Senior Technical Sourcer: Build Elite Tech Pipelines

Plaid

California

On-site

USD 130,000 - 180,000

Full time

6 days ago

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Job summary

Plaid is hiring a Senior Technical Sourcer to build the pipelines behind our most challenging technical searches. You’ll own the top-of-funnel strategy across software engineering, infrastructure, data, AI/ML, and security, and convert elite candidates into qualified interview candidates.

You’ll map markets, perform deep research, and craft outreach that earns responses from passive talent. This is a high-impact, high-visibility role with a strong emphasis on data hygiene and collaboration with

Qualifications

6+ years of technical sourcing/recruiting experience in high-growth tech.
Mastery of sourcing research techniques including boolean and x-ray search.
Experience with in-house sourcing in a tech company.
Proven track record for hard-to-fill domains like AI/ML, data, security.

Responsibilities

Own top-of-funnel strategy and execution for technical reqs.
Run deep talent research including market maps and competitor teardowns.
Find niche and emerging technical talent (AI/ML, distributed systems, security).
Write outreach that gets answered and manage response rate.
Operate at volume with disciplined follow-up and data hygiene.
Turn research into intelligence for shaping role scope and search strategy.
Build diverse pipelines through broad research and inclusive outreach.
Partner with recruiters and hiring managers to calibrate and improve roles.