Elite Technical Sourcer — Shape AI Engineering Talent

Latent; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation with equity

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Flexible PTO policy

Paid parental leave

Fertility and family-building stipend

Job summary

Latent is building a high-caliber technical sourcing 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.

You’ll own outbound sourcing for technical roles, identify high-signal candidates via LinkedIn, GitHub, and referrals, and write outreach that gets replies. Partner with recruiters to define “great” and experiment with channels to improve funnel metrics.

Qualifications

• 1–4+ years of technical sourcing experience.
• Ability to find hard-to-find engineers.
• Focus on quality over volume; avoid spammy outreach.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Technical sourcing

Outbound outreach

Relationship building

Ownership & urgency

Tools

LinkedIn

GitHub

Referrals

Job description

Latent is building a high-caliber technical sourcing 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.

You’ll own outbound sourcing for technical roles, identify high-signal candidates via LinkedIn, GitHub, and referrals, and write outreach that gets replies. Partner with recruiters to define “great” and experiment with channels to improve funnel metrics.