Technical Sourcer; Venture-Backed Startup - A316

Venture-Backed Startup Recruiting / Technical Talent Acquisition

Fully Remote — work from anywhere with EST time zone collaboration

Full-time

Monday–Friday, 40 hours per week

Must maintain consistent overlap with EST business hours

Anywhere Remote (LATAM / PH / Global Remote Candidates welcome)

Pearl works with the top 1% of candidates from around the world and connects them with the best startups in the US and EU. Our clients have raised over $5B in aggregate and are backed by companies like OpenAI, a16z, and Founders Fund. They’re looking for the sharpest, hungriest candidates who they can consistently promote and work with over many years.

Candidates we’ve hired have been flown out to the US and EU to work with their clients, and even promoted to roles that match folks onshore in the US.

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At Pearl, we’re not just another recruiting firm—we connect you with exceptional opportunities to work alongside visionary US and EU founders. Our focus is on placing you in roles where you can grow, be challenged, and build long-term, meaningful careers.

Our client is a high-growth, venture-backed startup building world-class engineering, product, and design teams. They operate in fast-moving startup ecosystems and rely on top-tier technical talent to accelerate growth, innovation, and product delivery.

The Technical Researcher / Sourcer will architect search strategies and conduct deep research for Engineering, Product, and Design (EPD) roles. You will develop talent intelligence, map competitive hiring landscapes, and identify candidates that traditional sourcing methods often overlook. This role requires a proactive, analytical, and highly organized candidate who thrives in independent, research-heavy work and enjoys building structured insights on talent markets within venture-backed startup ecosystems.

• Drive the identification of high-impact talent for fast-growing startups across Engineering, Product, and Design functions.
• Contribute to strategic hiring decisions by delivering market intelligence on funding rounds, team structures, and hiring trends.
• Maintain structured and actionable talent pipelines that improve efficiency and quality of candidate sourcing.
• Support internal recruiting teams in building targeted outreach strategies based on deep research insights.

Market Mapping & Talent Intelligence – 40%

• Conduct deep research to map talent ecosystems within key sectors such as AI/ML, SaaS, and Fintech.
• Identify high-talent-density companies and analyze team structures within venture-backed startups.
• Develop comprehensive talent maps outlining key players, competitors, and potential candidate pools.
• Monitor hiring patterns, headcount growth, and organizational structures within relevant companies.

Strategic Candidate Sourcing – 35%

• Build high-quality candidate pipelines for Engineering, Product, and Design roles.
• Use advanced sourcing techniques across Linked In Recruiter, Git Hub, Crunchbase, and other research tools.
• Identify passive candidates and hidden talent within competitive startup environments.
• Develop targeted outreach lists based on role-specific technical requirements.

Deep Research & Market Insights – 15%

• Deliver research insights regarding startup funding rounds, company growth, and hiring signals.
• Track competitor movements and emerging talent hubs within the startup ecosystem.
• Provide intelligence to internal recruiting teams to inform strategic hiring decisions.

Data Integrity & Research Documentation – 10%

• Maintain accurate and organized talent pipelines within structured research trackers.
• Ensure market maps and candidate databases remain up to date and actionable.
• Manage sourcing data within shared documentation tools such as Google Sheets.

Requirements

• 5+ years of sourcing or recruiting experience focused on Engineering, Product, and Design roles.
• Proven experience sourcing within the US venture-backed startup ecosystem (Seed through Series D).
• Advanced…