Talent Sourcer

Ambient.ai • Redwood City, CA

1d • $120,000 - $130,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Ambient.ai is hiring a Talent Sourcer during a period of significant growth, with plans to hire 100 people over the next year. The sourcer will partner with the Talent team and hiring managers across Engineering, Product, Design, Sales, Customer Success, and other teams to identify and engage talent. The initial focus is targeted, high-volume outreach—reaching 250 or more well-matched candidates each week and building pipelines across open roles. The position also serves as an early point of contact and culture ambassador for candidates. As sourcing expertise develops and hiring scales, there may be opportunities to take on screening, coordination, and pipeline management.

The role involves developing sourcing strategies and candidate profiles with recruiters and hiring managers; conducting personalized, multi-touch campaigns; using AI-powered sourcing platforms and workflows; maintaining pipelines and accurate records in Ashby; and tracking campaign results to inform sourcing strategy and hiring decisions. The sourcer will build domain knowledge across software engineering, sales, and customer service roles to produce well-calibrated candidate shortlists.

Ambient.ai creates an AI-powered physical security platform and describes its mission as preventing every security incident possible. Its talent, engineering, product, design, and marketing teams work from the Redwood City office three days a week. Other Bay Area employees work onsite on Fridays. Ambient.ai is an Equal Opportunity Employer and an E-Verify participant.

Requirements

• 1–3 years of high-volume sourcing experience, ideally supporting a fast-scaling hiring plan, with the ability to sustain 250 or more targeted outreaches per week while maintaining quality and response rates.
• Hands-on experience with AI-powered sourcing platforms such as Juicebox, SeekOut, or equivalent, and AI assistants such as ChatGPT or Claude for searches, outreach, candidate summaries, market research, and workflow improvement.
• Strong Boolean, X-ray, and creative search skills, including experience sourcing technical roles from entry-level through senior/staff across engineering, sales, and customer success disciplines.
• Ability to write compelling, personalized outreach and build positive relationships with candidates and hiring managers across cultures and time zones.
• Hands-on experience with Ashby, including sequences and sourcing analytics, Juicebox, LinkedIn Recruiter, Metaview, and curated platforms such as AngelList; willingness to evaluate and adopt new tools.
• Ability to communicate the Ambient.ai story and a working understanding of equity at venture-backed companies, or willingness to learn quickly.
• Previous experience at a startup or high-growth environment, with the ability to work through ambiguity and take initiative without a playbook.
• Exceptional organization and attention to detail, including rigorous tracking of touchpoints, clean candidate records, and use of ATS data to improve sourcing.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including respectful and effective engagement with candidates from varied countries and backgrounds.
• Confidence sharing market insights with recruiters and hiring managers, challenging unrealistic profiles, and recommending adjustments to keep searches on track.

Responsibilities

• Partner with recruiters and hiring managers to understand hiring priorities, calibrate target profiles, and develop tailored sourcing strategies.
• Conduct targeted, high-volume outreach to 250 or more well-matched passive candidates each week across engineering, sales, marketing, and customer success roles.
• Use AI-powered sourcing platforms and workflows to accelerate candidate research and personalize outreach at scale.
• Build and maintain healthy pipelines for open roles so recruiters and hiring managers have a steady flow of qualified, interested candidates.
• Develop domain knowledge across software engineering disciplines and strengthen understanding of sales and customer service roles to deliver calibrated shortlists.
• Track outreach volume, response rates, and conversion to interested candidates; test and refine messaging; and share market intelligence to guide hiring decisions.
• Record outreach and candidate activity in Ashby, including sequences, InMails, replies, notes, and stage changes, to maintain accurate and visible pipeline data.

Benefits

• Stock options for regular full-time employees.
• Comprehensive health and welfare package, including medical, dental, vision, life, EAP, legal services, and a 401(k) plan.
• Flexible time off, including Winter Break time off between Christmas and New Year’s for most roles, depending on customer demand.
• Cutting-edge equipment and branded gear.
• Opportunities to connect with coworkers.

What This Job Offers

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