Talent Sourcer

xAI • Memphis, MS

3d • Onsite

About The Position

SpaceXSI is building Super Intelligence to help humanity understand the universe, and is developing a full Super Intelligence stack spanning supercomputers, models, and applications. The Talent Sourcer will support SpaceXSI’s growth by building robust pipelines of top talent across machine learning research, software engineering, infrastructure, product, and business operations.

The role focuses on hard-to-fill searches and often serves as a candidate’s first conversation with SpaceXSI. The Talent Sourcer partners closely with recruiters and hiring managers, owns searches through candidate handoff, and helps ensure passive candidates are qualified, interested, and closeable. The successful candidate is self-driven, communicates exceptionally well, and can manage a demanding, high-volume workload while maintaining urgency, quality, and sound judgment. This position is based in Memphis, Tennessee, and requires working onsite full-time.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and at least 1 year of recruiting or sourcing experience; or an associate degree and at least 2 years of recruiting or sourcing experience; or at least 3 years of professional experience as a recruiter or sourcer in lieu of a degree.
• Ability to work extended hours and weekends as needed.
• Ability to work onsite full-time in Memphis, Tennessee.

Nice To Haves

• At least 3 years of technical sourcing or technical recruiting experience, including passive outreach.
• Experience sourcing hard-to-fill roles across more than one function, from individual contributor through leadership.
• Proven Boolean and X-ray search skills, including building and refining search strings.
• Experience writing personalized outreach that gets responses from passive candidates.
• Working proficiency with an ATS; Greenhouse is preferred.
• Experience with at least one dedicated sourcing or research tool.
• Experience turning a hiring manager’s intake into a searchable candidate profile.
• Experience mapping talent markets, including target companies and competitor pools.
• Ability to assess technical depth well enough to pass a calibrated slate to a recruiter.

Responsibilities

• Run intake meetings with recruiters and hiring managers and turn each role into a searchable profile.
• Source passive candidates using LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub, X, niche technical communities, events, and target-company mapping, including Boolean and X-ray searches.
• Use AI research tools to work efficiently and write personalized candidate outreach.
• Send personalized outreach, generate quality response rates, and qualify interested candidates over the phone.
• Build and maintain pipelines for current and upcoming roles and keep ATS records accurate.
• Track metrics to ensure pipelines meet business demand.
• Map competitor talent pools and share market insights with the team.
• Represent SpaceXSI and SpaceX clearly and accurately in candidate conversations.
• Maintain urgency while preserving quality and judgment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree