Limestone · Software & Startups
Software & fintech hiring,
through people who know the work.
A specialist desk for software and fintech engineering, built on a deep, vetted network and recruiters who actually understand the stack, not a keyword search and a mass email.
The premise
The best engineers are almost never on the open market. The whole job is knowing who they are, and being someone they will take a call from.
How this desk is different
Network over noise
We place from relationships and referrals. Engineers vetted through people who have worked with them, not scraped from a database.
Consent-based, always
Your profile never moves without your explicit say-so for a specific role. No blasting, no surprises.
No hire, no fee
Contingency terms with a replacement guarantee, the same outcome-first model as the rest of Limestone.
The network
A list of names is not a network.
Anyone can run a boolean search. Our edge is a living map of who is actually good, built from people we trust and refreshed every time we place someone. That is what you hire us for.
How an engagement runs
Intake with your hiring lead
We pin the real bar, the team someone is joining, and the tradeoffs they will actually make. Not a generic req.
Map the network
Who has done this work, who is reachable, and who is worth your time. We start from people, not a keyword.
Curated introductions
A short list of engineers we would put our name behind, each with context on why. Never a resume dump.
Managed to close
Offer, negotiation, counteroffers, and the awkward parts. We carry it to a start date.
Roles we place
Backend & Distributed Systems
APIs, services, and the systems that hold under load.
Full-Stack
People who own a feature from schema to UI.
Platform & Infrastructure
Cloud, CI/CD, reliability, developer experience.
Data & ML
Pipelines, models, and the engineers who ship them to production.
Frontend
Product-minded engineers who care how it feels, not just that it compiles.
Engineering Leadership
Leads, managers, and the first senior hires who set the bar.
Where we focus
01
Fintech & payments
Engineers who have shipped in regulated, money-movement environments: ledgers, payments rails, compliance-aware systems where correctness is not optional.
02
Funded startups
Early and growth-stage teams that need senior engineers who can own ambiguity, not just close tickets. We know the difference and recruit for exactly that.
For candidates
Your search stays yours
Nothing moves without your explicit yes for a specific role. We do not blast your profile across the market.
Context, not a cattle call
You hear what the team is really like, what the work is, and why we thought of you. Then you decide.
No ghosting
A straight answer on where you stand, and why. The same discipline we promise the companies.
Questions
How do your fees work?+
Contingency: no hire, no fee, with a replacement guarantee. Exact terms come from our CEO on the intro call, matched to the search.
How do you find people?+
Through relationships and referrals. We start from engineers vetted by people who have worked with them, not a job-board blast. The strong ones are rarely applying.
How fast is it?+
It depends on seniority and scarcity. We would rather send three people you would actually hire than ten you have to wade through, so we move at the speed of quality.
Do you benchmark comp?+
Yes. We bring real market context on base, equity, and what it takes to land the person, so offers do not stall.