What the San Francisco market looks like
Compensation benchmarks here run well ahead of national averages, and the gap is widest at senior individual contributor level. A budget that is generous in most of the country can be mid-table in the Bay Area, and candidates know exactly where it sits.
Equity is part of the conversation whether you raise it or not. Candidates coming from funded startups will compare your offer against a strike price and a preference stack, and vague equity language reads as a warning sign rather than an upside.
How we help San Francisco employers
We benchmark your budget against what people are actually accepting locally before the search starts, so you find out at the scoping call rather than after three rejected offers.
We also handle the office question honestly. Bay Area candidates have strong views on days in office, and a role advertised as flexible that turns out to mean four days loses people late and loudly.
Roles we fill in San Francisco
Software engineering across backend, frontend and platform, data engineering and data science, plus product and design roles for teams building consumer and B2B software.
We work with funded startups and established technology companies, and we are equally happy running one search properly as running five at once.
Our process
A scoping call including a realistic local benchmark, market mapping across the Bay Area, then a shortlist inside a week. Permanent placements carry a 90-day replacement guarantee.