What we do
A recruiting agency for funded startups.
We watch the startups and scaleups worth working at, Seed to Series C, the moment they raise and start hiring. When a role and an engineer fit, we make the introduction. Engineers get found. Founders get a shortlist, not a flood.
Agents · scanning funded startups
Senior engineer paired to a role that just raised
We reach out, confirm interest, and make the introduction
An engine that never stops watching.
Funding moves fast and the best roles fill privately, before the post goes up. So we don’t wait for postings to come to us. We read the source directly, every day, and rank what we find by how recently the money landed.
Scour
We read every tracked startup's own job site and cross-check public funding filings. Roles land on the board fresh, daily. Nothing reposted, nothing stale.
Highlight
Everything is ranked by how recently the company raised. A team that closed a round last week is hiring with urgency and budget. That goes to the top.
Pair
When an engineer in our pool fits a role that just opened, we don't wait for them to find it. We reach out, confirm they're interested, and introduce them, on their terms.
One engine, two sides
Engineers get found. Founders get a shortlist.
For engineers
You decide who sees you.
- Nothing reaches a company until you say yes. You go forward by name only when you want to.
- We reach out when a specific, recently-funded role fits what you actually want. No spam, no scraping, no being shopped around.
- Always free. We’re paid by companies when a hire happens, never by you.
For founders
A shortlist, already represented.
- Three to five engineers per role, read against your stack and your stage. People who already want the conversation.
- You meet every candidate through roles.cc, with our read on why they fit. No retainer to get started.
- Pay only on a hire. Until then, you’re spending interview time, not budget.
How the introduction works
From shortlist to first conversation.
We find the fit, make the warm introduction, and stay in it through the offer. An engineer only goes forward to a company once they’ve said yes to that specific role.
Every conversation between an engineer and a company that we started, started through roles.cc. That’s the whole model. We do the finding, the vetting, and the warm intro, and we stand behind it.
- 1We line up the fitA company sees a working profile: level, summary, skills, while we line up the right introduction.
- 2The engineer says yesWe confirm interest in the specific company before anything moves. Nothing happens until you're in.
- 3We make the introductionWe send the warm intro and brief the company on why they fit. The engineer came to the company through roles.cc.
- 4The conversation beginsFounder and engineer talk directly, with our brief in hand and our working terms already in place.
Our focus
Startups and scaleups. Seed to Series C. Nothing past it.
That’s the stage where a single engineer still changes the trajectory: broad scope, real ownership, a team small enough that the right hire is felt across the whole company. We focus on SF and New York, with strong coverage across other major US hubs, and we track venture-backed companies through Series C, stopping there on purpose. No late-stage, no public, no big-co noise on the board.
Questions
Why only up to Series C?
Seed through Series C is the window where one engineer still moves the trajectory. The work is broad, the ownership is real, and the team is small enough that the right hire matters. Past Series C the work changes and so does the room, so we stop there. We never surface big-company roles.
Where do people come in?
Every call that matters is a person's: the calibration, the judgment on fit, the introduction. Software does the watching, since more roles and funding events land each day than a person could track. It finds the leads. We decide what to do with them.
Is it free for engineers?
Always. The board, the CV check, and the pool cost engineers nothing. Companies pay us, and only when a hire happens. Never the people we represent.
How do you reach out without spamming?
We only contact an engineer when a specific, recently-funded role fits what they told us they want, and we ask before any name moves toward a company. No mass blasts, no shopping you around.