About Us

The Sourcery is a Recruiting-as-a-Service (RaaS) company for small and medium sized businesses. We're a new style of recruiting service that charges by the hour for our time, plus expenses (mostly the costs of advertising the jobs). When you need to hire, turn us on. When you're done with us, turn us off. For rates, please contact us at 415-418-7156 or info@thesourcery.com.

Come to us when you've already hired all of your friends, and you don't have time to sift through piles of resumes. Or, when you need a position filled and can't figure out where to begin.

How The Process Typically Works

The process begins with advertising your jobs and collecting resumes. Then we filter the applicants, helping bring the best candidates to your desk and leaving the rest behind. We pre-screen every applicant, and phone screen the top candidates before sending you the best ones in small batches. We can even schedule the interviews and do reference checks for your top candidates. Finally, after the position is filled we notify every remaining applicant as a courtesy.

We streamline the hiring process, allowing you to get back to work!

Testimonials

"RootMusic came to [The Sourcery] with a very specific and hard to find position. They were able to send us a steady stream of well-qualified applicants - so much so that we hired 2 of the candidates they sent us, then asked for their help with 3 more positions! [The Sourcery] was great about communicating with us, adjusting the process as we went along, and ramping up the search when we needed it. I would recommend them to anyone struggling to find good talent or unfamiliar with the hiring process."

Chris Tholen CTO @ RootMusic

"Thank you very much for taking the time to work with me during the process of interviewing. It never felt like a classic "interview". Rather it was series of fun and informative conversations. That's the hallmark of good people. Should I find myself in need of employment in the future, I will absolutely reach out to you and [The Sourcery]."

Erik M. Candidate

"[The Sourcery] stepped up and helped us fill several positions in a difficult market. Using our own people to find and screen candidates proved to be very time-consuming, and the quality of the candidates we found ourselves was poor. Using [The Sourcery], we were able to get a good stream of screened, high-quality candidates that matched our open positions well. We will use [The Sourcery] again, and we would recommend them to anybody looking for help in the recruiting process."

Billy Williams CTO @ Direct Commerce

"[The Sourcery] is straight up the dopest recruiting firm in San Francisco. They're not your typical shady headhunters, just good honest folks who provide by-the-hour recruiting services."

Zach Berke CEO @ Exygy

"We're very selective. After one conversation with [The Sourcery] he sent me just one resume that he thought would be a good fit. Less than a month later the position was filled. [The Sourcery] knew exactly what we were looking for, and didn't waste a single minute of our time in the process."

Oren Teich Product Guy @ Heroku

Some of the Positions We've Filled in 2012

BitPusher

Provider of infrastructure for Web applications and other on-line services – bitpusher.com

• Technical Operations Lead

Blazing Cloud

Software development & training consultancy – www.blazingcloud.net

• Office Manager

Direct Commerce

web-based procure-to-pay solutions - directcommerce.com

• Mid-Level Java Engineer
• Sr. Java Engineer

DotCloud

Application deployment to the cloud - www.dotcloud.com

• Site Reliability Engineer
• JavaScript Engineer
• Platform Engineer

Dynamic Signal

Scalable, brand-safe, word of mouth marketing – www.dynamicsignal.com

• UI/UX Designer

FunSockets

Making better ways to power games - www.funsockets.com

• Back-end Java Engineer
• Sr Systems Administrator

GreatSchools

Public and private school ratings, reviews, and parent community - www.greatschools.org

• Software Engineer - 2 hires
• QA Engineer - 2 hires

Handl - www.handl.it

• Sr. Ruby on Rails Developer

Monsoon Commerce

End-to-end solutions designed to grow online sales for merchants - www.monsooncommerce.com

• Oracle DBA

Pantheon

Drupal platform for developers - www.getpantheon.com

• Customer Success Engineer
• Product Designer

SendMe

Developer of mobile games and social networks – www.sendme.com

• Business Operations Coordinator
• HR Manager
• Sr Software Engineer

Sleepy Giant

A new kind of game company, helping content creators bring their ideas to market - www.sleepygiant.com

• German-speaking Game Master - 2 hires!
• Ruby on Rails Engineer - 4 hires!
• Sr Front End Developer
• Web Project Manager
• Product Manager

UpStart Mobile

Makers of cabulous.com – cabulous.com

• Sales Rep - 5 hires!
• Customer Service Rep
• Erlang Engineer
• Business Intelligence Analyst

UserTesting.com

Online usability testing service – http://www.usertesting.com

• Customer Service Representative - 2 hires
• Jr UX Researcher
• Enterprise Sales Representative

WhiteHat Security

Website vulnerability management service – www.whitehatsec.com

• Application Security Specialist

Wiseview

Changing the game on in-store execution – www.wise-view.com

• Marketing Manager

Some of the Positions We've Filled in 2011:

Allpointe Insurance

Insurance agency – http://allpointe-is.com/

• Office/Operation Manager - 2 hires

Blazing Cloud

Software development & training consultancy – http://www.blazingcloud.net

• Office Manager - 2 hires

Chomp

Mobile App Search Engine -http://chomp.com

• Software Engineer - Front End

Crowdcast

The leading SBI Solution - http://crowdcast.com

• Sr. Ruby on Rails Developer

Direct Commerce

web-based procure-to-pay solutions - http://directcommerce.com

• 2 Senior Java Engineers

Emeter

Smart meter technology and software -http://www.emeter.com

• Solutions Consultant

Exygy

Software development consultancy – http://www.exygy.com

• Wordpress Developer

FunSockets

Making better ways to power games - http://www.funsockets.com

• Game Producer
• Dev Ops Director

GENWI

Cloud publishing for mobile - http://genwi.com/

• Admin Assistant
• Front-End Developer

GoingOn Networks

Social learning solutions – http://www.goingon.com

• CTO
• Senior Director of Marketing and Communications
• Systems Integration Engineer
• Drupal Themer

Handl

http://www.handl.it

• Software Engineer - Front End

Howcast

The best how to videos on the web – http://www.howcast.com

• Rails Engineer - 2 hires
• Senior Mobile iOS developer
• Director of Engineering

Kiva

Microfinance nonprofit – http://www.kiva.org

• Software Developer - Core Services
• Product Manager - Consumer Application
• Product Manager - Financial
• Software Engineer - Drupal
• Software Developer - Front end
• Software Developer - 3 hires
• Senior Software Engineer
• Risk Manager

Limelight Networks

Limelight video platform- www.limelight.com

• Site Reliability Engineer

Monsoon Commerce

End-to-end solutions designed to grow online sales for merchants-www.monsooncommerce.com

• Product Manager
• Email Marketing Specialist
• Sr. DBA
• Sr. Network & Systems Engineer

Pantheon

Drupal platform for developers - - www.getpantheon.com

• Dev-Ops/Systems Architect
• Customer Success Expert
• Javascript Engineer

Prosper Marketplace

Peer-to-peer lending platform - http://www.proser.com

• Systems Administrator
• Senior SQL Server DBA

RootMusic

Makes BandPage on Facebook – http://www.rootmusic.com

• Senior JavaScript Engineer - 2 hires
• Senior Software Engineer

SendMe

Developer of mobile games and social networks – http://www.sendme.com

• Corporate IT Administrator
• Marketing Consultant
• QA Engineer - 2 hires
• Software Engineer (Java)
• Sr. Marketing Program Analyst
• Mobile Marketing Designer
• BI Architect
• DBA
• Mobile Marketing Analyst
• Mobile Marketing Manager
• Front End Developer
• Jr. Front End Developer

Sleepy Giant

A new kind of game company, helping content creators bring their ideas to market. - http://www.sleepygiant.com

• Technical Project Manager
• Game Master - 6 hires
• Sr. Ruby on Rails Developer

UserTesting.com

Online usability testing service – http://www.usertesting.com

• Product Manager
• Web Designer
• Ruby on Rails Architect
• Ruby on Rails Developer
• Copy Writer
• Tester Network Manager

Volunteer Match

Volunteer information and listings in your local community - www.volunteermatch.com

• Senior Software Engineer

WhiteHat Security

Website vulnerability management service – http://www.whitehatsec.com

• Perl Hacker - 2 hires
• Customer Service/Support
• Desktop Systems Engineer
• Application Security Specialist - multiple hires

Positions We Filled in 2010:

BitPusher

Managed IT hosting service provider – http://www.bitpusher.com

• Manager Of Service Delivery

Blazing Cloud

Software development & training consultancy – http://www.blazingcloud.net

• Sales And Marketing Intern

Exygy

Software development consultancy – http://www.exygy.com

• Custom Software Engineer

Get Satisfaction

Online customer community service – http://www.getsatisfaction.com

• Software Engineer (Ruby)

GoGrid

Cloud infrastructure-as-a-service provider – http://www.gogrid.com

• Chief Operating Office / Chief Technical Officer
• Data Center Technician
• Frontline Systems Administrator – 2 hires
• Principal QA Engineer
• QA Engineer
• Sales Engineer
• Senior Channel Account Manager
• Senior Software Engineer (Java, Python)
• Senior Systems Administrator
• Virtualization Architect (C, Python)

Go Green Foundation

Sustainability education nonprofit – http://www.gogreenfoundation.com

• Senior Software Engineer (Ruby)

Heroku

Cloud platform-as-a-service provider – http://www.heroku.com

• DevOps Engineer (Ruby)

Honk

Online car buying service – http://www.honk.com

• Software Engineer (Ruby)

Kiva

Microfinance nonprofit – http://www.kiva.org

• Business Analyst
• Engineering Manager (PHP)
• Product Marketing Manager
• Production HTML Engineer
• QA Engineer
• Senior Software Engineer (PHP) – 2 hires
• Software Engineer (Salesforce.com)
• Systems Administrator
• Web Engineer (PHP) – 2 hires
• Vice President Of Product Management

MedExpert

Individual medical decision systems – http://www.medexpert.com

• Database Administrator (Oracle)

Prosper Marketplace

Peer-to-peer lending platform - http://www.proser.com

• Database Administrator (SQL Server)
• Senior Business Analyst
• Senior Software Engineer (C#) - 3 hires

Scribd

Social publishing site – http://www.scribd.com

• Software Engineer (Ruby) – 2 hires

SendMe

Developer of mobile games and social networks – http://www.sendme.com

• PHP Generalist
• Director of Quality Assurance
• Senior QA Engineer
• Vice President Of Engineering
• User Interface Engineer

UserTesting.com

Online usability testing service – http://www.usertesting.com

• Customer Service Representative – 2 hires
• Online Marketing Manager
• Product Manager
• Ruby on Rails Architect
• Marketer/Web Designer

WhiteHat Security

Website vulnerability management service – http://www.whitehatsec.com

• Perl Hacker

ZEITGEISTatwork

Enterprise project marketplace – http://www.zeitgeist-at-work.com

• Chief Information Officer