Senior recruiting for U.S. scale-ups and operator businesses.
Uplyft Talent's U.S. operations are based in Austin and serve scale-ups, pre-IPO companies, and operator businesses in Texas, the Southeast, and remote-first nationally. Technology is our flagship; we also run senior searches across executive, finance, sales, marketing, operations, and legal leadership. California and New York expansion planned for 2028.
The United States market, honestly.
The U.S. senior hiring market is the most competitive and most expensive in the world. What differentiates a good agency partner from a replaceable one is not access to candidates — everyone has LinkedIn — but the calibration of the pitch, the quality of the function-specific screen (ex-engineer for tech, finance specialist for CFO, GTM specialist for VP Sales), and the willingness to be honest when a role is under-compensated for the market. We work with scale-up, pre-IPO, and enterprise employers who want a single senior recruiter on the search, written pipeline updates, and no commission-driven volume pressure.
What you need to know about hiring here.
- Austin-based U.S. entity serving nationwide and remote-first placements
- Strong networks in Texas (Austin, Dallas, Houston), Southeast (Miami, Atlanta, Raleigh), and remote-first SaaS
- Calibrated against U.S. equal-opportunity employment standards
- Integrates with PEOs (Justworks, Gusto, Rippling) and ATS systems (Ashby, Greenhouse, Workable)
- Handles H-1B sponsorship coordination, TN, and cross-border Canadian/Pakistani remote configurations
- Pre-IPO finance leadership (CFO, Controller) is a specialized U.S. practice for us
- Strong bench in B2B SaaS GTM leadership (VP Sales, CRO, VP CS, Head of RevOps)
Top senior roles in United States.
- Senior / Staff Backend Engineer
- ML Engineer (applied + LLM infra)
- Platform / SRE
- Senior Product Manager
- VP Engineering / CTO
- CFO / VP Finance (pre-IPO and post-IPO)
- VP Sales / CRO
- CMO / VP Marketing / Head of Growth
- COO / VP Operations
- General Counsel
- Chief of Staff
Real salary bands.
- Senior Backend Engineer
- USD $160K–$260K + equity
- Staff Engineer
- USD $260K–$480K + equity
- ML Engineer
- USD $180K–$320K + equity
- VP Engineering
- USD $400K–$800K + meaningful equity
- CTO
- USD $450K–$1.2M + meaningful equity
- CFO
- USD $400K–$900K + meaningful equity (higher pre-IPO)
- VP Sales / CRO
- USD $380K–$720K OTE + equity
- CMO
- USD $320K–$640K + equity
- COO
- USD $450K–$900K + meaningful equity
- General Counsel
- USD $350K–$720K + meaningful equity
United States hiring — questions we hear.
Austin / Dallas / Houston (Texas), Miami / Atlanta / Raleigh (Southeast), and fully-remote. We have partner relationships in California and New York but our primary U.S. coverage centers on Texas and the Southeast until our 2028 West Coast expansion.
Yes. A material share of our U.S. placements involve H-1B transfers, TN status for Canadians, or O-1 for senior candidates. We coordinate with your immigration counsel; we do not provide legal advice directly.
Yes. Cross-border remote hiring is a core part of what we do. We work with your EOR or PEO of choice.