Senior Technical Sourcer

Senior Technical Sourcer At Verda, we're building a fully featured European AI cloud - with everything needed to train, experiment with, and deploy AI models at scale. We are a full-stack AI infrastructure company, meaning we design, operate, and optimize the compute powering modern AI workloads across training and inference. Our infrastructure runs on 100% renewable energy, helping build a more sustainable AI ecosystem. Join Verda while it's still being built - not once it's finished. About the role As we continue to scale globally, we're looking for a Senior Technical Sourcer either to Helsinki or to London to help us identify, engage, and attract exceptional technical talent. This is a highly strategic sourcing role focused on building pipelines for some of the most challenging technical positions in the market. You'll partner closely with Talent Acquisition Partners and hiring managers to develop sourcing strategies, map talent markets, and proactively engage candidates long before a hiring need arises. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys solving difficult hiring challenges, thrives on research and outreach, and sees sourcing as a competitive advantage rather than simply the first step in recruitment. Your responsibilities You will build and execute sourcing strategies for technical roles across engineering, infrastructure, AI, research, and product teams. You will proactively identify and engage exceptional talent using a combination of market mapping, networking, referrals, sourcing platforms, open-source communities, conferences, and other creative sourcing approaches. You will build and nurture long-term talent pipelines, developing relationships with candidates well before active hiring processes begin. You will partner closely with Talent Acquisition Partners and hiring managers to understand hiring priorities, define target profiles, and continuously refine sourcing strategies based on market insights. You will provide market intelligence on talent availability, competitor hiring activity, compensation trends, and candidate expectations to support hiring decisions. You will contribute to improving sourcing methodologies, outreach approaches, and talent intelligence processes as Verda continues to scale. You will act as a brand ambassador throughout the sourcing process, ensuring every interaction reflects a high-quality candidate experience. Your key competencies Experience in sourcing technical talent preferably in-house Proven success hiring for highly specialized engineering, infrastructure, AI, research, or developer-focused roles Strong expertise in Boolean search, LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub, and other advanced sourcing techniques Experience building talent pipelines for niche and hard-to-fill positions Ability to understand technical roles and engage credibly with engineering candidates Strong research and talent mapping capabilities Excellent written communication and personalized outreach skills Strong stakeholder management and ability to influence hiring strategies through market insights Comfortable working autonomously in a fast-paced, high-growth environment Curious, resilient, and highly driven to uncover exceptional talent that others overlook Nice to have Experience sourcing for AI, cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, networking, or platform engineering roles Experience working in a technology, AI, cloud, or scale-up environment Familiarity with talent intelligence tools and market analytics platforms Experience recruiting internationally across multiple markets Experience leveraging AI tools to improve sourcing efficiency and candidate research Practicalities Location: Helsinki or London Hybrid mode: 3-4 days per week in the office Employment type: Full-time and permanent What's next We're building fast and this role needs the right person behind it. There's no artificial deadline, but when we find who we're looking for, we move. If this sounds like your next move, apply now. Please submit your application through our Careers page. We don't accept applications sent by email. Department Talent Acquisition Role Talent Sourcer Locations Helsinki, London Remote status Hybrid About Verda Verda (formerly DataCrunch) is a technology company building the next generation of cloud infrastructure for AI – compute that's instant, on-demand and at scale. Headquartered in Helsinki, the company operates globally across Europe, the US and Asia. Verda employs over 100 people from nearly 30 nationalities and has raised over $200M in total funding from investors including Lifeline Ventures, byFounders, J12 Ventures, Skaala, Varma and Tesi, alongside leading financial institutions.