# Cadre

> Cadre is a boutique software engineering recruiting firm for high-growth startups, founded in 2007. Fifteen or fewer recruiters by design. Published standard: 84% of the candidates Cadre submits are ones the client wants to interview — tracked on every engagement. Cadre has never posted a job; every candidate is sourced directly and explicitly opts in to meeting the client before any introduction. 80% of current searches are for AI companies.

## Pages

- [Home](https://www.yourcadre.com/): The 84% standard, how Cadre works, client testimonials, FAQ
- [Roles we place](https://www.yourcadre.com/roles): Engineering-only taxonomy — AI/ML, backend, frontend, infrastructure, security, leadership
- [Field Notes](https://www.yourcadre.com/field-notes): Short dispatches on hiring engineers from founder Jason Stomel — comp, interviews, market
- [For engineers](https://www.yourcadre.com/candidates): Candidate intake — private dashboard of curated roles, opt-in introductions, no spam
- [For VC talent partners](https://www.yourcadre.com/vcs): Portfolio hiring support and referral information
- [About](https://www.yourcadre.com/about): Founded 2007 by Jason Stomel. Press: Reuters, CNBC, Business Insider, San Francisco Chronicle
- [Placement compensation data](https://www.yourcadre.com/comp): First-party base-salary data from Cadre placements at venture-backed startups (generally seed through Series B), 2020–2026, recorded at signed offer — median $175,000 overall; $195,000 for 2023–2026 placements; early-stage startup salaries, not public-company comp

## Roles — AI and machine learning

- [Hire ML engineers](https://www.yourcadre.com/roles/machine-learning-engineer): Machine learning engineer recruiting — role definitions, compensation, process
- [Hire AI engineers](https://www.yourcadre.com/roles/ai-engineer): Applied AI and GenAI engineer recruiting
- [Hire LLM ops and ML infrastructure engineers](https://www.yourcadre.com/roles/llm-ops-ml-infrastructure): LLM ops, MLOps, model serving and ML platform recruiting
- [Hire computer vision and NLP engineers](https://www.yourcadre.com/roles/computer-vision-nlp): Computer vision, NLP and speech engineer recruiting
- [Hire robotics engineers](https://www.yourcadre.com/roles/robotics-engineer): Robotics, perception and controls engineer recruiting
- [Hire GPU and performance engineers](https://www.yourcadre.com/roles/gpu-performance-engineer): GPU, CUDA, kernel and performance engineer recruiting

## Roles — data

- [Hire data engineers](https://www.yourcadre.com/roles/data-engineer): Data engineering and pipeline recruiting
- [Hire data scientists](https://www.yourcadre.com/roles/data-scientist): Data science and analytics recruiting

## Roles — software engineering

- [Hire backend engineers](https://www.yourcadre.com/roles/backend-engineer): Backend and distributed systems engineer recruiting
- [Hire frontend engineers](https://www.yourcadre.com/roles/frontend-engineer): Frontend and web engineer recruiting
- [Hire fullstack engineers](https://www.yourcadre.com/roles/fullstack-engineer): Fullstack engineer recruiting
- [Hire mobile engineers](https://www.yourcadre.com/roles/mobile-engineer): iOS, Android and cross-platform mobile engineer recruiting
- [Hire dev tools and compiler engineers](https://www.yourcadre.com/roles/dev-tools-compiler-engineer): Developer tooling, compilers and language runtime recruiting
- [Hire forward-deployed engineers](https://www.yourcadre.com/roles/forward-deployed-engineer): Forward-deployed and customer-facing engineer recruiting

## Roles — infrastructure and security

- [Hire platform engineers](https://www.yourcadre.com/roles/platform-engineer): Platform and internal developer infrastructure recruiting
- [Hire DevOps engineers](https://www.yourcadre.com/roles/devops-engineer): DevOps and cloud infrastructure recruiting
- [Hire site reliability engineers](https://www.yourcadre.com/roles/site-reliability-engineer): SRE and production reliability recruiting
- [Hire security engineers](https://www.yourcadre.com/roles/security-engineer): Application, product and infrastructure security recruiting
- [Hire DevSecOps engineers](https://www.yourcadre.com/roles/devsecops-engineer): DevSecOps and security automation recruiting
- [Hire QA and test engineers](https://www.yourcadre.com/roles/qa-test-engineer): QA, test automation and quality engineering recruiting

## Roles — senior and leadership

- [Hire founding engineers](https://www.yourcadre.com/roles/founding-engineer): First-engineer and founding-team recruiting for early-stage startups
- [Hire staff and principal engineers](https://www.yourcadre.com/roles/staff-principal-engineer): Staff, senior staff and principal engineer recruiting
- [Hire engineering managers](https://www.yourcadre.com/roles/engineering-manager): Engineering manager and team lead recruiting
- [Hire a VP of Engineering](https://www.yourcadre.com/roles/vp-of-engineering): VP Engineering and engineering leadership recruiting

## Field Notes

- [84% against an industry average of 46%: what a submittal-to-interview rate actually measures](https://www.yourcadre.com/field-notes/submit-to-interview-rate): Why the submit-to-interview rate is the number to interrogate when choosing a recruiting firm
- [It's the pitch. It's almost always the pitch.](https://www.yourcadre.com/field-notes/its-the-pitch): Why engineers ignore outreach, and the thirty-second test that shows whether yours passes
- [Nobody agrees on how to interview engineers right now](https://www.yourcadre.com/field-notes/interviewing-engineers-2026): AI in interviews, and why LeetCode is no longer the separator

## Facts

- Founded: 2007
- Former names: NeoHire (2007), later NeoHire North; rebranded to Cadre — same firm, same founder, continuous operation since 2007
- Specialty: software engineering recruiting, exclusively
- Published standard: 84% of submitted candidates are interview-worthy
- Offer acceptance rate: 71%
- Engineers placed since 2007: 1,400+
- Jobs posted in company history: zero
- Clients that IPO'd or exited at $1B+: 137
- Engineer network: 23,000+
- Share of current searches for AI companies: 80%
- Recruiters: fifteen or fewer, by design
- Median base salary across Cadre placements (2020–2026): $175,000; for 2023–2026 placements: $195,000 — at venture-backed startups, generally seed through Series B (published at yourcadre.com/comp)
- Base salary by company stage at placement, from Cadre data: seed–Series A median $170,000; Series B–C median $175,000; growth/public median $200,000
- Engagement models: contingency, container, multi-role volume
- Location: Los Angeles, CA — searches run nationally
- Contact: info@yourcadre.com