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Curated opportunities
We only represent companies we'd work at ourselves. You see fewer roles — all of them serious.
Engineering · Product · Design
Recruiting that respects everyone's time.
Boutique technical search for high-growth companies. Six to eight clients at a time, senior-led, zero spam outreach.
20% contingency, flat
90-day replacement guarantee
Senior-led every search
6–8 clients at a time
01Search metricsRolling twelve months
- 38
- Days · median time-to-hire
- 92%%
- Offer-accept rate
- 96%%
- Placements passing 90 days
- 5
- Candidates per shortlist, max
02For candidatesNo spam outreach, ever
What representation means here.
Free for candidates, always — the employer pays our fee.
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Honest market context
Real comp data, real culture context, real "is this actually the right move." No spin.
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End-to-end support
Resume + portfolio review, interview prep, negotiation help through to signature.
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The long view
We stay in touch when you're not looking. Coffee, intros, career advice — no quid pro quo.
Open roles
Live searches right now
Every role here is one we are actively running for a named client we would work at ourselves. If none of them fit, introduce yourself anyway — most placements start months before a role exists.
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Staff engineer, payments
EngineeringNYC · hybridFull-time
Series B fintech · Go + Postgres · comp band shared before first call
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Senior backend engineer
EngineeringRemote · USFull-time
Series A dev tools · distributed systems · founding-team adjacent
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Engineering manager, platform
EngineeringBrooklyn · 3 daysFull-time
First EM hire · player-coach for two quarters, then not
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Head of design
DesignRemote · USFull-time
Series C marketplace · first design leadership hire · reports to CEO
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Product designer, growth
DesignNYC · hybridFull-time
Series B · works next to data, not downstream of it
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Founding product manager
ProductBrooklynFull-time
Seed dev tools · zero-to-one · technical founder pair
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Group PM, enterprise
ProductRemote · US or EUFull-time
Series C · three squads · first group-level hire
Boutique. Senior-led. Fee-aligned.
We run six to eight searches at a time, mostly Series A–C. The fee is a flat 20% contingency, payable only when the candidate starts and clears the 90-day guarantee — so our incentive is a hire that lasts, not a hire that happens.
- 20% contingency · 90-day replacement guarantee
- Median 38 days to hire on senior engineering searches
- Diversity-conscious sourcing on every search, reported weekly
03Weekly written updates
How a search runs
Scope + calibrate
A 90-minute intake with the hiring manager, then three sample profiles inside 48 hours to calibrate before outreach begins.
The shortlist
Five candidates maximum, each pre-briefed on comp, stage, and the real state of the codebase. No résumé floods.
Interviews, managed
We run scheduling, feedback loops, and candidate temperature so nobody ghosts and nothing stalls.
Offer + ninety days
Negotiation support both sides, then structured check-ins at 2, 30, and 75 days. The guarantee means we stay interested.
The guarantee
One promise, and its terms
If a placement leaves or is let go inside ninety days of their start date, we run the search again from scratch and you pay us nothing further. Not a credit, not a discount — the search, again.
- Applies to every contingency search, automatically
- No fee at all until the candidate actually starts
- Structured check-ins at day 2, 30 and 75, so we see trouble early
- Used twice in four years — we would rather tell you that than round it down
The guarantee covers voluntary departures and terminations for fit. It does not cover a role being eliminated, a hiring freeze, or a change of scope after the offer — in those cases we credit the fee against your next search instead.
Recent searchesClient names withheld
Closed this year.
Company names withheld — our clients announce their own hires.
Staff engineer, payments infrastructure
NYC · hybrid2026Head of design
Remote · US2026Founding product manager
Brooklyn2025
Clients say
The shortlist was the pitch.
“Five candidates, all interviewable, all pre-briefed on our comp bands. We hired the second one. Every other agency sent us forty résumés and a prayer.”
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VP Engineering
Series B client · three searches together
04Both sides of the table
Fees + guarantees
What does a search cost?+
A flat 20% of first-year base salary, contingent — you pay only when the candidate starts. No retainers on standard searches.
What does the 90-day guarantee cover?+
If a placement leaves or is let go inside 90 days, we re-run the search at no fee. It has been used twice in four years.
Do candidates ever pay?+
Never. Representation, prep, and negotiation support are free to candidates — the employer pays the fee.
Do you require exclusivity?+
No, but we earn it: searches where we're exclusive close a median of 11 days faster because calibration happens once, properly.
What roles are out of scope?+
We stay inside engineering, product, and design, IC through VP. Outside that, we'll refer you to someone who lives there.
Will you tell my employer I am looking?+
No, and we do not submit anyone anywhere without explicit permission for that specific company, every time. Your name never appears on a list.
What happens to my details if I do not get the job?+
They stay with us only if you want them to. Ask us to delete everything and we do it the same day, in writing.
Do you share comp bands before the first call?+
Always, for every role above. A conversation that ends at the number an hour in has wasted everybody, and it is the single easiest thing an agency can fix.
Will you help me if I am not moving for a year?+
Yes, and we prefer it. Coffee, introductions, a read on whether the title you want exists at the stage you want it — with no expectation attached and no follow-up sequence.
Hiring, or thinking about moving?
Either way, the first conversation is short, honest, and free of obligation.
We read every message · replies within one business day
Hire · get hired · say hello
Hiring, looking, or just curious — we read every message. No spam, ever.
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