Technical Sourcer

About this role

<h3>About the role</h3> <p>We're hiring a Technical Sourcer to fuel our most critical hiring needs across hardware, silicon, and AI engineering. You'll partner directly with recruiters and hiring managers to build pipelines of exceptional, hard-to-find technical talent — from design verification and RTL engineers to ML and systems software. This is a high-impact role for someone who loves the hunt: finding the people most teams can't, and getting them excited to talk to us.</p> <h3>What you'll do</h3> <ul> <li>Build and own top-of-funnel pipelines for technical roles, with a focus on niche hardware/silicon and AI/ML engineering profiles</li> <li>Develop creative, multi-channel sourcing strategies — LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub, conferences, patents/publications, Boolean and X-ray search, referrals, and community networks</li> <li>Partner with recruiters and hiring managers to deeply understand role requirements and translate them into precise candidate profiles and search strategies</li> <li>Run compelling, personalized outreach that earns responses from passive senior talent and converts cold contacts into engaged candidates</li> <li>Conduct initial outreach calls to assess interest, motivation, and high-level fit before handoff to recruiters</li> <li>Maintain meticulous data hygiene in our ATS (Greenhouse) and report on pipeline health, conversion rates, and sourcing effectiveness</li> <li>Build talent maps of target companies and competitors to inform proactive hiring strategy</li> <li>Continuously experiment with new tools, channels, and messaging to improve response and conversion rates</li> </ul> <h3>What we're looking for</h3> <ul> <li>2+ years of sourcing or full-cycle recruiting experience, with a track record of filling technical/engineering roles</li> <li>Demonstrated success sourcing passive candidates through advanced techniques (Boolean/X-ray, GitHub, LinkedIn Recruiter, etc.)</li> <li>Strong technical fluency — you can speak credibly to engineers and quickly learn new technical domains (bonus: familiarity with semiconductors, ASIC/SoC, design verification, or AI/ML)</li> <li>Excellent written communication; you write outreach that people actually want to reply to</li> <li>Highly organized and data-driven, comfortable managing many candidates and priorities at once</li> <li>Experience with Greenhouse (or a comparable ATS) and modern sourcing tooling</li> <li>Experience sourcing for hardware, silicon, or AI infrastructure companies</li> </ul><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="description"><p>Full compensation packages are based on candidate experience and relevant certifications. </p></div><div class="title">California pay range</div><div class="pay-range"><span>$130,000</span><span class="divider">—</span><span>$165,000 USD</span></div></div></div>