FinEx is a specialist engineering recruitment firm placing senior engineers and technology leaders at US product-led scale-ups. Every candidate is assessed, qualified, and worth your time.
For senior engineers and leadership hires, the gap between a generalist approach and a specialist one is the difference between months of searching and a shortlist that converts.
Large agency databases look impressive until you realise the candidates haven't been spoken to, qualified, or assessed for your specific context.
Without deep specialist knowledge, a recruiter cannot interrogate a candidate properly, assess technical credibility, or recognise a strong hire from a good CV.
A poor brief leads to poor searching. The role stays open. Delivery suffers. The agency keeps sending CVs hoping something lands.
95% CV to interview rate. You receive a small number of candidates who have been spoken to, qualified, and assessed against the brief. Not a dump of profiles.
Over a decade placing engineers and leaders in specialist environments. We know the market, the people, and what a high-performing hire looks like at your stage.
A structured approach with clear milestones. First shortlist within 72 hours of brief. No guesswork, no delays between steps, no disappearing at the offer stage.
Depth beats breadth for senior and leadership hires. A specialist who knows your market, your stack, and what good looks like will always outperform a generalist with a bigger database.
Senior Ruby and Ruby on Rails engineers who build and scale product. We have spent years in this market and know the people worth talking to. Most won't be actively looking. That is precisely why the network matters.
Golang specialists across core platform, infrastructure, and high-performance backend systems. Our network spans senior IC engineers through to technical leads building systems at scale.
ML Engineers, AI Platform Engineers, and LLM specialists who ship AI into production. We apply the same rigour to this market as every other, which in a noisy space makes a significant difference to the quality of the shortlist.
Senior leadership searches handled with depth and discretion. Whether you are making your first leadership hire or replacing a key executive, these searches require a different approach. We bring the network and the patience they demand.
The engineers and leaders who define product-led companies in the US are rarely responding to job ads. Our network is built on years of specialist placements, trusted referrals, and relationships that run both directions. That is what a brief with FinEx unlocks.
HiringEvery engagement follows the same process. That consistency is not a limitation. It is the reason our results are what they are.
Not just a job description. We invest time upfront to understand the role, the team, the culture, and what success looks like at 6 and 12 months. This is where most searches are won or lost before they begin.
Direct headhunting across a specialist network built over more than a decade. Many candidates are people we have placed before or been referred by trusted contacts. We prioritise the best fit, not the most active.
Profiles are shared ahead of the call. We walk through who we found and why, align on fit, and confirm interview slots in the same conversation. No ambiguity. No unnecessary delays between steps.
Structured feedback after every round. We manage both sides of the process throughout. No ghosting, no confusion about where things stand, no candidates disappearing because nobody managed the relationship.
End-to-end offer management including expectation alignment, negotiation support, and onboarding liaison through to day one. We do not disappear at the finish line.
Real outcomes. A process that repeats.
We worked with 4 agencies prior and I was very sceptical. What differentiated FinEx was the depth of questioning. Not generic. They proved my scepticism wrong when they delivered the shortlists. We will not work with another partner again.
The best recruiting experience I have had. Speed of delivery, process management, and the fact they genuinely cared about candidates and clients alike. 10/10. It did not stop when the engineers started either.
A breath of fresh air. Being an ex-agency recruiter myself I always appreciate someone with a good process who sticks to what they know. FinEx delivered well and handled a difficult onboarding with professionalism.
Senior talent moves on trust, referral, and a conversation that is worth their time. That is what a specialist network built over a decade of placements actually means in practice.
Whether you are building a team or thinking about what is out there for you, the conversation starts the same way.
Tell us about the role, the team, and what good looks like. We will take it from there. No retainer required to have the initial conversation.
HiringWhether you are actively looking or simply curious, we are happy to have a direct, no-pressure conversation. Share your details and we will reach out if we have something genuinely worth your time.
Have a ConversationWhether you have a role open, a leadership gap, or you are an engineer quietly exploring what is out there, drop us a message. No hard sell on either side.