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Outset is an AI-powered user research platform used by global brands like HubSpot, Microsoft, Uber, and Nestle to conduct qualitative research at scale. The company recently raised a $30M Series B (December 2025) and is experiencing rapid growth in the AI-moderated research category.
As a Technical Sourcer, you will be the strategic talent acquisition specialist responsible for identifying and engaging exceptional technical talent across engineering functions. You'll work closely with recruiters, hiring managers, and technical leaders to build targeted sourcing strategies and pipelines for priority roles.
Key responsibilities include:
- Partner with recruiters and hiring managers to understand role requirements, technical stacks, business priorities, and ideal candidate profiles
- Build targeted talent maps and pipelines by function, skill set, geography, company background, and domain expertise
- Identify and engage passive candidates through LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub, technical communities, open-source projects, industry events, referrals, and alumni networks
- Use Boolean search, X-ray search, and talent intelligence tools to uncover qualified candidates for difficult and niche technical searches
- Write personalized outreach that communicates the company's mission, engineering challenges, and career opportunity
- Conduct initial candidate conversations to assess qualifications, technical relevance, motivation, location, compensation alignment, and interest
- Present well-calibrated candidates to hiring teams with clear sourcing context and technical background
- Maintain accurate candidate activity and pipeline data in Ashby
- Track sourcing funnel performance, outreach response rates, candidate quality, diversity representation, and pipeline health
- Share market intelligence with recruiting and engineering leadership on talent availability, competitor activity, skill trends, and candidate feedback
- Develop and maintain long-term candidate relationships and talent communities
- Support inclusive sourcing practices and help reduce bias in talent identification
- Improve sourcing processes through documentation, automation, and tooling
Requirements:
- 3–6 years of technical sourcing experience
- Demonstrated experience sourcing for technical roles (backend, frontend, full-stack, platform, mobile, data, machine learning, cloud infrastructure, DevOps/SRE, security, or engineering leadership)
- Ability to evaluate technical profiles based on programming languages, frameworks, architecture, infrastructure, scale, product domain, and depth of ownership—not solely titles or employer names
- Strong familiarity with technical sourcing channels: LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub, Stack Overflow, developer communities, open-source ecosystems, conference communities, and referral networks
- Expertise in Boolean and X-ray search, candidate research, talent mapping, and building pipelines for difficult-to-fill roles
- Strong written communication skills and ability to craft authentic, customized outreach for technical audiences
- Experience with applicant tracking systems and recruiting CRMs (Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, Gem, SeekOut, hireEZ, LinkedIn Recruiter, or similar)
- Ability to manage multiple searches, changing priorities, and fast-moving stakeholder needs while maintaining exceptional candidate experience
- Strong partnership and consultative skills; ability to influence hiring teams using market data and sourcing insights
- Data-informed, detail-oriented approach to measuring sourcing effectiveness and improving outcomes
- Commitment to inclusive hiring practices and expanding access to technical opportunities
- Familiarity with modern technical stacks and concepts (Python, Java, Go, TypeScript, React, Node.js, Kubernetes, AWS/GCP/Azure, distributed systems, data platforms, LLMs, MLOps, observability, application security)
