Elite
Infra
Network
Building relationships with the best software infrastructure talent in startups and scale-ups.
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Core markets
Specialists in Infra.
Competitive search done properly. We know the space deeply, move faster, and find the candidates most recruiters have never heard of.
Site Reliability
SREs and reliability engineers who build and maintain systems that keep services available, performant, and resilient at scale.
Platform Engineering
Platform engineers who build internal developer platforms, tooling, and abstractions that let product teams ship faster and more safely.
AI & ML Infrastructure
Infrastructure engineers specialising in GPU scheduling, training pipelines, inference infrastructure, and MLOps at frontier startups.
Systems Architecture
Senior engineers and architects who design large-scale distributed systems — the technical leaders shaping how your infrastructure evolves.
DevOps & Cloud
Engineers who bridge development and operations — from CI/CD pipelines to infrastructure-as-code and automation.
Database & Storage
Specialists across relational and NoSQL systems, data infrastructure, and engineers who keep data fast, consistent, and accessible.
Retained search.
Done properly.
We run retained searches — which means when we take on your mandate, we're fully committed to you.
Before we approach a single person, we immerse ourselves in your stack, your culture, and what makes the role exciting. We pitch engineering challenges, not jobs.
The best talent isn't on job boards. We go directly to our network — people we've known for decades, who trust our judgment. Shortlist within 72 hours.
We technically screen every candidate and verify their motivations before you see anyone. Everyone who reaches you has passed the test.
Our job doesn't end at the offer. We manage negotiations, support resignations, and check in. The average placement stays 4+ years.
We start by talking to you — about where you are, what you want next, and what would make a move genuinely worth making. Our goal is to place you well.
Every opportunity we bring you has been assessed against what you've told us matters. When we reach out, it's because we genuinely believe it fits.
We've placed people into these companies. We know the interviewers and the formats. We'll prepare you thoroughly for what the team is actually looking for.
We'll give you our honest view on the offer, support the negotiation where it matters, and check in after you start to ensure a smooth transition.
Three cities.
One focus.
We've spent decades building genuine relationships in these three cities. These are communities we're genuinely part of — with real context for who's excellent and where the most interesting infrastructure work is happening.
San Francisco
Bay Area · Silicon Valley
Ground zero for AI infrastructure and platform engineering. Deep relationships from early-stage AI labs to pre-IPO scale-ups.
New York City
NYC Metro · Tri-State
The blend of fintech, media, and AI companies creates genuine demand for world-class SRE and platform talent.
London
Greater London · UK
Home. I know the founders, the engineers, the companies scaling fast and quietly. London's talent scene is world-class.
Real words from
real clients.
Specialist Systems Engineering hire for quantitative investment infrastructure.
"Marcus has placed our entire Software Infrastructure team to build a key part of the open source ecosystem for cloud infrastructure tooling in AI."
Roles: Distributed Systems Engineer & Platform Engineer
"TrustIn provided a high quality of candidates and we are excited to work with Marcus more in Platform Engineering Leadership."
Roles: Engineering Manager
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