Contract Technical Sourcer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Identify and engage outstanding software engineering talent throughout the 90-day engagement period.

• Collaborate with recruiters and hiring leaders to comprehend hiring requirements and establish target technical profiles.

• Develop high-quality talent pipelines for essential Staff+ engineering positions.

• Create innovative searches that extend beyond conventional titles, companies, and keyword combinations.

• Perform talent mapping, market research, open-source research, and online research.

• Trace engineers through open-source projects, engineering blogs, technical communities, and conference presentations.

• Compose personalized outreach that aligns candidates’ systems experience and career aspirations with the opportunity.

• Utilize AI tools to enhance technical research, generate search ideas, personalize outreach, and boost efficiency.

• Actively identify engineering talent from various backgrounds, company sizes, industries, and career trajectories.

• Monitor sourcing activities, candidate interactions, pipeline development, and search effectiveness.

• Share insights on the engineering talent market and adjust sourcing strategies in collaboration with recruiters and hiring managers.

• Ensure accurate and timely candidate information and activities are maintained in Ashby or a similar applicant tracking system.

• Assist the company in hiring exceptional engineers through speed, creativity, persistence, and sound candidate judgment.

⛳️ Requirements

• This role is a 90-day, 1099 independent contractor engagement.

• Hands-on experience in sourcing and candidate outreach for engineering roles is required.

• Capability to identify outstanding backend, full-stack, and systems engineering talent.

• Proficiency in creative search techniques, Boolean strategies, and non-traditional sourcing methods.

• Familiarity with LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub, technical blogs, conference speaker lists, web research, talent intelligence platforms, technical forums, and engineering communities.

• Ability to comprehend technical profiles, including programming languages, systems experience, scale, and domain knowledge.

• Skill in recognizing transferable systems experience and evaluating Staff+ engineering potential.

• Ability to write concise, personalized, and technically credible outreach messages.

• Competence in utilizing response rates, conversion data, market feedback, and pipeline quality to enhance sourcing efforts.

• Experience with AI tools such as Claude, Codex, ChatGPT, or similar platforms is essential.

• Familiarity with LinkedIn Recruiter and Ashby is advantageous.

• Possess curiosity, resourcefulness, sourcing expertise, persistence, and strong technical candidate judgment.

• Must be comfortable with the contract structure.

• Availability of approximately consistent weekly hours during the engagement is required.

• Must currently reside in the US.

• Must address employment sponsorship requirements for the country where the job is located.

🏝️ Benefits

• This position is a 90-day, 1099 independent contractor engagement and does not qualify for employee benefits or equity.

• There is potential for contract extension based on business needs and individual performance.

• Transition into a full-time role is possible depending on business needs and performance, but not guaranteed.

• Competitive salary and equity packages are available for all employees if an eligible full-time position is applicable.

• Platinum medical, dental, and vision insurance is provided if an eligible full-time position is applicable.

• Free life insurance, including long-term and short-term disability coverage, will be available if an eligible full-time position is applicable.

• Unlimited PTO, uncapped vacation days, and paid holidays are offered if an eligible full-time position is applicable.

• Maternity and paternity leave is provided if an eligible full-time position is applicable.

• A 401(k) contribution where Assured contributes 3% of income, even if the employee does not contribute, will be available if an eligible full-time position is applicable.

• Lunch provided twice a week, a monthly phone stipend, and other home office perks will be offered if an eligible full-time position is applicable.

• Health FSAs and HSAs are available if an eligible full-time position is applicable.

• Participation in team events and offsites is encouraged.