Technical Sourcer

SandboxAQ Inc.

Job Overview

Location

United States

Job Type

Full-time

Full Job Description

📋 Description

• As a Technical Sourcer at SandboxAQ, you will be a strategic talent scout responsible for identifying and engaging top-tier passive talent in frontier technology fields such as AI, quantum computing, cybersecurity, and life sciences, directly supporting the company’s mission to solve global challenges through advanced AI solutions.
• Day to day, you will architect and execute sophisticated sourcing strategies using advanced open-source intelligence, academic paper tracking, conference mapping, and alternative data platforms; partner with hiring managers and executives to understand high-impact talent needs; design and maintain a high-touch candidate experience; and act as a compelling storyteller to articulate SandboxAQ’s technical vision and culture to passive candidates.
• You will join a small, high-impact Talent team of four recruiters and two sourcers within a fast-growing, mission-driven company that emerged from Alphabet Inc. in 2022, backed by leading investors and composed of experts across AI, physics, mathematics, engineering, medicine, and more.
• In this role, you will deepen your expertise in niche technical talent markets, master advanced sourcing methodologies beyond traditional platforms, and develop executive-level stakeholder management skills while contributing directly to SandboxAQ’s technological milestones through high-quality hires.

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years of progressive talent sourcing or full-cycle recruiting experience within fast-paced technology companies or specialized search firms
• 4+ years of dedicated experience hunting for Frontier Technology profiles (e.g., AI/ML researchers, quantum scientists, advanced cryptography experts, or deep tech engineers)
• Proven track record of '1:1' niche hiring: Experience finding the 'needle in a haystack' for bespoke, non-pipeline, and highly specialized positions
• Advanced Sourcing & Market Intelligence: Exceptional ability to build comprehensive market maps, utilize Boolean logic, and leverage alternative sourcing channels
• High-EQ Stakeholder Management: Experience partnering directly with technical executives, general managers and rigorous engineering leaders, demonstrating the knowledge and confidence to push back and guide talent strategy

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive base salary, performance-based incentives or bonuses (where applicable), and equity participation
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents with generous employer premium contributions, retirement savings with company matching, paid parental leave, and inclusive family-building benefits
• Flexible paid time off, company-wide seasonal breaks, and support for flexible work arrangements that enable sustainable performance
• Opportunities for continuous learning and growth through on-the-job development, cross-functional collaboration, and access to internal learning and development programs

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About SandboxAQ Inc.

SandboxAQ is an enterprise AI company spun out of Alphabet in 2022, focused on applying large quantitative models to solve complex problems in cybersecurity, encryption, sensing, and simulation. Its software and hardware solutions combine AI with quantum-inspired methods to help government and Fortune 500 clients secure data, accelerate materials discovery, and optimize sensing for healthcare and navigation. Based in Palo Alto with global offices, the company partners with large systems integrators and cloud vendors to deploy scalable, physics-aware AI platforms for defense, life sciences, and financial services organizations.

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