Sr Sourcing Recruiter, Compute and ML, AWS Talent Acquisition

Amazon • Austin, TX

3d

About The Position

As a Sr Sourcing Recruiter supporting the Compute-Plex and ML Services org, you
will be a leader on the team and own the full sourcing lifecycle for highly
specialized engineering and technical roles across leaders. You will lead peers
and partner closely with Recruiting Business Partners, Recruiting Managers, and
senior technical Hiring Managers to build proactive talent pipelines — with a
particular focus on Software Development Engineers (SDE), Cloud Hardware
Development Engineers (CHDE), and Systems Development Engineers.

You are a key sourcing leader on our team. You will spend your days identifying
and engaging passive technical candidates across some of the most specialized
and competitive talent pools in the industry. From mapping hardware engineering
talent for Instant Platforms and HWEngS to building pipelines for EC2 and ML/AI
services, no two searches are the same. You will collaborate and guide other
recruiters and hiring managers, share market insights, and lead creative
sourcing strategies — including sourcing sessions, referral campaigns, and
target company mapping — that keep the org ahead of the competition for top
technical talent.

The Compute-Plex and ML Services Recruiting Team supports one of AWS's most
strategically critical and technically complex organizations. The org spans EC2,
Compute Services, Hardware Engineering Services (HWEngS), Instance
Platforms/Nitro, Bedrock, Sagemaker, internal builder tools, and ML/AI
infrastructure — the foundational layers that power Amazon and AWS at global
scale.

To fuel continued growth, we are looking for a Sr Sourcing Recruiter who is
passionate about leading and mentoring others, as well as, identifying and
engaging top passive technical talent across some of the most competitive and
niche hiring markets in the industry.

Requirements

• 8+ years of corporate and or search firm progressive recruiting including full life cycle recruiting experience
• 8+ years of corporate and or search firm progressive technical recruiting including full life cycle recruiting experience
• Experience managing and prioritizing multiple searches, projects and client relationships

Nice To Haves

• Experience across other functional areas of talent acquisition, ideally diversity recruiting, research or analytics
• Experience building and utilizing a variety of sourcing plans and tools, including proactive phone and internet research

Responsibilities

• Developing and leading multi-channel sourcing strategies across the team to attract passive, world-class technical talent across Compute, PLEX, Hardware Engineering, and ML/AI domains
• Building and maintaining robust, always-on candidate pipelines for evergreen and specialized engineering roles within EC2, Nitro, HWEngS, PLEX, and ML/AI organizations
• Conducting weekly hiring manager sourcing sessions and contributing qualified candidates to established talent pools
• Performing proactive outreach, candidate engagement, and initial screening to assess technical background, career motivations, and role alignment
• Partnering with Recruiting Business Partners to ensure a seamless candidate experience from first contact through offer
• Continuously mapping target companies, talent ecosystems, and technical communities relevant to Compute and ML Services hiring needs
• Leading sourcing sessions with peers, builders and technical teams to generate referral leads and candidate pipelines
• Maintaining accurate and up-to-date candidate records, pipeline metrics, and sourcing activity in recruiting systems
• Communicating sourcing progress, pipeline health, and market insights to stakeholders through regular updates
• Contributing to team-wide sourcing best practices, training initiatives, and process improvements

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

What This Job Offers

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