Hot Startups Hiring (SF + NYC)

David here, Co-Founder of Coastal Recruiting—a boutique group that helps top founders build their early engineering teams in NYC, SF, and remotely across the stack. Our startups are backed by the best (Lightspeed, Sequoia, Founders Fund, a16z), and we help them grow from Seed to IPO.

Each week, we highlight select startups building their eng teams in NYC and SF. 

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Not looking but know someone who is? #GoodPeopleKnowGoodPeople — we find the best engineers (like you) know other exceptional engineers. We are excited to offer a $3K referral fee for any engineer that you recommend to us that we place with any client.

Do any of these catch your eye? Book time below or respond directly to this email. 

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What can you expect from us? We operate like sports agents. You’re the talent. We’re your connection to world-class founders. The engineers we represent interview with 3-5 startups on average, and we manage the full lifecycle from intro to negotiation. Check out the testimonial at the bottom of this email from a Senior Infra Lead we helped land a job at Factory.

Hot Startups Hiring in NYC:

Modern Content & Digital Identity Intelligence - Seed (Slow, Mantis) - Williamsburg

• Mission/Vision: Helping individuals, brands, and anyone with a well-known online presence protect their identity through proactive identity intelligence.

• TLDR:

  • Clients include 818 Tequila, Ashton Kutcher, and Alo Yoga.

  • Just surpassed $1AM ARR, will double by EOY

  • 8-person eng team; ex-employees at Palantir, Google, Uber, and YC-backed startups

  • $3.5M Seed with massive Series A en-route

• Open Roles:

  • Sr/Staff BE Engineers

  • Founding Product Design Lead

Optimizing Cloud Mgmt & Spend - Series A (Sound, Framework, Nat Friedman) - Chelsea

• Mission/Vision: Solving cloud complexity by monitoring infrastructure and using AI to automate management, optimize configurations, and tailor solutions to each client's unique needs.

• TLDR:

  • $24.3M Raised (Sound Ventures led $20M Series A)

  • AI Grant participant, supported by tech luminaries Nat Friedman & Daniel Gross

  • Landing massive, enterprise commercial contracts; $0 - 2M ARR in 3 months; $3-5 M by EoY 

  • Brilliant founders with a knack for enterprise SaaS; 8-person eng team in Chelsea 

• Open Roles:

  • Sr/Staff BE Engineers

  • Senior FE Engineer

  • Founding Product Designer

Hot Startups Hiring in SF:

Delegating Op Workstreams to Computers - Seed (Founders Fund, Open AI) - Marina

• Mission/Vision: Creating an AI-native programming language to automate incredibly complex processes that plague the financial services industry.

• TLDR:

  • $4M Raised (Founders Fund, Open AI)

  • Clients include Coinbase, Chime, and Block (saving them $100M+ via automations)

  • Founded by an elite team of engineers (early-Ramp, Scale AI, Retool)

  • CEO/Founder has un-matched energy… you’ll love her, we promise

• Open Roles:

  • Sr/Staff BE Engineers

  • Tech Lead (Full Stack)

AI Video Lipsync for Hollywood - Seed (Google Ventures, YC) - Telegraph Hill

• Mission/Vision: Trains audio/video models to generate and edit human footage.Their models allow business leaders, creators, and Hollywood producers to edit pre-shot video content, avoiding costly reshoots.

• TLDR:

  • $5.5M Seed led by Google Ventures and Y-Combinator

  • Exceptional PMF and commercial traction, scaling from 1-10; pacing for $8M ARR by EoY

  • 13-person engineering + research team, lead by repeat founders who focus on can ship

• Open Roles:

  • Sr/Staff BE Engineers

  • Product Engineers 

  • Research Lead 

Candidate Testimonial 

Coastal procured my current role at Factory.ai which I wouldn't have found without them. It was a great experience working with my recruiter. They were thoughtful, professional, and sincerely cared about what was most important to me. They also took the time to stay in touch throughout the entire process - great communication.

In addition, they really care about finding the best fit for their clients and hiring managers / founders… I would highly recommend them to any engineer looking for a job at a top tier startup.

Interested? Book a quick 15-minute consultation call with our recruitment experts to learn more about these opportunities.

Not looking but know someone who is? #GoodPeopleKnowGoodPeople — we find the best engineers (like you) know other exceptional engineers. We are excited to offer a $3K referral fee for any engineer that you recommend to us that we place with any client.

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