Matched to your stack in about a week. Vetted for the work, never swapped for someone cheaper. How we vet →

Talent

Hire senior engineers, already AI-native.

We review more than two million engineers a year and accept fewer than 1%. Vetted by engineers. Matched in a week. In your time zone, ready to ship.

< 1%
Accepted into the network
7 days
To your first vetted match
2–3×
Output per AI-native engineer
60 / 25 / 15
Where every dollar goes

How we vet

What "top 1%" actually means.

Most networks vet on keywords. We vet on craft.

  1. 01

    Inbound + sourced

    We see ~50,000 engineers a year between inbound applications and active sourcing. Most never get past the first screen.

  2. 02

    Engineer-led screen

    An engineer, not a recruiter, reviews their work. Open-source contributions, production systems, code samples. No leetcode.

  3. 03

    Live build

    A real evaluation in their actual stack. AI candidates submit a retrieval task or agent loop; backend candidates ship a small service. We watch them work.

  4. 04

    Reference, ownership, fit

    Two references from people they shipped with. One project they’re proud to walk through. A long-form chat with one of our principals.

By discipline

Senior, in the role you need.

Seven disciplines we hire for. Each with its own bar.

By stack

Fluent where you already build.

Seven stacks with deep senior benches. Each one a page, each page a real bar.

By seniority

Experience matched to the work.

From embedded engineers to fractional CTOs. Nobody average hidden in the timesheet, ever.

Engagement models

Five ways to engage talent.

Pick the shape that fits how you’re built. We handle the rest.

Embedded Engineer

A single senior engineer, full-time, embedded.

Staff Augmentation

Multiple engineers added to an existing in-house team.

Nearshore

US, LATAM, Western and Eastern European talent matched to your business hours.

EOR / COR

Employer-of-record + contractor-of-record handled by us.

Managed

Pre-composed team with a delivery lead, outcome-focused.

Transparent pricing

60 / 25 / 15.

Most of what you pay reaches the engineer. The rest funds benefits and a single source of accountability.

60% · Engineer
25% · Benefits & support
15% · Lateral
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Tell us what you’re hiring for.

A 20-minute call, a real engineer on our side, and a vetted shortlist by next week.

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