Jamie Francis

I am the CEO of Amigos, a talent consultancy specialising in helping VC & YC-backed startups build world-class engineering teams in the US, UK and Spain. I have 13 years of experience in technical recruitment and have built hiring pipelines for some of the most ambitious VC and YC backed startups in the world from pre-product founding teams to companies scaling past 150 people. Some of my clients include BioRender, Abridge, Fleet AI, TitanOS, Axiomatic AI and Judgement Labs, among others. My expertise sits at the intersection of startup hiring strategy and technical talent acquisition. I advise first-time founders on how to structure interview processes, identify top 1% engineering talent before it hits the open market, and move fast enough to compete with the biggest names in tec...