Technical Sourcer

About the role

We are hiring a Technical Sourcer to build the pipelines for Plaid’s core Engineering and Data Science population. You will own the top of the funnel across one or multiple tech pipelines, from market research and pipeline strategy through to qualified candidates entering the interview process.

Responsibilities

• Own top-of-funnel strategy and execution for technical reqs across Software Engineering or Data Science.
• Run talent research.
• Write outreach that gets answered.
• Operate at volume without losing precision.
• Turn research into intelligence.
• Partner closely with recruiters and hiring managers on calibration.
• Track and report your funnel.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of technical sourcing experience, including in-house sourcing at a high-growth technology company.
• Strong sourcing research technique and tooling: boolean and x-ray search, LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub and technical communities, publications and conference sources, and CRM or ATS sourcing workflows.
• Demonstrated success in high-volume, high-urgency environments, carrying multiple technical searches at once without dropping the details.
• Genuine fluency in technical skill sets. You can read a job spec, a GitHub profile, or a research paper and make a defensible call on relevance.
• Strong written and verbal communication. Your outreach is short, specific, and human, and senior engineers reply to it.
• Data discipline. You use funnel metrics to decide where to spend effort, and you can explain your pipeline with numbers rather than anecdotes.
• Meticulous attention to detail and personal ownership of your data hygiene. If your pipeline data is wrong, no one downstream can plan.
• A candidate-first approach built on empathy, transparency, and consistent follow-through.

Nice-to-Have Experience

• Sourcing in fintech, financial services, or another regulated environment.
• Experience producing talent intelligence or market mapping work that was presented to senior leadership and changed a hiring decision.
• Experience building sourcing playbooks or evaluating and rolling out sourcing tooling.
• Experience sourcing for distributed teams.
• Familiarity with inclusive sourcing practices and a track record of building diverse technical pipelines.