<p>Job#: 3016338</p> <p>Job Description:</p> <p>About the team</p> <p>In order to fulfill OpenAI's ambitious technical mission, we must hire an incredibly talented, hard-working, mission-aligned, and diverse team. The Sourcing team at OpenAI works cross-functionally with all hiring managers throughout the organization to find and attract incredible talent, provide an excellent candidate experience, and maintain our high hiring bar.</p> <p>About the role</p> <p>We're looking to contract a Technical Sourcer who will work on OpenAI's Engineering sourcing strategy and execution. We believe our mission deserves the world's best talent, and that begins with sourcing.</p> <p>As a sourcer focusing on our Applied AI teams, you'll have the opportunity to act as a talent partner and build out org-wide best practices and processes. This role will focus on talent mapping, engaging candidates, and managing their top-of-funnel process and experience.</p> <p>In this role, you will:</p> <ul> <li>Partner with hiring managers across the business to build and improve recruiting processes and develop customized sourcing strategies for each of your roles. </li><li>Build highly targeted searches that deliver candidate profiles with precision. </li><li>Craft thoughtful approaches to candidate outreach that will engage even the most passive talent. </li><li>Cultivate relationships with high priority targets over the long-term. </li><li>Act as the primary touchpoint for candidates from initial outreach until the onsite interview stage, ensuring an exceptional candidate experience throughout. </li><li>Utilize non-traditional and creative strategies to discover undervalued talent. </li><li>Take a highly organized and data driven approach to candidate tracking and funnel metrics. </li></ul> <p>Ideal candidates will have:</p> <ul> <li>5+ years of experience sourcing Engineering talent across a range of specializations. </li><li>Demonstrable success in hiring top technical talent at a premier tech company and/or high-growth startup. </li><li>Track record of delivering healthy candidate volume across a wide variety of roles simultaneously while maintaining a high degree of responsiveness and care to each stakeholder and candidate in process. </li><li>A passion for the talent research and mapping components of Sourcing; it's a long game. </li></ul> <p>Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico. Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click here for more details.</p> <p>Apex Benefits Overview: Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Apex team member can provide.</p> <p>Employee Type:</p> <p>Contract</p> <p>Location:</p> <p>New, NY, US</p> <p>Job Type:</p> <p>Date Posted:</p> <p>January 13, 2026</p> <p>Pay Range:</p> <p>$90 - $91 per hour</p> <p>Similar Jobs</p> <ul> <li>Technical Sourcer - Security </li><li>Technical Sourcer - Design </li><li>Technical Sourcing Recruiter 1 </li><li>Sourcing Recruiter </li><li>Finance Sourcing Recruiter 1 </li></ul>