Second Ladder · Recruiting for companies
Big ambitions. Meet your next hire.
We place GTM and technical talent at startups and growth-stage companies. The builders behind your next chapter.
Palantir
Firecrawl
Fireworks AIOur approachA focused search. Clear conversations.
We start with a clear brief, then run a focused search and keep candidates informed.
Your recruiting partnerA recruiting partner who knows your team
We learn what the role needs to accomplish before beginning the search. You work directly with a founder-led recruiting partner who understands your team and communicates clearly with candidates.
From brief to offer
Understand your next chapter.
We get close to your business, your team, and what this hire needs to accomplish. Alignment comes before outreach.
Find the people who fit.
Targeted search and direct conversations bring the right experience, motivation, and potential into focus.
Make the right move, together.
From first introduction to offer, we keep the process clear and the conversations moving—for you and your candidates.
We need a founding engineer who has scaled Postgres.
TLGot it. We’ll add that to your brief.
Reviewing your brief
Brief updated
Shortlist · Founding engineer
Mei C.
Staff engineer, Lumora
Marcus R.
Senior engineer, Corvo
Noor H.
Lead developer, ex-founder
Kwame M.
Staff engineer
Eight years on distributed systems. Built a data platform serving 40 million people.
The roles we recruit for
Product management
The people turning customer insight into products worth building.
Engineering
The builders turning complex problems into technology that works.
Design
The designers making your product useful, intuitive, and memorable.
Growth & marketing
The marketers building demand and turning momentum into growth.
Sales
Understand customer needs and build trust.
Customer success
Help accounts grow and customers succeed.
Let’s build what’s next.
Tell us about the role and what success looks like.