Sourcing Lead, Sofar Ocean

• 5+ years of sourcing or full-cycle recruiting experience, ideally at a startup
• A track record of filling technical roles, with engineering sourcing and GTM as core strengths
• Strong Boolean and LinkedIn Recruiter skills, plus comfort finding talent beyond LinkedIn
• Experience with Ashby or a similar ATS, and a habit of keeping data clean
• Clear, warm writing that makes candidates want to talk to us
• An outgoing, curious approach to meeting people and building relationships
• Comfort working independently on a small team and managing many open roles at once

Desirable

• We're hiring our first in-house Sourcing Partner to build the top of our hiring funnel
• You'll own finding and engaging the people we need to hit our growth plans, with a focus on hard-to-find talent: security-cleared engineers, government-facing technical roles, and sales hires who can open new markets
• You'll report to the Head of People and work directly with hiring managers across engineering, product, and sales
• This is a high-ownership role on a lean team. You'll have real influence over how we source, what tools we use, and how we measure success
• Partner with hiring managers at kickoff to define the profile, target companies, and must-have signals for each role
• Source and engage passive candidates through LinkedIn Recruiter, Ashby, Metaview, referrals, communities, and creative channels
• Write outreach that gets replies, and keep testing what works
• Build talent pipelines for recurring and hard-to-fill roles, including cleared and defense-adjacent engineering
• Run initial screens and hand off qualified candidates with clear notes
• Keep Ashby data clean and report weekly on pipeline health, response rates, and source quality
• Help shape our sourcing playbook and tooling, including AI-assisted sourcing as we build it out