Talent Sourcing Partner, ML/AI

San Mateo, CA · San Mateo · USD 159,260-200,630 / year · 10+ years experience · Full-time · Onsite · Posted Oct 13, 2026

At a glance

Roblox is looking for a Technical Sourcer to help build, scale, and influence the recruiting landscape for engineering talent.
This person will directly impact company growth and support scaling efforts by driving hiring for critical technical roles across Engineering, Machine Learning, AI, and Research.

Drive hiring for critical technical roles across Engineering, Machine Learning, AI, Research.
Proactively source and engage top talent through Gem, LinkedIn Recruiter, SeekOut, GitHub, arXiv, google scholar, and AI/ML research communities, amongst others.
Influence and improve processes to help the team work smarter, faster, and at scale.
Partner with engineering and data leaders to define role scopes, assess capability gaps, and shape hiring strategy across emerging domains like generative AI, LLMs, computer vision, and infrastructure automation.
Share talent market insights with hiring managers to guide decisions on leveling, compensation, and candidate profiles.
Mentor and coach hiring managers and interviewers, raising the bar on calibration, evaluation, and selection practices.
Champion a best-in-class candidate experience that reflects company values and culture at every stage of the process.
Ensure operational excellence with clean pipelines, accurate data, and strong ATS hygiene.
Use data and insights to diagnose bottlenecks, measure impact, and tell compelling stories to stakeholders.
Act as a strategic thought partner to technical leadership by bringing structured insights on global AI/ML talent dynamics and shaping long-term hiring strategies.

10+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, with depth in technical domains like AI, Machine Learning, or Data Science.
Proven ability to manage high-volume pipelines while delivering quality results.
Demonstrated success hiring research scientists, ML engineers, applied AI practitioners, and data leaders in highly competitive markets.
A strong track record of influencing stakeholders and solving complex recruiting challenges with creativity and innovation.
Experience utilizing an Applicant Tracking System to maintain candidate pipelines.
A data-driven approach with the ability to analyze metrics, surface insights, and inform strategy.
A startup mentality and open to thinking outside of the box.
Ability to be able to switch from sourcing to full-cycle recruiting on an as needed basis.

Roles that are based in an office are onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional presence on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted).