Coastal Recruiting - Hot Startups Hiring, Jan 9

Hey there! 👋 Reaching out from Coastal Recruiting, your friendly startup talent partner.

The startup hiring market is absolutely buzzing right now! We're seeing an unprecedented surge in hiring activity across both SF and NYC, with founders actively looking to double their engineering teams before year-end. What makes this moment particularly exciting is the speed at which companies are moving through their interview processes – they're eager to secure top talent in this competitive market.

If you've been considering a move to an innovative startup, this is your moment. The combination of aggressive growth plans and streamlined hiring processes means you could land your dream role faster than you might think. We're seeing offers being extended within weeks, sometimes even days, of initial conversations.

📈 Latest Market Intelligence

• Founders are racing to scale: Many startups plan to double engineering headcount by EOY

• Accelerated interview processes: Companies moving quickly to secure top talent

• Strong negotiating position: High demand means better compensation packages

• Both coasts heating up: SF and NYC showing parallel growth in engineering opportunities

• Immediate start dates available: Many roles open for immediate placement

• Competitive packages: Companies offering attractive equity and compensation to secure top talent

Interested in learning about founders scaling their eng teams? Grab time 👇

Hot Startups Hiring in San Francisco 🌉

AI-Native Advertising - Seed (a16z, Point72)

• Mission/Vision: This startup is building the native advertising systems for the AI era, revolutionizing how ads are integrated into AI-generated content.

• TLDR: 

  • Platform generates and embeds personalized ads directly into AI-generated content

  • Massive reach: 500+ chatbots integrated, 20M+ users through partner AI products

  • Strategic partnerships with major AI apps (Talkie, Dippy AI, Moescape, Myshell)

  • $6M Seed round from a16z and Point72

  • Ground floor opportunity to join high-energy 4-person engineering tea

  • Open Roles:

    • Senior Backend Engineer

    • AI/ML Engineer

AI Plaintiff Law - (Lightspeed, Menlo)

• Mission/Vision: This startup is the leader in AI for Plaintiff Law, helping law firms take on more cases and increase revenue through intelligent automation.

• TLDR:

  • End-to-end vertical AI platform built on proprietary case intelligence engine

  • Transforming business operations for plaintiff litigation firms

  • Explosive growth: 5x ARR increase to multiple millions in 6 months

  • $60M Series A from Lightspeed and Menlo Ventures

  • Massive round announcement coming in January

• Open Roles:

  • Senior Fullstack Engineer

  • Senior Backend Engineer

  • AI/ML Engineer

  • Platform Engineer

AI Digital Clone Platform - Series A (Sequoia, Founders Fund)

• Mission/Vision: This startup is building a new medium of knowledge exchange that enables anyone to create digital representations of their mind with infinite scalability.

• TLDR:

  • Impressive customer roster including Tony Robbins, Robert Cialdini, and other thought leaders

  • Explosive growth: $1M+ ARR in under 1 year (purely word of mouth)

  • $18.8M Series A from elite investors including Sequoia, Founders Fund, Lux Capital

  • Building the future of personalized knowledge sharing

  • Strong product-market fit with rapid adoption

• Open Roles:

  • Sr Infrastructure Lead

  • Sr Fullstack Engineers

  • Product Engineer

  • Product Designer

Hot Startups Hiring in New York City 🗽

LLM Infrastructure - Seed (FirstMark, Bessemer)

• Mission/Vision: This startup is building a fully open-source platform that helps LLM applications graduate from API wrappers into defensible AI products.

• TLDR:

  • Tackling frontier challenges in AI with open-source tools

  • Building end-to-end LLM engineering for large-scale, mission-critical applications

  • Developing "TensorZero Autopilot" managed service

  • $7.2M Seed round from FirstMark, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Bedrock

  • Ground floor opportunity to shape the future of AI infrastructure

• Open Roles:

  • Senior Engineers (Python, Rust)

  • Frontend Engineers (React, TypeScript)

Revolutionizing Financial Research - Series A (Decibel, Point72)

• Mission/Vision: This startup is revolutionizing financial research and workflow through advanced AI tools and document analysis.

• TLDR:

  • Building cutting-edge AI tools for financial document analysis and research

  • $21M Series A from Decibel, Point72, and OMERS Ventures

  • Rapidly growing customer base in AI financial technology

  • Ground floor opportunity to shape core product direction

  • Work directly with leadership team

• Open Roles:

  • Founding Product Designer

  • Senior AI/ML Engineers

  • Senior Backend Engineers

Next-Gen, Global Payments w/Stablecoins - Series A (Sequoia)

• Mission/Vision: This startup is revolutionizing global money movement by working at the intersection of stablecoins and global payments.

• TLDR:

  • Building the Stripe + Venmo of global payments to replace traditional wire transfers

  • Explosive growth: 1,000+ new users joining every 2 days

  • Strategic partnerships with PayPal, Visa, and Stripe

  • $20M Series A from Sequoia, Multicoin, Pantera, and Solana Ventures

  • Leadership team from Goldman Sachs, Citadel, and SIG

• Open Roles:

  • Senior Fullstack Engineers

  • Senior Backend Engineers

Candidate Testimonial:

"Megan did a top-tier job understanding my requirements and matching me with potential roles, one of which I just accepted! She was great at keeping me updated and motivated throughout the process. I would definitely recommend working with her and Coastal Recruiting if you're looking for a position at an early stage startup."

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