Senior Technical Sourcer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States, +1 more country.

📋 Description

• Establish GC AI’s technical sourcing initiative from the ground up as the inaugural technical sourcer.

• Collaborate directly with the CTO and hiring managers to outline role specifications, essential qualifications, and target companies.

• Identify passive engineering candidates through LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub, X, Hugging Face, and Metaview.

• Create and manage talent maps across targeted companies, open-source contributors, and AI research and infrastructure communities.

• Develop, test, and refine customized outreach sequences using Ashby or Metaview.

• Oversee the candidate experience from initial contact through the virtual onsite process, then transition candidates to the full-cycle recruiter.

• Evaluate candidates for technical suitability and motivation, while effectively conveying GC AI’s narrative to senior engineers.

• Provide weekly reports on funnel metrics, including response rates by channel and message, and suggest improvements.

• Create the sourcing playbook, incorporating profiles, Boolean strings, sequences, and channel performance metrics.

• Foster a diverse candidate pipeline through referrals, investor networks, events, communities, and outbound efforts.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 5 years of experience in technical sourcing or recruiting, including tenure at a high-growth startup.

• Proven experience in establishing sourcing frameworks from scratch.

• Demonstrated success in sourcing senior and staff-level software engineers, particularly for challenging AI/ML and infrastructure roles.

• Capability to engage in discussions regarding RAG, evaluations, agents, inference costs, and model trade-offs with candidates.

• Proficiency in distinguishing between Applied AI engineers, ML researchers, and product engineers who implement AI features.

• Advanced skills in LinkedIn Recruiter and Boolean search techniques.

• Active sourcing experience on GitHub, X, Hugging Face, or Metaview.

• Practical experience with Ashby ATS or a similar modern applicant tracking system.

• Skill in crafting concise outreach messages that elicit responses, supported by response-rate analytics.

• Experience sourcing for AI-native or ML infrastructure companies is preferred.

• Familiarity with Metaview sourcing or other AI sourcing tools is advantageous.

• Background in legal tech, B2B SaaS, or security-sensitive products is preferred.

• Experience as an early recruiting hire in a startup that expanded from around 50 to over 250 employees is preferred.

• Must be legally permitted to work in the United States or Canada.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive Medical, Dental & Vision coverage for you and your family.

• Life & Disability Insurance.

• Retirement Plan.

• Parental Leave.

• Up to $3,000 annually for job-related learning and professional development.

• DoorDash credits for meals throughout the day.

• 15 PTO days plus 5 sick days, with opportunities to earn additional time off.

• 15 company holidays in addition to 3 extra “Me Days.”

• $500 allowance for home office setup for new hires.

• $50 monthly reimbursement for cell phone expenses.

• Relocation support available.

• Equity opportunities.