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AI Infrastructure • Specialized Hiring

The shortlist for roles that don't show up on LinkedIn.

First candidates in days. Every name with a reason.

Trusted by teams at
Microsoft
Morgan Stanley
JD
Top Candidate
Fit score
94%
Sr. Platform Eng. Stripe
Sourced by Samora
21,000+
recruiter hours saved
5 Days
to first shortlist
60-Day
replacement guarantee

Conventional recruiting can't fill these roles.

We've built the map. We do the screening. You interview people who can do the job.

Hidden Talent

The right candidates aren't on job boards.

Resumes Lie

Their resumes don't show what they've actually built.

Generalist Noise

A generalist agency can't evaluate what they can't understand.

Piles, Not Shortlists

You end up with a pile, not a shortlist.

The infra engineering layer.

And the roles no one else can source.

GPU Cluster & Fleet

Large-scale fabric, provisioning, fleet ops

Networking

InfiniBand, RoCE, RDMA, in production

HPC

Workload scheduling, MPI, performance tuning

Storage

Distributed, NVMe, object, data center-scale

SRE & Platform

Reliability and orchestration at scale

MLOps

Training pipelines, model serving, research-to-production

Specialized & Non-Traditional Talent

Candidates conventional hiring systematically misses

Inside the Map

Flip a card to see what a shortlist name looks like before it reaches you.

8 YOE
Systems / Infra Engineering

Built GPU fleet diagnostics SaaS · Defense & Surgical Robotics

Looking for

High-ownership R&D or foundational build roles, not CRUD or surface-level web work.

Great at

Architecting full-stack tooling for distributed GPU hardware, end to end.

Worth knowing

Has spent recent roles outside pure AI infra, so a short ramp-up on the latest GPU/cluster tooling is likely.

The read

A strong 0-to-1 architect, best for "build the platform" roles.

4 YOE
Distributed Systems / Storage

Flash array garbage collection · ML systems internship at top tech co

Looking for

ML or infra roles with strong team culture and room to learn from peers.

Great at

Production C++ on storage internals plus genuine ML pipeline experience.

Worth knowing

Still early career, so brings more raw technical strength than seniority.

The read

A high-potential builder who'd thrive with a senior mentor on the team.

15 YOE
Blockchain / Cloud / ML Platforms

GPU-aware scheduler + InfiniBand RDMA · 40%→85% GPU utilization

Looking for

Hands-on building at a problem-solving startup, after years of founder and consulting roles.

Great at

Built a production GPU scheduling + RDMA stack that cut training time 56%.

Worth knowing

This work sits a couple of roles back in a varied career, so a quick technical screen confirms it's still sharp.

The read

The exact profile conventional recruiting misses entirely.

14 YOE
MLOps / ML Infrastructure

End-to-end training, serving, monitoring · Insurtech

Looking for

A collaborative team with junior-to-staff engineers working on complex problems.

Great at

Owns the full ML lifecycle from data pipelines to production observability.

Worth knowing

Comes from a mid-size company, so may need a short ramp-up on larger-scale infra.

The read

A reliable "research to production" owner.

From intake to shortlist in days, not weeks.

01

Intake

Define the real bar with your hiring manager, not the JD.

02

Map

Pull scored candidates from an existing supply map, not a cold search.

03

Screen

AI + human review + technical voice screen against your bar.

04

Shortlist

Each candidate with a logic trace, delivered in days.

05

Close

You interview, we iterate until the role is filled.

Everything you'd ask on the first call.

How are you different from the agencies we use?+
Agencies work their database and send resume flow. We work from a pre-built map and screen against the actual technical bar. Every shortlist name comes with a logic trace — specific evidence of fit, not a keyword match.
How do you screen for something as technical as InfiniBand at scale?+
AI review plus a technical voice screen by people who understand the domain. We evaluate whether they've operated the specific systems at the specific scale your role requires.
What does the logic trace actually look like?+
What they built, at what scale, where, and why it maps to your bar. Your hiring manager reads it and knows in 30 seconds whether it's worth their time.
What's your hit rate?+
Every name on a shortlist should be someone your hiring manager genuinely wants to interview. We'd rather send three strong names than ten weak ones. That's what 21,000+ hours saved means.
What does "retained" mean in practice?+
We work on your role with full attention from day one. The retainer is scoped to the role and credited against the placement fee. We'll walk you through it on the intake call.
How do you handle confidentiality?+
NDAs before any engagement, as standard. For backfills or stealth searches, we've run processes without the company name disclosed until late in the process.
How fast will we see something?+
First shortlists typically within a few days of intake. We're not starting cold.
Remote or on-site? Global?+
These roles skew remote-friendly — we source globally. Geographic constraints narrow supply; we'll tell you honestly what that means for timelines.
Guarantee

60-day replacement.

If a placement doesn't work out, we run the search again. No conditions.

Tell us the roles you're stuck on.

We'll come back with a read on the supply and a plan to close them.

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