Recruiting Sourcer - Europe

present of AI; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognition is seeking a recruiter to own the front end of hiring across Europe for technical roles not actively looking. You will source at scale, map EMEA markets, and craft outreach that turns cold contacts into interested applicants.

The role emphasizes AI‑powered sourcing, market knowledge, and building custom workflows to build credibility with passive candidates. You will run initial calls and track funnel metrics to continually improve pipeline quality.

Qualifications

• Sourcing at a fast growing tech company.
• Knowledge of AI, developer tools and cloud worlds.
• Experience mapping markets and turning cold contacts into applicants.
• Run first qualifying calls and write effective outreach.
• Track funnel numbers to improve pipeline quality.

Responsibilities

• Own the front end of hiring across Europe for technical roles.
• Source at scale and engage passive candidates.
• Run first qualifying calls and craft outreach that yields replies.
• Monitor and improve funnel metrics to increase pipeline quality.

Skills

Technical sourcing

EMEA market mapping

Boolean search

Outreach that gets replies

Funnel metrics

Job description

This role owns the front end of hiring across Europe, mainly for technical people who are not actively looking. A strong candidate has done sourcing at a fast growing tech company, knows the AI, developer tools and cloud worlds well, and can map markets, mine networks and turn cold contacts into interested applicants. It also calls for running first qualifying calls, writing outreach that gets replies, and tracking funnel numbers to keep improving pipeline quality.

How it fits the AI era

Much of the routine search work, such as database sweeps and first pass screening, can be sped up or partly automated with AI tools, so the job shifts toward judgment, market knowledge and creative ways of reaching people. What stays human is building trust with passive candidates, reading a market early, and pitching the company with credibility. The posting itself asks for curiosity about AI powered sourcing tools and for building custom workflows.

How it builds AI experience

Working here means sourcing for an AI lab whose product is a coding agent, so the person would learn the frontier AI and developer tools talent landscape closely. The posting values anyone who has built their own sourcing workflows or automations with AI tools, which is a concrete way to prepare. Experience sourcing for early teams in new international markets would also help.

Worth showing

• Technical sourcing at scale
• EMEA market talent mapping
• Boolean and X-ray search
• Outreach that gets replies
• Funnel metrics and reporting

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About Cognition

Applied AI lab building Devin, an autonomous software engineering agent that plans, writes, debugs, and deploys code