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Technical Sourcer

United StatesRemote
Summary

Identify and engage passive technical talent globally through multi-channel sourcing, building high-quality candidate pipelines. Partner with hiring leaders using data-driven approaches and specialist sourcing craft, working asynchronously in a remote environment.

About the role

What You'll Do

  • Identify and engage exceptional passive technical candidates globally using thoughtful, multi-channel sourcing approaches
  • Build and maintain strong candidate pipelines with a clear emphasis on quality over volume
  • Partner closely with hiring leaders to understand what strong talent actually looks like in context, not just on paper
  • Craft outreach that is specific, credible, and worth responding to
  • Use data, candidate feedback, and conversion patterns to refine sourcing approaches over time
  • Operate largely independently while maintaining awareness of overlapping sourcing efforts

Who You Are

  • You've successfully sourced technical talent for organizations known for strong hiring standards, where candidate quality mattered more than pipeline size
  • You know how to identify real technical talent signals beyond resumes, keywords, or brand-name employers
  • You understand where strong technical candidates actually spend time - communities, open-source ecosystems, technical forums, events, niche networks - not just traditional platforms
  • You're comfortable owning results without needing close day-to-day direction
  • You balance strategy and execution: designing sourcing approaches while also doing the hands-on work
  • You're a strong written communicator who can engage senior technical candidates in a way that feels informed and credible
  • You're results-oriented with strong personal accountability
  • You're comfortable working asynchronously in a globally distributed environment

Bonus points:

  • You have familiarity with sourcing/recruiting tooling such as Gem, Lever, or similar platforms
Skills
GemLevermulti-channel sourcingcandidate pipelinestechnical sourcingopen-source ecosystemstechnical forumsniche networksLinkedIn sourcingoutreach crafting