“Three weeks. That's how long it took from first conversation to signed offer. The role had been open for five months before that.”

Daniel BrauerDirector of Engineering · Cortex Analytics

“They told me upfront that one of the candidates was an introvert who preferred long-form async communication. That was exactly what our remote-first team needed and I never would have thought to ask for it.”

Sofia ReinholtCTO · Northform (Seed → Series A)

“The briefing call felt like talking to an engineer who'd been in the room when we wrote the job spec. They asked about on-call rotation, our incident culture, and whether the role had real architectural ownership. Nobody else asked those questions.”

James WhitfieldVP Engineering · Grounded Commerce

“I was the founding engineer hiring my own replacement so I could step into a principal role. That's a delicate thing to get right. Hearth found someone who would respect what we'd built and also push it forward.”

Yuki TanakaPrincipal Engineer · Relay Infrastructure

“I wasn't actively looking. I told Hearth that. They reached out anyway with one role — one — and explained in two sentences why they thought it was worth a conversation. They were right.”

Kwame AsanteStaff Engineer → Principal · Palomar Cloud

“Every recruiter tells you they understand what you want. Hearth actually demonstrated it. They knew I needed a team that argued in docs before meetings, not after.”

Linnea StrandSenior Backend Engineer · Vektor (Series B)

“The company they placed me at had been trying to hire for this role for six months. On my first day, my manager said 'you're exactly what we described but didn't know how to find.' That's the whole story.”

Amara DialloStaff Engineer · Compass Data

“We went from twelve to forty engineers in fourteen months. Hearth placed seven of them. The ones they placed have the highest performance review scores and the lowest attrition. It's not close.”

Elena VasquezCTO · Meridian Labs (Series C)

“I told them I was done with companies that didn't have a real on-call rotation policy. They filtered for that without me having to explain it twice.”

Tobias FreiSenior Infrastructure Engineer · Arch Networks

“We're a deeply async, no-meeting-by-default team. Hearth found us engineers who'd actually thrive in that environment — not just tolerate it. That's a harder search than it sounds.”

Chloe BergströmVP Engineering · Forma Studio

“I'd been a founding engineer for four years and needed a company that would respect that context while also giving me room to grow. Hearth found it on the second try.”

Nadia OseiStaff Engineer · Tempo Build