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Sr. Technical Sourcer

150k – 185kSan Francisco, CARecruitingOnsite
Summary

Technical Sourcer who identifies, engages, and pipelines engineering talent using AI-augmented sourcing strategies and close collaboration with recruiters and hiring managers.

About the role

What You'll Do

  • Research, identify, and engage engineering and technical talent across multiple disciplines and experience levels
  • Collaborate with recruiters and hiring teams to deeply understand technical requirements and calibrate profiles with accuracy and nuance
  • Use a wide range of sourcing strategies, including advanced research, talent mapping, referrals, AI-assisted automation, and creative outreach, to build strong candidate pipelines
  • Build and refine your own tooling and workflows, leveraging AI to automate repetitive work and spend more of your time on high-judgment sourcing
  • Act as a candidate's first introduction to Perplexity AI, delivering an authentic and compelling story about our mission, product, and team culture
  • Track and analyze pipeline data to drive continuous optimization and improvements in sourcing approaches
  • Operate with agility, adapting quickly to shifting priorities, hard-to-fill roles, and changing team needs

What You Bring

  • A strong desire to grow a career in sourcing, with clear dedication to advancing your craft and developing deep expertise in the field
  • Exceptional technical literacy, comfortable navigating complex technical conversations, parsing nuanced skill sets, and understanding the architecture of software and AI roles
  • Proven experience sourcing talent in highly dynamic and fast-paced environments where priorities shift and ambiguity is constant
  • A builder's instinct for AI: eager to adopt new tools, automate your own workflow, and experiment with how AI can make sourcing faster and sharper
  • Creativity and resilience: the ability to design novel sourcing strategies, test new methods, and adapt quickly when faced with challenges
  • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to build trust and develop relationships with both candidates and internal partner teams
  • A mindset that thrives on curiosity, iteration, and impact, aligned with Perplexity AI's ethos of building what has never been built before
Skills
Technical sourcingTalent mappingCandidate engagementAI-assisted sourcingPipeline analyticsWorkflow automationTechnical literacyCreative outreach
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