Contract Talent Sourcer: Build High-Impact Tech Pipelines

Artie; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 83,000 - 96,000; Full time

Job summary

Artie in San Francisco is seeking a contract sourcing specialist to own pipeline generation across engineering, sales, and operations. Work directly with our recruiter and founders to identify, engage, and warm up candidates you actually want to talk to.

If you view sourcing as research, outbound sales, and detective work, this role is for you. This is a high-output, high-ownership position with immediate availability and $60–$70 hourly compensation.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of sourcing or recruiting experience, ideally at a fast-moving startup or agency.
• Proven ability to build pipelines for hard-to-fill technical and GTM roles.
• Experience with using AI and sourcing tools (Cursor, Juicebox, LinkedIn Recruiter, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Build and own top-of-funnel pipeline.
• Proactively source candidates across Engineering and Sales roles using LinkedIn, personal networks, referrals, and non-obvious channels.
• Run targeted outbound campaigns — crafting personalized messages that actually get responses, not copy-paste templates.
• Maintain a warm pipeline of candidates at all stages — not just active applicants, but future hires we haven't opened a role for yet.
• Identify and engage passive candidates who aren't looking but should be.
• Partner closely with recruiting and leadership — understand each role and what great looks like.
• Calibrate continuously on signal vs. noise — what profiles are converting and why.
• Flag patterns in the market: where the talent is, where the competition is hiring from, what's moving people.
• Write compelling, personalized outreach across LinkedIn, email, and other channels.
• A/B test messaging approaches and iterate based on response rates.
• Keep candidates warm through thoughtful, timely follow-up.
• Keep our ATS (Ashby) clean and up to date — every candidate tracked, every stage logged.
• Track sourcing metrics: outreach volume, response rates, pipeline conversion, time-to-screen.
• Identify bottlenecks and bring solutions, not just status updates.
• Available full-time hours (40 hrs/week) on a 1099 contract basis.
• Comfortable working in-person at our SF office or remotely.
• Immediate or near-immediate availability preferred.

Skills

Sourcing experience

Pipeline building

AI sourcing tools

Tools

Cursor

Juicebox

LinkedIn Recruiter

Job description

Artie in San Francisco is seeking a contract sourcing specialist to own pipeline generation across engineering, sales, and operations. Work directly with our recruiter and founders to identify, engage, and warm up candidates you actually want to talk to.

If you view sourcing as research, outbound sales, and detective work, this role is for you. This is a high-output, high-ownership position with immediate availability and $60–$70 hourly compensation.