About the Role
As a Sourcing Specialist for APAC recruiting at Abnormal Security, you will play a key role in identifying, engaging, and attracting high-caliber candidates for our R&D teams. This role requires a proactive approach to sourcing candidates for a variety of critical engineering and technical positions, along with a deep understanding of the Indian talent landscape.
What you will do
- Sourcing & Pipeline Development:
Proactively source and engage candidates for diverse R&D roles in areas like software development, data science, security engineering, and machine learning. - Collaboration with Recruiters & Hiring Managers:
Work closely with recruiters and hiring managers to understand hiring needs, develop detailed candidate personas, and provide insights into the talent market. - Outreach & Screening:
Engage in initial outreach to candidates, assess their fit for specific roles, and present top candidates to hiring teams. - Tracking & Reporting:
Maintain an organized candidate pipeline and report on sourcing activities using our ATS and other recruitment platforms. - Market Mapping & Research:
Conduct in-depth market research to identify and assess potential talent pools across India. Leverage multiple platforms such as LinkedIn, GitHub, Stack Overflow, and academic networks. - Candidate Engagement:
Build relationships with passive candidates, nurturing long-term talent pipelines for critical roles while presenting compelling opportunities at Abnormal Security. - Employer Branding & Talent Community:
Contribute to Abnormal Security’s employer branding initiatives by showcasing our culture of innovation, inclusion, and growth through various digital channels.
Must Haves
- 3+ years of experience in talent sourcing, with a focus on recruiting for R&D, technical, or engineering roles.
- A strong understanding of the technical landscape, including software engineering, machine learning, cybersecurity, and other relevant domains. Familiarity with the R&D space is a big plus.
Proficient in Boolean search, LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub, Stack Overflow, and other advanced sourcing tools. - Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to effectively engage candidates and internal stakeholders.
Strong ability to establish rapport and build lasting relationships with candidates and colleagues. - Comfortable working in a fast-paced, evolving environment, and able to adjust sourcing strategies as business needs change.
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What We Do
The Abnormal Security platform protects enterprises from targeted email attacks. Abnormal Behavior Technology (ABX) models the identity of both employees and external senders, profiles relationships and analyzes email content to stop attacks that lead to account takeover, financial damage and organizational mistrust. Though one-click, API-based Office 365 and G Suite integration, Abnormal sets up in minutes and does not disrupt email flow.
Abnormal Security was founded in 2018 by CEO Evan Reiser, CTO Sanjay Jeyakumar, Head of Machine Learning Jeshua Bratman, and Founding Engineers Abhijit Bagri and Dmitry Chechik. The team previously built behavioral profiling and machine learning technologies at Twitter, Google and Pinterest that are being applied to solve a problem that costs organizations $1 billion per year, according to the FBI. The Abnormal Security platform stops targeted phishing, business email compromise and account takeover attacks that have never been seen before.
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