Senior Technical Sourcer
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $70 - $85 per hour
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Partner closely with the Talent Acquisition Manager to ramp on company, products, and hiring priorities
- Run calibration checkpoints in the first 2 weeks with the TA Manager to align on target candidate profiles
- Build targeted lists of AI/ML engineering talent across LinkedIn, GitHub, arXiv, Google Scholar, conference speaker lists, and AI communities
- Craft and send compelling outreach that resonates with senior engineers and builders in AI/LLM
- Pre-qualify candidates by validating technical background, location, eligibility, compensation, and credibility of work (e.g., GitHub, publications, shipped projects)
- Track pipeline activity in Ashby ATS and provide standardized weekly sourcing updates
- Share market insights on AI/ML talent pools, compensation, and competitor hiring strategies
- Assist with other high-priority searches (such as Product Design) if needed
- Execute outbound sourcing and conversion to move candidates into interview stages
- This is a 6-week contract (~20 hrs/week) where speed, precision, and quality are critical
Requirements
- 4+ years of sourcing/recruiting experience, with at least 2 years focused on software engineering or AI/ML roles
- Proven success not only generating sourcing lists but driving candidates into later interview stages
- Ability to evaluate technical credibility (GitHub repos, published papers, open-source contributions, shipped projects)
- Strong written communication and outreach skills
- Comfort working in a fast-paced, high-growth startup environment where iteration and feedback loops are key
- Legally authorized to work in the United States (application asks about US work authorization)
- Comfortable with 100% outbound sourcing and measured by ability to identify, engage, and convert outbound candidates
- Can commit to ~20 hours per week for the duration of the 6-week contract, with some overlap during U.S. business hours
- Experience using an ATS (e.g., Ashby, Greenhouse, Lever) to track sourcing activity and provide weekly pipeline reports
- Experience running calibration checkpoints with hiring managers or TA leaders to refine sourcing profiles
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
sourcingrecruitingtechnical evaluationcandidate engagementpipeline tracking
Soft skills
written communicationoutreach skillsadaptabilitycollaborationattention to detail