For engineering leaders
Hire the engineers your
roadmap actually needs.
Give us one role you’re struggling to fill. We’ll run the search like specialists — because we are — and hand you a shortlist you’d genuinely hire from, not a stack of maybes.
Engagement models
Two ways to run a search. Both transparent.
Best for IC roles you need filled now
Contingent search
No fee until you hire
- One specialist owns the search
- 3–5 calibrated candidates, not 30
- Pre-screened before they hit your loop
- 90-day replacement guarantee
Best for Staff+, EM, and director hires
Retained search
Phased fee, dedicated runway
- Mapped market of every realistic candidate
- Weekly search readouts
- Deep referencing and leveling
- Confidential / replacement roles
Illustrative engagement structures for this concept site — real terms are set per search.
Straight answers
Do you actually understand the technical roles?
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Yes — that’s the whole reason to use us instead of a generalist. We run a real technical screen before anyone reaches your interviewers, so your engineers stop wasting afternoons on candidates who can’t pass the first question.
What does an engagement cost?
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Contingent searches carry a standard percentage of first-year base, due only when a hire starts. Retained searches are phased. We put the exact number in writing before you commit to anything — no surprises on the invoice.
How fast can you move?
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Most searches produce a vetted shortlist inside three weeks. Hard or senior roles take longer, and we’ll tell you that up front rather than promising a number we can’t hit.
Are you only in Seattle?
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We’re rooted in Seattle and know the Pacific Northwest market cold, but we place engineers for remote and distributed teams across the US. The 47.6°N is where we’re from, not a fence around who we’ll work with.
Open the search.
One role, thirty minutes, no retainer to find out if we’re the right fit.
Book an intro call