Technical Recruiter

Raydar; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Visa transfers

Job summary

Raydar is seeking a first dedicated Technical Sourcer to join the San Francisco-based talent team. You will own sourcing strategy, tooling, market mapping, and passive-candidate engagement across AI, ML, software engineering, research, and product roles.

You will develop sourcing strategies, build durable pipelines, and craft outreach that highlights our technical mission and team context. This hands-on role requires collaboration with recruiters and hiring managers and a willingness to operate

Qualifications

• Approximately 3+ years of hands-on technical sourcing experience in AI, startup, or similar technical environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop sourcing strategies for AI, ML, software engineering, research, and product roles.
• Identify and engage exceptional passive candidates via LinkedIn Recruiter, Gem, GitHub, and communities.
• Build market maps and durable talent pipelines for current and anticipated hiring needs.
• Write personalized outreach that clearly communicates technical mission and team context.
• Partner with recruiters and hiring managers to define target profiles and refine searches.

Skills

Technical sourcing

Sourcing strategy

Hands-on sourcing

Passive-candidate engagement

Research and market mapping

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

LinkedIn Recruiter

Gem

Ashby

Juicebox

Job description

Our client is a leading AI infrastructure and developer-tools company helping teams build intelligent agents that reason over complex enterprise documents and take action in production workflows. Its open-source framework reaches millions of developers each month, while its cloud platform has processed more than 200 million documents for startups and major enterprises.

Founded in 2022 and backed by top-tier technology investors, the company has raised roughly $30 million and is growing quickly from its San Francisco headquarters.

The role

This is the first dedicated Technical Sourcer on the talent team, reporting directly to the Head of Talent. You will own sourcing strategy, tooling, market mapping, and passive-candidate engagement across AI, machine learning, software engineering, research, product, and related technical functions.

What you will do

• Develop sourcing strategies for AI, machine learning, research, software engineering, product, and adjacent technical roles.
• Identify and engage exceptional passive candidates through LinkedIn Recruiter, Gem, GitHub, technical communities, professional networks, events, research publications, and creative channels.
• Build targeted market maps and durable talent pipelines for current and anticipated hiring needs.
• Write thoughtful, personalized outreach that communicates technical mission, team context, and candidate value clearly.
• Partner with recruiters and hiring managers to define target profiles, review candidate quality, and refine searches based on market feedback.
• Assess technical relevance, motivations, career trajectory, and likely fit before introducing candidates to the interview process.
• Track pipeline activity, response rates, conversions, and sourcing experiments.
• Maintain accurate candidate records and provide clear talent-market insights.
• Evaluate and implement sourcing tools, workflows, search methods, and AI-assisted recruiting techniques.

Requirements

• Approximately 3 or more years of hands-on technical sourcing experience, ideally at an AI company, high-growth technology startup, or similarly technical environment.
• Experience sourcing software engineers, machine learning engineers, research engineers, applied scientists, or related technical talent.
• Strong working knowledge of LinkedIn Recruiter, Gem, Ashby, Juicebox, and other recruiting or sourcing tools.
• Ability to understand technical profiles and turn hiring requirements into focused sourcing strategies and market maps.
• Strong written communication and a record of creating personalized outreach that earns responses.
• Proactive, action-oriented ownership with the ability to build process without extensive direction.
• Strong research instincts, attention to detail, organization, follow-through, and comfort with changing priorities.
• Interest in remaining a hands-on individual contributor.
• Ability to work from the San Francisco office three days per week or willingness to relocate.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with generative AI, large language models, intelligent agents, developer tools, or AI infrastructure.
• Experience sourcing from research communities, open-source projects, GitHub, conferences, or academic publications.
• Experience supporting an early-stage or rapidly scaling startup.
• Familiarity with talent intelligence, market mapping, sourcing analytics, and AI-assisted recruiting tools.
• Bachelor's degree from a highly regarded institution.

Location and compensation

• Hybrid schedule with three days per week in the SoMa office near 2nd and Mission in San Francisco.
• $130,000 to $160,000 base salary, with potential flexibility for an exceptional candidate.
• Competitive stock options.
• Existing visa transfers, including OPT and H-1B transfers, may be considered.