The Opportunity
As our Technical Researcher / Sourcer, you will be the architect behind our search strategies. You will build comprehensive market maps, identify talent ecosystems within high-growth sectors, and surface the top 1% of Engineering, Product, and Design professionals that our clients are trying to hire. Your work will directly shape the quality of every search we run and the quality of every hire our clients make.
You will work closely with our recruiting team to translate client briefs into actionable research — then execute that research with depth, precision, and speed. If you love the investigative side of recruiting, are obsessed with data integrity, and genuinely enjoy spending hours mapping a niche market, this role was built for you.
Core Responsibilities
Market Mapping
- Execute deep-dive research to visualize talent ecosystems within specific sectors including AI/ML, Fintech, SaaS, and other high-growth verticals
- Identify where top Engineering, Product, and Design talent is concentrated — mapping team structures, reporting lines, and headcount at target companies
- Track talent movement, promotion patterns, and organizational shifts at high-talent-density startups
- Deliver market maps that give our recruiters and clients a clear, actionable picture of the available talent landscape
Strategic Sourcing
- Build robust, high-quality candidate pipelines for Engineering, Product, and Design roles across all levels of seniority
- Utilize LinkedIn Recruiter at a power-user level — building precise Boolean searches, leveraging filters, and identifying candidates who are not surfaced through standard searches
- Source beyond LinkedIn using platforms and methods specific to each role — including GitHub, patent databases, Crunchbase, academic publications, conference speaker lists, and open-source contribution history
- Prioritize quality over quantity — every candidate on a list should belong on it
Deep Market Intelligence
- Go beyond candidate identification to provide intelligence that helps our clients make smarter hiring decisions
- Research headcount trends, funding rounds, team growth trajectories, and competitor hiring activity within target sectors
- Identify which companies are scaling, which are contracting, and where top talent is likely to become available
- Deliver research outputs that add strategic value — not just names and contact details
Data Integrity & Documentation
- Maintain accurate, well-organized, and immediately actionable Google Sheets across all active market maps and candidate lists
- Ensure all data is consistently formatted, up to date, and clearly documented so the recruiting team can act on it without cleanup