Technical Sourcer: Build Elite Engineering Pipelines

Plaid Inc.; California; Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k)

Equity/commission potential

Job summary

Plaid Inc. is seeking a Technical Sourcer to build and manage top-of-funnel pipelines for Software Engineering and Data Science roles in the U.S. This role requires strong technical sourcing skills, high-volume recruiting discipline, and data-driven decision-making.

You will partner with recruiters and hiring managers to shape role scope, run market research, and craft personalized outreach. A focus on diverse, inclusive pipelines is essential for success.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of technical sourcing experience in-house at a high-growth tech company.
• Strong sourcing techniques using boolean and x-ray search; proficient with LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub, and technical communities.
• Success in high-volume, urgent environments with multiple searches concurrently.
• Ability to read technical material and assess relevance of candidates.

Responsibilities

• Own top-of-funnel strategy and execution for technical roles; build pipeline and qualify candidates.
• Run market research, org mapping, and community research; perform advanced search across sources.
• Write personalized outreach and manage response rates; maintain clean data in ATS.
• Convert research into intelligence and share with recruiters and hiring managers.
• Build diverse pipelines through inclusive outreach and proactive sourcing.
• Partner with recruiters and hiring managers to calibrate roles for findability.
• Track funnel metrics and report on response, screen, and stage conversion.
• Represent Plaid authentically as the first impression to candidates.

Skills

Technical sourcing

Sourcing research

LinkedIn Recruiter

GitHub

CRM/ATS

High-volume hiring

Data-driven

Tools

Boolean search

X-ray search

CRM/ATS workflows

Job description

Plaid Inc. is seeking a Technical Sourcer to build and manage top-of-funnel pipelines for Software Engineering and Data Science roles in the U.S. This role requires strong technical sourcing skills, high-volume recruiting discipline, and data-driven decision-making.

You will partner with recruiters and hiring managers to shape role scope, run market research, and craft personalized outreach. A focus on diverse, inclusive pipelines is essential for success.