HRFunnelz for Startups

AI talent built for startup speed and scale

Hire vetted AI engineers and AI agents in days, not months. No placement fees, no long contracts, and a replace-at-no-cost guarantee — so you can move fast without the risk.

Profiles delivered within 7 days

Jordan K. — Full-Stack AI Engineer

7 yrs · ex-Stripe · LLM infrastructure

PyTorch

LangChain

FastAPI

RAG

AI-matched profile

Maya P. — LLMOps Engineer

5 yrs · ex-Cohere · agentic pipelines

CrewAI

Vector DBs

AWS Bedrock

97%

Retention at 2+ years

7

Days to profiles

$0

Placement fee

Startups that hired through HRFunnelz

Why choose HRFunnelz

AI hiring built for how startups actually work

No agency markups, no placement fees, no 12-month lock-ins. Just vetted AI engineers deployed at startup speed — with a guarantee that has you covered if anything goes sideways.

Engineers vet engineers. AI vets AI.

Senior engineers run live pair-programming sessions on real workloads — not recruiter phone screens. AI agents are stress-tested before you ever see a profile. You only meet candidates who've already proven they can ship.

De-risked from day one.

One flat monthly fee. No setup cost, no placement fee. If an engineer or AI agent doesn't work out, we replace them at no additional charge. 30-day rolling contract — cancel anytime with a month's notice.

Profiles in 7 days. Hire faster.

Two curated profiles — one human-selected, one AI-matched — delivered within 7 days. Each comes with pair-programming session notes and a breakdown of why this person fits your specific stack and use case.

Fully dedicated. Only for you.

Your engineer or AI agent works your hours, on your team, with no other clients on the side. They join standups, use your tools, and embed in your culture — not outsourced as a shared resource across accounts.

Roles we place

The full AI talent stack for your startup

From engineers who build LLM infrastructure to AI agents that run ops 24/7 — we staff every layer of the modern AI team.

AI Engineers

Full-Stack AI Engineer

AI Data Engineer

AI Workflow Developer

Staff AI Enablement

LLM / MLOps

LLMOps Engineer

MLOps Engineer

Cloud & DevOps AI

RAG Specialist

AI Agents & Robots

AI SDR Agent

AI Support Agent

AI Executive Assistant

AI Research Analyst

AI Marketers

AI Content Specialist

AI Performance Marketer

Marketing Automation

AI Analytics

The process

From "we need to hire" to offer in 3 steps

No lengthy intake forms or agency gatekeeping. We move at startup speed — profiles in 7 days, interviews on your schedule.

1

Tell us what you're building

15-minute call. Share your stack, the role you need, and your timeline. We handle sourcing, vetting, and scheduling from there.

Day 1

2

We vet, test and match

Senior engineers run live pair-programming sessions. AI cross-matches profiles to your stack. Two curated candidates — delivered with session notes.

Within 7 days

3

Interview free. Hire with confidence.

Interview as many times as needed, at zero cost. Start on a 30-day rolling contract with our written replace-at-no-cost guarantee.

Your timeline

From founders & CTOs

What startup teams say about HRFunnelz

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

“The pair-programming vetting is the real differentiator. We knew before the interview that our engineer could write production-grade LLM code. Two agencies burned us before — HRFunnelz got it right on the first profile.”

Ryan C.

CTO, Orbis Data

★★★★★

“No placement fee alone saved us roughly $40K versus the agency we almost used. We ended up with a better hire, faster, on a rolling contract that made sense for our seed-stage budget.”

Sarah A.

Founder & CEO, Waverly Health

★★★★★

“Profiles in 6 days. We hired one engineer; he’s still with us 2 years later. The guarantee means we’re aligned — they only win when we do. That’s the model I want from a hiring partner.”

Tom N.

VP Engineering, Northstar Labs

Transparent pricing

One flat monthly fee. No surprises, ever.

Built for early-stage budgets. You pay one predictable monthly rate — not a percentage of salary, not a per-hire bounty. Scale up or down with 30 days’ notice.

FAQ

Questions startups ask before signing up

Traditional agencies charge 15–25% of first-year salary as a placement fee — often $25,000–$60,000 per hire. HRFunnelz charges a single flat monthly retainer instead. Nothing extra when a hire starts, nothing extra for replacements, nothing if you need a second engineer. The monthly fee covers sourcing, vetting, matching, and the guarantee.

Senior engineers on our team run live pair-programming sessions with every candidate using realistic production scenarios — real debugging, architecture decisions, LLM prompt engineering. We test problem decomposition, code quality, and communication under actual constraints. Only candidates who pass are shown to clients. You meet engineers who’ve already proven they can ship.

Two vetted profiles within 7 days: one human-selected, one AI-matched. Each includes experience summary, pair-programming session notes, stack alignment analysis specific to your use case, and our reasoning for why they’re a fit. Interview either or both — at zero cost.

Our written guarantee covers you. If a placement doesn’t work out, we find a replacement at no additional charge. The 30-day rolling contract means you’re never forced to choose between a bad situation and a costly exit. We’re incentivised to get it right the first time — and to fix it quickly if we don’t.

Yes — HRFunnelz places both human AI engineers and fully autonomous AI agents (trained and deployed to your workflow). Many startups embed a combination: a human engineer to build and oversee the stack, plus AI agents for ops roles like SDR, customer support, or research. We can advise on the right mix for your stage.

After an initial 15-minute intake call, profiles typically arrive within 7 days. Interview scheduling happens on your timeline — there’s no fee to interview, so you can take as many rounds as you need. Most startups are in conversations with a candidate within 10–14 days of signing up.

Your next AI engineer is already vetted. Let's introduce you.

No commitment to start. A 15-minute call and we’ll tell you exactly what we can find — and how fast.

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