About the role

ABOUT ARTIE Artie is a fully-managed real-time data streaming platform that replicates production databases into data warehouses and lakes - in real time, with zero maintenance. We make high-volume data replication simple, reliable, and scalable for engineering teams. Our platform powers mission-critical use cases including fraud and risk monitoring, inventory visibility, customer-facing analytics, and AI/ML workloads. We’re trusted by teams like Substack, Alloy, and ClickUp, and raised a Series A from top-tier investors including Standard Capital, Y Combinator, General Catalyst, Pathlight, and the founders of Dropbox and Mode. Artie is built for engineers who care about performance, reliability, and operational simplicity - and we’re growing fast. ABOUT THE ROLE This is not a resume-screening role and not a "find profiles and pass them along" job. You will own pipeline generation across our most critical open roles — engineering, sales, and operations — working directly with our recruiter and founders to identify, engage, and warm up the candidates we actually want to talk to. If you view sourcing as a mix of research, outbound sales, and creative detective work, this role is for you. This is a high-output, high-ownership role. The quality of your pipeline directly determines the quality of our hires. WHAT YOU'LL DO Build and own top-of-funnel pipeline - Proactively source candidates across Engineering and Sales roles using LinkedIn, personal networks, referrals, and non-obvious channels - Run targeted outbound campaigns — crafting personalized messages that actually get responses, not copy-paste templates - Maintain a warm pipeline of candidates at all stages — not just active applicants, but future hires we haven't opened a role for yet - Identify and engage passive candidates who aren't looking but should be Partner closely with recruiting and leadership - Work directly with our recruiter and hiring managers to deeply understand each role — not just the job description, but what "great" actually looks like - Calibrate continuously on signal vs. noise — what profiles are converting and why - Flag patterns in the market: where the talent is, where the competition is hiring from, what's moving people Run outreach with rigor and creativity - Write compelling, personalized outreach across LinkedIn, email, and other channels - A/B test messaging approaches and iterate based on response rates - Keep candidates warm through thoughtful, timely follow-up Own sourcing operations - Keep our ATS (Ashby) clean and up to date — every candidate tracked, every stage logged - Track sourcing metrics: outreach volume, response rates, pipeline conversion, time-to-screen - Identify bottlenecks and bring solutions, not just status updates WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR Sourcing depth, not just breadth - 4+ years of sourcing or recruiting experience, ideally at a fast-moving startup or agency - Proven ability to build pipelines for hard-to-fill technical and GTM roles - Experience with using AI and sourcing tools. (Cursor, Juicebox, Linkedin Recruiter, etc.) Sharp outreach instincts - You write messages people actually respond to — specific, human, and relevant - You understand that sourcing is persuasion, and you're good at it - You know when to follow up and when to move on High output, high ownership - You run multiple searches simultaneously without dropping balls - You track your own metrics and hold yourself accountable to them - You surface problems before they become blockers Logistics - Available full-time hours (40 hrs/week) on a 1099 contract basis - Comfortable working in-person at our SF office or remotely - Immediate or near-immediate availability preferred WHAT YOU'LL GET - Direct impact: The candidates you source become Artie's future team — your fingerprints are on every hire - Close partnership: Work directly with our recruiter and founding t