Executive search and AI teams · MENA and the CIS

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We find them through the people who have worked with them.

Engineers in our network come from

NvidiaAI chipsAppleDevices & OSGoogleSearch & AIAmazonE-commerce & cloudMetaSocial & AIBookingTravelUberMobilityYandexSearch & adsNebiusAI cloudMistralLLMsCareemSuper appnoonE-commerceVKSocialKinopoiskStreamingHalaRide-hailing

Searches and teams we are running now

GovernmentB2G AI transformation, Middle East

A government program that puts AI agents in the hands of 50,000+ civil servants. We are hiring its core engineering and product team.

Senior AI engineers · Principal PM · TPM
BankingAI program at a bank

Senior AI consultants working next to a global strategy consultancy, from the AI roadmap to delivery.

AI consultants · engineering team
TradingSystematic trading team

A quant team building systematic DeFi strategies, looking for researchers who take models to production.

Senior Quant / ML researchers

Tech and AI hiring for whatever your business needs

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Senior hires for your team

You are building something serious and for the long run, and need the people inside your company.

CTOVP / Head of EngineeringHead of AI / MLStaff & Principal EngineersFounding Engineers
  • Week 1Brief, role scorecard and salary benchmark
  • Weeks 2–4Shortlist of interested, vetted candidates
  • Weeks 6–10Signed offer
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An external AI team on your brief

You need results before you can hire, or the work does not need a permanent team.

AI strategy & scopingAI system designAgents: grounding, evals, governanceBuild & integration
  • 2 weeksWe work through your brief and find the team
  • 2–4 weeksInterviews with your team and onboarding
  • ThroughoutSprints through the engagement, then handover

Where our specialists built their track records

Search & Advertisingsearch engines, adtech, recsys
noon E-commerce & Deliverymarketplaces, grocery, last mile
Mistral AI, LLM & VoiceLLM products, assistants, computer vision
CareemHala Mobility & Autonomyride-hailing, self-driving
Nebius Cloud & Infrastructure
Zaman Bank FinTech
Streaming & Entertainment
EdTech
Gaming
Booking Classifieds & Travel
Social & Media
Data & Analytics

Why us

We hired for our own companies before we hired for others

18,000+

tech professionalsin the communities we run

2,000+

AI and ML engineersamong them

3 → 300+

engineersthe size of the teams we have grown

Andrew Romanovsky
Andrew RomanovskyCEO · LinkedIn
  • CTO & Director of Engineering

    Yandex LavkaRan engineering as the service grew

  • CTO, Logistics & New Businesses

    Yandex Eats~200 engineers, $1bn+ Delivery Club merger

  • Author

    Lead's NotesTelegram channel for engineering leaders with ~6,000 subscribers: building tech teams, hiring and assessing developers, AI in engineering. Andrew runs a closed community for IT managers with its own job board.

  • Fractional CTO

    Fintech, AI and DeFi startupsMentored 23+ engineering leaders

Max Avtukhov
Max AvtukhovCo-founder · LinkedIn
  • CEO

    NoorAI-native financial platform in the UAE

    Yango TechAI-powered B2B software, $2.5bn in annual client sales

  • Founder

    Big Tech alumni communitiesClosed communities of vetted engineers and managers from Big Tech

  • Co-founder

    NovascalerGPU data centers across the Gulf, South Asia and Europe

    Yandex LavkaFrom MVP to a multi-billion-dollar business

  • Corporate development

    Yandex$3.7bn Yandex.Taxi–Uber merger

  • Investor

    AAL VC, AltaClubLP in AAL VC, member of the AltaIR Capital investor club

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