Senior Technical Sourcer

Plaid

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Work type
On-site
Location
San Francisco, CANew York, NYSeattle, WA
Salary
$152,400–$190,000 / yr
Posted
6 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $166k
This role $171k
$110k most similar roles pay here $207k

This role pays more than 61% of similar roles. Most pay $139,025–$193,075 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $171k versus about $166k for comparable roles.

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About Plaid

Plaid is a financial technology company that builds a data network powering digital finance applications, enabling consumers to securely connect their financial accounts to apps and services. Industry: Financial Technology & Data Infrastructure

Plaid currently has 70 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $190,800–$262,800 across 70 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Technical Sourcer

As a Senior Technical Sourcer on the EPD Recruiting team, you will build high-quality pipelines for complex technical roles across engineering, infrastructure, data science, AI/ML, and security. You will perform deep talent research by mapping markets, analyzing competitors, and mining open-source communities to find niche, passive candidates who are not easily found through standard searches. Your daily work involves crafting personalized outreach that earns responses from senior engineers, maintaining meticulous ATS hygiene, and translating your findings into actionable intelligence regarding talent density and role winnability. You will utilize advanced boolean and x-ray search techniques, LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub, and various technical publications to identify candidates. This role solves the challenge of identifying specialized talent in highly competitive fields like distributed systems and security engineering within a complex financial technology landscape.

What you'll do

  • Own top-of-funnel strategy and execution for technical roles across engineering, infrastructure, data science, AI/ML, and security.
  • Conduct deep talent research including market mapping, competitor teardowns, and mining open-source communities to find passive candidates.
  • Write personalized outreach messages based on candidate work to secure responses from high-level technical talent.
  • Manage a high volume of concurrent searches while maintaining precise data hygiene and tracking funnel metrics.
  • Translate research into actionable intelligence regarding talent density and competitor activity to shape hiring strategies.
  • Build diverse candidate pipelines through inclusive research methods and tailored outreach.
  • Partner with recruiters and hiring managers to calibrate role requirements based on market availability.

What we're looking for

  • 6+ years of technical sourcing/recruiting experience in a high-growth technology company.
  • Mastery of sourcing tools including boolean/x-ray search, LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub, and ATS workflows.
  • Proven ability to manage high-volume, high-urgency technical searches simultaneously with precision.
  • Genuine fluency in technical skill sets such as AI/ML, data science, distributed systems, or security engineering.
  • Track record of sourcing for at least one hard-to-fill domain like AI/ML, data infrastructure, or security (preferred).
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills to create personalized outreach that engages senior engineers.
  • Data discipline using funnel metrics and meticulous attention to detail regarding ATS hygiene.
  • Experience in fintech, producing talent intelligence for leadership, or building sourcing playbooks (preferred).

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