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Talent Sourcer

AmbientRecruiting & HRRecruiting
Pay
$120K–$130K
per year
Work mode
Hybrid
Full Time
Experience
1+ yr
Entry

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What you need

  • 1-3 yrs of high-volume sourcing experience
  • AI fluency with Juicebox, SeekOut, ChatGPT, Claude
  • Strong Boolean, X-ray, and creative search skills
  • Expertise with Ashby, LinkedIn Recruiter, Metaview
  • Startup or high-growth environment experience

What you'll do

  • Partner with recruiters and hiring managers on sourcing strategies
  • Run targeted outreach to 250+ passive candidates weekly
  • Build and maintain healthy candidate pipelines
  • Track sourcing metrics and iterate on messaging
  • Maintain accurate records in Ashby

Build a safer world with us, one incident at a time.

Ambient.ai is the category creator and leader in Agentic Physical Security. Powered by Ambient Pulsar, the first reasoning Vision-Language Model purpose-built for physical security, our platform seamlessly integrates with existing security cameras and physical access control systems to unify monitoring, access control, threat assessment, response, and investigations through an always-on reasoning layer that augments security operators with superhuman capabilities. The results: 95% fewer false alarms, investigations 20x faster, and 10x faster response.

The momentum speaks for itself: we doubled new ARR in FY26, and have delivered results for world-class customers including Cisco, ServiceNow, SentinelOne, Bayer, and Adobe. That kind of momentum creates an environment where great people thrive, and it shows: we recently ranked #71 out of 500 on the Forbes best startup employers list.

Founded in 2017 and backed by Andreessen Horowitz and Allegion Ventures, Ambient.ai is on a fast-paced journey to fulfill our mission: prevent every security incident possible.

Ready to learn more? Connect with us on LinkedIn and YouTube

About the role:

Ambient.ai is entering a period of significant growth, with plans to hire 100 people over the next year. As a Talent Sourcer, you’ll be the engine at the top of that funnel, partnering with our Talent team and hiring managers across Engineering, Product, and Design (EPD), Sales, Customer Success, and other teams to find and engage the extraordinary talent that powers Ambient.ai. In your first few months, your focus will be squarely on outreach: running highly targeted, high-volume sourcing campaigns that reach 250+ well-matched candidates every week and build deep pipelines across our open roles. You’ll often be the first conversation a candidate has with Ambient.ai, which makes you a culture ambassador, too. This role is built as a launchpad: as you master sourcing and our hiring plan scales, you’ll have the opportunity to take on screening, coordination, and pipeline management.

What you’ll do:

  • Partner with recruiters and hiring managers to understand priorities across our 100-hire plan, calibrate on target profiles, and build tailored sourcing strategies for each role

  • Run highly targeted outreach at scale, reaching 250+ well-matched passive candidates per week across engineering (infrastructure, backend, product), sales, marketing, and customer success through creative search and personalized, multi-touch campaigns

  • Use AI-powered sourcing platforms (e.g., Juicebox) and workflows to accelerate candidate research and personalize outreach at volume without sacrificing quality

  • Build and maintain healthy pipelines for every open role so recruiters and hiring managers have a steady flow of qualified, interested candidates as hiring ramps

  • Build domain knowledge across software engineering disciplines to assess technical talent and refine your understanding of sales and customer service roles to deliver well-calibrated shortlists to hiring teams

  • Track sourcing metrics (outreach volume, response rates, and conversion to interested candidates), test and iterate on messaging, and share market intelligence to sharpen strategy and guide hiring decisions

  • Keep meticulous records by running all outreach through Ashby, from sequences and InMails to replies, notes, and stage changes, so pipeline data stays accurate, attributable, and visible to the whole team

What you’ll bring:

  • Sourcing track record: 1-3 years of high-volume sourcing experience, ideally supporting a fast-scaling hiring plan, with a proven ability to sustain 250+ targeted outreaches per week while keeping quality and response rates high

  • AI fluency: Hands-on experience using AI-powered sourcing platforms (Juicebox, SeekOut, or equivalent) and AI assistants (ChatGPT, Claude, etc.) to build searches, draft outreach, summarize candidate profiles, conduct market research, and streamline sourcing workflows

  • Search craft: Strong Boolean, X-ray, and creative search skills, with experience sourcing technical roles from entry-level to senior/staff across a range of engineering, sales and customer success disciplines

  • Candidate engagement: Outreach that earns replies at volume: compelling, personalized messaging and the ability to build genuine, positive relationships with candidates and hiring managers across cultures and time zones

  • Recruiting stack expertise: Hands-on experience with Ashby (including sequences and sourcing analytics), Juicebox, LinkedIn Recruiter, Metaview, and curated platforms such as AngelList — and an eagerness to evaluate and adopt new tools

  • Pitch & equity basics: Ability to tell the Ambient.ai story compellingly and a working understanding of equity at venture-backed companies (or the drive to learn it quickly)

  • Startup DNA: Previous experience at a startup or high-growth environment; you thrive with ambiguity and can take charge without a playbook

  • Meticulous tracking & organization: Exceptionally organized and detail-oriented, with a habit of treating the ATS as the single source of truth; you track every touchpoint rigorously, keep candidate records clean, and use the data to adjust your approach

  • Communication excellence: Phenomenal written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to engage respectfully and effectively with candidates from many different countries and backgrounds

  • Partnership: Confidence to share market insights with recruiters and hiring managers, push back on unrealistic profiles, and recommend adjustments that keep searches on track


Why join us:

  • We are creating an entirely new category within a 120+ billion-dollar physical security industry and looking for team members who are also passionate about our mission to prevent every security incident possible

  • We have an impressive customer roster of F500 companies, including Adobe, SentinelOne, and TikTok

  • Regular Full-time employees receive stock options for the opportunity to share ownership in the success of our company

  • Comprehensive health + welfare package (Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, EAP, Legal Services, 401k plan)

  • We offer flexible time off to rest and recharge, including Winter Break (time off between Christmas and New Year’s for most roles, depending on customer demand)

  • You’ll receive everything you need to hit the ground running, including cutting-edge equipment and branded gear

  • Enjoy a full range of opportunities to connect with your awesome co-workers

  • We love to hike, are foodies, and love music! Check out our most recent Ambient Spotify Playlist

We’ve found that in-person time meaningfully supports collaboration, creativity, and team alignment. Our talent, engineering, product, design, and marketing teams work from our Redwood City office three days a week. All other Bay Area employees join on Fridays to stay connected and close out the week together.

Ready to learn more? Connect with us on LinkedIn | YouTube

Ambient.ai is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.  Ambient does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, legally protected medical condition, family care status, military or veteran status, marital status, registered domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal laws. Ambient is an E-Verify participant.

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About Ambient

Ambient.ai is a computer vision intelligence company transforming security operations for large enterprises by preventing security incidents before they happen. Ambient.ai has a globally deployed footprint with several F500 companies. The Ambient.ai platform applies AI and computer vision intelligence to existing sensor and camera infrastructure to deliver physical security monitoring and detect threats in real time. Ambient.ai does this while simultaneously decreasing false alarms by over 95%, allowing security teams to focus on legitimate threats and on rapid response. The future of enterprise physical security is data-driven, intelligent, and proactive. With Ambient.ai, companies can do more with less, while also improving their security posture. We were founded in 2017 by Shikhar Shrestha and Vikesh Khanna. They are experts in artificial intelligence from Stanford University who previously built iconic products at Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Dropbox. We are a Series-B company backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), SV Angel, YCombinator, and investment angels like Jyoti Bansal, Mark Leslie, and Elad Gil. Named on the YC Top Companies List 2021 and 2022, and the Forbes Cloud 100 Rising Stars 2020, we are turning the impossible into the inevitable. We are always looking for passionate people, who enjoy solving the toughest problems with cutting-edge AI/ML.

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