Strategic Talent Partner, Technical Sourcing

Plasmidsaurus • San Francisco, CA

3d • $155,000 - $175,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Exceptional engineers rarely come through inbound applications. They come through relationships, trusted networks, and a strong reputation. Plasmidsaurus has built an exceptional engineering team through referrals, relationships, and highly selective hiring. We're looking for a technically-oriented individual to help turn that advantage into a durable talent engine. In this role, you'll identify outstanding technical talent before we need it, build relationships that last for years, and help ensure Plasmidsaurus is known by the engineers we'd most want to hire. You'll partner closely with engineering leadership to understand what great looks like, map the talent landscape, and create networks that compound over time. Success isn't measured by outreach volume or pipeline size. It's measured by whether we know exceptional people before anyone else does, whether they take our call when the time is right, and whether those relationships become the foundation of future hires. This role will start out as a strategist focused on sourcing day one. We will look to this person as a strategic partner and expect you to grow naturally into increased impact and full cycle recruiting support.

Requirements

• Technically-oriented individual
• Ability to identify outstanding technical talent before we need it
• Ability to build relationships that last for years
• Ability to partner closely with engineering leadership to understand what great looks like
• Ability to map the talent landscape
• Ability to create networks that compound over time
• Ability to build systems, workflows, talent maps, and sourcing approaches that become more valuable over time
• Experience using automation, AI, and creative research methods to increase leverage, improve outcomes, and strengthen our understanding of the market.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with interviewing and offer processes
• Experience in a full cycle recruiting support role

Responsibilities

• Find Excellent People We Don't Already Know: Partner with engineering leaders to understand what exceptional looks like and find people we would never meet through inbound applications, traditional recruiting channels, or existing networks.
• Map the companies, teams, and communities producing exceptional engineers and build targeted strategies to reach them.
• Build Relationships Before We Need Them: Develop relationships with exceptional technical talent long before a role exists.
• Stay connected through conversations, introductions, referrals, events, and communities so that when hiring needs emerge, we're building activating via relationships rather than starting from scratch.
• Expand Our Talent Network: Continuously grow Plasmidsaurus' reach into engineering communities, open source ecosystems, startup networks, and other places exceptional builders spend time.
• Help make Plasmidsaurus known by the people we'd most want to hire.
• Create Talent Advantages That Compound: Build systems, workflows, talent maps, and sourcing approaches that become more valuable over time.
• Use automation, AI, and creative research methods to increase leverage, improve outcomes, and strengthen our understanding of the market.

What This Job Offers

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