Austin, TX · Technical recruiting & sourcing
Senior engineering talent, sourced by hand and sharpened by tools
13+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting in Austin, finding principal-level engineers in semiconductor, construction-tech, healthcare and software.
// string built with a self-made tool
("principal engineer" OR "staff engineer")
AND ("physical design" OR "RTL")
NOT (recruiter OR intern)
- TOOLGenerates and refines the search strings.
- HANDReads profiles, judges fit, finds who the boards miss.
- HUMANWrites every outreach message and talks to every candidate.
Full-cycle recruiting
From intake with the hiring manager through screening, interviews, offer and close. One person owns the search end to end.
Sourcing
Manual research and tool-assisted search for senior and principal candidates who are not applying anywhere.
Specialty searches
Narrow, hard roles in semiconductor, construction-tech, healthcare and engineering, where generalist agencies run out of names.
02 / Principle
Recruiting stays human. The tools just make the search sharper.
03 / Specialties
Four fields where the right candidate is rarely on a job board
01
Engineering
Software and hardware leads, staff and principal engineers.
02
Semiconductor
Design, process and systems talent in a small, closed talent pool.
03
Construction-tech
Engineers who understand both the software and the job site.
04
Healthcare
Technical hires for healthcare technology and clinical systems.
04 / Method
The usual agency search, and the way this one runs
Post the role and wait for applicants
Go find the people already doing the work, whether or not they are looking
Keyword matching on a résumé database
Search strings built for the role, then profiles read by a person
Templated outreach at volume
Messages written for one engineer and one reason to talk
A new account manager for each role
One recruiter who learns your team and stays on it
Next step
Tell me about the role you cannot fill.
Send the role, the team and what has already been tried. I read every message and reply personally.