[Hiring] Technical Talent Sourcer @Thrill Labs

Role Description

We’re looking for a Senior Technical Sourcer to partner closely with our CTO and Senior Technical Recruiter to help us attract and engage high-quality, high-bar engineering talent across Europe. This is not a high-volume, low-quality sourcing role. We care deeply about candidate quality, thoughtful outreach, and strong judgment. You’ll play a key role in building pipelines for hard-to-fill technical roles and in helping us break into competitive, sometimes skeptical talent markets. This role is ideal for someone who combines strong sourcing execution with market insight, sharp candidate judgment, and a high degree of ownership.

• Own top-of-funnel sourcing for technical roles across Backend, Frontend, DevOps / Infrastructure, Data, and Engineering Management
• Build and execute sourcing strategies for both active hiring needs and future talent pipeline priorities
• Create target company lists, market maps, and talent landscapes for key roles and geographies across Europe
• Proactively identify, engage, and nurture high-quality passive candidates through LinkedIn and other relevant channels
• Write highly personalized outreach that improves response rates and creates genuine candidate interest
• Partner closely with the CTO and Technical Recruiter to calibrate role requirements, candidate quality bar, and target profiles
• Run and continuously improve sourcing experiments across messaging, channels, and candidate segments
• Share talent market insights, including candidate availability, compensation signals, competitor patterns, and common objections
• Maintain strong ATS hygiene and keep pipelines structured, searchable, and reusable over time
• Help shape how Thrill Labs is positioned to technical talent in a niche and sometimes misunderstood industry
• Support early candidate qualification and smooth handoff into the recruiting process

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience sourcing for technical roles, either in-house, in agency/search, or both
• Proven track record of sourcing for high-bar engineering roles such as Backend, DevOps / Infrastructure, distributed systems, Frontend, or engineering leadership
• Strong success in engaging passive candidates in competitive markets
• Experience sourcing across multiple European countries
• Solid understanding of technical profiles, stacks, and seniority levels; you do not need to code, but you do need to recognize what strong looks like
• Ability to operate with high autonomy, strong judgment, and clear ownership
• Strong written communication skills with the ability to craft personalized and compelling outreach
• Strong process discipline, including ATS hygiene, candidate tracking, and structured talent mapping
• Ability to turn market signals into an actionable sourcing strategy
• Confidence partnering directly with technical leaders on profile calibration and search direction
• Ability to handle candidate objections credibly, including concerns around industry, startup environment, or remote setup
• Comfortable working with urgency and ambiguity in a remote startup / scale-up environment
• English proficiency at B2 level or higher

Requirements

• Experience in iGaming, crypto, fintech, or other high-scale / high-performance environments
• Existing network of technical talent across Europe
• Experience working in high-bar hiring environments where quality matters more than volume
• Familiarity with advanced sourcing techniques such as Boolean, X-ray search, GitHub sourcing, niche communities, referrals, and alternative talent platforms
• Experience with sourcing or talent intelligence tools such as Juicebox, HireEZ, Gem, SourceWhale, AmazingHiring, or similar
• Additional European language skills
• Experience partnering closely with hiring managers or founders in technical calibration discussions

Why this role matters

Strong engineering hiring is one of the highest-leverage things we can do as a company. In this role, you won’t just fill the top of the funnel. You’ll help shape where we search, how we engage, and how we compete for exceptional technical talent. You’ll have real ownership, close partnership with leadership, and a chance to make a visible impact on the quality of our team.

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