About the role
About Periodic Labs The most important scientific discoveries of our time won’t happen in a traditional lab. We’re an AI and physical sciences company building state-of-the-art models to accelerate breakthroughs across materials, energy, and beyond. Backed by world-class investors and growing rapidly, we operate at the pace the frontier requires. Our team brings deep expertise, genuine ownership, and an insatiable drive to push the boundaries of what’s scientifically possible.
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the Role Periodic Labs is hiring a Technical Sourcer to help us find and engage the exceptional talent that defines our team. You’ll work across both our “bits” and “atoms” sides — sourcing for software engineers, ML researchers, and AI scientists as well as materials scientists, chemists, physicists, and lab engineers. This is a high-impact, high-craft role: we hire for rare combinations of skill and curiosity, and great sourcing is the first step in finding people the world doesn’t expect to find. You’ll work directly with our Head of Recruiting and partner with researchers and engineers across the company to build candidate pipelines that match our ambition. You’re comfortable operating in uncharted territory, can craft outreach that actually gets responses, and know how to evaluate technical profiles across diverse disciplines. What You’ll Do Own full-cycle sourcing across technical roles spanning AI/ML research, software infrastructure, and physical sciences (materials, chemistry, physics, lab engineering) Build and manage diverse, high-quality talent pipelines using LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub, Google Scholar, academic databases, conference publications, and domain-specific communities Craft compelling, personalized outreach that resonates with highly specialized candidates who aren’t actively looking — and convert them into engaged prospects Partner closely with hiring managers and researchers to deeply understand role