Build your business. We'll build the system behind it.
You keep your clients, your expertise and your independence. We provide the methodology, the AI orchestration and the network that let you recruit at a higher level.
A recruitment engineering firm, for independent recruiters
The French Sourcer specializes in technical recruitment: software engineering, data & AI, cloud & cybersecurity, IT consulting and C-level tech roles. We design the methodology, the scorecards and the AI-assisted workflows recruiters need to run those searches, and open that system to independent recruiters. Concretely, here's what that looks like on a mission:
Before you source a single candidate
You and the client agree in writing on the tech stack, the team's day-to-day, what's negotiable versus what isn't, and the exact questions each interview needs to answer. That clarity holds through the whole search, so every candidate you bring forward already fits.
You don't start from a blank page
Take on a DevOps search tomorrow, and you start from scorecards and outreach templates already refined by recruiters who filled similar roles before you.
Your name, your terms
Your name goes on the emails. You set your fee with the client and run your own interviews. We handle the sourcing tools, the AI workflows and the reporting in the background.
From scoping call to closed mission
Scoping call
You and the client define the tech stack, the team's architecture and the success criteria together, with the hiring manager or tech lead in the room.
Structured brief
The interview format, whether coding assessment, system design or both, and the technical scorecard are locked before sourcing starts, and stay fixed for the length of the search.
Sourcing & outreach AI-assisted
AI tools handle technical ecosystem mapping, GitHub and public code signals, and first-touch outreach. You direct every search and every message.
Structured interviews
You run technical interviews against the pre-agreed scorecard, architecture, trade-offs, depth of ownership, so criteria stay identical from the first candidate to the last.
Reporting Automated
Interview notes, technical scorecards and client reports are structured and generated automatically from your inputs, tracked live on your dashboard.
Mission closed, knowledge captured
What worked and what didn't for this stack and this role are logged, feeding back into the shared knowledge base, strengthening the next mission, yours or another recruiter's.
Six modules. One shared standard.
Every recruiter joining The French Sourcer works from the same framework. From technical discovery to final client presentation, every step follows documented standards refined through real engagements.
Recruitment Engineering & AI Governance
Design the search, define decision standards and select technology according to the task.
HighlightsTechnical Market Intelligence & Sourcing Systems
Map technical ecosystems and build repeatable sourcing pipelines across specialist platforms selected per search.
HighlightsSignal-Based Engagement
Build relevant candidate conversations grounded in verified technical and career context.
HighlightsStructured Qualification & Interview Intelligence
Turn technical interviews into comparable evidence and decision-ready recommendations.
HighlightsClient Advisory & Hiring Operations
Use market and funnel intelligence to improve the brief, the process and the final decision.
HighlightsAgentic Workflows & Production Systems
Connect research, execution, documentation and reporting through controlled, observable automation.
HighlightsThe playbook evolves through every mission run inside The French Sourcer network. Access is reserved for recruiters who meet the same execution standards.
Access to the network
The playbook is visible because we believe methodology should be transparent. Access to the network follows a different standard.
Full access to the recruitment playbook, updated as the methodology evolves
The operational workspace used across every search
Structured briefing, scorecard and interview frameworks
AI workflows and execution standards, refined against live technical searches
Technical sourcing methodologies and market intelligence
A shared knowledge base of engineering hiring patterns, collected across companies
Real mission debriefs and post-search reviews
Private discussions on complex searches and calibration sessions
We deliberately keep the network small.
Every recruiter works from the same methodology.
New members are invited progressively to preserve quality and consistency.
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