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Enterprise software

Enterprise hiring where the sales cycle is the product.

We place senior talent at enterprise software companies, security vendors, data platforms, and infrastructure scale-ups. Engineering, product, enterprise GTM, customer success, operations, and executive leadership.

The enterprise software market, honestly.

Enterprise software hiring is defined by sales-cycle realities that don't exist in velocity SaaS. Senior engineers need to understand six-month procurement cycles, multi-quarter rollouts, and single-tenant vs multi-tenant trade-offs. VP Sales hires need to have closed $500K+ ACV contracts with procurement-first buyers. CFOs need to model long-cycle revenue recognition correctly. Our enterprise searches calibrate for these realities at intake, not after the first shortlist fails.

Industry dynamics

What we see in enterprise software.

  • Six-month+ sales cycles require different sellers than velocity SaaS
  • Single-tenant vs multi-tenant architecture drives engineering hiring calibration
  • SOC 2, ISO 27001, FedRAMP compliance depth is often a non-negotiable
  • Enterprise security and data platforms have specialized senior engineering pools
  • Customer success at enterprise is closer to account management than traditional CS
  • Enterprise CFOs model revenue recognition across multi-year contracts with custom terms
Common hires

Roles we place in enterprise software.

  • Senior Backend / Platform / Security Engineer
  • Senior Solutions Engineer / Sales Engineer
  • VP Engineering / CTO (enterprise)
  • CFO (enterprise scale-up + pre-IPO)
  • VP Sales / CRO (enterprise ACV)
  • VP Customer Success (enterprise / named accounts)
  • Head of Product Marketing (enterprise, analyst relations)
  • General Counsel (enterprise commercial, SOC / FedRAMP)
Comp dynamics

How enterprise software compensation differs.

  • Enterprise engineering comp runs 5–10% above general SaaS for security-specialized roles
  • Enterprise sales leadership comp is significantly above velocity SaaS at comparable level
  • Solutions engineering carries steady premiums — the pool is smaller than pure sellers
  • Enterprise CFOs carry top-quartile comp once multi-year contract sophistication is required
Typical client profile

Who we work with in enterprise software.

  • Enterprise software and SaaS scale-ups with $100K+ ACV
  • Security, infrastructure, and data platform vendors
  • Pre-IPO enterprise SaaS companies
  • Enterprise software incumbents building new product lines

Enterprise software hiring — questions we hear.

Yes. Compliance-aware senior engineers are a specialized search — the pool is smaller, and we calibrate for direct audit exposure. For FedRAMP specifically, we flag candidates with government-cleared backgrounds where relevant.

Hiring across verticals?

Most scale-up hiring spans multiple verticals — a healthtech company hires SaaS-native engineers, a fintech needs enterprise-grade security. We calibrate per role.