About SandboxAQ

SandboxAQ is a high-growth company delivering AI solutions that address some of the world's greatest challenges. The company’s Large Quantitative Models (LQMs) power advances in life sciences, financial services, navigation, cybersecurity, and other sectors.

We are a global team that is tech-focused and includes experts in AI, chemistry, cybersecurity, physics, mathematics, medicine, engineering, and other specialties. The company emerged from Alphabet Inc. as an independent, growth capital-backed company in 2022, funded by leading investors and supported by a braintrust of industry leaders.

At SandboxAQ, we’ve cultivated an environment that encourages creativity, collaboration, and impact. By investing deeply in our people, we’re building a thriving, global workforce poised to tackle the world's epic challenges. Join us to advance your career in pursuit of an inspiring mission, in a community of like-minded people who value entrepreneurialism, ownership, and transformative impact.

The Opportunity

The SandboxAQ Talent team is a small and mighty group of action-oriented talent advisors dedicated to scaling a world-class team of scientists, engineers, and business leaders. Our fast growing team is currently made up of four recruiters and two sourcers, and we are now looking for a third sourcer!

We operate at the intersection of cutting-edge science and advanced AI, meaning our day-to-day work involves solving complex talent puzzles that traditional recruiting teams rarely encounter. Whilst our mission is high-stakes, our culture is grounded. We are a close-knit, highly collaborative, and fun team that works hard and doesn't take ourselves too seriously.

As the team’s newest Technical Sourcer, you will be a strategic talent scout for our highest priority hiring needs, partnering with Leaders to help ensure they can achieve their goals and directly impact SandboxAQ’s Mission through the hires you create.

Why you’ll enjoy this job:

• True Autonomy & Impact: You will own the top of funnel strategy for critical, high-impact roles that directly influence SandboxAQ’s technological milestones.

• Uncapped Learning: You will partner with brilliant minds in quantum physics, AI, and biotechnology, constantly expanding your own technical acumen.

• Complex Problem Solving: Finding and engaging exceptional talent within limited pools requires a sophisticated, high-touch consultative approach. You will specialize in mapping specialized markets and developing outreach initiatives to identify and activate the most amazing talent.

Key Responsibilities

• Source World-Class Frontier Tech Talent: Architect and execute sophisticated sourcing strategies to identify and engage top-tier passive talent across AI, quantum computing, cybersecurity, and life sciences.

• Evangelize the SandboxAQ Mission: Serve as a compelling storyteller. Successfully articulate our complex technical vision, culture, and long-term trajectory to high-caliber candidates who may not be actively looking for a new role.

• Manage & Influence High-Expectation Stakeholders: Build deep, trust-based partnerships with demanding hiring managers and executive stakeholders. Act as a peer and consultant, managing expectations through data, market realities, and calibrated talent profiles.

• Deploy Novel Identification & Mapping Techniques: Move far beyond standard LinkedIn searches. Utilize advanced open source-intelligence, academic paper tracking, conference mapping, and alternative data platforms to build comprehensive market maps of highly niche talent pools.

• Optimize Candidate Experience as a Competitive Advantage: Design and maintain a seamless, high-touch candidate journey from first touchpoint onward. Ensure every candidate, regardless of the outcome, leaves with a stellar impression of SandboxAQ.

Essential Skills & Experience

• 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.

Highly Desired Skills & Experience

• The Best of Both Worlds: Prior experience navigating both the structured environment of "Big Tech" and the high-velocity, ambiguous landscape of venture-backed startups.

• Executive Search Experience: A demonstrated history within specialized search firms or internal talent teams targeting technical leadership roles at the Director+ level.

• Modern Recruiting Stack Fluency: Experience leveraging next-generation sourcing and recruiting tooling outside of LinkedIn (e.g., Ashby, Metaview, Juicebox, GitHub, or specialized AI sourcing tech).

Why Join Us?

We offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package designed to support your health, financial well-being, and life outside of work.

• Compensation: Competitive base salary, performance-based incentives or bonuses (where applicable), and equity participation.

• Benefits: 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.

• Work-Life Balance: Flexible paid time off, company-wide seasonal breaks, and support for flexible work arrangements that enable sustainable performance.

• Career Development: Opportunities for continuous learning and growth through on-the-job development, cross-functional collaboration, and access to internal learning and development programs.

SandboxAQ Welcomes All

We are committed to fostering a culture of belonging and respect, where diverse perspectives are actively sought and valued. Our multidisciplinary environment provides ample opportunity for continuous growth - working alongside humble, empowered, and ambitious colleagues ready to tackle epic challenges.

Equal Employment Opportunity: All qualified applicants will receive consideration regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status.

Accommodations: We provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities in job application procedures for open roles. If you need such an accommodation, please let a member of our Recruiting team know.

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