// About · the shop behind the search

Meet the team that hands you a finalist worth arguing over — not a stack of maybes.

Anvil Talent is a small, deliberate recruiting shop in West LA. We do one thing: put senior engineering and product people in front of growth-stage founders who can't afford to guess. Here's how we got here and how we work.

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// The story

Built by people tired of the résumé firehose

Anvil started after one too many searches where a founder got buried under fifty forwarded profiles and still had an empty seat six months later. You don't need volume. You need three people who can carry the load.

So we built the opposite of a spray-and-pray agency. Every recruiter here has sat on the hiring side — reading pull requests, running interview loops, defending a bar. We know the difference between someone who talks systems and someone who's shipped them, and we screen for it before your calendar ever gets touched.

We cap each recruiter at three active roles on purpose. It keeps the search honest: real market maps, real outreach to people who aren't answering job posts, and a shortlist you can actually act on. When we say a finalist is worth your loop's time, we've already spent ours proving it.

— The two of us who read every screen, LA

// The standards we hold

What you can count on, every search

These aren't slogans on a wall. They're the rules that decide whether a name reaches your inbox — and they hold even when a search runs long.

RULE 01 — SIGNAL

Vetted before you meet them

A live technical screen, two references, and a plain fit conversation happen before the intro. You spend your loop on decisions, not filtering.

RULE 02 — FOCUS

Three roles, no more

Each recruiter carries a maximum of three open searches at once. Your role gets attention, not a spot in a pipeline of forty.

RULE 03 — HONESTY

We'll tell you if we're wrong for it

Junior team build-out or a niche we don't know cold? We'll say so and point you somewhere better instead of taking the fee.

RULE 04 — STANDING BY IT

90 days behind every hire

If a placement isn't a fit inside three months, we re-run the search at no additional fee. We're on the hook right along with you.

// The terms, in numbers

How we keep a search moving

Momentum is the whole point. Here's the rhythm you can expect from the kickoff call to the signed offer.

First shortlist, fast

Three to five vetted finalists land within ten business days of the kickoff call — people who've already cleared a screen, not a raw list.

10 days

You stay in the loop

A market map and pipeline note every week, so you always know where the search stands and what's moving next.

Weekly

Priced on outcomes

Per-placement is 22% of first-year base, invoiced only after your hire starts. Retained is a flat fee from $19,500, split across kickoff, shortlist, and close.

22%

Backed after the start date

Every placement carries a 90-day replacement guarantee, and we stay close through the first weeks so the person you chose actually lands.

90-day

// Let's fill it

Got a role that's staying open? Let's talk today.

Call during business hours and you'll reach a recruiter, not a queue. Bring the role, the stage, and the stakes — we'll tell you honestly whether we're the right shop for it.

SPEC — TAP TO CALL (310) 692-5800

Roles, retained searches, and quick gut-checks welcome. Evenings by appointment — just ask.

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FIND US

Anvil Talent
1400 Warnall Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90024

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HOURS

Mon–Fri: 10:00–17:30
Sat–Sun: Closed
Evenings: By appt.