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Walter Bacon is a boutique executive search and technical recruiting partner focused on AI and developer tools startups, helping CEOs and technical founders scale teams across engineering, product, security, data, and go-to-market. Centered in the San Francisco Bay Area but operating globally, the firm is known for rapid, high-quality delivery and a process that emphasizes deep domain calibration, targeted sourcing, rigorous vetting, and hands-on closing support. Clients in its portfolio span venture-backed early-stage and growth companies such as CodeRabbit.ai, Grepr.ai, Axolotl.ai, Loft Labs, CloudQuery, env0, Portainer and more, with endorsements from founders, CTOs and VCs who cite curated shortlists, cultural alignment, and record-time hires. Recent placements include CTOs, VPs of Engineering and R&D, VPs of DevOps, Directors of Engineering, Heads of Security, CISOs, Chief/Principal Architects, Staff and Principal Software Engineers, ML/AI Engineers, SRE/DevOps, Security Engineers, Data Scientists, Product leaders, Growth and Digital Marketing leaders, Account Executives, Solutions/Sales Engineers, SDR Managers, Customer Success leaders and TAMs. The teams specialty covers modern AI stacks (LLMs, RAG, agent frameworks, prompt engineering), cloud and infrastructure (Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD, AWS/Azure/GCP), high-performance back end (Rust, Go, Python, JVM), front end and mobile, security, MLOps, data platforms and developer experience. Beyond searches, Walter Bacon convenes executive meetups for DevTools and infrastructure leaders and hosts a podcast featuring CEOs of early-stage B2B AI startups, strengthening a network that consistently yields scarce, niche candidates. While technology is its core, the firm also supports life sciences and biotech companies on technical and leadership hires, evidenced by work with organizations such as Personalis and Science 37. Engagements range from executive search to key permanent hires and selective consulting/contract assignments, with a reputation for quality over quantity and results that exceed expectations.
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