Strategic Technical Sourcer for Senior Engineers

Discord; California; Hybrid; USD 132,000 - 149,000; Full time

Job summary

Discord is seeking a strategic Technical Sourcer based in the US to support complex engineering roles. You will translate requirements into sourcing signals, build robust pipelines via market analysis and personalized outreach, and advise on talent availability in constrained markets.

You will partner with engineering leaders, size talent pools, develop job mappings, and optimize sourcing strategies with data-driven insights and strong stakeholder management.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in technical sourcing or recruitment in tech.
• Experience hiring senior engineers and engineering managers in competitive markets.
• Strong technical aptitude to translate requirements into sourcing signals.
• Proficiency with advanced sourcing methods including GitHub/repo mining and x-ray searches.
• Experience with SeekOut, Gem, LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub, and Greenhouse.

Responsibilities

• Partner with hiring managers and technical leaders to define role requirements and sourcing criteria.
• Conduct TAM research to size talent pools and inform hiring timelines.
• Develop job mapping strategies by analyzing competitors and target accounts.
• Build and execute customized sourcing strategies for each requisition with proactive outreach.
• Identify and engage talent, partnering with recruiters and leaders.
• Craft personalized outreach highlighting Discord's technical challenges.
• Own candidate experience from outreach to handoff to recruiter.
• Represent Discord at events and nurture long-term talent communities.
• Maintain data hygiene and pipeline health metrics to optimize sourcing ROI.

Skills

Strategic sourcing

Stakeholder management

Data-driven decision making

Candidate outreach

Market intelligence

Pipeline management

Developer recruitment

Sourcing strategy

Tools

SeekOut

Gem

LinkedIn Recruiter

GitHub

Greenhouse

AI tooling

Job description

Discord is seeking a strategic Technical Sourcer based in the US to support complex engineering roles. You will translate requirements into sourcing signals, build robust pipelines via market analysis and personalized outreach, and advise on talent availability in constrained markets.

You will partner with engineering leaders, size talent pools, develop job mappings, and optimize sourcing strategies with data-driven insights and strong stakeholder management.