Business Sourcer, Contract

About Scale Scale’s mission is to accelerate the development of AI applications. To build the best models, you need the best data—and Scale delivers exactly that. Our Generative AI Platform uses enterprise data to safely customize powerful foundation models, unlocking AI value across industries. The Scale Data Engine provides end-to-end capabilities for data collection, curation, annotation, model evaluation, safety, and optimization. We power many of the world’s most advanced LLMs and generative systems through world-class RLHF, data generation, evaluation, and alignment. Leading technology companies (Microsoft, Meta), enterprises (Fox, Accenture), AI innovators (OpenAI, Cohere), and U.S. Government agencies (U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force) trust Scale to deliver the mission-critical data and infrastructure behind their AI initiatives. The Role As Scale continues rapid growth, our Recruiting team is essential to achieving our ambitious technical hiring goals. We’re seeking a skilled Business Sourcer to partner closely with our Core Business organizations, hiring world-class talent across finance, legal, G&A, GTM, and various other critical functions. This is a high-impact role where you will shape hiring strategy, build diverse talent pipelines, and deliver an exceptional candidate experience that reflects Scale’s values of excellence, velocity, and innovation. What You’ll Do: Review and screen inbound applicants to identify high-potential candidates. Drive strategic outbound sourcing efforts to attract top-tier talent across a variety of roles spanning GTM, G&A, finance, legal, etc. Partner closely with hiring managers and business leaders to understand team needs, then design and execute sourcing strategies that deliver results. Adapt and evolve with our processes as the company grows, always seeking ways to improve efficiency and impact. Stay informed on talent market trends, salary benchmarks, and competitive intel to help shape hiring strategies. Use data to inform your work—track key metrics and translate insights into actionable recommendations for hiring partners. Collaborate cross-functionally with recruiters, coordinators, and interviewers to ensure a smooth and transparent candidate experience. Build strong, trust-based relationships with candidates, understanding their goals and ensuring an exceptional, personalized journey from first contact to close. What We’re Looking For: 2+ years of sourcing or recruiting experience in a fast-paced, high-growth environment. A proven track record of sourcing top talent. Strong market mapping and talent research skills—you know how to uncover hard-to-find profiles and where they live. A data-driven mindset with the ability to communicate metrics and insights to stakeholders. Passion for delivering an outstanding candidate experience, including being the go-to liaison for candidate updates and support. Bonus Points: Experience working in an early-stage startup or ambiguous environment. Exposure to full-cycle recruiting, or a strong interest in developing those skills. Comfort managing candidate communications end-to-end with a white-glove, personalized approach. This is a Contract role, the salary range for this position is $55 - 65 per hour. This position is tied to our San Francisco office and requires coming into the office 3 times a week. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process. PLEASE NOTE: Our policy requires a 90-day waiting period before reconsidering candidates for the same role. This allows us to ensure a fair and thorough evaluation of all applicants. About Us: At Scale, our mission is to develop reliable AI systems for the world's most important decisions. Our products provide the high-quality data and full-stack technologies that power the world's leading models, and help enterprises and governments build, deploy, and oversee AI applications that deliver real impact. We work closely with industry leaders like Meta, Cisco, DLA Piper, Mayo Clinic, Time Inc., the Government of Qatar, and U.S. government agencies including the Army and Air Force. We are expanding our team to accelerate the development of AI applications. We believe that everyone should be able to bring their whole selves to work, which is why we are proud to be an inclusive and equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability status, gender identity or Veteran status. We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and mental disabilities. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation in the application or recruiting process due to a disability, please contact us at accommodations@scale.com. Please see the United States Department of Labor's Know Your Rights poster for additional information. We comply with the United States Department of Labor's Pay Transparency provision. PLEASE NOTE: We collect, retain and use personal data for our professional business purposes, including notifying you of job opportunities that may be of interest and sharing with our affiliates. We limit the personal data we collect to that which we believe is appropriate and necessary to manage applicants’ needs, provide our services, and comply with applicable laws. Any information we collect in connection with your application will be treated in accordance with our internal policies and programs designed to protect personal data. Please see our privacy policy for additional information.