Technical Sourcer

The posting, as Discord wrote it

Discord has a highly engaged community of millions of daily active users who use the platform for many different reasons, but there’s one thing that nearly everyone does: play video games. Discord plays a uniquely important role in the future of gaming, and we are focused on making it easier and more fun for people to hang out before, during, and after playing games.

This position is temporary and US-based only.

Discord's Talent team is seeking a strategic Technical Sourcer to support our most complex engineering roles by activating passive candidates. In this role, you'll partner directly with engineering leadership to conduct market intelligence, size talent pools, and execute sophisticated sourcing strategies for hard-to-fill technical roles.

You'll be responsible for translating technical requirements into targeted sourcing approaches, building robust candidate pipelines through deep market analysis and personalized outreach, and serving as a trusted advisor on talent availability and competitive dynamics. Success in this role requires a consultative mindset, strong analytical capabilities, and proven expertise in activating passive talent in highly constrained technical markets.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner strategically with hiring managers and technical leaders to deeply understand role requirements, technical stack nuances, team dynamics, and ideal candidate profiles, translating technical requirements into effective sourcing criteria.
• Conduct comprehensive total addressable market (TAM) research to size talent pools, identify hiring feasibility, and inform realistic hiring timelines for niche technical roles.
• Develop detailed job mapping strategies by analyzing competitor organizations, identifying companies with relevant technical stacks, and creating target account lists that align with Discord's technical architecture and culture
• Build and execute customized sourcing strategies for each requisition, leveraging boolean search, x-ray techniques, github sourcing, and competitive intelligence to uncover and activate passive talent in highly specialized areas
• Identify and engage talent in their respective fields, and partner with our recruiters and technical leaders to scale and optimize our teams
• Craft highly personalized, compelling outreach campaigns that articulate Discord's unique technical challenges and demonstrate genuine understanding of candidates' work, engaging even the most passive senior, staff-level engineers, and engineering leaders.
• Own candidate experience from initial outreach through recruiter handoff , maintaining consistent communication, setting clear expectations, and ensuring smooth transitions that reflect Discord's candidate-first approach.
• Represent Discord's brand at company events, technical conferences, meetups, and industry events, building long-term relationships and nurturing talent communities for sustained pipeline development
• Practice strong data hygiene across our r

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• A proven track record of successfully sourcing candidates in areas such as developers, full-stack engineers, and feature development
• Data-driven mindset with ability to track, analyze, and report on key sourcing metrics (interested response rates, activation rates, conversion ratios, source effectiveness) and translate insights into actionable strategy adjustments

The base salary range for this temporary full-time position is listed below. This position will also be eligible for benefits. Benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance; basic life and disability insurance; a 401(k) plan (after a service period); and paid time off. Our salary ranges are determined by role and level. Within the range, individual pay is determined by additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Please note that the compensation details listed in role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include benefits. Applications for this role are accepted on an ongoing basis.

Base Salary
$132,000 — $148,500 USD

Why Discord?

Discord plays a uniquely important role in the future of gaming. We're a multiplatform, multigenerational and multiplayer platform that helps people deepen their friendships around games and shared interests, and helps developers build and grow their businesses. We believe games give us a way to have fun with our favorite people, whether listening to music together or grinding in competitive matches for diamond rank. Join us in our mission! Your future is just a click away!

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