Picture your hardest role closed in six weeks — with a senior engineer already shipping.
You don't have time for a stack of maybes. We source, pressure-test, and place the senior engineers and product leaders your roadmap needs — and you only pay when someone signs.
You don't need fifty résumés. You need three people who can carry the load — and one who says yes.
— How every Anvil search is run
Straight answers before you commit
What does a search actually cost?+
Per-placement runs at 22% of the hire's first-year base, invoiced only after they start. Prefer certainty? A retained search is a flat fee from $19,500, split across kickoff, shortlist, and close. Embedded recruiting is $8,400 a month.
How fast will I see real candidates?+
Your first vetted shortlist lands within 10 business days of the kickoff call — three to five people who've already cleared a technical screen and a values fit, not a raw résumé dump.
What if the hire doesn't work out?+
Every placement carries a 90-day replacement guarantee. If it isn't a fit inside three months, we re-run the search at no additional fee.
Do you only fill senior roles?+
Yes — staff, principal, EM, and product leads are what we do best. If you need a full early team built out, embedded recruiting is the move; we'll tell you honestly if we're not the right fit.
Every name on your shortlist has already been tested
Before a candidate reaches you, they've walked through a live technical screen, a reference pass, and a plain conversation about what your team is actually building. You meet finalists — not a spreadsheet.
Screened before you spend an hour
A live systems screen, two references, and a fit call — done before the intro, so your interview loop is spent on decisions, not filtering.
Pick the way you want to hire
No lock-ins, no per-résumé nonsense. Choose the model that matches your urgency and pay for outcomes you can see.
Per-Placement
- Nothing owed until your hire signs
- First shortlist in 10 business days
- 90-day replacement guarantee
Retained Search
- Dedicated recruiter, capped at three roles
- Weekly market map & pipeline report
- Hard-to-fill staff & leadership roles
Embedded Recruiting
- We run hiring as part of your team
- Multiple open reqs, one owner
- Cancel with 30 days' notice
You're growing fast and the wrong hire hurts
If a single slow quarter changes your runway, you can't afford a bad senior hire. That's exactly the room we work in.
Seed-to-Series-C founders
You're past the friends-and-network stage and every seat now shapes the culture. We bring you the operators who've done it before — and know how to move quickly.
Engineering leaders scaling a team
You need staff and principal engineers who raise the bar, not just fill a headcount. We defend your loop's time and hand you finalists worth arguing over.
Founders hiring their first product lead
The first PM or product leader sets the tempo for years. We know the difference between a builder and a slideware operator — and we screen for it.
Teams replacing a search that stalled
Been open for months? We take the market map you already have, find the signal you missed, and get the seat filled with a 90-day guarantee behind it.
Commitments, not vibes
Three moves that get the seat filled
You bring the role and the stakes. We run the rest and keep you in the loop the whole way.
Kickoff & calibrate
A 45-minute call to nail the must-haves, the deal-breakers, and what winning looks like in this seat. You leave with a market map and a target start date.
Source & pressure-test
We reach the people who aren't answering job posts, run the live screen and references, and only send finalists. First shortlist in ten business days, updated weekly.
Close & land
We help you shape the offer, manage the counter, and stay close through the first 90 days — so the person you chose actually starts and stays.
Tell us the role — we'll pick up fast
Call during business hours and you'll talk to a recruiter, not a queue. Prefer email? Send the role and we'll come back with next steps the same day.
Roles, retained searches, and quick gut-checks welcome. Evenings by appointment.
- Mon–Fri
- 10:00–17:30
- Sat–Sun
- Closed
- Evenings
- By appt.