Superposition for Dev Tool Startups
Hire engineers the way dev tool founders actually evaluate talent.
Dev tool hiring needs code-level signal
- Retained recruiters.
- LinkedIn Recruiter seats.
- Keyword-matched resumes.
- Templated InMails.
Dev tool founders don't care about polished resumes. They care about what someone has shipped, contributed, and written. The engineers who will thrive at your company are visible in their GitHub history and technical writing — not their LinkedIn headlines.
Traditional recruiters miss this pool entirely. They filter on titles and years of experience and send you candidates whose best work is wrapped in a big-company NDA.
You need sourcing that evaluates the same signals you would — code, open source contributions, and voice in the community.
How Superposition works for dev tool startups
Code-level evaluation
Our agent reads GitHub, evaluates open source contributions, and surfaces community voice — the same signals you trust.
Community-aware sourcing
We source from open source maintainers, technical bloggers, and conference speakers — not LinkedIn title filters.
Founder-level intake
Our voice agent speaks the language — you don't need to translate 'dev experience' into something an account exec can pitch.
Proven in AI infra hiring
Plastic Labs hired their Platform Engineer through us. 43,802 candidates researched, 15 high-conviction matches, signed in 5 weeks.
Questions.
Answered.
Traditional recruiters charge 20–30% of first-year salary and run a generic search across multiple clients at once. Our agent goes deep on just your company — researching thousands of candidates and bringing back people who are specifically a fit, not just generically good.
$500 per agent per month operational, plus a 15% success fee on first-year base salary only — not equity, not bonus. No retainer, no upfront commitment, no percentage-of-OTE gotchas.
Most searches produce a curated shortlist within 2–3 weeks. Signed offers range from 5 to 12 weeks end-to-end, depending on role seniority and your interview cadence.
We offer a 90-day replacement guarantee. If they leave for any reason within 90 days, we re-run the search at no additional cost.
There's an initial voice intake — usually 30–45 minutes — where the agent learns your company, values, and the specific shape of who you're hiring. After that, you review curated candidates as they come in. No daily standups.
Superposition for Founders
You should be building your company, not reading resumes.
Superposition for Talent Leads
Multiply your sourcing capacity without multiplying your headcount.
Superposition for Technical Cofounders
You should be in the codebase, not LinkedIn Recruiter.
Hire for your dev tool startup.
Source the way developer founders actually evaluate talent.