Principal Technical Sourcer

Latent is hiring a Principal Technical Sourcer in San Francisco to help build a strong technical team by identifying and engaging software engineers before they start actively job hunting. The role focuses on outbound sourcing, personalized outreach, relationship-building, and working with recruiters and hiring managers to define strong candidates, while also testing new approaches and monitoring funnel performance. It suits someone with 1–4+ years of technical sourcing experience who enjoys finding hard-to-reach talent, values quality over volume, and is comfortable working with ambiguity and building processes from the ground up.

TECHNICAL SOURCER We’re building a high-caliber technical team in a competitive market. This role owns the top of the funnel—finding, engaging, and building relationships with exceptional engineers before they’re actively looking. This is not a resume-pushing role. It’s about taste, curiosity, and persistence. WHAT YOU’LL DO - Own outbound sourcing for technical roles (primarily software engineers) - Identify high-signal candidates via LinkedIn, GitHub, referrals, and communities - Write thoughtful, personalized outreach that actually gets replies - Partner closely with recruiters and hiring managers to define “great” - Experiment with sourcing strategies, messaging, and channels - Track and improve funnel metrics (reply rate, pass-through, time to first convo) - Build long-term candidate relationships, even when timing isn’t right YOU MIGHT BE A GOOD FIT IF - You have 1–4+ years of technical sourcing experience (startup experience a plus) - You enjoy the puzzle of finding people others can’t - You care about quality over volume and hate spammy outreach - You’re comfortable with ambiguity and like building from scratch - You operate with urgency and take ownership - Bias to action WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE - Consistent flow of high-quality technical candidates - Strong reply rates driven by thoughtful outreach - Hiring managers trust your judgment and taste WHY JOIN - Real ownership and visibility - Opportunity to help define the sourcing playbook - Close partnership with recruiters and founders - High impact on a team scaling quickly - Exposure to the strongest Tech Startup Eco-System