Technical Sourcer

Character’s mission is to empower everyone with AGI. Our vision is to enable people with our technology so that they can use Character.AI any moment of any day.

Character.AI is one of the world’s leading personal AI platforms. Founded in 2021 by AI pioneers Noam Shazeer and Daniel De Freitas, Character.AI is a full-stack AI company with a globally scaled direct-to-consumer platform. As of 2023 that platform was #2 in the space in user engagement. Character.AI is uniquely centered around people, letting users personalize their experience by interacting with AI “Characters.” The company achieved unicorn status in 2023 and was named Google Play’s AI App of the Year.

Noam co-invented the key tech powering LLMs and was recently named to TIME100’s Most Influential People in AI list. TIME called him “one of the most important and impactful people of the space’s past, present, and future.” Daniel created and led LaMDA, the breakthrough conversational tech project currently powering Bard.

To learn more, please visit beta.character.ai.

We are seeking a Technical Sourcer to join our growing recruiting team at our Menlo Park, CA headquarters! In this role, you will play a critical role in identifying, engaging, and attracting top technical talent. Utilizing various sourcing strategies and tools, you will engage with passive candidates and build a strong pipeline of qualified candidates across multiple technical disciplines for the roles that you are assigned

• Review and screen incoming applications, assessing candidates' qualifications and alignment with position requirements

• Build and maintain a pipeline of qualified candidates for current and future hiring needs, ensuring a steady flow of talent

• Collaborate with recruiters and hiring managers to understand technical requirements and develop sourcing strategies to identify candidates for open positions

• Measure and communicate sourcing metrics with internal stakeholders

• May be involved with relevant talent forums to identify/target talent

• Able to identify relevant industry domain talent pools 

• 5+ years technical sourcing experience in-house and/or at an agency

• Extensive knowledge and use of boolean strings for candidate search

• Solid sourcing fundamentals and fluency with recruiting tools like LinkedIn Recruiter, HireEZ, or Seekout. 

• Experience with applicant tracking systems, uploading sourced candidates and facilitating movement through interview stages

• Experience filtering incoming applicants and dispositioning candidates

• Experience engaging and screening candidates for assigned roles

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build relationships with candidates and internal stakeholders

• Self-motivated and results-oriented with a passion for innovation and continuous improvement

• Demonstrated success in identifying and engaging candidates that result in hires

• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and adapt to changing priorities

• Specific experience sourcing for a company in the tech industry

• Ability to commute to our Menlo Park headquarters 5 days a week
  

• Any amount of full-cycle technical recruiting experience

• Experience in sourcing AI or ML talent

• Experience at a startup

• Experience working on highly-complex, highly-specialized and/or highly-senior technical roles

• Experience with Ashby (ATS)

Character is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status. We value diversity and encourage applicants from a range of backgrounds to apply.