Technical Sourcer - Contract

Patreon is a media and community platform where over 300,000 creators give their biggest fans access to exclusive work and experiences. We offer creators a variety of ways to engage with their fans and build a lasting business including: paid memberships, free memberships, community chats, live video, and selling to fans directly with one-time purchases. Ultimately our goal is simple: fund the creative class. And we're leaders in that space, with:

• $10 billion+ generated by creators since Patreon's inception

• 100 million+ free memberships for fans who may not be ready to pay just yet, and

• 25 million+ paid memberships on Patreon today.

We're continuing to invest heavily in building the best creator platform with the best team in the creator economy and are looking for a Contract Technical Sourcer to support our mission. This role can based in

• Partner closely with recruiters, hiring managers, and technical leadership to define and run sourcing strategy for Engineering, Product, and Design roles across a range of levels, from early-career to senior and staff-plus

• Run intake conversations with hiring teams to understand the technical needs of each role, translate them into target profiles, and set clear sourcing goals and timelines

• Proactively identify and engage passive talent through LinkedIn, GitHub, open-source communities, technical forums, portfolios, conferences, and other channels where technical talent spends time

• Write personalized, compelling outreach that earns responses from in-demand engineers, product managers, and designers, and continuously test and refine messaging based on what works

• Serve as the primary point of contact for candidates in the early stages of the process, providing a warm, responsive, high-touch experience that reflects our brand

• Build and maintain talent pipelines and talent pools so we have qualified candidates ready ahead of demand

• Build sourcing strategies that expand our reach and bring in diverse slates of qualified candidates

• Track and report on pipeline health and funnel metrics (response rates, conversion by channel, time to submit), and use that data to improve how we source

• Improve our sourcing and early-stage processes by identifying bottlenecks, testing new approaches, and sharing best practices with the broader talent team

• Maintain accurate, up-to-date candidate data and activity in our applicant tracking system

• 3+ years of experience sourcing for technical roles (Engineering required; Product and/or Design a plus) at high-growth technology companies or startup

• Strong understanding of the technical landscape: you can speak credibly about roles, stacks, and levels (for example, backend vs. frontend vs. mobile vs. infrastructure/ML) and evaluate profiles against a role's core requirements

• Hands-on experience with sourcing tools and channels such as LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub, Stack Overflow, social media, and technical communities and forums. Juicebox souring strongly preferred

• Experience with an applicant tracking system; Ashby experience strongly preferred

• A track record of crafting creative, data-informed sourcing strategies that build a consistent, diverse pipeline of qualified candidates

• Excellent written communication, with a demonstrated ability to write outreach that gets responses from passive talent

• Comfort partnering with recruiters and senior technical stakeholders, and influencing hiring strategy rather than just taking requests

• Strong organization and prioritization skills, with the ability to manage multiple searches at once

• Demonstrated ability to embrace change, learn quickly, and thrive in a fast-paced, evolving environment where processes are still being built

• A genuine passion for the creator economy and the people who make a living doing what they love