Sr. Technical Sourcer

• At Perplexity AI, we are building products that push the boundaries of how people find, reason, and learn information.
• The scale and speed of our mission demand a team that thrives in environments of rapid iteration and constant discovery.
• As a Technical Sourcer, you will be at the forefront of shaping the talent foundation that fuels our growth.
• This is not a traditional sourcing role.
• We are looking for a builder with strong technical grounding, a genuine passion for the craft of sourcing, and the ability to operate with creativity and precision in an environment where constant change and ambiguity is the norm.
• You will partner closely with recruiters, hiring managers, and engineers to identify, engage, and inspire world-class talent, helping build a team capable of solving some of the most challenging problems in AI today.
• Just as importantly, you will use AI to automate and augment your own workflow, treating sourcing as a system to be engineered rather than a set of manual tasks.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Research, identify, and engage engineering and technical talent across multiple disciplines and experience levels
• Collaborate with recruiters and hiring teams to deeply understand technical

requirements

and calibrate profiles with accuracy and nuance

• Use a wide range of sourcing strategies, including advanced research, talent mapping, referrals, AI-assisted automation, and creative outreach, to build strong candidate pipelines.
• Build and refine your own tooling and workflows, leveraging AI to automate repetitive work and spend more of your time on high-judgment sourcing
• Act as a candidate's first introduction to Perplexity AI, delivering an authentic and compelling story about our mission, product, and team culture
• Track and analyze pipeline data to drive continuous optimization and improvements in sourcing approaches
• Operate with agility, adapting quickly to shifting priorities, hard-to-fill roles, and changing team needs

WHAT YOU BRING

• A strong desire to grow a career in sourcing, with clear dedication to advancing your craft and developing deep expertise in the field
• Exceptional technical literacy, comfortable navigating complex technical conversations, parsing nuanced skill sets, and understanding the architecture of software and AI roles
• Proven experience sourcing talent in highly dynamic and fast-paced environments where priorities shift and ambiguity is constant
• A builder's instinct for AI: eager to adopt new tools, automate your own workflow, and experiment with how AI can make sourcing faster and sharper
• Creativity and resilience: the ability to design novel sourcing strategies, test new methods, and adapt quickly when faced with challenges
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to build trust and develop relationships with both candidates and internal partner teams
• A mindset that thrives on curiosity, iteration, and impact, aligned with Perplexity AI's ethos of building what has never been built before