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Private Talent Agency for Senior Engineers
Top athletes have agents.
Elite engineers shouldn't negotiate alone.
We represent senior and staff engineers in high-stakes career moves. We audit real compensation bands, pitch your profile directly to engineering leaders, and handle multi-offer negotiations. Zero candidate fees, zero ATS applications.
Proven Track Record. Verified Market Proof.
Over 400 placements audited across Tier-1 AI labs, quantitative trading firms, and growth-stage tech companies.
400+
Senior Placements
+$42.8k
Avg. Total Comp Lift
100%
Confidential Search
$0
Cost to Engineers
The Representation Protocol.
How our advisory team manages your career move from initial calibration to final contract signature.
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Phase 1: Compensation Calibration
We audit your current level and walk-away numbers against live verified peer comp data, identifying your realistic P75/P90 ceiling before any outreach begins.
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Phase 2: Off-Market Executive Outreach
We craft a private talent brief and pitch your background directly to engineering leaders and founders over Signal, unlocking unlisted headcount without a public footprint.
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Phase 3: Multi-Offer Auction Dynamics
When offers materialize, we orchestrate competing deadlines to create natural bidding pressure, pushing base salaries, sign-on bonuses, and equity grants to the true band maximum.
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Phase 4: Contract Audit & Final Execution
We execute a legal review of the employment agreement, verifying 4-year vesting mechanics, acceleration triggers, post-termination exercise windows, and clean IP carve-outs.
What Our Candidates are Saying
Hear directly from represented engineers about their negotiation outcomes and career transitions.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How private representation works, how our fees are structured, and how we protect senior candidates.
How are representation fees structured?
Our services are completely free for the engineers we represent. We charge the hiring companies a commission when they make a successful hire.
How do you protect engineer identity?
We maintain absolute confidentiality. We never post your profile publicly or put your details in generic databases. We pitch you to hiring executives anonymously, and only reveal your identity when both sides are interested.
What is the target profile you represent?
We represent senior engineers, leads, tech managers, and architects with 5+ years of experience in highly competitive spaces (e.g. Distributed Systems, ML Platforms, Trading Infrastructure).
How is contract analysis handled?
We review your equity vesting schedules, non-competes, and IP clauses to ensure you keep ownership of any work you do on your own time.
Ready to see what you're worth on the open market?
Whether you have an active offer in hand or are quietly exploring your next chapter, we can audit your compensation ceiling in 15 minutes.
100% Confidential $0 Cost to Engineers Direct-to-CTO Pipeline