Senior Technical Sourcer

Working at Discord is like working with an exciting, motivated, and talented family. Finding the right people to add into our unique mix is a difficult endeavor, so we’re looking for a Technical Sourcer to join our growing recruiting team and help us identify talented candidates for our various open roles.

What you'll be doing

• Collaborate with Discord’s recruiters, coordinators, and hiring managers to understand specific talent needs.
• Successfully build a pipeline of active and passive engineering and business talent through various channels.
• Develop and execute on a strategic sourcing plan/timeline to build a strong pipeline of candidates through channels including personal networking, social networks, blogs, forums, advertising, cold outreaches, and research methods.
• Find, engage and activate and passive candidates through the use of Boolean, LinkedIn, AngelList, Google Search Engine, GitHub and alternative search platforms/techniques.
• Strategize different ways to build talent pipelines and execute on tactical research, referral generation, events and sourcing campaigns.
• Develop and iterate on outreach campaigns based on recruiting metrics and company needs.
• Conduct phone screens with prospective talent to qualify for relevant openings and understand their motivations and needs.
• Actively participate in providing feedback and recommendations to enhance day-to-day recruiting operations and candidate experience.
• Proactively research and stay on top of organizational changes in top companies within the Bay Area and beyond.

What you should have

• A minimum of 5 years of experience with technical sourcing and/or recruiting in a fast-paced, high growth environment.
• Experience with Lever, Greenhouse, or other applicant tracking systems.
• Strong technical aptitude: Ability to qualify candidates for different disciplines including Full-Stack, Infrastructure, Mobile, Native, Data Science, Product Management, and more.
• Ability to build and maintain a network of top-tier technical talent in a metrics-driven, high-growth environment.
• Experience in creating and executing recruiting strategies, candidate management, diversity sourcing, and interview process management.
• Experience with Google and Asana product suites for project communication.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Comfortable interfacing with all types of people.
• Self-starter with a sense of urgency and organization skills in juggling multiple job requisitions.
• Proven experience with using innovative sourcing techniques.
• Ability to prioritize and succeed in a highly ambiguous environment with competing demands.
• Strong commitment to teamwork and collaboration.

Bonus Points

• Experience working on a recruiting team in a tech startup
• An understanding of and connection to Discord’s mission.
• A passion for the hunt, finding talent in unique and unexpected places.