[Hiring] Senior Technical Sourcer @Plaid

Role Description

We are hiring a Senior Technical Sourcer to build the pipelines behind Plaid's most difficult technical searches. You will own the top of the funnel across software engineering, infrastructure, data science, AI/ML, and security, from market research and pipeline strategy to qualified candidates entering the interview process.

This role is for a deep researcher. Many of the people we need are not always findable by title alone, do not respond to templated outreach, and are not on any list you can buy. You will find them anyway, by mapping the market, reading the work, and writing outreach that earns a reply from someone who ignores twenty recruiter messages a week.

You will carry a high req load across multiple technical domains at once, and you will do it without losing the details that make a pipeline trustworthy. You will also turn what you learn into intelligence the team can use: where the talent actually sits, what competitors are building and paying for, and what a role needs to look like to be winnable.

This is a high-visibility seat. The quality of what enters our funnel shapes every hiring decision downstream.

Responsibilities:

• Own top-of-funnel strategy and execution for technical reqs across engineering, infrastructure, data, AI/ML, and security.
• Run deep talent research, including market maps, org mapping, competitor teardowns, conference and publication mining, open-source and technical community research, and advanced boolean and x-ray search.
• Find niche and emerging technical talent where the qualified pool is small and almost entirely passive.
• Write outreach that gets answered, personalizing based on what someone has actually built.
• Operate at volume without losing precision, running multiple searches with disciplined follow-up cadences.
• Turn research into intelligence, building market maps, talent density views, and competitive hiring insights.
• Build diverse pipelines by design through the breadth of your research and the inclusivity of your outreach.
• Partner closely with recruiters and hiring managers on calibration.
• Track and report your funnel, using metrics to inform your strategy.
• Represent Plaid authentically as a candidate's first impression.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of technical sourcing/recruiting experience, including in-house sourcing at a high-growth technology company.
• Mastery of sourcing research technique and tooling: boolean and x-ray search, LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub and technical communities.
• Demonstrated success in high-volume, high-urgency environments.
• Genuine fluency in technical skill sets.
• Proven track record sourcing for at least one hard-to-fill domain such as AI/ML, data science, or security engineering.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Data discipline, using funnel metrics to decide where to spend effort.
• Meticulous attention to detail and personal ownership of data hygiene.
• A candidate-first approach built on empathy, transparency, and consistent follow-through.

Nice-to-Have

• Experience sourcing in fintech, financial services, or regulated environments.
• Experience producing talent intelligence or market mapping work presented to senior leadership.
• Experience building sourcing playbooks or training other sourcers.
• Experience sourcing for distributed or international teams.
• Familiarity with inclusive sourcing practices and a track record of building diverse technical pipelines.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefit plan, including medical, dental, vision, and 401(k).
• Additional compensation in the form(s) of equity and/or commission.