What are the responsibilities and job description for the Technical Sourcer position at Ideogram?
Ideogram is on a mission to make professional-quality design accessible to everyone. We’re building an AI-native application that helps creative individuals and teams produce high-quality content faster and at a lower cost. We are pushing the boundaries of what’s possible with AI, with a focus on creativity and a high standard for trust and safety. Our headquarters is in downtown Toronto, and we have a growing presence in NYC. Read our 3.0, Canvas and Character blog posts, and try our product at ideogram.ai to get a glimpse of what we're building.
What You’ll Do
Our founding team consists of world-renowned AI experts including Mohammad Norouzi, Jonathan Ho, William Chan, and Chitwan Saharia. This team has previously led transformative AI projects at Google Brain, UC Berkeley, CMU, and the University of Toronto. Our fundamental work in AI includes: Imagen: Google’s text-to-image system, Imagen Video for video synthesis, Denoising Diffusion Models, which is the foundation of the recent generative media transformation.
Company Culture
We're a single flat team that transcends engineering, research, product, and operation roles. Everyone is willing to do whatever is necessary to make our company and customers successful. We believe that a small, dedicated team with a collaborative culture can move faster and build better and more coherent products than large hierarchical organizations. At Ideogram, we provide mentorship and support to help our employees grow with the company and achieve their ambitious career goals.
Ideogram is committed to welcoming everyone, regardless of gender identity, orientation, or expression. Our mission is to remove exclusivity and barriers and encourage new thinking and perceptions, in a space of belonging. It is not about race, gender, or age, it is about the people.
What You’ll Do
- Partner with hiring managers and recruiters to understand role requirements and build sourcing strategies
- Proactively source talent across R&D (Software Engineers, Machine Learning Researchers/Engineers, Infrastructure, Product Management, etc.) and Non-Tech (Marketing, Design, Operations, etc.)
- Use platforms like LinkedIn, GitHub, Google Scholar, and other tools to identify top talent
- Conduct advanced Boolean searches and research to uncover passive candidates
- Write thoughtful outreach that reflects Ideogram’s values and mission
- Maintain accurate records in our applicant tracking system (Ashby)
- Track and improve sourcing effectiveness with data-driven insights
- Be a strong ambassador of our brand and culture from first contact
- 4 years of experience sourcing for technical roles in high-growth environments
- Proven success sourcing across technical and business roles
- Deep familiarity with platforms like Google Scholar for identifying researchers and authors in AI
- Knowledge of top AI/ML conferences (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, CVPR) and academic talent pools
- A self-starter with excellent interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills
- Comfortable working with ATS systems and sourcing metrics
Our founding team consists of world-renowned AI experts including Mohammad Norouzi, Jonathan Ho, William Chan, and Chitwan Saharia. This team has previously led transformative AI projects at Google Brain, UC Berkeley, CMU, and the University of Toronto. Our fundamental work in AI includes: Imagen: Google’s text-to-image system, Imagen Video for video synthesis, Denoising Diffusion Models, which is the foundation of the recent generative media transformation.
Company Culture
We're a single flat team that transcends engineering, research, product, and operation roles. Everyone is willing to do whatever is necessary to make our company and customers successful. We believe that a small, dedicated team with a collaborative culture can move faster and build better and more coherent products than large hierarchical organizations. At Ideogram, we provide mentorship and support to help our employees grow with the company and achieve their ambitious career goals.
Ideogram is committed to welcoming everyone, regardless of gender identity, orientation, or expression. Our mission is to remove exclusivity and barriers and encourage new thinking and perceptions, in a space of belonging. It is not about race, gender, or age, it is about the people.
