Technical Sourcer

Discord•San Francisco, CA

5d•$132,000 - $148,500

About The Position

Discord is seeking a strategic Technical Sourcer to support complex engineering hiring by activating passive candidates. The role partners directly with engineering leadership to conduct market intelligence, size talent pools, and create sophisticated sourcing strategies for hard-to-fill technical roles. It translates technical requirements into targeted sourcing approaches, builds candidate pipelines through market analysis and personalized outreach, and advises on talent availability and competitive dynamics. The position is temporary and limited to candidates based in the United States. The Technical Sourcer supports senior, staff, and principal-level engineering and engineering management searches, while partnering with recruiters and technical leaders to scale and optimize teams. The role owns candidate experience from initial outreach through recruiter handoff, represents Discord at industry events, and maintains recruiting-system data hygiene and pipeline metrics to continuously improve sourcing outcomes. This is a temporary full-time position with a base salary range of $132,000–$148,500 USD. The position is eligible for benefits; the stated salary range excludes equity and benefits. Individual pay within the range depends on job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

Requirements

At least 5 years of experience in technical sourcing or recruitment; experience in a high-growth technology company is preferred.
Demonstrated success hiring senior, staff, and principal-level engineers and engineering managers in competitive, constrained talent markets.
Strong technical aptitude to understand complex engineering roles, evaluate qualifications, and translate requirements into sourcing signals and candidate evaluation criteria.
Expert-level proficiency in Boolean search and advanced sourcing methods, including X-ray searches, GitHub or repository mining, conference and publication tracking, and creative talent identification beyond traditional platforms.
Proficiency with modern sourcing tools and platforms, including SeekOut, Gem, LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub, and applicant tracking systems such as Greenhouse, and experience experimenting with AI tools.
Expertise in market mapping and talent-pool analysis, including sizing addressable markets, assessing hiring feasibility, identifying capability gaps, and providing data-backed insights on competitive talent dynamics.
Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to build trust and influence technical hiring managers, interview teams, and senior leadership through structured insights and consultative partnership.
Strong pipeline management skills, including prioritizing and balancing multiple requisitions at different stages in fast-paced environments.
Proven track record sourcing candidates in areas such as development, full-stack engineering, and feature development.
Data-driven mindset and ability to track, analyze, and report sourcing metrics, including interested response rates, activation rates, conversion ratios, and source effectiveness, and turn insights into actionable strategy adjustments.

Nice To Haves

Experience in a high-growth technology company environment.

Responsibilities

Partner with hiring managers and technical leaders to understand role requirements, technical stack nuances, team dynamics, and candidate profiles, and translate requirements into sourcing criteria.
Conduct total addressable market research to size talent pools, assess hiring feasibility, and inform realistic hiring timelines for niche technical roles.
Develop job-mapping strategies by analyzing competitors, identifying organizations with relevant technical stacks, and creating target account lists aligned with Discord's technical architecture and culture.
Build and execute customized sourcing strategies using Boolean search, X-ray techniques, GitHub sourcing, and competitive intelligence to find and activate passive talent.
Identify and engage talent in their fields, partnering with recruiters and technical leaders to scale and optimize teams.
Create personalized outreach campaigns that communicate Discord's technical challenges and demonstrate understanding of candidates' work, engaging senior and staff-level engineers and engineering leaders.
Own candidate experience from initial outreach through recruiter handoff, maintaining communication, setting expectations, and ensuring smooth transitions.
Represent Discord at company events, technical conferences, meetups, and industry events, building relationships and nurturing talent communities.
Maintain data hygiene in recruiting systems and monitor pipeline metrics, including interested response rates, activation rates, next-step pass-through rates, and source effectiveness.
Use sourcing data to optimize approaches and demonstrate return on investment.