CHA Consulting is a specialist recruitment and talent advisory firm for advanced-engineering teams. We embed with founders and heads of engineering to deliver staff, principal, and leadership hires across AI, infrastructure, robotics, security, and deep tech.
Series-A inference infrastructure company · San Francisco / Remote
One operating model: senior recruiters who understand the systems your team builds.
Confidential retained searches for VP Engineering, CTO, Head of AI, and founding technical leadership.
Fractional senior recruiters who plug into your hiring loop and run the full funnel under your brand.
Targeted senior IC searches — staff, principal, and distinguished engineers across deep technical domains.
Comp benchmarking, leveling, interview design, and market mapping for high-signal engineering orgs.
We don't recruit generally. Every partner owns a narrow technical surface area.
Training, inference, agents, applied research.
Distributed systems, databases, dev platforms.
Perception, controls, embedded, simulation.
Offensive, detection, cryptography, trust.
Energy, materials, biotech, hardware.
Compilers, kernels, accelerators, firmware.
A search is an engineering problem. We instrument it.
Two working sessions to map scope, leveling, comp, and a target list.
We build the universe of qualified humans — usually 400–1,200 names.
High-signal outbound from named partners, not template blasts.
5–7 calibrated candidates within 14 days. Weekly written briefings.
Comp negotiation, references, and resignation support through start date.
A sample of senior hires we've closed in the last twelve months.
| Role | Company | Location | Time to close |
|---|---|---|---|
| VP Engineering | Series-B AI Infrastructure | SF | 32d |
| Head of Applied Research | Foundation Model Lab | London | 41d |
| Principal Robotics Engineer | Autonomous Logistics | Boston | 26d |
| Staff Security Engineer | Cryptography Startup | Remote | 18d |
| Founding ML Engineer | Stealth · Climate | Zurich | 22d |
| Director of Platform | Series-C Devtools | NYC | 37d |
How we work with companies and candidates.
Tell us the role, the team, and the stakes. We'll come back within 48 hours with a calibration plan and an initial market map.
search@chaconsulting.comWe work with staff+ engineers, scientists, and technical leaders. Confidential introductions only — no spam, no template outreach.
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