Technical Sourcer (ALL LEVELS)

About The Role:

What You’ll Do:

• Build and execute targeted sourcing strategies for highly technical roles across software, hardware, robotics, and manufacturing engineering.


• Own top-of-funnel pipeline development using LinkedIn Recruiter, Juicebox, Metaview, and other internal specialized tools.


• Write personalized, research-driven outreach, achieving 25%+ response rates on passive candidates.


• Conduct qualification screens to assess technical fit, motivation, and comp alignment before passing to full-cycle recruiters.


• Develop and maintain search strings, target company lists, and talent maps by role family.


• Partner with recruiters and hiring managers on intake, calibration, and iterative search refinement.


• Track sourcing metrics (outreach volume, response rates, pipeline conversion) and report weekly on pipeline health.


• Use AI tools to accelerate research, draft outreach variations, and identify non-obvious candidate pools.

What You’ll Need:

• 2–5 years of technical sourcing or recruiting experience at a technical company or staffing firm. 


• Deep fluency with LinkedIn Recruiter and at least one additional sourcing platform (Juicebox, Metaview, Gem, Findem, or similar).


• Demonstrated ability to build sourcing pipelines for niche, hard-to-fill technical roles — you can find people who aren't looking.


• Strong working knowledge of AI tools as a sourcing accelerator. (ChatGPT, Claude, or similar)


• Strong written communication skills with a track record of outreach messages that get replies.


• Ability to read a technical job description, ask the right intake questions, and independently construct a sourcing strategy without hand-holding.


• Experience with ATS platforms (Greenhouse preferred) for pipeline management, tagging, and reporting.


• Comfort with ambiguity and willingness to iterate on sourcing strategies.


• A first-principles approach to candidate evaluation quality.


• Bachelor's degree required.


• Willingness to work onsite in Emeryville or Santa Clara, 2-3 days a week.