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Are you a seed-funded or Series A/B Startup in need of recruiting the best
AI/Software Engineers and Founding Engineers?
This site is intended for early-stage startups, from seed-funded to the Series A/B stage, looking to accelerate hiring of top AI & Software Engineers
The Reality
YOUR
IMMEDIATE
CHALLENGE
As a growing startup company, your next batch of engineering hires is critical to meeting your future revenue targets.
Competing against Google, Meta, Amazon, and hundreds of well-funded startups makes this a difficult challenge.
Are you using LinkedIn, Indeed, or other job boards? Well so is everyone else, all chasing down the same talent.
In the end, the bigger comp packages from Google, LinkedIn, etc. usually wins out much to your frustration.
The solution? Partner with SSGOPS who has deep networks in the AI & Software Engineering community — and knows how to reach engineers who aren't actively looking.
Track Record
WHY WORK WITH US
Success Rate
Proven. 20 Years recruiting top Software engineers in the San francisco Bay Area, with the last 10+ years focused on startups
A proven entity with 12 years recruiting Software Engineers for Startups, and the last 3 years focused on recruiting AI Engineers in the San Francisco Bay Area (and also New York City). Ranked the #1 Staffing Agency at Amazon.com out of 125 other Agencies - Deep networks across Google, Meta, Amazon, and top unicorns. #1 Headhunter at Amazon.com out of 100+ Agencies
20
Years Recruiting
#1
Amazon Agency
125
Agencies Ranked Against
"Failure to meet your Engineering hiring goals will impact your future revenue stream!"
— SSGOPS
AI Engineering Roles
- →AI / LLM Engineers
- →RAG Pipeline Engineers
- →Vector Database Engineers
- →Agentic AI / Coding Agents
- →ML Platform Engineers
- →Data Scientists
FOUNDING SOFTWARE Engineering Roles
- →Full Stack Engineers
- →Back-End Engineers
- →Platform / DevOps Engineers
- →UI / Frontend Engineers
- →iOS & Android Engineers
- →QA Engineers
AI & LLM Specialists
RAG · Vector DBs · Agentic AI
The Talent Shift
top SOFTWARE ENGINEERS MIGRATING FROM
GOOGLE · META · AMAZON
TO the NEW EXCITING world of "ai-native" STARTUPS
An expotential growing wave of the top software engineers — from FAANG and unicorns — are leaving the uncertain future of the big tech to become Founding Engineers at Seed and Series A/B startups. Here's why:
Outsized Equity Upside
At Seed or Series A, founding engineers receive meaningful equity stakes — often 0.5–2%+ — that can be life-changing at exit. At Google or Meta, your equity is a rounding error.
Build From Zero
Top engineers are tired of maintaining legacy systems at scale. Startups offer the rare chance to architect systems from scratch, make real technical decisions, and own the outcome.
Speed & Autonomy
No 6-month roadmap reviews. No 12-layer approval chains. Founding engineers ship features in days, not quarters — and their work is immediately visible to customers.
AI-Native Environments
Early-stage AI startups are building with LLMs, RAG pipelines, vector databases, and agentic systems from day one. For AI engineers, this is where the most cutting-edge work lives.
Founding Engineer Title & Influence
The "Founding Engineer" title carries weight. It signals technical leadership, ownership mentality, and the ability to build under pressure — a career accelerant that FAANG tenure rarely provides.
Mission-Driven Culture
Seed and Series A startups are built around a singular mission. Engineers who join early are true believers — and that energy, purpose, and camaraderie is something no big-tech perks package can replicate.
We know where these engineers are — and how to reach them.
Our network spans ex-FAANG engineers, unicorn alumni, and top AI researchers actively exploring their next founding role.
How We Work
THE EDGE & OUR FEES
The Edge
You need to partner with a strong out-of-the-box Engineering Recruiter who can help you generate a new pipeline of qualified AI & Software Engineers outside of the standard channels like Indeed, LinkedIn, etc. — while maintaining your current flow of candidates.
We tap into passive talent networks — engineers who aren't on job boards but are open to the right founding opportunity at the right startup.
How do you accomplish this? ...Let's Talk!
Our Fees
Our fees can be quite economical compared to an Agency placement fee (inc Hired.com) or projected lost revenues from unfilled engineering roles.
We are willing to consider creative equity or cash deals for each successful hire delivered (as a Headhunter), or the standard monthly flat fees (as a Contract Recruiter).
Headhunter Model
Equity or cash per successful hire
Contract Recruiter
Standard monthly flat fee
Flexible Structures
Creative deals for early-stage budgets
Please contact us for more information.
DON'T
DELAY,
ENGAGE
US TODAY!
Every week you delay filling a critical AI or Software Engineering role is a week your competitors pull ahead. Let's build your engineering team — the right way.