Senior Technical Sourcer: Architect of Elite Pipelines

Plaid; Sacramento (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Plaid is seeking a Senior Technical Sourcer to build the pipelines behind Plaid's most challenging technical searches across engineering, infrastructure, data, AI/ML, and security. You will own the top of the funnel, conduct market research, and craft outreach to engage candidates who are often passive and hard to reach.

You will map talent across domains, evaluate fit from GitHub profiles and research publications, manage multiple concurrent searches, and partner with recruiters and hiring

Qualifications

• 6+ years of technical sourcing/recruiting experience in-house at a high-growth tech company.
• Mastery of sourcing techniques and tools: boolean and x-ray search, LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub, and tech communities.
• Proven ability to manage high-volume, time-sensitive searches without losing detail.

Responsibilities

• Own top-of-funnel strategy and execution for technical reqs across engineering, infrastructure, data, AI/ML, and security.
• Run deep talent research and market maps to inform pipelines and role scopes.
• Engage and qualify candidates, maintain clean ATS hygiene, and provide detailed pipeline updates.
• Find niche talent including AI/ML, distributed systems, and security engineering, often passive.
• Write outreach that earns responses by personalizing based on candidate work.
• Coordinate with recruiters and hiring managers to calibrate roles when needed.
• Track funnel metrics: response rate, screen pass rate, stage conversions.

Skills

Technical sourcing

Boolean and x-ray search

LinkedIn Recruiter

GitHub and tech communities

High-volume recruiting

Communication skills

Tools

GitHub

LinkedIn Recruiter

CRM/ATS

Boolean search tools

Job description

Plaid is seeking a Senior Technical Sourcer to build the pipelines behind Plaid's most challenging technical searches across engineering, infrastructure, data, AI/ML, and security. You will own the top of the funnel, conduct market research, and craft outreach to engage candidates who are often passive and hard to reach.

You will map talent across domains, evaluate fit from GitHub profiles and research publications, manage multiple concurrent searches, and partner with recruiters and hiring