Recruiter intelligence. Agentic matchmaking.
Recruiter intelligence. Agentic matchmaking.
The best engineers, headhunted and interviewed.
Matched to your stack, stage and spec.
Shortlists within 24 hours.
The best engineers, headhunted and interviewed.
Matched to your stack, stage and spec. Shortlists within 24 hours.
The best engineers, headhunted and interviewed.
Matched to your stack, stage and spec. Shortlists within 24 hours.
How it works
From brief to shortlist in 24 hours
Share Your Role
Two minutes, not two forms
Upload a job description or tell us what you need in plain English. Our AI parses requirements, technical stack, and team fit signals—so you don't fill out forms.
Job Parsing
AI extracts key requirements from any format
Stack Detection
Automatically identify technical requirements
Fit Signals
Understand team and culture fit criteria
02 mins
Average setup time
Average setup time
Average setup time
Average setup time
Average setup time
Share Your Role
Two minutes, not two forms
Upload a job description or tell us what you need in plain English. Our AI parses requirements, technical stack, and team fit signals—so you don't fill out forms.
Job Parsing
AI extracts key requirements from any format
Stack Detection
Automatically identify technical requirements
Fit Signals
Understand team and culture fit criteria
02 mins
Average setup time
Average setup time
Average setup time
Average setup time
Average setup time
Share Your Role
Two minutes, not two forms
Upload a job description or tell us what you need in plain English. Our AI parses requirements, technical stack, and team fit signals—so you don't fill out forms.
Job
Parsing
AI extracts key requirements from any format
Stack Detection
Automatically identify technical requirements
Fit
Signals
Understand team and culture fit criteria
02 mins
Average setup time
Average setup time
Average setup time
Average setup time
Average setup time
We Search Our Network
We Search Our Network
1,000+ pre-qualified engineers
1,000+ pre-qualified engineers
We scan our network of engineers already qualified by Wave recruiters—matching on real recruiter notes, not just CV keywords. You get candidates who've shipped, not just listed technologies.
We scan our network of engineers already qualified by Wave recruiters—matching on real recruiter notes, not just CV keywords. You get candidates who've shipped, not just listed technologies.
Real Notes
Real
Notes
Match on recruiter conversations, not keywords
Match on recruiter conversations, not keywords
Verified Impact
Verified Impact
Candidates with proven project delivery
Candidates with proven project delivery
Stage Fit
Stage
Fit
Filter by startup stage preference
Filter by startup stage preference
1000+
Pre-qualified engineers
Pre-qualified engineers
Pre-qualified engineers
Pre-qualified engineers
Pre-qualified engineers
We Search Our Network
10,000+ pre-qualified engineers
We scan our network of engineers already qualified by Wave recruiters—matching on real recruiter notes, not just CV keywords. You get candidates who've shipped, not just listed technologies.
Real Notes
Match on recruiter conversations, not keywords
Verified Impact
Candidates with proven project delivery
Stage Fit
Filter by startup stage preference
1000+
Pre-qualified engineers
Pre-qualified engineers
Pre-qualified engineers
Pre-qualified engineers
Pre-qualified engineers
Already Vetted
Skip the 'tell me about yourself' call
Every candidate has been through a live recruiter conversation. We know their key projects, their motivations, what they're looking for, and what they're avoiding. No cold outreach required.
Live Conversations
Real recruiter calls, not scraped data
Motivation Mapped
What they want and what they're avoiding
Project Context
Key projects and impact documented
REAL
Recruiter conversations
Recruiter conversations
Recruiter conversations
Recruiter conversations
Recruiter conversations
Already Vetted
Skip the 'tell me about yourself' call
Every candidate has been through a live recruiter conversation. We know their key projects, their motivations, what they're looking for, and what they're avoiding. No cold outreach required.
Live Conversations
Real recruiter calls, not scraped data
Motivation Mapped
What they want and what they're avoiding
Project Context
Key projects and impact documented
REAL
Recruiter conversations
Recruiter conversations
Recruiter conversations
Recruiter conversations
Recruiter conversations
Already Vetted
Skip the 'tell me about yourself' call
Every candidate has been through a live recruiter conversation. We know their key projects, their motivations, what they're looking for, and what they're avoiding. No cold outreach required.
Live Conversations
Real recruiter calls, not scraped data
Motivation Mapped
What they want and what they're avoiding
Project Context
Key projects and impact documented
REAL
Recruiter conversations
Recruiter conversations
Recruiter conversations
Recruiter conversations
Recruiter conversations
Your Shortlist, Tomorrow
10 candidates in 24 hours
Each profile includes skills, tech stack, notice period, key projects, and what they want next—enough context to skip straight to a meaningful technical conversation.
24hr Delivery
Your shortlist by tomorrow
Full Context
Skills, projects, and motivations included
Ready to Interview
Skip straight to meaningful conversations
24 hrs
To your shortlist
To your shortlist
To your shortlist
To your shortlist
To your shortlist
Your Shortlist, Tomorrow
10 candidates in 24 hours
Each profile includes skills, tech stack, notice period, key projects, and what they want next—enough context to skip straight to a meaningful technical conversation.
24hr Delivery
Your shortlist by tomorrow
Full Context
Skills, projects, and motivations included
Ready to Interview
Skip straight to meaningful conversations
24 hrs
To your shortlist
To your shortlist
To your shortlist
To your shortlist
To your shortlist
Your Shortlist, Tomorrow
10 candidates in 24 hours
Each profile includes skills, tech stack, notice period, key projects, and what they want next—enough context to skip straight to a meaningful technical conversation.
24hr Delivery
Your shortlist by tomorrow
Full
Context
Skills, projects, and motivations included
Ready to Interview
Skip straight to meaningful conversations
24 hrs
To your shortlist
To your shortlist
To your shortlist
To your shortlist
To your shortlist
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Brief us
Tell us about the role
Send a job description or describe the role in plain English. Then we dig in with you: the questions a specialist asks. Every answer sharpens the search, so the first shortlist is right.
Job Parsing
AI extracts key requirements from any format
Stage
The kind of engineer who thrives where you are
Spec
What the role has to deliver
Day 0
Brief today, shortlist tomorrow
Brief today, shortlist tomorrow
Brief today, shortlist tomorrow
Brief today, shortlist tomorrow
Brief today, shortlist tomorrow
Agentic matchmaking
10,000+ pre-qualified engineers
We don't search a CV database. We match against a living network of engineers our recruiters have actually interviewed. Every signal from stack to stage to what they'd move for, drawn from the conversation and profile. The model ranks. The recruiter reviews.
Real conversations
Every engineer interviewed by our recruiters, not scraped
Motivations mapped
What they'd move for, and what they're avoiding
Stage Fit
Matched to the stage where they do their best work
10000+
Qualified engineers
Qualified engineers
Qualified engineers
Qualified engineers
Qualified engineers
Your Shortlist, in Slack
The best 5-10, in 24 hours
Each profile includes skills, tech stack, notice period, key projects, and what they want next, enough context to skip straight to a meaningful technical conversation. React or reply in the thread. Every response sharpens the next shortlist.
24hr Delivery
Your shortlist by tomorrow
Full Context
What they want and what they're avoiding
Project Context
Key projects and impact documented
REAL
Recruiter conversations
Recruiter conversations
Recruiter conversations
Recruiter conversations
Recruiter conversations
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Your unfair advantage
The talent network built by recruiters,
for Hiring Managers
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Wave Group specialist recruiters speak to the best passive engineers in the UK and US on behalf of leading tech companies, every day. Those companies hire against unreasonable bars.
We only surface candidates from our network who clear the same one.
Wave Group specialist recruiters speak to the best passive engineers in the UK and US on behalf of leading tech companies, every day. Those companies hire against unreasonable bars.
We only surface candidates from our network who clear the same one.
The Old Way
AI application spam
Job boards surface noise, not signal
Hours wasted on first-round screens
Starting from scratch for every hire
CVs don't tell you fit or motivation
The Wave Mind Way
Engineers headhunted and interviewed by specialist recruiters
Skip the 'tell me about yourself' call, we've already done it
Detailed notes on projects, motivations, skills and preferences
Your shortlist in 24 hours - half the work already done
Passive engineers at VC-backed, high-growth companies
No hidden costs
Qualified Engineers
Qualified Engineers
To your Slack
To your Slack
Specialist Recruiters
Specialist Recruiters
Our Specialisms
Frontend
Backend
Fullstack
Founding engineer
Product engineer
AI / ML
Data
Platform & SRE
Security
Outcome-based. No retainer. No risk.
5.0
1000+ Reviews
Pay Per Hire
15%
of base salary
Headhunted engineers. Only pay when you hire.
5-10 vetted candidates per role
24-hour shortlist delivery
Full recruiter notes and context
Unlimited profile views
No retainer or upfront fees
Salary benchmarks so you brief the right role at the right level
Agentic delivery to your Slack with built-in feedback loop
Pay Per Hire
15%
of base salary
Headhunted engineers. Only pay when you hire.
5-10 vetted candidates per role
24-hour shortlist delivery
Full recruiter notes and context
Unlimited profile views
No retainer or upfront fees
Salary benchmarks so you brief the right role at the right level
Agentic delivery to your Slack with built-in feedback loop
Subscription
Coming Soon
Unlimited access for high-volume hiring.
Unlimited shortlists
Priority 12-hour delivery
Dedicated account support
ATS integrations
Portfolio-wide access (for VCs)
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about the platform
What is Wave Mind?
How is this different from job boards and talent marketplaces?
Where do your candidates come from?
What do I get beyond a CV?
Are there hidden costs or placement fees?
How quickly can I start interviewing?
Do you only focus on tech roles?
What is Wave Mind?
How is this different from job boards and talent marketplaces?
Where do your candidates come from?
What do I get beyond a CV?
Are there hidden costs or placement fees?
How quickly can I start interviewing?