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Talent Acquisition Sourcer (Contract)
Remote (United States) +2 · Remote · Full-time · Posted Sep 4, 2026
- Location
- Remote (United States)
Canada
United States - Experience
- 3+ years of talent sourcing and/or recruiting experience.
About the job
Sources and engages candidates across company functions, builds talent pipelines and market insights, and partners with hiring teams to support searches.
What you'll do
- Develop and execute sourcing strategies; identify and engage passive candidates across technical and non-technical functions.
- Conduct talent research and market mapping, using data to assess pipeline health and share actionable insights.
- Partner with Talent Acquisition and hiring teams on search strategy, candidate handoffs, and sourcing tools and workflows.
What they ask for
- Experience sourcing technical talent and supporting searches across multiple functions.
- Ability to understand complex or unfamiliar roles and translate requirements into sourcing strategies.
- Strong research, passive-candidate engagement, organizational, and analytical skills; ability to manage multiple searches and use sourcing data.
- Experience with sourcing platforms and ATS technology; interest in AI, automation, and emerging sourcing tools.
Nice to have
- Experience sourcing in a highly technical startup or developer tools, infrastructure, networking, security, or cloud environment.
- Experience finding technical talent through GitHub, open-source or technical communities, and other nontraditional channels.
Pay
$49 — $53 USD (contract pay; base salary or total pay not specified)
Tools
GitHub
AI focus
Partners with Talent Acquisition Operations to improve AI-enabled sourcing practices; the hiring process also uses AI-assisted tools to screen and assess candidates, with hiring decisions made by people.
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