Executive technical
recruiting for the
companies defining what's next.
Talent Foundry Partners is a boutique search firm specializing in AI/ML, infrastructure, and product engineering hires for startups and high-growth companies. IC5–IC7 and leadership, sourced with rigor.
Senior technical search, executed with a builder's eye.
We focus narrowly so we can go deep. Every search is led by a partner with first-hand technical fluency and a calibrated network in the spaces our clients hire into.
AI / ML Engineering
IC5–IC7Research engineers, applied scientists, ML platform, inference, and post-training talent for frontier and applied AI teams.
Infrastructure
IC5–IC7Distributed systems, compute, storage, networking, and developer platform engineers building the substrate for modern products.
Product Engineering
IC5–IC7Full-stack and frontend leaders who blend craft and velocity — the engineers who turn ambitious roadmaps into shipped product.
Engineering Leadership
IC5–IC7Directors, VPs, and founding engineers. Operators who can scale the org while keeping the bar uncompromisingly high.
A small number of ambitious companies, each quarter.
We work with founders, CTOs, and heads of talent at AI labs, infrastructure companies, and product-led startups. Our model is deliberately low-volume: a partner-led engagement, not a transactional pipeline.
Founding engineers
Calibrated technical hires when each role defines the trajectory of the company.
Scaling teams
Building the senior IC bench and first engineering leadership as velocity compounds.
Specialist & executive
Strategic hires for AI org buildouts, platform leadership, and net-new product surfaces.
Trusted by founders from frontier AI labs, infra companies, and product-led startups.
Beyond search: a partner for how you build the team.
For early-stage teams without a head of talent, or scale-ups standing one up, we run point on the systems and strategy that make hiring repeatable.
Hiring strategy
Org design, leveling calibration, and sequencing — turning a roadmap into a hire-by-hire plan.
Interview design
Loops that actually predict performance. Rubrics, debriefs, and calibration for senior IC bars.
Sourcing & market intel
Talent maps, comp benchmarks, and competitive intelligence for the spaces you're hiring into.
Recruiter enablement
Standing up in-house recruiting muscle — from playbooks to ATS workflows to first-90-day plans.
A senior search, run with operator discipline.
Every engagement follows the same five-phase rhythm. Transparent, weekly-cadenced, and instrumented end to end.
Calibration
We embed with your team to align on scope, leveling, and the realistic profile of who closes. Output: a shared definition of done.
Market mapping
A structured map of the operators who match — current company, level, comp band, and likelihood to engage.
Outreach & qualification
High-signal, personalized outreach. Every candidate is screened against the calibrated rubric before reaching your team.
Process management
We drive the loop — scheduling, debriefs, references, and feedback. Your team focuses on the conversations that matter.
Offer & close
Comp strategy, narrative coaching, and reference-grade closing. Followed by a 90-day post-start check-in.
How we work, and what we won't compromise on.
Depth over volume
A small number of engagements, executed with partner-level attention.
Calibrated to the bar
We hire to the level your best engineers would respect — never below it.
Operator empathy
Built by people who've sat on the hiring side at Meta. We speak engineer.
Transparent throughout
Weekly written updates, shared pipeline, no black-box recruiting.
Long-horizon
We optimize for a hire that's still thriving in year three, not just signed.
Discreet by default
Executive-grade confidentiality on both sides of every conversation.
Mission, values, and how we think about inclusion.
Build the teams behind the next decade of technology.
We exist to help category-defining companies hire the senior engineers who shape what gets built — and how.
Craft, candor, and the long view.
We treat recruiting as a craft. We tell founders and candidates the truth, even when it's hard. And we measure success in careers, not placements.
A wider aperture, a higher bar.
Great engineers come from non-obvious paths. Every search is run with an intentionally broad sourcing lens and a structured, rubric-driven loop that holds the bar consistently for everyone.
Let's talk about your next hire.
Tell us about the role, the stage, and the bar. We'll respond within one business day with whether we're the right fit.