About the role
Responsibilities:
- Develop and execute sourcing strategies to identify high-quality candidates for technical roles across software engineering, infrastructure, systems, AI/ML, firmware, hardware, and related domains.
- Build and maintain strong talent pipelines for current and future hiring needs, with a focus on quality, relevance, and speed.
- Conduct market mapping and competitive intelligence research to identify target companies, talent pools, and key technical profiles.
- Engage passive candidates through personalized outreach and build long-term relationships with technical talent.
- Partner closely with recruiters and hiring managers to understand role requirements and translate them into effective sourcing strategies.
- Track sourcing activity, pipeline health, and key recruiting metrics to inform decisions and improve outcomes.
- Support diversity sourcing efforts by identifying and engaging underrepresented talent pools.
- Participate in intake meetings, calibration sessions, and hiring reviews to align on search strategy and candidate quality.
- Maintain accurate candidate data and activity in the ATS and sourcing tools.
Success in This Role:
- Consistently delivers high-quality candidate pipelines for critical technical roles.
- Demonstrates strong market knowledge and talent insights.
- Builds credibility with recruiters, hiring managers, and candidates.
- Drives proactive sourcing strategies rather than relying primarily on inbound applicants.
- Maintains a high bar for candidate quality while balancing speed and efficiency.
Requirements:
- 4-8 years of experience in technical sourcing or technical recruiting.
- Demonstrated success sourcing for engineering and other technical roles.
- Strong understanding of technical talent markets, sourcing channels, and candidate engagement strategies.
- Ability to assess candidate backgrounds against technical requirements and role priorities.
- Strong communication, stakeholder management, and influencing skills.
- A data-driven mindset, with the ability to use market insights and pipeline data to shape sourcing strategy.
Nice to Have:
- Experience hiring for infrastructure, cloud, storage, distributed systems, security, AI/ML, hardware, firmware, or semiconductor roles.
- Experience supporting hiring in a fast-paced product or engineering organization.
- Experience conducting talent mapping and competitive intelligence projects.