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Technical Sourcer, Research SWE

San Francisco🌐 Remote💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-30 → 2026-10-07

Core

Identify and engage world-class software and machine learning engineers advancing the frontier of AI and machine learning to support OpenAI's Research teams.

Role type

Senior Technical Sourcer (Research SWE)

Builds

Top-of-funnel candidate pipelines for niche technical roles in AI/ML

Domain

Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Sourcing specialized engineering/technical talent, mapping emerging technical fields, crafting candidate outreach strategies, stakeholder management, data-driven candidate tracking, conference engagement

Preferred skills

Experience sourcing at premier tech companies, high-growth startups, VC firms, or executive search firms

Responsibilities

Build highly targeted searches for specialized technical roles, craft outreach strategies to engage passive talent, develop creative strategies to discover non-traditional talent, partner with hiring managers to customize sourcing strategies, track candidate funnels with a data-driven approach, represent OpenAI at conferences and events

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC