Sourcer (Temporary)

Adverb; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Outset is hiring a Sourcer in San Francisco to support our recruiting team on a full-time, temporary 3-month basis. You will build and manage top-of-funnel candidate pipelines across open roles, partnering with recruiters and hiring managers to keep pipelines full of qualified, engaged candidates.

This fixed-term W-2 position is 4 days onsite in San Francisco, CA, with benefits eligibility. You will use LinkedIn Recruiter, Ashby, and Boolean search to identify and engage passive candidates,

Qualifications

• 2+ years of sourcing experience in a startup or high-growth environment.
• Strong written communication and outreach skills.
• Familiarity with sourcing tools like LinkedIn Recruiter and Boolean search.

Responsibilities

• Build and execute sourcing strategies for open roles across the organization.
• Identify, engage, and qualify passive candidates through outbound outreach.
• Partner with recruiters and hiring managers to refine sourcing criteria.
• Maintain candidate records and pipeline status in Ashby.
• Track sourcing metrics and contribute to time-to-fill improvements.
• Support a strong candidate experience from first outreach to handoff.

Skills

Sourcing

Communication

LinkedIn Recruiter

Boolean search

Ashby

Organization

Self-starter

Tools

LinkedIn Recruiter

Ashby

Boolean search

Job description

Outset invented a better way to do research: AI-powered user interviews.

Global brands like Hubspot, Microsoft, Uber and Nestle use Outset to achieve deeper, qualitative insights about their users at unprecedented speed and scale.

The research industry is massive (>$140B and growing) and ripe for disruption. Incumbents are outdated, slow, and burdened by high-cost services. That's our opportunity.

Outset is backed by top Silicon Valley investors and raised a $30M Series B in December 2025—less than six months after our Series A—led by Radical Ventures with participation from M12 (Microsoft’s venture arm), 8VC, Y Combinator, and Adverb Ventures.

The raise follows a breakout year, with our business growing 8x as enterprise customers across industries adopt our category, AI‑moderated research, as the new standard for understanding people.

We’re a tight-knit team serving some of the world’s largest enterprises.

We're hiring a Sourcer to support our recruiting team on a full-time, temporary 3 month basis. This role is responsible for building and managing top-of-funnel candidate pipelines across active roles, partnering closely with recruiters and hiring managers to keep pipelines full of qualified, engaged candidates.

This is a fixed-term W-2 position. You'll be an employee of Outset for the duration of the 3 month assignment, eligible for benefits. This role is 4 days onsite in San Francisco, CA.

Responsibilities

• Build and execute sourcing strategies for open roles across the organization, using tools like LinkedIn Recruiter, Ashby, and Boolean search

• Proactively identify, engage, and qualify passive candidates through outbound outreach

• Partner with recruiters and hiring managers to understand role requirements and refine sourcing criteria

• Maintain accurate, up-to-date candidate records and pipeline status in Ashby

• Track and report on sourcing metrics (response rates, pipeline conversion, time-to-fill contributions)

• Help maintain a strong candidate experience from first outreach through handoff

Qualifications

• 2+ years of sourcing experience, ideally in a startup or high-growth environment

• Strong written communication skills - you can write outreach that gets responses

• Comfort with sourcing tools (LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search strings, Ashby experience a plus)

• Highly organized, able to manage multiple open roles and pipelines simultaneously

• Self-starter who can work with ambiguity and tight timelines

• Comfortable in a fast-paced, temporary engagement with clear deliverables