The Top 1% Tech Talent,
You’d Never Discover Alone
Accelerate projects, reduce hiring delays, and outperform competitors with talent that turns your vision into market-dominating reality.
250+
candidates hired for growth-stage tech companies
2
business days to qualified candidates
92%
offer-acceptance rate
20+
hours of leadership screening time saved per search
The Here’s Waldo® advantage — at
a glance
With years of expertise in gaming and tech, we understand what it takes to find the right candidates that can transform your business.
Software Engineering
Gaming & Entertainment
Hardware
Executive Search
Data-Powered Search
Data-Powered Search Weekly analytics show exactly who we’ve contacted, response rates, and funnel KPIs —total transparency from outreach to offer.
50 000+ Passive-Talent Network
50 000+ Passive-Talent Network Activate our warm relationships (we've been nurturing them for months)
Culture-First, Quality-Only
Culture-First, Quality-Only Pick from a handful pre-screened culture and technical fits
Tailored To Your Business Needs & Stage
Tailored To Your Business Needs & Stage Flexible engagement models and pricing, whether you need us to own recruitment completely or provide targeted one-off search support.
What Founders Say
Proof from teams that couldn’t afford empty seats — or wrong hires.
When we needed to quickly grow our development team at Mountaintop Studios, we wanted to partner with a recruiting team who really understood the company and culture we are trying to build while attracting the best talent from the games industry. Here’s Waldo® was the partner we were looking for, and the world-class team we have assembled is the result of their amazing work. The dedication and personal care that Here’s Waldo® put into finding the perfect candidates for each of our roles has been transformational for our business, and I don’t know where we would be today without their help.
Nate Mitchell
Co-founder of Mountaintop, Formerly co-founder of Oculus
When we were building That’s No Moon from the ground up, Lizzie and the team at Here's Waldo played a key role in helping us source and fill multiple critical roles during our early stages.
Even though she was an external partner, Lizzie felt like an extension of our team. She quickly adapted to our evolving needs and made sure we were aligned on delivering a thoughtful and consistent candidate experience.
I can’t recommend Lizzie and Here's Waldo highly enough. They were true partners in helping us build the foundation of our studio.
Kelly Barschig
Head of People Experience
I worked closely with Lizzie when we were bootstrapping Union.ai. She is adept both at discerning candidates that we want to attract and pitching our unique benefits as a company to those candidates. When she teed up interviews, the candidates were both qualified and engaged.
Lizzie and her team helped us close several key early hires who have been great team members in both individual contributor and leadership roles, including leads for web front end and technical documentation.
I recommend Lizzie and her firm wholeheartedly.
George Snelling,
Board Member and former COO, Union.ai
See How We Transform Your Hiring Journey
| before | WITH HERE’S WALDO® |
|---|---|
 Endless résumé grind
Founder hours vanish sorting unqualified inbound applicants. |
 Ideal Candidate Shortlist
We hand you an interview-ready shortlist instead of trio |
| Critical roles stay vacant
Product deadlines slip and runway burns. |
Hire Secured in < 30 Days
Momentum returns as key seats fill fast. |
| Mismatched culture & skills
Unpredictable spent, often in large chunks |
92 % Offer-Acceptance & Retention
Structured vetting locks in long-term fit. |
| Unpredictable hiring spend
Hidden agency mark-ups blow budgets. |
Transparent, Flexible Pricing
Contingency or retainer — tailored to your needs |
| Limited talent network
Job boards and who you know falls short. |
Global Headhunting Reach
50k+ passive candidates across NA & EU tech & gaming. |
The result? Your team is back to building instead of interviewing.
Our 30-Day Hiring Sprint
An efficient process led by recruiting experts — delivering a calibrated shortlist in just 2 business days and unlocking your time to focus on building the business.
1Kickoff & Role Blueprint
30-min discovery call to understand your ideal candidate profile, decision criteria, company culture and pitch. Confirm preferred vs. must-have qualifications.
2Calibration Batch (2 Business Days)
We present 5-10 candidate profiles for calibration to ensure we understand your exact requirements before conducting the full search.
3Targeted Search & Shortlist
Access our 50,000+ candidate network to deliver pre-vetted, interview-ready finalists who match your technical and cultural criteria.
4Offer Strategy & Hire Secured
Real-time market intel on competing offers, compensation benchmarking, and personalized closing strategy to secure your top choice.
Kick-Start Your Hiring Sprint
Share a few details, pick a time, and we’ll deliver a curated shortlist in 2 business days.
“We engaged with Here’s Waldo to help with a confidential Head of Engineering search. We kicked off on a Friday, and by Tuesday they already had two strong candidates in front of us! They understood both the technical and cultural fit we were after. We had two finalists to choose from, and made an incredible leadership hire. Their process was thoughtful and efficient, and we’d work with them again in a heartbeat.”
Michael Brozman,
Co-Founder, Chief Product Officer at Storygrounds
Every Day These Seats Stay Empty,
You're Losing Ground
See how we transform your hiring journey by removing the roadblocks that stall
momentum and delay growth.
You're missing project deadlines that determine your company's future
That product launch, client delivery, or revenue target isn't negotiable. But you can't hit it without the right people.
Your leadership team is spending 50% of their time interviewing
Instead of building and shipping a better product.
Your current recruiting strategy has failed to deliver
*You've tried to do it yourself or you've used other agencies without any luck.
You just hit product-market fit and need to scale your team immediately
Success is knocking, but you quickly need to make critical hires to capitalize on the opportunity.
Hi, I’m Lizzie
I founded Here’s Waldo because I was tired of watching companies waste runway and time on broken hiring processes – either sifting through endless applicants or limiting themselves to candidates in their network.
We show you the complete talent pool so you can choose from the best available, not just the easiest to find.
What drives us: Connecting you with talent you never knew existed – the people who become your best hires and move your business forward.
Ready to see who’s really out there? Let’s talk.
Proudly Woman Owned and efficiency obsessed
Frequently Asked Questions
How fast can you present candidates?
See candidates in 2 business days. We maintain warm relationships with 50,000+ passive candidates, so we're not starting from scratch when you call. Most agencies spend weeks sourcing - we leverage our relationships
What levels of talent do you hire?
Senior individual contributors all the way through executive leadership: VPs, CTOs, and C-suite. We find who you can’t; the people who don't apply to jobs or respond to cold emails.
What does it cost to work with you?
Senior individual contributors all the way through executive leadership: VPs, CTOs, and C-suite. We find who you can’t; the people who don't apply to jobs or respond to cold emails.
How do you ensure candidates are the right fit?
We flush out what is most important to you and agree on a plan to find it. We dig deep into their motivation for leaving, compensation expectations, and what matters most to them in their next role. We even speak fluent engineer!
Which regions/industries do you specialize in?
We focus on software, gaming, AI, consumer hardware, and emerging tech. We partner with Fortune 50 companies through 5-person startups. If you can articulate what technical talent you need, we can find it for you.
Can you help with confidential searches?
Absolute discretion guaranteed. We never post publicly, never use your company name until a comprehensive NDA is signed. Whether it's a stealth replacement or sensitive executive search, your reputation and confidentiality are completely protected.
Email Job Alerts
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