• Clear and concise communication.

Salary & Benefits

• Competitive total compensation package (salary + equity).
• Retirement or pension plan.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Generous PTO policy.
• Salary range: $90,000-$160,000 per year, depending on experience, skills, qualifications, and location. Total compensation may include equity.