Sourcing Recruiter, AWS Database & Analytics Recruiting

Amazon • San Diego, CA

3d • $72,000 - $126,100 • Remote

About The Position

AWS Databases is where some of the hardest unsolved problems in distributed systems, storage engines, and open-source databases are being tackled at global scale. Aurora, ElastiCache, Neptune, and our broader portfolio serve millions of customers — and the teams building them need exceptional talent to keep pushing forward. We're looking for a Sourcing Recruiter who is energized by the hunt — someone who thrives in niche, hyper-competitive technical markets and knows how to find, engage, and inspire passive talent that most recruiters can't reach. This isn't requisition-filling. This is pipeline architecture for some of the most specialized engineering roles in cloud infrastructure.

Requirements

• 3+ years of technical recruiting in high volume and high hiring bar environment experience
• Experience building candidate sourcing and closing strategies
• Experience recruiting for mid-senior level talent

Nice To Haves

• Experience managing and prioritizing multiple searches, projects and client relationships
• Experience creating, measuring and scaling workflow among candidates, hiring managers and the recruiting team

Responsibilities

• Build sourcing strategies from scratch for senior and principal-level roles across database engines, distributed systems, query optimization, replication, and open-source ecosystems.
• Find people others can't — through deep research, creative sourcing campaigns, target company mapping, and referral engineering.
• Lead sourcing sessions with engineering teams to extract signal, generate referrals, and build conviction around candidate profiles.
• Own pipeline health — maintain accurate candidate records, track sourcing metrics, and communicate progress and market insights to stakeholders with clarity and consistency.
• Partner closely with hiring managers to understand deeply technical requirements and translate them into actionable search strategies.
• Raise the bar for the team — contribute to sourcing best practices, training, and process improvements that make the whole org better.

Benefits

• health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• paid time off
• parental leave
• sign-on payments
• restricted stock units (RSUs)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed