Vetted by people shipping consumer products
A practitioner in the role screens candidates first, distinguishing those who moved a consumer metric from those who worked on a team that did.
Consumer Tech Recruiting
Consumer Technology Recruiting for Startups
For consumer products where every experience compounds.
Consumer technology recruiting is not generic tech recruiting with a different logo list, and a consumer products recruiter screening by brand names misses the people who actually moved a metric. Consumer teams operate through rapid feedback, behavioral data, product quality, and trust. We recruit people who connect technical execution to activation, engagement, retention, marketplace health, and the details users feel—even when they never see the underlying system.
Hiring companies pay the fee. Exclusive search from 17% · Retained search at 20%.
Roles and Teams
Where We Add Recruiting Depth
Mobile engineer
Full-stack product engineer
Growth engineer
Product manager
Product leader
Lifecycle marketer
Marketplace operator
Consumer product marketer
What We Know
The Search Changes With the Business Context
Fifteen-plus years working with startup founders and HR professionals informs how we define, assess, and close technical talent.
Craft and measurement
Strong consumer builders combine product judgment with disciplined experimentation rather than treating data and taste as opposites.
Growth is cross-functional
Activation and retention rarely belong to one marketer. The right hire works across engineering, product, design, data, and lifecycle.
Scale changes the system
Marketplace liquidity, mobile performance, personalization, trust, and support create different needs as usage grows.
The user is the filter
We assess how candidates discover problems, choose tradeoffs, and learn from behavior—not only which brands appear on a résumé.
Seed
Protect runway. Hire a hands-on builder with enough range to create the function, not merely occupy it.
Series A
Add repeatability without unnecessary layers. Prioritize people who build systems while continuing to execute.
Series B
Hire for scale and durable ownership. Decide whether leadership depth or a senior IC removes the constraint faster.
Avoidable Hiring Errors
Where Searches Go Wrong
- Hiring acquisition before fixing activation or retention
- Assuming recognizable brands guarantee startup range
- Separating growth from product and engineering
- Ignoring marketplace incentives when defining roles
Frequently Asked
Do you recruit marketing roles?
Yes, particularly technical and product-adjacent marketing such as lifecycle, growth, and product marketing.
Do you work with marketplaces?
Yes. Searches are calibrated around supply, demand, liquidity, trust, and product constraints.
Know the Role. Then Run the Right Search.
Start with the free planner or speak with us about a technical search. We work for the hiring company across the US and Canada.