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The Trade Desk

Technical Sourcer (Contract)

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Key details

Salary

$71K – $129K

Employment type

Full-time

Seniority

Mid-level

Years experience

5-10

Location

Bellevue, United States

Full job description

The Trade Desk is seeking a Technical Sourcer to develop and execute sourcing strategies to identify and engage top technical talent including software engineers, ML/AI specialists, and data engineers. The role partners with recruiters and hiring managers to understand role requirements and team dynamics, craft personalized outreach, provide market insights, and leverage AI-enabled sourcing tools. Requires 5+ years of technical sourcing or recruiting experience, proficiency with sourcing platforms and ATS/CRM systems, ability to understand technical concepts, data-driven mindset, strong communication skills, and passion for inclusive hiring. Benefits include comprehensive healthcare, retirement plans, disability coverage, life insurance, tuition reimbursement, parental leave, paid sick and vacation time, stock-based compensation, and employee stock purchase plan. Base salary range is $70,500 to $129,300 USD. Location: Bellevue, Washington, USA.

What you'll do

  • Develop and execute customized sourcing strategies by role, level, and location to identify and engage top technical talent including software engineers, ML/AI specialists, and data engineers
  • Partner closely with recruiters, coordinators, and hiring managers to understand role requirements, team dynamics, and their impact on company and product
  • Become an expert in telling The Trade Desk story including mission, engineering challenges, and culture
  • Craft thoughtful, personalized outreach to passive and highly specialized technical talent, cultivating long-term relationships
  • Serve as a strategic talent advisor providing market insights, calibrating candidate profiles, and recommending hiring criteria adjustments based on data
  • Deliver timely pipeline updates and adjust strategy as hiring plans evolve
  • Conduct talent market research, competitive intelligence, and industry mapping to advise hiring managers and recruiters on market conditions, compensation benchmarks, and talent availability
  • Leverage AI-enabled research tools, automation workflows, and emerging sourcing technologies to improve pipeline quality and efficiency
  • Build and maintain talent maps for critical skill areas, tracking emerging talent pools across academia, open-source communities, and industry
  • Maintain organized candidate data in ATS and CRM systems ensuring exceptional stakeholder and candidate experience

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in technical sourcing or technical recruiting for software, product-driven, or AI/ML companies or equivalent agency recruiting experience focused on engineering talent
  • Demonstrable success sourcing and engaging highly specialized technical talent at a premier tech company, high-growth startup, or leading SaaS organization
  • Deep proficiency with sourcing platforms and tools such as LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub, Stack Overflow, Boolean search, ATS/CRM systems (e.g., Greenhouse, Lever, Workday), and AI-assisted sourcing tools
  • Ability to understand technical concepts like distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, machine learning, full-stack development and translate hiring needs into talent market strategies
  • Data-driven mindset comfortable tracking KPIs, analyzing funnel metrics, and using insights to refine strategy
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with talent for crafting compelling candidate messaging
  • Ability to manage multiple complex searches in parallel while maintaining a high quality bar
  • Strong sense of ownership, adaptability, and bias for action in a fast-moving environment
  • High level of integrity and discretion in handling confidential information
  • Passionate about people, inclusive hiring practices, and building diverse teams

Tech stack

LinkedIn RecruiterGitHubStack OverflowBoolean searchATSCRMGreenhouseLeverWorkdayAI-assisted sourcing tools

Benefits

Comprehensive healthcare (medical, dental, and vision) with premiums paid in full for employees and dependentsRetirement benefits such as a 401k plan and company matchShort and long-term disability coverageBasic life insuranceWell-being benefitsReimbursement for certain tuition expensesParental leaveSick time of 1 hour per 30 hours workedVacation time for full-time employees up to 120 hours through the first year and 160 hours thereafterAround 13 paid holidays per yearEligibility for stock-based compensation grantsVariable compensation-based incentives and commissions depending on roleEmployee Stock Purchase Plan with discounted stock purchase

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