IT Talent Marketplace · Est. 2026

Place Faster.
Hire Better.

Specialist IT recruiting powered by experienced independent sourcers — curated by senior recruiters and Fortune 500 IT leaders. Flat 17% fee. 90-day guarantee. No hire, no fee.

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17%
Flat fee
90-day
Guarantee
20+yrs
Recruiting expertise
$0
Unless you hire
Early Adopter Spots13 of 20 remaining

Lock in 17% forever + 90-day guarantee. First 20 clients only — no deadline, first-come first-served.

Active Order
Senior Data Engineer
Memphis, TN · Remote OK · Full-time
High Priority
SparkdbtSnowflakePythonAirflow
$130K–$155K · 17% fee
JOB-2026-0012
Active Order
Staff Software Engineer
Austin, TX · Remote · Full-time
High Priority
ReactTypeScriptNode.jsAWSPostgreSQL
$145K–$170K · 17% fee
JOB-2026-0011
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Process

From job order to
hired candidate

01
📋

Submit Your Job Order

Tell us the role, stack, salary range, and timeline. A dedicated account manager reviews every order personally before it goes live — we only accept roles we can fill.

02
🔍

Sourcers Get to Work

Vetted independent IT recruiters in our network start sourcing immediately. Every candidate is reviewed by a dedicated account manager before it reaches your inbox — no noise.

03

You Hire. We Invoice.

Review candidates, run your interviews, make the offer. You pay the flat 17% fee only when a candidate accepts and starts. 90-day guarantee included.

What We Place

IT specialists who actually move the needle

Our core specialty

Software Engineering

Frontend Engineers (React, Vue, Angular)
Backend Engineers (C#, Node, Python, Go, Java)
Full-Stack Engineers
Mobile Engineers (iOS, Android, React Native)
Staff & Principal Engineers
Engineering Managers
Typical Salary
$110K – $180K
Your Fee at 17%
$18,700 – $30,600
Our core specialty

Data Engineering & Science

Data Engineers (Spark, dbt, Airflow)
Data Scientists & ML Engineers
Analytics Engineers
Data Architects
BI Developers
VP of Data
Typical Salary
$115K – $175K
Your Fee at 17%
$19,550 – $29,750

We also place: DevOps, Cloud & Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, QA & SDET, Product Managers, and IT Leadership. If it's an IT role, we can source it.

Transparent Pricing

No surprises. No retainers.
No hire, no fee.

We publish our rates because we have nothing to hide. You know exactly what you'll pay before a single candidate is submitted.

Best Value
Early Adopter
17%
of placed candidate first-year salary
Limited — 13 spots left
Locked forever — rate never increases
90-day replacement guarantee
All IT roles accepted
Dedicated account manager access
Priority job order queue
Claim Your Spot
Standard
17%
of placed candidate first-year salary
Current launch rate
Competitive below-market rate
60-day replacement guarantee
All IT roles accepted
Account manager-curated submissions
No-hire no-fee always
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Volume
15%
of placed candidate first-year salary
4+ hires per year
Lowest available rate
60-day replacement guarantee
Dedicated account management
Priority sourcing
Monthly pipeline review
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How We Compare

Foundation Hire
Large Agencies
Toptal
Reflik
Fee Rate
17%
20-25%
25-35%
Varies
Guarantee
90 days
60 days
Trial
None
IT Specialist
Generalist
Tech only
Multi-industry
Quality Gate
Account mgr. reviews all
Varies
Automated
None
No-hire no-fee
Always
Usually
No
Yes
Independent Recruiters

Work the jobs.
Keep up to 50%.

Foundation Hire gives independent IT recruiters access to vetted, high-quality job orders — no business development, no cold calling employers, no overhead. You focus on what you do best: finding great candidates. We handle the rest.

What You Can Earn
6 placements/yr
Tier 1 · 40% · $115K avg roles
$23,460
12 placements/yr
Tier 2 · 45% · $115K avg roles
$52,785
18 placements/yr
Tier 3 · 50% · $115K avg roles
$88,245

Based on 17% employer fee on $115K average salary. Earnings increase as you advance tiers.

📋

Job Orders Handed to You

No cold outreach to employers. No business development. Our account managers bring you fully vetted, active job orders from real companies ready to hire now.

💰

Competitive Commission — Up to 50%

Start at 40% on your first two placements and climb to 50% as you build your track record. Tiers are based on lifetime placements — they never reset.

🕐

Work on Your Schedule

You're an independent contractor. Work the job orders you want, when you want. No minimums, no quotas — just results-based earning on your own terms.

Quality Jobs Only

Every job order is graded before it hits our network. You'll only see roles with competitive salaries, responsive employers, and a realistic path to placement.

Fast, Reliable Payouts

Commissions are paid via direct deposit through Stripe Connect as soon as a placement is confirmed and the guarantee period begins. No chasing invoices.

📈

Grow With the Platform

As Foundation Hire scales, so does your opportunity. Early sourcers get first access to new job orders, premium accounts, and platform features as they launch.

Commission Structure
Tier 1
40%
1–2 lifetime placements
$7,820
per $115K placement
Tier 2
45%
3–7 lifetime placements
$8,798
per $115K placement
Tier 3
50%
8+ lifetime placements
$9,775
per $115K placement

Tiers are based on lifetime placements and never reset annually. The more you place, the more you keep — permanently.

Ready to start placing
IT talent independently?

We're selectively onboarding experienced IT recruiters. Tell us about your background and the types of roles you've placed — our team will be in touch within 2 business days.

We review every application personally. You'll hear back within 2 business days.

Our Story

A network built by people who've been
on both sides of the hiring table.

Traditional recruiting is slow, opaque, and overpriced. Agencies charge 20-25%, flood inboxes with unvetted resumes, and disappear after the invoice. We built Foundation Hire to fix that — combining AI-powered candidate matching with senior recruiting expertise to deliver faster, higher-quality placements at a price that's actually fair.

🤖

AI-Powered Matching

Our platform uses advanced AI to score and match candidates against job requirements before a human ever reviews them — eliminating noise and surfacing the right profiles faster.

🔍

Expert Human Curation

Every submission passes a dedicated account manager's quality review before it reaches your inbox. AI finds the candidates. Our team ensures they're genuinely right for your role.

🌐

Distributed Sourcer Network

Our network of vetted independent IT recruiters brings deep specialization across software engineering, data, DevOps, and beyond — sourcing simultaneously across multiple channels.

📊

Transparent by Design

Published pricing, real-time pipeline visibility, and a 90-day guarantee built into every engagement. No surprises, no retainers, no invoice unless you hire.

20+
Years combined IT recruiting experience
500+
IT professionals successfully placed
17%
Flat fee — below every major competitor
90-day
Replacement guarantee on every placement

Common Questions

Everything you need to know

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How does the no-hire, no-fee model work?+
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Get Started

Ready to hire
the right engineer?

Tell us about your open role. Your dedicated account manager will review it personally and follow up within one business day.

Early Adopter Spots13 of 20 remaining

Lock in 17% forever + 90-day guarantee. First 20 clients only — no deadline, first-come first-served.

Every submission is reviewed by your dedicated account manager. You'll hear back within 1 business day.