Technical Sourcer
Merlin Labs
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Boston • Massachusetts • 🇺🇸 United States
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Own top-of-funnel generation for highly specialized and niche technical roles
- Develop and maintain deep talent maps
- Design multi-channel sourcing strategies that reach passive talent via personalized outreach, creative sequencing, community engagement, and long-term relationship building.
- Partner tightly with recruiters and hiring managers to clarify role requirements, identify target profiles, and continuously refine search strategies.
- Build and maintain pipelines of future talent, not just current req candidates—anticipating the needs of Merlin’s rapid growth.
- Craft compelling outreach that resonates with engineers, operators, and innovators—highlighting mission, impact, and technical challenge.
- Ensure exceptional candidate experience through thoughtful communication and seamless handoff to recruiting partners.
- Champion sourcing innovation—bringing new tools, tactics, and insights to elevate how Merlin finds and engages world-class talent.
Requirements
- 4+ years of technical sourcing experience at a high-growth tech-focused company.
- Demonstrated ability to source for extremely niche and competitive technical talent pools.
- Ability to read and interpret complex technical resumes
- Experience building detailed talent maps and presenting market insights to stakeholders.
- Highly skilled in personalized outreach, relationship-building, and candidate engagement.
- Strong communication skills, written and verbal, with the ability to influence and educate hiring teams.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, rapidly evolving environment with shifting priorities and high standards.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
technical sourcingtalent mappingcandidate engagementpersonalized outreachrelationship buildingmarket insightsresume interpretation
Soft skills
strong communicationwritten communicationverbal communicationinfluencingeducatingadaptabilityrelationship management