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The Role
Contract Technical Sourcer responsible for passive candidate sourcing, screening inbound applicants, managing candidate experience through pre-offer, maintaining ATS records, and sharing pipeline data and market insights with Talent Strategists and hiring teams.
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A World-Changing Company
Palantir builds the world’s leading software for data-driven decisions and operations. By bringing the right data to the people who need it, our platforms empower our partners to develop lifesaving drugs, forecast supply chain disruptions, locate missing children, and more.
The Role
Talent Strategists at Palantir don't work from a boilerplate requisition list. They embed with their teams, learn what exceptional actually looks like for a given role, and hire the Engineers building the future.
As a Technical Sourcer, you'll support that work. You'll partner with Talent Strategists and Hiring Managers to build the pipelines and manage the process for some of our hardest-to-fill roles. The job is equal parts research, relationship-building, and attunement — figuring out where the right people are, what's going to resonate with them, and how to get them in the door.
This is a 12-month fixed term contract role. It moves fast, the priorities shift, and the standard is high. You will start with two weeks of onboarding before jumping into the deep end.
As a Technical Sourcer, you'll support that work. You'll partner with Talent Strategists and Hiring Managers to build the pipelines and manage the process for some of our hardest-to-fill roles. The job is equal parts research, relationship-building, and attunement — figuring out where the right people are, what's going to resonate with them, and how to get them in the door.
This is a 12-month fixed term contract role. It moves fast, the priorities shift, and the standard is high. You will start with two weeks of onboarding before jumping into the deep end.
Core Responsibilities
- Source passive candidates through direct outreach, referral networks, research, and sourcing tools. Continuously reassess what's working. The talent we need does not sit in obvious places, and the methods that worked last quarter may not work today.
- Review inbound applicants and referrals, screening candidates with a genuine eye for fit, not just credentials.
- Own the candidate experience from first outreach through to pre-offer stage. You're their main point of contact, and how you manage that relationship matters.
- Maintain meticulous candidate records within our ATS.
- Share pipeline data and market insights with the broader Talent team proactively — not just when asked. Sourcing in a silo is sourcing that fails.
What We Value
- You generate solutions, not excuses. When the search stalls, you rebuild the approach, not the timeline.
- You are data-driven about your pipeline and honest about what's working. Intuition matters. So does evidence.
- You communicate with clarity and conviction to candidates and internal stakeholders.
- You operate without supervision and without complaint in an environment where priorities shift and the bar does not.
- You are genuinely curious about technology and the people who build it.
- You have experience recruiting within defence or similar sectors.
What We Require
- 1+ years of experience in recruiting, sourcing, talent-spotting, or a recruiting-adjacent role (we are open to a range of backgrounds).
- Experience using an ATS to source, track, and manage candidates.
- Extraordinary interpersonal skills and an instinct for building relationships quickly.
Life at Palantir
We want every Palantirian to achieve their best outcomes, that’s why we celebrate individuals’ strengths, skills, and interests, from your first interview to your longterm growth, rather than rely on traditional career ladders. Paying attention to the needs of our community enables us to optimize our opportunities to grow and helps ensure many pathways to success at Palantir. Promoting health and well-being across all areas of Palantirians’ lives is just one of the ways we’re investing in our community. Learn more at Life at Palantir and note that our offerings may vary by region.
In keeping consistent with Palantir’s values and culture, we believe employees are “better together” and in-person work affords the opportunity for more creative outcomes. Therefore, we encourage employees to work from our offices to foster connectivity and innovation. Many teams do offer hybrid options (WFH a day or two a week), allowing our employees to strike the right trade-off for their personal productivity. Based on business need, there are a few roles that allow for “Remote” work on an exceptional basis. If you are applying for one of these roles, you must work from the city and or country in which you are employed. If the posting is specified as Onsite, you are required to work from an office.
If you want to empower the world's most important institutions, you belong here. Palantir values excellence regardless of background. We are committed to making the application and hiring process accessible to everyone and will provide a reasonable accommodation for those living with a disability. If you need an accommodation for the application or hiring process, please reach out and let us know how we can help.
Please note that you will never be asked to submit a payment or share financial information to participate in our interview process. If you suspect that you've been contacted by a scammer, we recommend you cease all communication with the individual and consider reporting them to the relevant authorities, such as the US FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3).
Skills Required
- 1+ years of experience in recruiting, sourcing, talent-spotting, or a recruiting-adjacent role
- Experience using an ATS to source, track, and manage candidates
- Maintain meticulous candidate records within the ATS
- Extraordinary interpersonal skills and instinct for building relationships quickly
- Experience recruiting within defence or similar sectors
Palantir Technologies Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare benefits for employees and dependents are positioned as exceeding industry average, with feedback suggesting very low or no employee premiums and solid plan options. Mental‑health resources like virtual therapy, coaching, and wellness offerings further strengthen the package.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave, a new‑parent stipend, family‑care leave, and fertility/adoption support are prominently highlighted. UK materials also reference gender‑affirming healthcare and fertility support, indicating breadth in family‑oriented offerings.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — A “take‑what‑you‑need” PTO approach is complemented by a two‑week December office closure. Together these provide notable flexibility and additional downtime built into the year.
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The Company
What We Do
At Palantir, we're helping the world's most important institutions use their data to solve their most urgent problems. Palantir software helps the world's most important institutions integrate, analyze, and act on their data — unlocking answers to questions they couldn't ask before. From delivering disaster relief to building safer automobiles, we're honored to help make our partners better at their most important work. Together with our customers, we're building the future of national security, healthcare, energy, finance, manufacturing, and more.
Why Work With Us
We build the software that powers the world's most important institutions — the hospitals, militaries, intelligence agencies, and industrial operators that can't afford to fail. The consequence of our work is what makes us different.
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