David runs every Beacon search personally, focused on permanent engineering leadership and specialist hires.
Both are specialist technical recruiting firms working contingency search. Here's the real difference in focus and model, factually, so you can pick the right fit.
Book a callContingency model, no upfront cost, 90-day replacement guarantee. Places Senior Software Engineers, Staff Engineers, ML Engineers, and Forward Deployed Engineers at AI-native and VC-backed startups. Publishes a 29-day average time to hire against a 49-day industry average, and 300+ total placements, sending 3–5 qualified candidates rather than high volume.
Contingency and retained options, engineering only from IC through VP. Direct technical evaluation on every candidate (the specific system they built, the tradeoff they made, the outcome) plus uncontrolled reference checks. Documented healthcare AI and regulated-data search experience. 5 documented placements, 22–41 days, $140K–$300K total comp.
Recruiting from Scratch has real scale and a proven process for engineering broadly. Where we differ is depth in regulated-data environments and leadership-level search — if your hire touches clinical or otherwise regulated data, or is a VP-level leadership decision, that's exactly where we specialize.
David runs every Beacon search personally, focused on permanent engineering leadership and specialist hires.
Book a 15-minute call, no commitment, and we'll tell you what the market looks like for your role.
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