Talent Sourcer

Fluidstack; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive total compensation package

Retirement or pension plan

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Generous PTO policy

Job summary

A cutting-edge technology company is seeking top-tier talent sourcers in San Francisco to build their team. This role involves sourcing exceptional candidates, designing rigorous evaluation frameworks, and implementing scalable talent infrastructures. The ideal candidate will have 5-10 years of experience sourcing top 0.01% technical talent with expertise in technical communities and a proven track record in high-growth environments. A competitive compensation package between $120,000-$200,000 per year, including health benefits and equity, is offered.

Qualifications

• 5-10 years of sourcing experience with proven track record sourcing top 0.01% technical talent.
• Experience hiring at companies with exceptionally high technical bars.
• Deep sourcing expertise across technical communities.
• Experience at high-growth tech companies or startups, preferably cloud/infrastructure, AI/ML, or data centers.

Responsibilities

• Source the unsourceable by leveraging unconventional channels.
• Assess candidates against the highest technical bar.
• Design scalable talent infrastructure for quality at speed.

Skills

Exceptional sourcing craft

Technical fluency

Speed as a competitive advantage

High signal recognition

Builder mentality

Job description

About Fluidstack

At Fluidstack, we’re building the infrastructure for abundant intelligence. We partner with top AI labs, governments, and enterprises—including Mistral, Poolside, Black Forest Labs, Meta, and more—to unlock compute at the speed of light. We’re working with urgency to make AGI a reality. As such, our team is highly motivated and committed to delivering world-class infrastructure. We treat our customers’ outcomes as our own, taking pride in the systems we build and the trust we earn. If you’re motivated by purpose, obsessed with excellence, and ready to work very hard to accelerate the future of intelligence, join us in building what\'s next.

About The Role

We\'re seeking elite talent snipers who can identify and close the top 0.01% of candidates in the world. You\'ll build Fluidstack\'s team by sourcing exceptional talent, evaluating against an uncompromisingly high technical bar, and moving at startup speed. In partnership with hiring managers and leadership, you\'ll architect sourcing strategies to discover hidden gems, design rigorous evaluation frameworks that separate good from extraordinary, and close candidates who have their pick of opportunities. Our team is deeply aligned with Fluidstack\'s mission to build the backbone of AI and empower the most critical AI companies in the world—and believe this starts with exceptional talent.

What You\’ll Do

• Source the unsourceable: Build creative pipelines to discover top 0.01% talent before they\'re on anyone else\'s radar—leveraging unconventional channels, deep technical communities, and tailored outreach to engage the most sought-after candidates.
• Assess at the highest technical bar: Partner with recruiters and hiring managers to design and execute rigorous sourcing and evaluation processes that identify truly exceptional technical capability, not just resume credentials, at top of funnel.
• Build scalable talent infrastructure: Design sourcing playbooks, assessment frameworks, and data systems that maintain quality at speed as we scale.

Focus/What We Value

• Exceptional sourcing craft: Deep expertise in finding passive candidates through technical communities, GitHub, research papers, conference talks, and non-obvious channels.
• Technical fluency: Ability to assess highly technical candidates, understand nuanced skill differences, and have credible conversations with engineers.
• Speed as a competitive advantage: Relentless bias toward action—ability to build pipeline and move candidates through process in days, not weeks, while maintaining rigor.
• High signal recognition: Pattern recognition to quickly identify the 0.01%—knowing what truly exceptional looks like and filtering ruthlessly.
• Builder mentality: Thrives in ambiguity, creates structure from scratch, and iterates rapidly based on data.

Must Haves

• 5-10 years of sourcing experience with proven track record sourcing top 0.01% technical talent (specific hires you\'re proud of).
• Experience hiring at companies with exceptionally high technical bars (top-tier tech companies, AI labs, elite startups).
• Deep sourcing expertise across technical communities—GitHub, arXiv, technical conferences, niche Discord/Slack groups, academic networks.
• Experience at high-growth tech companies or startups, preferably cloud/infrastructure, AI/ML, or data centers.

Salary & Benefits

• Competitive total compensation package (salary + equity).
• Retirement or pension plan, in line with local norms.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Generous PTO policy, in line with local norms.

The salary range for this position is $120,000-$200,000 per year, depending on experience, skills, qualifications, and location. This range represents our good faith estimate of the compensation for this role at the time of posting. Total compensation may also include equity in the form of stock options.

We are committed to pay equity and transparency.

Fluidstack is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and protected veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Fluidstack will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to applicable law.

You will receive a confirmation email once your application has successfully been accepted. If there is an error with your submission and you did not receive a confirmation email, please email [e-mail] with your resume/CV, the role you\'ve applied for, and the date you submitted your application—someone from our recruiting team will be in touch.