Founding General Sourcer (Technical + Business)
Traba
Role Overview
As Traba’s first dedicated sourcer, you’ll build the engine that finds and engages the top 1% of talent across engineering and business roles. You’ll act as a talent scout for Traba—deeply researching markets, engaging top candidates, and helping the company make world-class hires. You’ll work directly with our COO and Head of People to lay the foundation for how we scale top-tier teams—from sourcing strategy to candidate experience to talent insights. If you love building from scratch, thrive in ambiguity, and are obsessed with quality, this is your role.
Key Responsibilities
Own sourcing across Engineering, Strategy & Ops, GTM, and Finance—driving top-of-funnel pipelines for our highest-priority roles.
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Find and engage top-tier candidates using creative and targeted search methods across:
GitHub, Stack Overflow, LinkedIn, X-ray searches
Slack/Discord/Reddit communities, Otta, BuiltIn, AngelList
AI tools like HireEZ, SeekOut, and more
Personalize outreach that resonates with technical and business candidates based on their career arc, motivations, and signal.
Build scalable systems: talent maps, market insights, outreach playbooks, and structured reporting in Ashby.
Use Ashby and analytics to improve pass-through rates, monitor funnel health, and uncover sourcing bottlenecks.
Partner closely with hiring managers to refine profiles, test sourcing hypotheses, and iterate quickly.
Provide market intel to influence go-to-market and product hiring strategies across the business.
Qualifications
Have 3+ years of sourcing experience across technical and business functions at a high-growth company or startup.
Can distinguish between strong and average across both domains — e.g., React, Node.js, Python, PostgreSQL for Engineering roles vs. SQL, Excel, analytics, strategic frameworks, market analysis, and financial modeling for Business roles (Strategy & Ops, GTM, Finance)
Are fluent in creative sourcing techniques beyond LinkedIn, including advanced Boolean/X-ray searches and community-based sourcing.
Skilled in generating market insights and building talent maps to identify areas of opportunity and proactively fill gaps.
Operate with a builder’s mindset and thrive in fast-paced, ambiguous environments with shifting priorities.
Can handle high-volume sourcing—500+ high-signal outbound messages per week
Excellent communication and organizational skills, with a bias for action and iteration
Benefits
📈 Start-up equity
💰 Competitive Salary
🩺 100% Paid health, dental & vision coverage
🍽️ Dinner provided via Doordash & stocked kitchen for NY employees
🚍 Commuter benefit
🎤 Team building events
🏋🏽 Gympass Benefit
🌴 Flexible PTO
✚✚ Additional: One Medical Membership, HSA via Optum, Talkspace, HealthAdvocate, Teledoc Health
Our Values
Dream BIG: We set ambitious goals and strive to make a global impact, never sacrificing long-term value for short-term gains.
Olympian’s Work Ethic: Changing the world requires dedication. We work smarter, harder, and longer when necessary, putting everything into our mission.
Growth Mindset: We tackle challenges head-on, learn from failures, and persist with resilience.
Customer Obsession: We go the extra mile for our clients and workers, ensuring we deliver high-quality products and services that truly meet their needs.
🚀 Join Traba to make a meaningful impact on the future of staffing and the lives of countless workers and businesses.