Sourcing Detective for AI & Research Talent

Openkrill; United States; Remote; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Surge is seeking a talented technical sourcer to identify exceptional engineers and researchers worldwide. You will build pipelines, map markets, and run initial conversations alongside recruiters and hiring managers.

You'll search across engineering, research, product, and partnerships, craft personalised outreach, and help hiring teams understand market realities. Experience in competitive tech hiring is a plus.

Qualifications

• Experience sourcing for engineers or researchers in competitive markets.
• Ability to craft personalized outreach and research signals in talent pools.
• Proven track record of building pipelines and enabling successful conversations.

Responsibilities

• Build pipelines for hardest searches across engineering, research, product, and partnerships.
• Map markets to identify teams and communities producing top talent.
• Write outreach messages that are specific, researched, and non-templated.
• Run initial conversations and hand candidates to recruiters when warm.
• Flag market-mitsmatches to hiring managers and explain why.

Skills

Sourcing

Recruiting

Cold outreach

Networking

Tools

LinkedIn Recruiter

X-Ray searches

Job description

Surge is seeking a talented technical sourcer to identify exceptional engineers and researchers worldwide. You will build pipelines, map markets, and run initial conversations alongside recruiters and hiring managers.

You'll search across engineering, research, product, and partnerships, craft personalised outreach, and help hiring teams understand market realities. Experience in competitive tech hiring is a plus.