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Technical Sourcer

Outset

. Partner with recruiters and hiring managers to understand role requirements, technical stacks, business priorities, and ideal candidate profiles .

Posted 9/17/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $140,000 - $190,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in technical sourcing for diverse roles, utilizing advanced search techniques and tools to build talent pipelines. Strong ability to assess technical qualifications and maintain candidate relationships while supporting inclusive hiring practices.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Technical Sourcing ExperienceBoolean And X-Ray SearchLinkedIn RecruiterCandidate ResearchFamiliarity With Python, Java, Go, TypeScript

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Hard Skills
Technical SourcingTalent MappingPipeline BuildingCandidate EvaluationData Analysis
Soft Skills
Written CommunicationConsultative SkillsPartnership SkillsDetail-Oriented
Tools & Technologies
LinkedIn RecruiterGitHubApplicant Tracking SystemsSourcing ToolsAshby
Industry Keywords
Inclusive Hiring PracticesTechnical RolesEngineering LeadershipOpen-Source EcosystemsCloud Infrastructure

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
AWSAzureCloudDistributed SystemsGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaJavaScriptKubernetesNode.jsPythonRayReactTypeScriptGo

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Partner with recruiters and hiring managers to understand role requirements, technical stacks, business priorities, and ideal candidate profiles
  • Build targeted talent maps and pipelines by function, skill set, geography, company background, and domain expertise
  • Identify and engage passive candidates through LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub, technical communities, open-source projects, industry events, referrals, alumni networks, and other sourcing channels
  • Use Boolean search, X-ray search, talent intelligence tools, and market research for difficult and niche technical searches
  • Write personalized outreach explaining the company mission, engineering challenges, technical environment, and career opportunity
  • Conduct initial candidate conversations assessing qualifications, technical relevance, motivation, location, compensation alignment, and interest
  • Present calibrated candidates to hiring teams with sourcing context and technical background
  • Maintain candidate activity and pipeline data in Ashby
  • Track sourcing funnel performance, response rates, candidate quality, diversity representation, and pipeline health
  • Share market intelligence with recruiting and engineering leadership
  • Develop long-term candidate relationships and talent communities
  • Support inclusive sourcing practices
  • Improve sourcing processes through documentation, automation, tooling, and repeatable research methods

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 3–6 years of technical sourcing experience
  • Experience sourcing technical roles across backend, frontend, full-stack, platform, mobile, data, machine learning, cloud infrastructure, DevOps/SRE, security, or engineering leadership
  • Ability to evaluate technical profiles based on programming languages, frameworks, architecture, infrastructure, scale, product domain, and depth of ownership
  • Familiarity with LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub, Stack Overflow or developer communities, open-source ecosystems, conference communities, and referral networks
  • Expertise in Boolean and X-ray search, candidate research, talent mapping, and pipeline building
  • Strong written communication and customized technical outreach skills
  • Experience using applicant tracking systems, recruiting CRMs, and sourcing tools
  • Ability to manage multiple searches and changing priorities while maintaining candidate experience
  • Partnership and consultative skills with hiring teams
  • Data-informed and detail-oriented approach to measuring sourcing effectiveness
  • Commitment to inclusive hiring practices
  • Familiarity with Python, Java, Go, TypeScript, React, Node.js, Kubernetes, AWS/GCP/Azure, distributed systems, data platforms, LLMs, MLOps, observability, or application security
  • Legally authorized to work in the United States
  • Willingness to work 4 days a week onsite in the San Francisco office

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Equity
  • Competitive salary