PLACEMENT
DONE RIGHT
Engineering Talent for High-Growth Companies
BUILT UPON THE CORE VALUES OF TRANSPARENCY, INTEGRITY, & HUMILITY
Welcome to the talent war. The best engineers aren’t chasing the biggest paycheck—they’re chasing the biggest impact. At Proper Recruiting, we partner with high-growth companies from Series A to mid-market leaders to find and secure company-defining talent. We don’t post and pray. We are a people-first, direct placement practice that blends attentive listening with proven headhunting methods—cold-calling, outbound search, and organizational mapping—to reach the engineers who aren’t actively looking but are open to impact. Because the right engineering talent doesn’t just fill a role—it transforms your business.
TECHNOLOGY SEARCH PARTNERS
WHO REFLECT YOUR BRAND & COMPANY VALUES
Areas of Expertise
PRODUCT
From strategy to delivery, we’ve partnered with SaaS organizations at every stage of the product lifecycle. Our expertise includes hybrid searches across product, program, and business analysis, ensuring seamless alignment between business goals and technical execution.
SOFTWARE
We help companies build world-class software teams across backend systems, frontend experiences, and fullstack environments. Our placements span high-availability architecture, cloud-native solutions, and modern frameworks designed for scale.
SECURITY
Cybersecurity is more critical than ever. We connect clients with leaders in security engineering, operations, and compliance — from infrastructure protection to governance, risk, and compliance (GRC).
TECHNOLOGY & INFRASTRUCTURE
Our work covers the full IT ecosystem, including cloud engineering, business applications, data systems, and enterprise networking. We specialize in placing talent that ensures both stability and innovation.
TECHNICAL SALES
We understand the complexity of hiring sales engineers for technical products. Our proven process blends qualitative insight with quantitative evaluation to identify revenue-generating sales and application engineering talent.
Our Specializations
We specialize in connecting top-tier talent with companies across the Midwest, Texas, the Bay Area, and the Southwest Corridor.
Data & Analytics
∙ Data Engineers
∙ ML/AI Engineers
∙ Data Scientists
∙ Analytics Engineering
∙ Data Architecture
Engineering Leadership
∙ Technical Directors
∙ Architects + Principles
∙ Engineering Managers
∙ VP of Engineering
∙ CTO / Head of Engineering
DevOps & Infrastructure
∙ Site Reliability Engineers
∙ DevOps Engineers
∙ Cloud Engineers (AWS / Azure / GCP)
∙ DevSecOps Engineers
∙ Platform Engineers
Product & Security
∙ Technical Product Managers
∙ Product Engineering
∙ Cybersecurity Specialists
∙ Security Architecture
∙ Compliance & GRC
Software Engineering
∙ Frontend / Backend / Fullstack
∙ Microservices Architecture
∙ Cloud-Native Development
∙ API Development & Integration
∙ Modern Tech Stacks
Emerging Technologies
∙ Robotics Engineering
∙ Computer Vision
∙ AR / VR Development
∙ IoT / Edge Computing
∙ Blockchain Engineers
The Proper Difference
Your Culture, Amplified
Every candidate interaction reflects your mission. We don’t just fill roles—we scale teams that align with your values, ensuring the candidate experience is white-glove and relationship-driven from first call to final offer.
True Headhunting Practice
We don’t post and pray. Our rigorous process combines organizational mapping, cold outreach, and curated networking to identify candidates who aren’t actively searching but are open to making an impact.
Market Intelligence Edge
Our relationships and research deliver real-time salary data, competitive insights, and hiring trends. With this intelligence, you gain a strategic edge—whether competing with startups or FAANG giants.
Technical Fluency That Matters
We speak your engineers’ language—whether it’s Golang, multithreading, dimensional modeling, or Kubernetes. From microservices architecture to modern DevOps practices, our recruiters possess the technical expertise to evaluate talent beyond the résumé.