We know what exceptional talent actually looks like
From your first engineers to the team that takes you through Series C, we find the people who change the trajectory of a company.
The best candidates aren't actively on the market
Our network spans exceptional engineers, researchers, product leaders and operators across the highest-bar startups and technology companies in New York, San Francisco and beyond.
Most aren't actively looking for a new role.
We build relationships with people long before there’s necessarily an opportunity to pitch them - understanding what they’re building, where they want their career to go and what might eventually make them move. So when we start a search, we’re not just running LinkedIn queries or posting a job description.
We know who to call, what they care about and how to get them genuinely interested in what you’re building.
Meet the founding team!
Adam was hire #1 at StellarSearch, joining us as Founding Talent Partner.
Bringing 10+ years of recruitment experience, Adam has hired across almost every function of a startup - engineering, AI/ML, product, sales and GTM - across both the US and Europe.
Having also built and led talent functions inside startups himself, as their Head of Talent, Adam understands what founders need from a search partner and brings a depth of hiring experience that’s been invaluable to the team.
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Liam is the founder of StellarSearch and has spent over four and a half years in executive search, specialising in hiring exceptional engineers and researchers for AI companies.
Before StellarSearch, he led executive search and sales at Moonhub, later acquired by Salesforce, and previously specialised in AI and machine learning search.
As an entrepreneur himself, Liam understands how personal building a company is - and how much every hire matters. That founder empathy sits at the heart of how StellarSearch partners with its clients.
Alex is a Founding Talent Partner at StellarSearch, helping high-growth AI startups across New York and San Francisco hire exceptional founding talent.
Before joining StellarSearch, he spent nearly a decade in sales and partnerships across technology and consumer businesses - building teams, opening new markets and selling across multiple industries.
This blend of experience has translated perfectly into executive search: understanding what motivates exceptional candidates and how to sell the vision of an early-stage startup to them.
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The best people rarely look obvious just from their resumes
We look beyond titles, logos and keywords for the signals that actually matter - exceptional ability, high agency, 0-1 ownership and a track record of outperforming.
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