Signal-driven recruiting for startups
Solara helps venture-backed startups hire software engineers, product leaders, designers, and growth talent using Solara OS and a structured approach.
High signal recruiting built for startups.
Senior Full-Stack Engineer
Vertex AI
Sean's Take
"Fast-growing AI infrastructure company. Strong team from Google Brain."
Product Designer
CloudNine
Sean's Take
"Building the future of cloud collaboration. Design-led culture."
Engineering Manager
DataFlow
Sean's Take
"Rapidly scaling data platform. Great opportunity for growth into VP role."
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We Make Hires
with the Solara Recruiting Platform
Nexus Intelligence
San Francisco
Founding Engineer
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US Remote
Senior Software Engineer · Data & Storage Systems Engineer
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Parspec
San Mateo
Senior Product Designer
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Sanity
US Remote
Senior Software Engineer, AI Growth
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Goody
US Remote
Staff Software Engineer
(opens in a new tab)Gyde
New York City
Senior Software Engineer
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Beacon Software
Toronto
Staff Software Engineer
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Little Engine
Austin
Senior Product Designer · Community Growth & Customer Success Manager
(opens in a new tab)Intellebox
San Francisco
Head of Engineering
(opens in a new tab)PlaySpace
Toronto · Canada Remote
Engineering Lead · Full Stack Engineer
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New York City
Head of Product
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SELECT
Toronto
Senior Software Engineer
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Solara partners with venture-backed startups to hire senior engineers, product leaders, and GTM talent using structured role modeling and Solara OS.
• Product-led teams
• High-growth environments
• Early stage through Series D
• Retainer or contingency
• Shiftable depending on stage
• Retainers focused on 1–2 priority roles
• Structured role understanding
• Calibration loops
• High-relevance shortlists
• Solara OS
• Custom Job Board
• Resume Insights
Client Signals
A live, signal-driven snapshot of your hiring funnel that gets smarter with every candidate.
- See the signals behind your strongest candidates
- Understand the patterns shaping your pipeline
- Spot bottlenecks before they slow momentum
- Build a signal corpus that sharpens every search
Signal Forge
Aggregated insights about candidate patterns & pipeline health
Senior/Staff Software Engineer
San Francisco · New York · Toronto · Remote
Solara Insights
The pipeline is showing strong momentum with senior backend talent progressing through early interviews.
- • 10 candidates in pipeline, 4 in interview stages
- • Strong signals from University of Toronto, Amazon, and Square alumni
- • Most advanced candidates share LangChain + Typescript experience
10
4 interviewing
Senior IC/Lead • LangChain • Typescript
Most offers extended to this profile
3
in final rounds
Plus deeper views into stages, badges, locations & more.
Why Candidates Love Solara
Solara leans into engineering, but we also work on core product and GTM roles. We care about respectful communication and thoughtful role context.
Curated, not aggregated
Roles with ownership
Clear context
Intuitive Job Board
Focused interactions
Intelligent Job Matching
Honest feedback
Fast loops
No spam
Solara OS
Solara's internal operating system for technical recruiting, built for speed, precision, and unfair advantage.
Emily Mitchell
Senior Engineer • CoreFi
Experience
8 years
Tech Stack
React, Node
Signal-Driven Sourcing
Precision Shortlisting
High-Conversion Outreach
Context-Rich Candidate Experience
Search Performance Intelligence
Closing Confidence
About Us
Sean Huynh
Founder, Principal Recruiter, Tool Builder
Sean is the founder of Solara Talent - a recruiting firm built like a tech product. He combines deep startup recruiting experience with custom tools and workflows he develops himself to connect high-signal engineers, product leaders, and GTM talent with venture-backed teams.
What Our Clients Say
Trusted by leading startups and founders
"Excellent project management, very communicative and fills our pipeline with great candidates. Better results than any agency we've worked with in the past."
Dan Kosir
CEO, Slanted Frame
"They're smart about sourcing, find great candidates, and are highly responsive. Candidates we meet say nice things about them as part of the process. We've hired several execs through them and I highly recommend."
Brandon Kessler
CEO, Devpost
"Sean and his team were proactive and great to work with. Understood our needs and delivered on time."
Mo Hamouda
CEO, Momentum