Secure Your Dream Hire
Pre-Vetted and Onboarded
Within 75 Days

While avoiding the wasted costs and risks associated with traditional hiring methods

We’re committed to working on your search until the role is filled
We’ll GUARANTEE your new hire for up to 1 year
With a full refund if we don’t deliver

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Companies Served Include

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Where Most Leaders Struggle When Hiring

Time & Resource Intensive

Successful recruiting demands immense time and resources. Every hour spent attracting talent is an hour not spent on developing strategies, leading the team, innovating, managing risks, or other critical tasks.

Reactive Hiring Strategies

Reactive strategies like job ads limits the talent pool. This results in missing passive high-quality candidates and prolonging the time-to-hire. It triggers intense competition for the same candidates and unpredictable applications, raising the risk of skill and culture mismatches.

Deficient Outbound Execution

Outbound search, when done incorrectly, can lead to numerous problems that will hamper your hiring efficiency. This can damage your companies reputation, increase hiring risk, create employee dissatisfaction and result in higher turnover.

Making a Mis-Hire

A mis-hire wreaks havoc on an organization by disrupting team dynamics and lowering morale. The financial toll includes wasted salary, onboarding, training, and severance costs. With productivity and innovation compromised, existing team members face added stress and burnout.

Lack of Expertise

Partnering with recruiters who lack a relevant network and domain expertise can lead to a mismatch of candidate skills with job requirements and prolong the hiring process. Such recruiters will tarnish your employer brand by misrepresenting your unique needs and overlooking cultural fit.

Confidentiality

It's common for hiring leaders to face challenges with confidentiality. The risks include exposure of company secrets, mishandling of candidate data, and internal discontent due to leaked hiring plans. These issues can disturb the work environment, weaken market positioning, and result in legal/financial repercussions.

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What Makes Us Different

Search Mastery That Unlocks Your Hiring Potential

Coupled with Premium, Tailored Service to Propel Your Growth

Effortless Hiring

Our comprehensive and tailored search process, expansive referral ecosystem, and best in class tools simplify the process in its entirety. We free up your valuable time and resources to focus on what matters most – your core business operations.

Ignite Rapid Growth

Catapult your organization with access to our extensive network of superior technical talent, exclusive to you. We enable you to construct powerhouse teams that catalyze business expansion, ensuring you maintain an edge over your competitors.

Comprehensive Vetting

To help you avoid wasting time and resources interviewing irrelevant candidates, we meticulously delve into candidate evaluations, auditing their technical capabilities, functional proficiencies, and cultural fit.

Outbound Experts

We use advanced outbound strategies with a best in class tech stack to attract high performing passive candidates who are not in bidding wars with other employers, offering a unique pool of talent that's difficult to attract through traditional channels.

Boost Offer Acceptance

Say goodbye to the disappointment of rejected offers and hello to the satisfaction of securing the right talent for your organization. Our unique approach promotes a higher acceptance rate for the offers you make.

Accelerated Time-to-Hire

Forget about prolonged hiring timelines. Our prowess in technical recruitment and efficient search methodologies dramatically slash time-to-hire, facilitating a quick market response and the achievement of your strategic objectives.

Amplify Employer Brand

By embracing your company culture and values, we effectively communicate your Employee Value Proposition (EVP) to candidates. This strengthens your employer brand, making your organization irresistible to your ideal candidates.

Unwavering Commitment

We're dedicated to working on each role until it's filled, and won't abandon you when things get difficult. Rest assured that you have a reliable partner to help you achieve your hiring goals.

De-risk Your Hiring

No more sleepless nights and hiring nightmares, your peace of mind is our top priority. We help you navigate the treacherous waters of hiring with our comprehensive search methodology, reducing the devastating risks of making a mis-hire.

Trust & Privacy Assurance

We understand the importance of discretion in hiring, particularly for leadership positions and backfills. The process is conducted confidentially to protect your company's reputation and branding.

Transparency

Experience a partnership built on trust and integrity. We keep you informed at every stage of the hiring process. Expect nothing less than full transparency and accountability.

Confident Hiring Decisions

Our process will provide you with the utmost confidence that you're securing the best available talent available to you in the market. When it comes to delivery, we don't leave excellence to chance - we promise it.

How It Works

4 Streamlined Steps to Secure Your Dream Hire

While You Sit Back and Relax

1
Consultation

Discuss your hiring goals and challenges, company culture, and desired outcomes for your business.
We'll explore your requirements and collaborate with you to define the perfect fit for your role.

2
Search Strategy

We create a tailored search strategy designed to meet your unique hiring goals. This includes the pre-vetting frameworks, custom market data requests, and crafting an effective outreach plan.

3
Flawless Execution

We'll utilize best in class tools to research the entire targeted talent pool, executing sophisticated omni-channel outbound campaigns, and leveraging our extensive referral network to attract relevant candidates.

4
Onboard New Hire

We provide full transparency, and updates throughout the process so you can make an informed hiring decision. No more time wasted with rejected offers and mis-hires. Welcome the right candidate to your team.

What's Included

Empower Your Hiring Decisions with Unshakable Confidence

Your Gateway to Constructing Unbeatable Teams

Complete Candidate Market Mapping

Best In Class Tools

Omni-channel Marketing

Real-Time Custom Market Data & Progress Reporting

Vetting: Technical,
Functional, References

Guarantee Your New Hire
For Up To a Year

About Us

In today's fast-paced technology landscape, meeting hiring expectations is more crucial than ever. Founders and leaders must hire the right people from the start to drive innovation and meet market demands.

Having successfully placed hundreds of technical professionals, I recognized an opportunity to help technology focused organizations minimize their hiring risks and gain a competitive talent advantage.

That's why I founded SearchLux. We are a boutique search firm dedicated to assisting organizations in attracting, hiring, and retaining exceptional talent, empowering them to develop and ship innovative products that fuel their business growth.

Austin Johnson
Founder

Who We Search For

100s of Professionals Placed and Counting

We Will Land You The Talent You Need to Thrive

Software Development

Front End Developer
Back End Developer
Full Stack Developer
Web Developer
Mobile App Developer
Software Architect
Project Manager
Business Analyst
QA Manager

Data & Analytics

Data Engineer
Data Scientist
Data Analyst
Data Architect
AI/ML/NLP Engineer
Database Developer
DBA
Data Warehouse/ETL Developer
BI Analyst
BI Developer
BI Architect

Product & Design

Product Manager
Product Owner
Product Designer
Visual Designer
UI Designer
UX Designer
UX Researcher

Engineering

Civil Engineer
Embedded Engineer
Electrical Engineer
Mechanical Engineer
Process Engineer
Sustaining Engineer
Industrial Engineer
Robotics Engineer
Materials Engineer
Packaging Engineer

Sales & Marketing

Account Executive
Account Manager
GTM
‍Sales Engineer
Digital Marketing Manager

Manufacturing

Supply Chain Analyst
Logistics Manager
QC Specialist
Operations Manager
Plant Manager

DevOps

Platform Engineer
Build Engineer
Release Engineer
Site Reliability Engineer

Cloud Computing

Cloud Architect
Cloud Engineer
Cloud Consultant

Testimonials

Don't Take Our Word For It

Hear from Hiring Leaders and Candidates

He found all of them in a matter of a few weeks

"We were getting more business, we had to scale and we never recruited, never hired anybody before. Austin came in and immediately hired three Go to Market Engineers for us."


"Because they were such a good fit, they were able to just immediately have a massive impact on our business."

Mathias Powell

Co-Founder & Head of Operations
Your approach is different than other agencies

"We had one week where we talked through the role, went through the description, you met with the teams, and three weeks later, we had a final candidate that we were looking to put out an offer to. So all in, it was like a four week close"

Prattima Dhanraj

Head of Human Resources
The quality of the candidates that he attracts or has pipeline and network with is key

“We were staffing a team in parallel, planning the product, designing the product, building the products in, if I may, bleeding edge technology at the time. Austin was calm, composed, and speaking to him, it was like, hey, this is gonna get done! That’s the kind of confidence Austin inspires in my team."

Andy Deshpande

Director of Data Strategy
It saved a lot of time over what we had tried earlier

"I've been just really excited about the results and how they fit well in with JP and with the team. You know, as we brought them in over basically one month, three months, and six months, they all fit right in and have just built the team well."

Eric Kruegle

CEO

JP Spiro

Director of Product Development
It freed me up to do the things that are important to me in making the business successful

"We took our time and we let Austin do the searching, the vetting and it just worked out really well where we established a trusting relationship and we were able to go on his recommendation and it's been very successful"

Bill Bavagnoli

Founder
Instrumental in helping me build a team

"Program managers, project managers, business analysts, developers, the full gambit of what an IT professional would need.”

"Your background is one that you could understand what a good PM is, what a good BA is, how you vet out good developers."

Tom Yacavone

VP Global Program Manager
He's been able to offload myself and the COO of many duties

"You actually understood what we were looking for. You you had an ability to understand technical, which not not everyone does. So someone who understood the engineering world, someone who understood the project management world, and be able to take that and prescreen candidates for us so we didn't have to waste our time going through the candidate that that really had no business, applying for this particular job"

Rich DiBernardo

Co-Founder & CEO
You were screening these candidates ahead of time

"You provided a really rigorous process for us to ensure that the candidates that were coming in were of the quality we were looking for and it ended up being the case in the long run."

Nelson Pereira

VP Software Engineering

"I recently engaged Austin to recruit for a Mobile Software Engineer for my organization. It was a challenging role to fill especially given the competitive market conditions, but with unparalleled ingenuity, enthusiasm and speed, Austin was able to find an exceptional candidate who is now an integral part of our team. Working with Austin was one of the best experiences I’ve had with a recruiter, and I’m very much looking forward to partnering with Austin to continue building out our team! I would highly recommend Austin and SearchLux to any organization looking to add top engineering talent to their team."

Kathryn Kosmides

Founder & CEO

"I had the pleasure of partnering with Austin for three years while at JPMorgan Chase. Austin stood out from other technology recruiters because he took the time to understand my business and build a genuine relationship with me. As a result, he was able to help me to successfully grow my team of software engineers (Front End-modern web technology-full stack, Backend-Java, Python) which allowed us to meet deadlines and move the business forward. Austin’s level of integrity, service, and knowledge of the market is outstanding. I would recommend him to any IT professionals looking for a career move and hiring managers looking to scale their teams."

Diwan Mohideen

Executive Director - Commercial Banking Technology

"I had the pleasure of working with Austin as he was attempting to find candidates for a senior community management role, and the process was one of the most rewarding and honest recruiting efforts that I've been through. Throughout it all, Austin demonstrated impeccable judgment, gave great advice, and was filled with integrity. As a candidate, it was important to me that I feel like someone had my best interests at heart in negotiations, and I never doubted that Austin worked extraordinarily hard to see that both my needs and the needs of the company were met, and went to great effort to craft a win/win solution.I would happily work with Austin again... and when we meet in person, I think I owe him a drink or six. I commend him to you unreservedly should you have need of his services."

Philippe Beaudette

Head of Community

"Austin has been the consummate professional! His excellent interpersonal and communication skills has assisted me in diffusing several challenging situations at work. A natural problem-solver, Austin has the ability to tackle the details without losing focus on the long term goals. He has proven to be reliable and dependable when I was in need, always ready and willing to support and aid on numerous occasions. In an industry that is known for uncertainty and change, I appreciate that Austin conducts himself with integrity and honesty and can always be counted on to deliver."

Alexandra Tan

Program Manager/PMO

"I got his reference through one of my friend and contacted him when I was looking for a change. He was prompt in marketing my resume and was able to schedule interview for me in leading financial firms within a week time. During this process Austin used to keep me informed about all the progress happening in recruiting process which gave confidence in working with him. Even after I joined the project he used to make sure we meet every month and talk about the project and made every effort to co-ordinate with HR / Account manager to resolve any issue / concerns which arise. He always stays on top of issue and follow-up constantly to make sure the issue is taken care."

Sudhakar Shanmugam

Sr. Java/J2EE Developer

"Austin is one of the best recruiters I have worked with. It was great to work with him. He is so professional and focused with whole process of recruitment. He understands requirements of the role, if person fits for the role and then he approachs him/her. Once you start work with him, He always follows up with you and make sure you like the job and the environment after placement. He understands person's career goals, skill set and recommends jobs that suit you. I would definitely recommend anyone who is looking for a new position. I always refer his name in my network.."

Nirav Mehta

Senior IT Consultant

"Austin is very attentive to your career goals. He responds to your needs in a very timely fashion.  Throughout my interaction with him I found him to be honest, straightforward and helpful in nature. He is one of the best Account Managers I have worked with. I would recommend him to any one looking for help in hiring and retaining talent."

Gurpreet Singh

Database Architect

"He has a strong understanding of business models both client side and resource side. I must say he is detail oriented and a focused person. He helps his client by providing the best resources to meet needs. He also helps resources with career growth. He is good person on whom one can rely on."

Keyur Patel

Sr. Frontend Lead Developer

"Austin did a great job for me in my career search. He really understood what my skills, goals and interests are. Austin is a consummate professional that is an expert in market analytics. He always took the time to go above and beyond as a resource"

Mehul Mehta

Sr. SQL DBA

"Austin is the consummate recruiting professional. This was immediately evident when working closely with him on a past job search. Austin demonstrates an ever-present level of professionalism, dedication, and attention to detail that inspires. Focused on building relationships with clients and job seekers alike, Austin demonstrated an affinity for employer requirements and job details as well as an understanding of one's strengths and objectives. His exceptional business acumen, excellent communication, and preparedness provided for a remarkable experience. I highly recommend Austin to job seekers."

Edward Brown

Senior Web Developer and SWE

"Austin is a very focused and a detail oriented manager. He knows what he is looking for. He possesses excellent and clear communication skill set. It’s great to work with him I wish him good luck."

Amrita Mallick

Senior Product Manager

"He made my very first career move from one company to another an extremely smooth experience. Austin is an earnest, hardworking guy who would go out of his way to make his clients feel comfortable at the new job/position they end up taking. I highly recommend Austin if you are someone looking to move into a new field or an employer looking to find a reliable recruiter/account manager!."

Kyle Kim

Automation Test Engineer

"Austin is very efficient in connecting people with the right opportunities, and is very clear and transparent about the executive search process, which makes things easier for all parties involved. Austin is a great person to work with and is really good at what he does."

William Lee

Senior Software Engineer

FAQ's

You Have Questions?

We Have Answers!

How do you find the right candidates for us?

We utilize the most effective tech stack combined with our comprehensive approach to identify the best candidates for your specific needs. This includes a full market mapping, tapping into our deep referral network, and leveraging sophisticated omni-channel outreach campaigns to engage with both active and passive candidates. Our team conducts thorough technical and functional screening to ensure you only interview the best of the best.

What makes your search firm different from others?

Our agency is committed to providing a personalized, transparent, and results-driven experience for our clients. We offer full accountability, consistent communication, and a guarantee on your new hire for up to a year. The candidates we present to you have also been pre-vetted both functionally and technically and we can conduct reference checks before an offer is made. We focus on delivering long-term solutions, not just quick fixes, and work with you until the role is filled with the right candidate.

How long does the search process typically take?

Our goal is to meet your hiring needs as soon as possible. Conservatively we can accomplish this within 75 days. However, the exact timeline may vary depending on the complexity of the role, the depth of the candidate pool, and the specific requirements of your company and your reputation in the marketplace. We keep you informed every step of the way and continuously refine our strategies to ensure a successful outcome.

What is the time investment? How involved do I need to be in the process?

We make the search process as efficient and stress-free as possible for you. While your involvement is crucial in defining the role and making the final hiring decision, we handle the bulk of the process. This includes candidate research, writing copy, executing and managing omnichannel outreach campaigns, candidate screening, coordination of the interview process, offer process, and onboarding process. We also provide regular updates and are always available to discuss progress and address any concerns you may have.

What is the cost of your services?

Our fees are competitive and customized to the specific needs of your company and the role you're looking to fill. We are committed to providing an excellent return on your investment. To discuss pricing and our tailored search solutions, please schedule a free consultation with one of our search consulting experts.

We have an internal HR/TA team. Why should we work with you?

An internal HR/TA team is definitely valuable, however, the search process can be time-consuming and may detract from their other responsibilities. We are experts in outbound search, and market to the passive talent pool. Our extensive network and proven methodology can supplement the efforts of your HR/TA team, as we work in collaboration with them to enhance your hiring outcomes.