Senior Technical Sourcer

lyric.ai; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 104,000 - 157,000; Full time

Job summary

Lyric is hiring a Senior Technical Sourcer to develop sourcing strategies and build pipelines for complex technology roles, including software, platform engineering, and AI. You will advise engineering leaders and partner with recruiters to improve hiring outcomes.

You will enable the sourcing team through market intelligence, candidate engagement, and data-driven decision making, helping Lyric scale its technical hiring in a fast-growing environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional sourcing or recruiting experience, including 3+ years focused on software engineering or technical talent.
• 5+ years sourcing senior, staff, principal, architect, engineering leadership, or similarly specialized technical talent.
• 2+ years sourcing technical talent for greenfield development, platform engineering, cloud transformation, modernization, or new product development.
• Experience directly advising and presenting talent-market or pipeline information to senior engineering leaders, including VP- or C-suite-level stakeholders.
• Working knowledge of modern software development and technical domains such as backend or full-stack development, distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, APIs, microservices, platform engineering, DevOps, data platforms, or AI.
• Advanced experience with technical sourcing methods, including Boolean search, talent mapping, competitive research, database mining, talent intelligence platforms, or technical-community research.
• Demonstrated ability to evaluate technical profiles for individual contribution, scope, technical depth, and relevant product or platform-building experience.
• Demonstrated ability to independently manage complex sourcing work, use market and pipeline data to make recommendations, and influence stakeholders in ambiguous or evolving hiring environments.

Responsibilities

• Technical Talent Strategy & Pipeline Development: Develop and execute sourcing strategies for complex roles across software development, platform engineering, DevOps, cloud infrastructure, data, and AI, building pipelines for critical hiring needs.
• Technical Talent Assessment: Translate requirements into candidate profiles, target markets, and outreach approaches; assess depth and scope of candidates for role fit.
• Talent Advisory & Market Intelligence: Present sourcing approaches and market data to engineering leaders; analyze pipeline data to identify constraints and recommendations.
• Candidate Engagement & Recruiting Partnership: Conduct initial conversations and collaborate with Talent Acquisition to ensure a timely, inclusive candidate experience.
• Sourcing Practice & Team Enablement: Share expertise, coach sourcers on complex searches, and strengthen the team.

Skills

Sourcing experience

Technical talent

Senior level sourcing

Greenfield/modernization sourcing

Executive stakeholder advising

Boolean search

Talent mapping

Job description

Lyric is the trusted leader in healthcare decision intelligence. Built on more than 35 years of proven results, Lyric combines responsible AI with clinical, payment, regulatory, and policy expertise to deliver transparent, auditable insights in milliseconds across real‑time claims workflows. Lyric augments human decision‑making so health plans can make faster, more accurate payments while maintaining full control. Today, Lyric supports 200 million lives, with nine of the top 10 U.S. health plans relying on its platform to reduce waste, improve efficiency, and support accurate payments.

Applicants must already be legally authorized to work in the U.S. Visa sponsorship/sponsorship assumption and other immigration support are not available for this position.

About the role:

The Senior Technical Sourcer develops sourcing strategies and talent pipelines for complex and specialized technology roles, with an emphasis on senior technical talent with experience building new products, platforms, and systems. This role partners with recruiters and advises engineering leaders using talent‑market insights and sourcing data to improve hiring decisions and search outcomes.

What you will do:

Technical Talent Strategy & Pipeline Development

Develop and execute sourcing strategies within recruiter‑led searches for complex and specialized roles across software development, platform engineering, DevOps, cloud infrastructure, data, and AI, building qualified pipelines for critical technical hiring needs. Identify and engage passive technical talent with relevant experience building new products, platforms, and scalable systems in greenfield, modernization, or high‑growth environments to meet Lyric’s specialized engineering hiring needs.

Technical Talent Assessment

Partner with recruiters and engineering leaders to translate complex technical requirements into clear candidate profiles, target markets, sourcing strategies, and outreach approaches that improve search focus and candidate quality. Assess prospective candidates for relevant technical depth, individual contribution, scope, and experience building versus primarily maintaining established systems, enabling recruiting and hiring teams to focus on candidates aligned with role requirements.

Talent Advisory & Market Intelligence

Serve as a sourcing advisor to senior engineering stakeholders, including VP‑ and C‑suite‑level leaders, by presenting sourcing approaches, talent‑market research, competitive intelligence, pipeline performance, search risks, and recommendations. Analyze pipeline, engagement, quality, and conversion data to identify talent‑market constraints, challenge assumptions when supported by evidence, and recommend adjustments that improve search outcomes and hiring decisions.

Candidate Engagement & Recruiting Partnership

Conduct initial candidate conversations and partner with the broader Talent Acquisition team to deliver a timely, inclusive, and transparent candidate experience, effectively communicating Lyric’s technical opportunities while maintaining accurate candidate and pipeline information in Talent Acquisition systems.

Sourcing Practice & Team Enablement

Share technical talent‑market expertise, sourcing approaches, and research practices across Talent Acquisition; coach and mentor sourcers on complex searches and sourcing techniques to strengthen the team’s overall sourcing capability.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of professional sourcing or recruiting experience, including 3+ years focused on software engineering or technical talent.
• 5+ years sourcing senior, staff, principal, architect, engineering leadership, or similarly specialized technical talent.
• 2+ years sourcing technical talent for greenfield development, platform engineering, cloud transformation, modernization, or new product development.
• Experience directly advising and presenting talent‑market or pipeline information to senior engineering leaders, including VP- or C‑suite-level stakeholders.
• Working knowledge of modern software development and technical domains such as backend or full-stack development, distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, APIs, microservices, platform engineering, DevOps, data platforms, or AI.
• Advanced experience with technical sourcing methods, including Boolean search, talent mapping, competitive research, database mining, talent intelligence platforms, or technical-community research.
• Demonstrated ability to evaluate technical profiles for individual contribution, scope, technical depth, and relevant product or platform-building experience.
• Demonstrated ability to independently manage complex sourcing work, use market and pipeline data to make recommendations, and influence stakeholders in ambiguous or evolving hiring environments.

Preferred Requirements:

• Experience sourcing technical talent that has built enterprise-scale platforms, cloud-native products, or technology in zero-to-one environments.
• Experience supporting executive-level engineering searches or other highly visible technical hiring initiatives.
• Experience in a high-growth healthcare technology, SaaS, AI, or private equity-backed organization.
• Experience using Workday Recruiting, HireEZ, or similar talent intelligence and sourcing platforms.

**The US base salary range for this full-time position is: $104,368.00 - $156,551.00** The specific salary offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors including but not limited to the candidate’s relevant experience, education, and work location. Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and does not reflect the value of the total rewards compensation.

Lyric is an Equal Opportunity Employer that strives to create an inclusive environment, empower employees and embrace collaborative success.

Lyric is the trusted leader in healthcare decision intelligence. Built on more than 35 years of proven results, Lyric combines responsible AI with clinical, payment, regulatory, and policy expertise to deliver transparent, auditable insights in milliseconds across real‑time claims workflows. Lyric augments human decision‑making so health plans can make faster, more accurate payments while maintaining full control. Today, Lyric supports 200 million lives, with nine of the top 10 U.S. health plans relying on its platform to reduce waste, improve efficiency, and support accurate payments.