PlacePeak

Tech recruiting

Engineers who’ve built before. In your pipeline this week.

Ex-founders, 0→1 builders, AI engineers, and staff engineers who’ve scaled. Our AI finds them; experts with engineering backgrounds screen every one.

10–20
vetted engineers per role
Days
to first candidates
1 call
to brief us on the role

The problem

Why the seat is still empty.

  • Your engineers became the screen.

    Agencies send keyword matches; your team burns 20+ hours a hire filtering them.

  • Builders don’t apply.

    The best are busy shipping somewhere else.

  • The roadmap waits.

    Every empty week lands on the team you have.

Who we find

People who think like owners.

Not keyword matches. Builders with a track record.

  1. 01

    0→1 builders and ex-founders

    They’ve taken a product from zero to real users.

  2. 02

    AI engineers who’ve shipped

    Models in production, not demos.

  3. 03

    Senior and staff who’ve scaled

    Backend, infrastructure, and security that held up under growth.

Specialization

Roles we fill

The roles startups are fighting over right now.

  • Founding Engineer
  • AI / ML Engineer
  • Research Engineer
  • Forward Deployed Engineer
  • Senior & Staff Backend Engineer
  • Infrastructure & Platform Engineer
  • Site Reliability Engineer
  • Security Engineer
  • Data Engineer
  • Solutions Engineer
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Every candidate is screened by a hiring expert with an engineering background, and comes with notes on why they fit.

Send us your hardest engineering role.

One intro call. Screened candidates within days. You interview and decide; no fee until you hire.

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