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Principal Technical Sourcer

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San FranciscoFullTime$125k – $175kPosted Dec 21, 2025

Job description

TECHNICAL SOURCER We’re building a high-caliber technical team in a competitive market. This role owns the top of the funnel—finding, engaging, and building relationships with exceptional engineers before they’re actively looking. This is not a resume-pushing role. It’s about taste, curiosity, and persistence. WHAT YOU’LL DO

  • Own outbound sourcing for technical roles (primarily software engineers)
  • Identify high-signal candidates via LinkedIn, GitHub, referrals, and communities
  • Write thoughtful, personalized outreach that actually gets replies
  • Partner closely with recruiters and hiring managers to define “great”
  • Experiment with sourcing strategies, messaging, and channels
  • Track and improve funnel metrics (reply rate, pass-through, time to first convo)
  • Build long-term candidate relationships, even when timing isn’t right YOU MIGHT BE A GOOD FIT IF
  • You have 1–4+ years of technical sourcing experience (startup experience a plus)
  • You enjoy the puzzle of finding people others can’t
  • You care about quality over volume and hate spammy outreach
  • You’re comfortable with ambiguity and like building from scratch
  • You operate with urgency and take ownership
  • Bias to action WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE
  • Consistent flow of high-quality technical candidates
  • Strong reply rates driven by thoughtful outreach
  • Hiring managers trust your judgment and taste WHY JOIN
  • Real ownership and visibility
  • Opportunity to help define the sourcing playbook
  • Close partnership with recruiters and founders
  • High impact on a team scaling quickly
  • Exposure to the strongest Tech Startup Eco-System