Your next senior hire,
shortlisted in 48 hours.
Submit your role spec. Our engine scores every engineer in the pool against your spec. A human reviews the output before you see it, ranked and reasoned, in 48 hours. No CVs to screen. No recruiters to manage.
Martin R.
Senior Backend · 8 years experience
"We built Lynestar because we watched CTOs spend 6 weeks hiring one senior engineer while their roadmap waited. We're in private beta with a small number of companies in London, Berlin and Amsterdam. If the shortlist isn't right, we'll send another at no charge."
The hiring stack is broken.
You post the role, chase sourcers, wait on screens, debrief panels. Your roadmap slips a quarter while you're doing it.
You shortlist 40 CVs, interview 8 people, and still aren't sure if the person you hired can actually do the job.
You paid a recruiter €20k. Three months later you're having the conversation about whether it's working out.*
* Based on industry-reported senior hire failure rates within 90 days.
A ranked shortlist. Full reasoning included.
Tell us what you need. Lynestar's engine scores every engineer in our pre-vetted pool against your stack, seniority, and domain requirements: stack overlap, seniority level, domain experience, availability, and reference quality. Every shortlist is reviewed before it reaches you.
You see the full match breakdown before you ever talk to anyone. No black box. No resume guesswork. No agency middleman.
What goes into a 97.6% match.
Every match score is a weighted composite of five auditable categories. You see the breakdown for every candidate, not just the final number. Every shortlist is reviewed before it reaches you.
How closely the engineer's primary languages, frameworks, and tooling match your spec.
Years of experience, scope of ownership, and indicators of independent technical judgment.
Prior work in your sector: fintech, devtools, infrastructure, consumer, B2B SaaS.
Current availability window and preferred engagement type (full-time vs contract).
Signal from past colleagues and managers, weighted by relationship closeness.
Four steps from spec to offer.
Submit the spec
A 10-minute form covering stack, seniority, domain, and team context. No sales call required.
Engine scores the pool
Our scoring engine ranks every engineer in the pool against your spec across five categories. A human reviews the output before anything reaches you.
Shortlist delivered
You receive 5 ranked candidates with full match breakdowns via email. Full reasoning. No black box.
Interview and hire
Unlock names and contacts, interview your top picks, and make an offer. No placement fee, no percentage of salary.
How it stacks up against your current tools.
| Criteria | LinkedIn + Outreach | Recruiter Agency | Lynestar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time to shortlist | 4–6 weeks | 2–4 weeks | 48 hours |
| Pre-vetted candidates | No | Varies | Always |
| Transparent match reasoning | No | No | Full breakdown |
| Cost model | Staff time | 20–25% salary | EUR 1,000 flat fee |
| Senior-only pool | No filter | No guarantee | 5+ yrs, screened |
| No agency middleman | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
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