Opportunities

Discover our tailored recruitment and consulting offerings for diverse industries.

We partner with venture-backed startups, AI labs, fintech companies, and global technology firms across the United States and Europe to place exceptional technical and executive talent.

Most of our searches are confidential leadership or highly specialized engineering roles supporting companies building the next generation of AI infrastructure, developer platforms, fintech systems, and cloud-scale products.

If you are interested in learning more about any of the opportunities below, please reach out directly.

Executive Leadership Roles

Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

Lead engineering and technical strategy for high-growth venture-backed companies building AI-native platforms, fintech infrastructure, and next-generation SaaS products.

Typical Requirements

  • Experience scaling engineering teams from early-stage to growth stage

  • Deep experience with distributed systems or AI platforms

  • Background leading engineering teams of 30–150+ engineers

  • Startup and venture-backed company experience preferred

Compensation Range

$300,000 – $600,000 base
Equity packages may exceed $2M+

VP of Engineering

Drive engineering strategy, platform architecture, and product delivery for rapidly scaling companies building AI and developer infrastructure products.

Responsibilities

  • Build and scale engineering organizations

  • Lead platform architecture and system reliability

  • Partner with product leadership to deliver roadmap

Compensation Range

$250,000 – $400,000 + equity

Head of AI / Machine Learning

Lead the research and applied ML teams responsible for building advanced AI systems including LLM platforms, recommendation engines, and multimodal models.

Compensation Range

$250,000 – $450,000 + equity

Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning Roles

Applied AI Engineer

Work on deploying large language models and AI systems into production environments across consumer and enterprise products.

Tech Stack

Python
PyTorch
TensorFlow
LLM APIs
Vector databases

Compensation Range

$180,000 – $300,000 + equity

Machine Learning Engineer

Design and deploy ML models powering recommendation systems, fraud detection, personalization, and predictive analytics.

Experience

  • ML frameworks (PyTorch / TensorFlow)

  • Data pipelines and model training

  • Experience deploying models at scale

Compensation Range

$200,000 – $350,000 + equity

ML Systems Engineer

Build the infrastructure required to train and deploy large-scale machine learning systems.

Responsibilities

  • GPU infrastructure optimization

  • Distributed training systems

  • Model serving pipelines

  • Performance optimization

Compensation Range

$220,000 – $400,000 + equity

AI Research Scientist

Develop novel machine learning approaches across areas including:

  • Reinforcement learning

  • Multimodal models

  • LLM training and optimization

  • AI safety and alignment

Compensation Range

$250,000 – $450,000 + equity

Software Engineering Roles

Senior Backend Engineer

Design scalable backend systems and APIs supporting global technology platforms.

Tech Stack

Python
Go
Java
Rust
Microservices architecture

Compensation Range

$170,000 – $260,000 + equity

Full Stack Engineer

Build product features across frontend and backend systems.

Tech Stack

React
TypeScript
Node.js
GraphQL
Cloud-native infrastructure

Compensation Range

$160,000 – $240,000 + equity

Founding Engineer

Join early-stage startups as one of the first technical hires responsible for shaping product architecture and technical direction.

Responsibilities

  • Build core product architecture

  • Work closely with founders

  • Define engineering culture and processes

Compensation Range

$180,000 – $260,000 + significant equity

Infrastructure & DevOps

Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Build and maintain scalable, reliable infrastructure for high-growth technology platforms.

Tech Stack

Kubernetes
Docker
Terraform
AWS / GCP
Monitoring & Observability tools

Compensation Range

$180,000 – $280,000 + equity

Platform Engineer

Develop internal developer platforms and tooling to support engineering productivity and scalability.

Responsibilities

  • Build CI/CD systems

  • Maintain internal developer tooling

  • Improve deployment reliability

Compensation Range

$190,000 – $300,000 + equity

Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Design cloud architecture supporting high-scale distributed systems and AI workloads.

Compensation Range

$180,000 – $280,000 + equity

Cybersecurity Roles

Security Engineer

Protect critical infrastructure and software platforms through advanced security engineering.

Focus Areas

  • Application security

  • Cloud security

  • Infrastructure security

  • Security automation

Compensation Range

$170,000 – $250,000 + equity

Security Architect

Design enterprise security frameworks across distributed cloud systems and AI infrastructure.

Compensation Range

$200,000 – $320,000 + equity

Data Engineering & Analytics

Data Engineer

Build scalable data pipelines and data infrastructure supporting machine learning and analytics.

Tech Stack

Python
Spark
Kafka
Snowflake
Airflow

Compensation Range

$170,000 – $250,000 + equity

Analytics Engineer

Design data models and analytics infrastructure that enable organizations to make data-driven decisions.

Compensation Range

$160,000 – $220,000 + equity

Data Scientist

Develop predictive models and analytics solutions for fintech, SaaS, and AI-driven platforms.

Compensation Range

$180,000 – $260,000 + equity

Advisory & Fractional Leadership

We also support venture-backed startups with fractional and advisory talent.

Examples include:

  • Fractional CTO

  • AI Strategy Advisor

  • Technical Advisor (Deep Tech)

  • Startup Engineering Advisor

Candidate Inquiry

If you are interested in any of the opportunities listed above or would like to explore confidential searches, please connect.

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