No‑bullshit tech hiring
for teams that actually ship.

Founding Hires helps CTOs, VPs of Engineering, and Talent leaders hire exceptional engineers—fast. No spray‑and‑pray. No juniors dressed up as seniors. Just people who can build.

Typical clients

  • • Early‑stage founders hiring their first engineers
  • • CTOs and VPs of Engineering scaling product teams
  • • Talent teams hiring for hard technical roles

Our sole focus: Senior Technical Talents

Founding & Early Engineers

Engineers who thrive in ambiguity and build from zero to one.

Senior Software Engineers

People who write production‑grade code and raise the bar.

SREs & Platform Engineers

Engineers who keep systems reliable, scalable, and boring.

Tech Leads

Hands‑on leaders who can design, mentor, and deliver.

CTOs

Technical leaders aligned with product, business, and reality.

How we work

01

Deep intake

We understand your context, stack, constraints, and non-negotiables

02

Targeted search

We know where to find the right people, fast.

03

Hard filtering

Technical depth, ownership, and communication.

04

Fast feedback loop

Tight iteration if needed until the hire is done.

Let's talk

If you need senior engineers and don't want to waste time, send a note. We'll tell you quickly if we can help.