Boutique search · Platform, Infrastructure & AI

The engineers under everything, and the AI on top of it.

Platform, infrastructure, and AI/ML engineers for startups where the systems are the product. Recruited directly from the teams running this at scale, in a founder-led search with no handoffs.

Roles I fill

The layer everything else runs on.

Platform Engineering

Internal platforms, golden paths, and the tooling that multiplies every other engineer.

Infrastructure & Cloud

The engineers who design, build, and run your compute, networking, and storage.

ML Infrastructure

Training, serving, and data pipelines that turn models into product.

AI / ML Engineers

Applied engineers who ship AI features users actually touch.

Developer Experience & Tooling

Build systems, CI, and the workflows that keep shipping fast.

SRE at Scale

Reliability engineers for systems that can't go down.

Why these hires don't come from job posts

The people you want aren't applying.

Infrastructure and AI engineers are the scarcest hires in the market, and the good ones are running production systems right now, not refreshing job boards. I recruit them where they are, with a specific role and a real reason to move.

Founder-led, start to finish

Every search is run by me, Chasen Nick. Intake, sourcing, outreach, and offer, with no handoffs to junior recruiters.

Direct search, not a database

I map who's doing this work at companies like yours and go to them directly, with your specific role.

Few searches, full attention

I take on a few searches at a time so each one moves at the pace your hire actually needs.

Other practices

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Hiring the engineers under everything?

Tell me about the role. If I'm not the right fit for it, I'll tell you that too.

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