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Codexo

Codexo is a boutique recruitment partner dedicated to helping San Franciscos startups and scaleups hire exceptional Machine Learning talent. Specializing in ML Engineers, Research Engineers, Applied Scientists, and adjacent software-focused roles, the firm concentrates on early-stage teams where precision hiring has outsized impact. Codexos model is explicitly headhunting-led: they identify and engage high-calibre, largely passive candidates who are not applying on job boards but are open to the right opportunity when approached with a compelling mission and technical challenge. This focus translates into shortlists that are tightly aligned to product needs, domain fit, and the realities of shipping ML systems in production. Clients gain value through deep market intelligence, calibrated search strategies, and a rigorous vetting process that includes verified references, ensuring each recommendation is prepared to contribute from day one. The team partners closely with technical founders and hiring managers to define success criteria, refine must-haves versus nice-to-haves, and build hiring processes that move quickly without sacrificing quality. For candidates, Codexo prioritizes roles with meaningful scope, direct impact, and learning velocityopportunities that span research-grade rigor and pragmatic engineering, including work in areas such as model design, evaluation, deployment, and iteration in production. As an active voice in the ML hiring ecosystem, Codexo shares expert insights on topics like competing for Bay Area talent, structuring milestone-based compensation, and the questions founders should ask ML candidates, underscoring its commitment to practical, founder-friendly hiring playbooks. Whether retained for targeted executive-level searches within ML teams or engaged to scale critical IC roles efficiently, Codexos purpose is consistent: connect world-class machine learning professionals with ambitious companies, reduce time-to-hire, and help build high-performing teams that drive innovation and long-term value creation.

Permanent RecruitmentExec Search & Interim MgmtContract StaffingSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceCloud ComputingTelecomTechnology & Digital

HQSan Francisco, United States

Ambitious Recruiters

Ambitious Recruiters is a boutique recruitment partner helping companies across Europe and North America accelerate hiring with a fast, quality-driven approach. The firm promises to introduce top-tier, pre-screened candidates within 10 days by applying its proprietary Business Influencer Funnel and proven recruitment frameworks, backed by a 24‑month guarantee for long-term success and peace of mind. With over 300 successful placements, Ambitious Recruiters supports a spectrum of hiring needs, from executive search and headhunting for senior and niche roles to full-cycle recruitment for non-managerial positions, as well as scalable solutions like RPO, contract staffing, assessment and testing, and coaching. Their structured process compresses time-to-hire without compromising rigor: days 1–3 focus on building targeted contact lists informed by intent triggers; days 4–5 deliver timely, personalized, hand-written outreach (not AI-generated) to drive engagement; and days 6–10 include an initial phone screen followed by an in-depth video interview to evaluate capability, communication, and overall fit. Clients begin interviewing within two weeks and can scale hiring up or down as needs evolve. Testimonials from leaders at ASSA ABLOY Entrance Systems, Tanita, Ergodyne, Syntegon, and Saddle Creek Logistics highlight the team’s honesty, precision matching, and effectiveness across commercial and technical roles, including sales leadership, general management, field service, and specialized technical positions common in industrial machinery, packaging equipment, consumer electronics, and distribution environments. Led by CEO Sander van Meurs with co-founder Corine van Rijn and a dedicated recruiter team, Ambitious Recruiters operates from Austin, Texas and Rotterdam, Netherlands, combining global reach with local insight to consistently deliver engaged, pre-vetted candidates who are ready to talk shop and drive results—without fluff or wasted time.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentContract StaffingAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseSupply Chain ManagementFreight ForwardingAirlines & Aviation

HQAustin, United States

Forshay

Forshay is a boutique talent firm reimagining how organizations hire leaders, engage interim expertise, and improve team performance. Founded in 2011 by Sally Thornton, the company began by solving for the fluid future of work with interim experts and quickly expanded into executive search after clients repeatedly praised its ability to match both the right skills and the right cultural complement. Today, Forshay blends the art and science of recruiting with organizational consulting to help high-growth and established companies build thriving teams. Its capabilities span executive search for critical leadership roles, interim placement when businesses need specialized talent now, and science-based advisory that strengthens inclusion, diversity, and belonging, accelerates organizational development, and equips teams through WorkLab design-thinking workshops. Rooted in a human-centered and data-informed approach, Forshay partners with innovative brands across technology, healthcare and life sciences, and media and entertainment, with a client list that includes iconic names in software, biotech, gaming, film, and consumer technology. The firms consultants bring deep business acumen, behavioral science insights, and robust talent networksoriginating in the Bay Area and extending into major U.S. hubsto deliver agile solutions for executive hiring, mission-critical interim engagements, and culture and change initiatives. Whether supporting AI-enabled transformation efforts, leading confidential C-suite searches, or assembling interim leaders to drive product, data, or go-to-market milestones, Forshay is known for practical, evidence-based methods that produce measurable results. The team emphasizes respect, authenticity, entrepreneurship, and fun, believing these values are essential to how individuals and teams do their best work. As a trusted growth partner, Forshay helps clients translate strategy into action by aligning leadership, talent, and culture so organizations can scale with speed and integrity.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentContract StaffingSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceVeterinaryDigital MarketingContent Creation

HQSan Francisco, United States

Knowledge Leaders

Knowledge Leaders is a specialist executive search firm dedicated to connecting top minds across technology and education, widely recognized as the #1 search firm for executives, investors, and emerging leaders in this space. With more than 25 years of focused experience, the firm partners with for-profit education services providers, EdTech innovators, digital media platforms, software companies, and eCommerce businesses to build leadership teams that drive growth and impact. Knowledge Leaders delivers retained executive search for board, C-suite, and senior functional roles and supports permanent leadership hiring across product, commercial, academic, operations, and people functions. Their approach is relationship-led and research-backed, combining precise success profiling, market mapping, outreach to deep passive networks, rigorous assessment, and candidate care through offer, acceptance, and onboarding. The firms network at the intersection of private equity, technology, and education provides privileged access to proven operators and emerging leaders, enabling rapid, confidential introductions and diverse candidate slates. Clients and placements span category leaders and high-growth organizations including names such as Edmentum, DreamBox Learning, FullBloom, Follett, n2y, and others, with featured searches ranging from CEO and Chief Academic Officer to Vice President roles in mission-critical areas. Knowledge Leaders is also known for its Knowledge Leaders Forum, an invitation-only gathering of executives, investors, and innovators that fosters thought leadership, relationship-building, and partnerships across the education and technology communities. A visible commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion underpins every search, with ongoing best practices to broaden networks, expand outreach, and deliver equitable processes and outcomes. By combining sector immersion, a highly connected community, and a disciplined search methodology, Knowledge Leaders serves as a trusted advisor to organizations seeking transformative leadership in EdTech, software, digital media, and eCommerce.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentRPOSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceHigher Education (Faculty, Administration)Corporate Training & CoachingE-Learning & Online Education

HQSan Francisco, United States

Vela Talent

Vela Talent is a high-touch, low-volume retained executive search firm dedicated to guiding technology companies to exceptional People and Go-to-Market leaders from Director through C-suite. Purpose-built for quality over quantity, the firm runs 100% partner-led searches that combine deeply curated networks with targeted market research to deliver highly engaged, high-impact candidates who align with each clients strategy, stage, and values. Velas modern, data-informed approach provides clarity on scope, outcomes, competencies, values alignment, interview design, and closing strategy, while a technology-enabled client portal offers real-time progress, collaboration, and transparency throughout the engagement. The team blends boutique urgency and agility with operator credibility earned inside iconic tech companies: partner Lisa Davie built Airbnbs first in-house leadership recruiting team and helped scale Salesforce from 6,000 to 16,000 employees; partner Janet Traynor led talent for high-growth startups and founded HRSE to place People leaders in privately held tech companies; partner Suzy Hathaway brings nearly two decades at Google, Salesforce, Stripe, and HashiCorp with deep specialization in Go-to-Market leadership. This operator-led perspective ensures precise brand representation in the market, an exceptional candidate experience, and rigorous values assessment that results in long-tenured hires. From venture-backed Series A companies to global public enterprises, Vela Talent conducts retained searches across corporate functions with a focus on People (HR, People Operations, Total Rewards) and Go-to-Market (sales, marketing, customer success) leadership. Trusted by technology leaders including Airbnb, Stripe, Zynga, HashiCorp, Salesforce, Google, and Yahoo, the firm is recognized for its consultative partnership, speed, and ability to consistently bring remarkable leaders to the table. The outcome is an executive search experience that educates stakeholders, reduces noise, elevates employer brand, and reliably secures the right leader at the right time.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentSOW/ProjectsSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceCloud ComputingTelecomHuman Resources

HQSan Francisco, United States

A-Frame Search Partners

A-Frame Search Partners is a boutique recruitment and advisory firm focused on helping organizations hire top talent across strategy, business operations, and people functions. With a clearly defined industry focus on private equity, growth equity, venture capital, and hedge funds, the firm delivers tailored search solutions that connect clients with exceptional candidates who can drive meaningful impact and sustained performance. Beyond recruitment, A-Frame provides advisory services spanning human capital roles, recruiting strategy, and administrative manager capabilities, enabling clients to strengthen talent management, streamline processes, and enhance operational efficiency. The partners bring over 20 years of combined experience across asset management and technology, including tenures at leading firms such as TPG and Google, and a background managing administrative teams, internal recruiting, and talent programs. This operator-led perspective informs a rigorous, collaborative approach to each engagement, aligning role design, stakeholder expectations, and candidate experience to business outcomes. The firm executes permanent and executive-level searches across HR, talent acquisition, strategy, chief of staff, and operations leadership, and can deliver project-based advisory when clients need to calibrate recruiting infrastructure, refine hiring processes, or stand up new people operations. A-Frame Search Partners emphasizes transparency, speed, and precision throughout the hiring lifecycle, from scoping and market mapping to candidate assessment and offer orchestration, and is committed to building enduring partnerships grounded in trust and results. By blending sector specialization with hands-on operating expertise, A-Frame offers a modern, pragmatic, and data-informed approach to search and advisory that meets the distinct needs of financial sponsors and the teams that support them.

Permanent RecruitmentExec Search & Interim MgmtSOW/ProjectsBankingInsuranceInvestment ManagementHuman ResourcesGeneralist - white collar professionalsSenior Executives

HQSan Francisco, United States

Barnes, Pailhe & King Legal Search

Barnes, Pailhe & King Legal Search (BPK Legal) is a boutique recruitment partner dedicated exclusively to the legal profession, connecting law firms and corporate legal departments with high-caliber attorneys and legal professionals across the United States, with a strong presence in Californias Bay Area, Silicon Valley, San Francisco, Oakland, and Sacramento. Founded by partners Miriam Barnes, Anna Pailhe, and Sean King, the firm brings more than three decades of combined expertise spanning legal practice, in-house human resources, and global search, and applies that perspective to every engagement from pre-search scoping through placement and post-search support. BPK Legal delivers a full spectrum of permanent hiring solutions, including executive placement for leadership roles, partner and partner-group recruiting, associate recruiting, in-house counsel searches, and law firm management and staff recruiting. The team also places paralegals and legal secretaries for both law firm and corporate settings, providing clients with one point of contact for critical white-collar legal talent needs. Beyond filling todays openings, BPK Legal emphasizes proactive talent pipeline development, leveraging an extensive network to identify, engage, and nurture promising candidates at multiple career stages so clients are ready for near-term and future growth. Each search is customized: consultants invest time to listen, align on practice-area priorities and cultural fit, craft targeted outreach strategies, and manage a thorough, confidential process that includes market mapping, screening, and calibrated shortlists. Known for responsiveness and service, the firms philosophy is that a successful placement is only the beginning of the relationship, and it remains a committed resource to clients and candidates after hire. Whether an Am Law firm is adding a strategic lateral partner group or a general counsel is building out an in-house team, BPK Legal brings focus, discretion, and a collaborative approach to deliver the right match.

Permanent RecruitmentExec Search & Interim MgmtRPOManagement ConsultingLegalAccounting (Audit, Tax)Technical WritingProject ManagementLegal & Compliance

HQSan Francisco, United States

Hire Level Search Group

Hire Level Search Group is a specialized sales and marketing recruiting agency based in Oakland, California, serving startups through enterprise organizations nationwide. With over a decade of experience, the firm focuses on building true partnerships with clients to deliver high-impact talent that drives revenue growth and brand performance. Their team combines deep functional expertise in go-to-market hiring with a robust network and referral engine to source, assess, and place proven professionals across sales, marketing, and executive leadership. Known for transparent communication and a consultative, outcome-oriented process, Hire Level Search supports clients from initial role scoping through final offer negotiation, emphasizing fit, speed, and long-term impact. The agency is particularly strong in technology and fintech ecosystems, having supported companies such as Nvidia, Autodesk, Check Point, Druva, Scribd, LendingClub, BlueShift, Openprise, and Firefly with critical hiring across growth phases, from seed to Series D and beyond. Typical mandates span Account Executives, Sales Development, Sales Engineering, Customer Success, Demand Generation, Product Marketing, Content, Brand, Digital, and leadership roles including Head of Sales, VP Sales, CMO, and other executive appointments. Whether engaged for executive search, key permanent hires, or select contract engagements, Hire Level Search applies a rigorous methodology that prioritizes alignment with business goals and culture, ensuring candidates make an immediate and measurable impact. The firms philosophya partnership approach, not a placement approachguides every search, resulting in a seamless experience for hiring teams and candidates alike and a consistent track record of placements that accelerate top and bottom-line results.

Permanent RecruitmentExec Search & Interim MgmtContract StaffingSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceBankingInsuranceInvestment Management

HQSan Francisco, United States

BridgeGate Executive Search

BridgeGate Executive Search is a specialist leadership recruiting firm focused on building executive and senior management teams for high-growth and enterprise organizations across technology and adjacent industries. Their portfolio of completed searches features C-level, board, and VP appointments spanning go-to-market, product, engineering, finance, HR, and operations, including Chief Revenue Officers, Chief Financial Officers, Chief Technology Officers, Board Directors, and Vice Presidents of Sales, Marketing, Product, Engineering, HR, and Finance. BridgeGates track record reaches from venture-backed innovators to publicly traded companies, with placements at data and cloud leaders such as Snowflake, Starburst, Grafana Labs, Box, Workato, AppDynamics, and Sigma Computing; cybersecurity and infrastructure providers including Lacework, Uptycs, Nightfall.ai, Redis, Platform9, and SecureAuth; and broader software, AI, and integration platforms like Notion, ClickUp, Cohere, Moveworks, Mulesoft, Kong, and Pendo. Their work also spans healthcare and health tech (AMN Healthcare, NextGen Healthcare, Promises Behavioral Health, Apria), consumer and retail (FIJI Water, Kings Hawaiian, Oakley, Arbonne), media and entertainment (A+E Studios, Riot Games, Magnite, GumGum), and advanced manufacturing and semiconductor ecosystem players (Broadcom, HGST/Western Digital, SiFive, Sila Nanotechnologies, Formlabs, Fictiv). Demonstrating flexibility beyond single-role mandates, BridgeGate has executed multi-position programs, including RPO-style engagements for brand-led organizations such as Beats by Dr. Dre. The firms results showcase familiarity with companies supported by premier venture and private equity investorsamong them Sequoia Capital, Bain Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Index Ventures, Sapphire Ventures, General Atlantic, Norwest, and Battery Venturesunderscoring its ability to navigate complex stakeholder environments and growth stages from early scale to global expansion. By combining rigorous search execution, deep domain understanding across software, data, cybersecurity, and cloud, and a disciplined focus on business outcomes, BridgeGate consistently delivers leaders who accelerate revenue, product velocity, operational excellence, and enterprise value.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentRPOSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceHealthcare AdministrationMental Health CareVeterinary

HQIrvine, United States

Hanover

Hanover is an executive search and leadership advisory firm that helps organisations go further by finding, placing and developing exceptional people across the full talent lifecycle. With specialised knowledge and privileged networks across financial servicesand complementary reach into fintech, professional services and healthcarethe firm delivers research-driven, customised searches for senior and Csuite leaders spanning CEO, CFO, CRO, Chief Actuary, Chief Compliance Officer, Chief Marketing Officer, product leadership and other missioncritical roles. Operating from offices in London, New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, Hanover combines market intelligence, rigorous assessment and a DE&I commitment to align senior talent with each clients vision, culture and strategic objectives. Beyond executive search, its consulting capabilities include assessment and succession planning, leadership development, coaching, board services and effectiveness reviews, outplacement support, team effectiveness, workshops and programmes, corporate and employee branding, and targeted candidate solutions, enabling clients to engage, retain and elevate key players while building enduring leadership pipelines. Trusted by more than 500 companies worldwide, Hanovers experts advise across asset management, banking, insurance, hedge funds, wealth management, private equity and venture capital, as well as emerging and established fintechs and selected healthcare organisations. The firms approach emphasises partnership, transparency and measurable outcomes, underpinned by ongoing market mapping and benchmarking to give clients a competitive edge in tight talent markets. Case studies and placements showcase breadth and depthfrom global banking CFO and specialty insurance leadership to wealth advisory, fintech product heads and corporate communications executivesdemonstrating an ability to solve complex hiring challenges at pace without compromising quality. Whether building boards, orchestrating succession, or accelerating leadership performance through coaching and development, Hanover acts as a growth partner focused on longterm impact, helping clients strengthen culture, reduce hiring risk and achieve remarkable results through exceptional people.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentTotal Talent MgmtBankingInsuranceInvestment ManagementHospital & Health Care (Nursing)PhysiciansPharmaceuticals

HQLondon, United Kingdom

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