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10,000 conversations in one hire.

Every one a real person, met on a live call
Jonas Sims✓ Verified
Senior Backend Engineer
Berlin · CET · EN / DE
Strong fit·heard on a 12-min call
Past 8 years
5 yrs3 yrs
Skills
System designScaling systemsCloud infraMentoring
From the call
12:04

The team stopped shipping. That’s why I’m leaving — not the money.

Important insights
  • Wants the whole stack back — done managing
  • $180k floor, flexible on equity
  • Free in 4 weeks · won’t relocate
  • Turned down a counter-offer last month
Sourced from public work, not applicationsIntroduced Tue 14:00Signed in 11 days15% — on hire only
01 · What we do

An agent built for you.Then it goes hunting.

Emma setup — Founding Backend EngineerInbox
MMarcus Torresto Emma ▾2:14 PMEmma — founding backend engineer. Go, Postgres, someone who's built 0→1. No big-company lifers, cap $185k.
Emmato me ▾2:31 PMTuned — I'll lead with ownership and early-stage scope, comp stays in band.
Emmato me ▾2:38 PMFirst conversations tonight. Briefs land here as I learn people.
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01 · Your agent

StarsHunt builds a custom agent around your roles alone.

Not a tool you configure. The agent arrives knowing your titles, comp bands, and bar — and gets sharper with every search.

StarsHunt
Jonas S.
Senior Backend Engineer
Fit learned over a live call
Intro booked
02 · Superintelligence

StarsHunt reads the whole footprint a person leaves behind.

LinkedIn, the open web, everything public — synthesized into who someone actually is, far beyond a résumé.

Live call · 12:41Learning fit
Emma
Dana K.
Looking forOwnership, not maintenance
Comp$170–185k, equity matters
TimingCould start in 8 weeks
AuthorizationUS citizen, no sponsorship
LocationAustin, open to hybrid
03 · The conversation

StarsHunt learns every candidate — over a real call, any hour.

Emma holds live conversations 24/7 — skills, motivation, comp, timing — and every call becomes a brief with the why spelled out.

Intro call · set up by your agent21:40
Dana K.
Marcus T. · Hiring manager
EEmma · host✓ Introduced
04 · The introduction

StarsHunt connects the best fits straight to the hiring manager.

Intros booked onto calendars — not a pile of CVs. You pay only when one becomes a hire.

10,000+
live conversations a day
every one a real conversation
90%
faster placements
days on the calendar, not months
0
retainers, ever
you pay on the hire — that’s it
02 · How it works

From briefto hire.

Brief us once. Meet the right people. Hire.

01 · BRIEF
Tell us who you need
We need a founding engineer. Go, Postgres, Kafka. $180–220k. SF or remote.
GoPostgresKafka$180–220kSF / remoteparsed ✓
Got it. Opening the role now — sourcing starts tonight, conversations run while you sleep.
StarsHunt · read your stack from the brief
02 · SOURCE
Every channel, in parallel
People we knowYour networkLinkedInOpen web
↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓
1,247 profiles considered · in parallel
03 · LEARN
Emma calls every candidate
Jonas S. — Senior Backend
with Emma · EN
live · 0:00
FIT LEARNED ✓ · INTRO BOOKED
04 · CONNECT
Intros land on your calendar
Six people worth meeting — each with the why. Intros ready to book.
1
Aria K.96
ex-Datadog · rebuilt this exact stack
2
Marcus T.91
infra lead · 10→200 engineers
3
Sofia R.88
ex-founder · hands-on
05 · HIRE
You interview. You hire.
Offer signed.

that took 11 days

15% of salary, invoiced now — and only now.

03 · Proof

In productionat real companies.

3 days
from brief to first intros
24/7
live calls, any hour, any timezone
100+
recruiters and hiring managers on board
Stories from the calls

Candidates tell it better than we can.

Real feedback from candidates after their calls — dated and verbatim. Your employer brand is safe in Emma’s hands. Click one to read it in full.

04 · How we charge

You pay when it works.Nothing before.

No seats— there is no software to license.
No retainers— we start for free.
No platform fees— the agent is ours to run.

~5× more cost-efficient than a traditional agency fee. If it doesn’t produce, you don’t pay.

05 · The alternatives

Software makes you do the work.Agencies charge you for theirs.

Recruiting software
What you buy
A license. The work is still yours.
Who does the work
You do.
What it knows about people
Keywords on a résumé.
What you pay
Per seat — win or lose.
Staffing agency
What you buy
Hours and placements.
Who does the work
One recruiter’s bandwidth.
What it knows about people
One network’s reach.
What you pay
High per-placement fees.
StarsHunt
What you buy
A custom agent built around your roles.
Who does the work
The agent — machine-scale, always on.
What it knows about people
The whole footprint a person leaves behind.
What you pay
Only on outcomes — ~5× more cost-efficient.
06 · FAQ

Common questions

Stop sorting.Start hiring.

A twenty-minute demo — we map your open role into a live sourcing plan on the call.