San Francisco Bay Bridge at sunset
400+ placements | 90%+ acceptance

Your next Staff Engineer isn't on LinkedIn.

Invisible to search. Heads-down at top labs.

Stop sourcing. Start shipping.

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Performance-based pricing | 90-day guarantee | No hire, no fee

400+
Tech Hires Placed
90%+
Offer Acceptance
45-55
Days Time-to-Fill
$1.5M+
Cost Savings

Meet Mia: Your unfair advantage.

13K+ network, 400+ placements, and distribution channels agencies can't replicate.

Mia, Founder of High Slope Recruiting

"I bridge the gap between Scrappy Founder Hiring and Enterprise-Grade Recruiting."

— Mia, Founder

→ Proprietary Network Access

13K+ LinkedIn audience and AI hiring newsletter read by leaders at OpenAI, Google, and top labs. Warm access to passive talent agencies can't touch.

→ Deep Tech Expertise

Specializes in hires that scare recruiters: Principal ML Researchers, Infrastructure Engineers, Founding Technical Leads. 400+ placements from Seed to $100M+ ARR.

→ Engineered for Speed

At a $100M ARR SaaS unicorn, cut time-to-fill by 30%. Doesn't just fill roles, installs a hiring engine that accelerates over time.

We hire for Slope, not Y-Intercept.

Agencies match "Years of Experience" (Y-Intercept). We find "Experiences per Year" (Slope). Outcome Multipliers who scale faster than your roadmap.

The 4 High-Slope Traits

Curiosity

Ask "Why?" vs. execute blindly

Proactivity

Start building vs. wait for permission

Drive

Push forward when it gets hard

Follow Through

Ship vs. half-done project graveyard

Proven results at scale.

Engineering teams that ship, not just seats filled.

AWS
Data Engineering & SRE
35%
Faster Hiring Speed
Filled ahead of SLA, enabling a 50% improvement in data delivery speed for the team.
$100M SaaS Unicorn
Full-Stack & Data Engineering
40 Days
Time-to-Fill
Reduced hiring time by 33% with an 87 NPS from hiring managers.
Microsoft
Data Science, ML & Full Stack
$1.5M+
Saved
Reduced agency and contractor spend while restoring team velocity.

What you get.

Elastic recruiting arm: scale up for velocity or pause instantly.

🧑‍💼 Technical Leadership

  • Staff & Principal Engineers
  • ML Researchers
  • Infrastructure Leaders

Access talent from top AI labs, YC/a16z startups, FAANG.

👀 Executive Search

  • CTOs & VP Engineering
  • CMOs & Heads of Growth
  • GTM Leaders

Player-Coaches who scale from Series A to B and beyond.

🚀 Founding Teams

  • First 10, 20, 30+ hires
  • Founding Engineers
  • Head of Talent

Technical DNA that accelerates shipping velocity.

The simple process.

From kickoff to offer in 45-55 days.

1

Discovery

45-min strategy call. Define must-haves, deal-breakers, and comp bands. Day 1 sourcing starts.

2

Sourcing & Screening

Utilize proprietary network access and deep tech expertise to identify and screen top talent.

3

Offer & Close

Engineered for speed to close offers quickly and efficiently.

Your next 10x engineer is already in our network.

Your competitors aren't waiting. Top talent reviews 2-3 offers simultaneously. You need speed AND quality.

No more losing candidates to FAANG
Access talent that actually wants to build at startups
Stop wasting 6+ months on bad hires
90-day performance guarantee protects your downside
Get back to building your product
We handle sourcing, screening, and closing
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Limited to 8 active clients. 3 slots available this month.

45-55
Days to Offer
vs 4-6 months in-house
Average NPS Score87
Successful Placements400+
Client Retention95%

"Mia filled our hardest role in 6 weeks. Our in-house team couldn't do it in 6 months."

Series B Founder, $100M ARR SaaS