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leon consulting private talent agency for tech professionals skip to main content leon home services career blog all blogs interview timelines interview guides application status career advice offer negotiation tech salaries contact about request representation menu home services career blog all blogs interview timelines interview guides application status career advice offer negotiation tech salaries contact about request representation private talent agency for senior engineers top athletes have agents elite engineers shouldn t negotiate alone we represent senior and staff engineers in high stakes career moves we audit real compensation bands pitch your profile directly to engineering leaders and handle multi offer negotiations zero candidate fees zero ats applications request representation executive search for companies where represented engineers land negotiate openai stripe databricks meta anthropic snowflake apple citadel openai stripe databricks meta anthropic snowflake apple citadel openai stripe databricks meta anthropic snowflake apple citadel openai stripe databricks meta anthropic snowflake apple citadel proven track record verified market proof over 400 placements audited across tier 1 ai labs quantitative trading firms and growth stage tech companies 400 senior placements 42 8k avg total comp lift 100 confidential search 0 cost to engineers request representation confidential advisory talk to an advisor the representation protocol how our advisory team manages your career move from initial calibration to final contract signature request representation 01 phase 1 compensation calibration we audit your current level and walk away numbers against live verified peer comp data identifying your realistic p75 p90 ceiling before any outreach begins 02 phase 2 off market executive outreach we craft a private talent brief and pitch your background directly to engineering leaders and founders over signal unlocking unlisted headcount without a public footprint 03 phase 3 multi offer auction dynamics when offers materialize we orchestrate competing deadlines to create natural bidding pressure pushing base salaries sign on bonuses and equity grants to the true band maximum 04 phase 4 contract audit final execution we execute a legal review of the employment agreement verifying 4 year vesting mechanics acceleration triggers post termination exercise windows and clean ip carve outs what our candidates are saying hear directly from represented engineers about their negotiation outcomes and career transitions i almost accepted the initial 390k because the recruiter insisted the band was hard capped for l6 my agent took over the email thread pushed back with verified competitor data and closed the gap with another 130k in rsus best part i never had to have that awkward money conversation myself jordan walk staff distributed systems eng placed at ai firm 130k lift i was about to get trapped by an exploding 72 hour deadline from one company while still in late stage loops with another they stepped in managed the recruiter communications aligned both offers to land in the exact same 48 hour window and secured a 60k sign on bonus to bridge the difference elena rostova principal machine learning eng placed at series b lab 640k total when you re managing a 40 person org at a major tech firm you can t have your resume floating around greenhouse or recruiter linkedin feeds they brokered three private off market conversations directly with ctos over signal and zoom zero public trail signed in three weeks marcus vance director of engineering confidential search direct to board read our recent articles unfiltered market benchmarks compensation bands and executive career intelligence browse all articles application status october 8 2026 workday knockout questions why you get rejected in under an hour workday knockout questions auto reject candidates before recruiters read a single line here is the exact logic behind every filter and how to clear them read briefing career advice october 7 2026 when do january job postings actually open the real timeline january job postings spike 200 300 but recruiter capacity lags by 10 14 days the exact week by week breakdown and why jan 6 15 beats jan 2 read briefing tech salaries september 30 2026 anthropic software engineer salary real 2026 comp bands anthropic software engineer salary ranges from 380k to 1 3m in total comp see verified 2026 mts to staff pay bands equity vesting and offer negotiation read briefing frequently asked questions how private representation works how our fees are structured and how we protect senior candidates how are representation fees structured our services are completely free for the engineers we represent we charge the hiring companies a commission when they make a successful hire how do you protect engineer identity we maintain absolute confidentiality we never post your profile publicly or put your details in generic databases we pitch you to hiring executives anonymously and only reveal your identity when both sides are interested what is the target profile you represent we represent senior engineers leads tech managers and architects with 5 years of experience in highly competitive spaces e g distributed systems ml platforms trading infrastructure how is contract analysis handled we review your equity vesting schedules non competes and ip clauses to ensure you keep ownership of any work you do on your own time ready to see what you re worth on the open market whether you have an active offer in hand or are quietly exploring your next chapter we can audit your compensation ceiling in 15 minutes 100 confidential 0 cost to engineers direct to cto pipeline request representation talk to an advisor confidentially leon precision talent representation compensation intelligence for senior technical leaders representation for employers intelligence about careers editorial contact 2026 leon consulting all rights reserved linkedin 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