Technical Sourcer

Position Overview

Eridu is seeking a Technical Sourcer to support the expansion of our innovation and growth initiatives. In this role, you will identify and engage top talent for high-priority requisitions, focusing on technical positions across engineering, infrastructure, hardware, and software.

As a key contributor within the talent acquisition function, you will collaborate closely with recruiters, hiring managers, and leadership to achieve targeted hiring objectives. This position is ideal for individuals who thrive on analytical research, excel at navigating specialized talent markets, and are motivated by the challenge of discovering and engaging exceptional passive candidates.

Required qualifications include a proven track record of sourcing for technical, engineering, or similarly specialized roles within high-growth organizations. You should demonstrate advanced proficiency in Boolean search techniques, LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub, and comprehensive market research.

Candidates must be capable of translating complex technical requirements into effective sourcing strategies and possess strong communication skills to execute personalized, high-conversion outreach. The role demands sound judgment in evaluating candidate profiles, prioritizing leads, and managing concurrent searches across varied business tracks.

Strong ATS discipline, a metrics-driven approach to funnel performance, and the persistence to iterate on search strategies are essential for success in this role.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute targeted sourcing strategies to build robust, diverse talent pipelines for high-priority technical requisitions.
• Leverage deep domain expertise in networking, data center infrastructure, AI/data, systems engineering, ASIC/hardware, and software development to engage specialized talent.
• Utilize an advanced sourcing toolkit-including LinkedIn, GitHub, professional communities, referrals, conferences, and publications-to discover passive candidates.
• Partner closely with recruiters and hiring managers to calibrate candidate profiles, clarify requirements, and refine search criteria based on pipeline health.
• Craft thoughtful, personalized outreach that effectively communicates the Company's mission, technical depth, and unique value proposition.
• Maintain meticulous data hygiene within the ATS, ensuring organized pipelines, accurate candidate notes, and up-to-date dispositions.
• Track and analyze funnel metrics-including outreach volume, response rates, conversion to screen, and quality-of-slate feedback-to optimize sourcing performance.
• Cultivate long-term talent communities for recurring and scarce technical profiles to accelerate future hiring cycles.
• Provide actionable market intelligence to recruiting and business leadership, including data on talent availability, compensation trends, and competitor patterns.
• Contribute to internal sourcing playbooks, building reusable search strings, talent maps, messaging templates, and process improvements.

Minimum Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in recruitment or sourcing, with at least 4 years dedicated specifically to technical and engineering roles.
• Advanced mastery of complex Boolean search, semantic search, and modern sourcing methodologies.
• Proven proficiency with an array of candidate discovery, contact enrichment, and market intelligence tools.
• Experience scaling teams within high-growth environments, startup frameworks (0-to-1), or rapidly evolving technical organizations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Deep sourcing expertise within chip design (ASIC), networking switches, data center infrastructure, or hyperscaler buildouts.
• Technical background (e.g., former engineer or technologist) with a passion for understanding complex architectures and speaking the language of engineering candidates.

Notice to Recruiting Agencies

Eridu does not accept unsolicited resumes or candidate profiles from staffing agencies or third-party recruiters. Any candidate submitted to Eridu without prior written authorization from our recruiting team will be considered unsolicited and will become the property of Eridu. Eridu reserves the right to pursue and hire such candidates without any obligation to pay fees. Recruiting agencies are expressly instructed not to contact hiring managers, employees, or executives regarding open positions.