Sr. Technical Sourcer

Perplexity; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Perplexity AI is seeking a Technical Sourcer to shape our engineering talent as we scale. You will identify, engage, and inspire world-class candidates while partnering with recruiters, hiring managers, and engineers to understand demanding technical requirements.

You will build tooling, apply AI to automate workflows, and continuously optimize pipelines in a fast-changing environment. If you thrive on curiosity, iteration, and impact, this role invites you to craft sourcing strategies that fuel

Qualifications

• Strong sourcing of engineering and tech talent across disciplines
• Ability to calibrate profiles with accuracy and nuance
• Experience with AI-assisted automation and creative outreach
• Craft tooling and workflows to automate repetitive tasks

Responsibilities

• Research, identify, and engage engineering and technical talent across multiple disciplines and experience levels
• Collaborate with recruiters and hiring teams to understand technical requirements with nuance
• Use diverse sourcing strategies including research, talent mapping, referrals, and AI-assisted automation
• Build and refine tooling and workflows to automate repetitive work
• Act as a candidate's first introduction to Perplexity AI with authentic storytelling
• Track and analyze pipeline data to drive optimization of sourcing approaches
• Adapt quickly to shifting priorities and hard-to-fill roles

Skills

Tech sourcing

AI tooling

Communication

Analytical

Job description

At Perplexity AI, we are building products that push the boundaries of how people find, reason, and learn information. The scale and speed of our mission demand a team that thrives in environments of rapid iteration and constant discovery. As a Technical Sourcer, you will be at the forefront of shaping the talent foundation that fuels our growth.
This is not a traditional sourcing role. We are looking for a builder with strong technical grounding, a genuine passion for the craft of sourcing, and the ability to operate with creativity and precision in an environment where constant change and ambiguity is the norm. You will partner closely with recruiters, hiring managers, and engineers to identify, engage, and inspire world-class talent, helping build a team capable of solving some of the most challenging problems in AI today. Just as importantly, you will use AI to automate and augment your own workflow, treating sourcing as a system to be engineered rather than a set of manual tasks.
What You'll Do

• Research, identify, and engage engineering and technical talent across multiple disciplines and experience levels
• Collaborate with recruiters and hiring teams to deeply understand technical requirements and calibrate profiles with accuracy and nuance
• Use a wide range of sourcing strategies, including advanced research, talent mapping, referrals, AI-assisted automation, and creative outreach, to build strong candidate pipelines.
• Build and refine your own tooling and workflows, leveraging AI to automate repetitive work and spend more of your time on high-judgment sourcing
• Act as a candidate's first introduction to Perplexity AI, delivering an authentic and compelling story about our mission, product, and team culture
• Track and analyze pipeline data to drive continuous optimization and improvements in sourcing approaches
• Operate with agility, adapting quickly to shifting priorities, hard-to-fill roles, and changing team needs
  

What You Bring

• A strong desire to grow a career in sourcing, with clear dedication to advancing your craft and developing deep expertise in the field
• Exceptional technical literacy, comfortable navigating complex technical conversations, parsing nuanced skill sets, and understanding the architecture of software and AI roles
• Proven experience sourcing talent in highly dynamic and fast-paced environments where priorities shift and ambiguity is constant
• A builder's instinct for AI: eager to adopt new tools, automate your own workflow, and experiment with how AI can make sourcing faster and sharper
• Creativity and resilience: the ability to design novel sourcing strategies, test new methods, and adapt quickly when faced with challenges
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to build trust and develop relationships with both candidates and internal partner teams
• A mindset that thrives on curiosity, iteration, and impact, aligned with Perplexity AI's ethos of building what has never been built before
  

Compensation Range: $150K - $185K