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Ayla

Hire people who know the mission.

Engineers and operators from government and the primes. For defense-tech startups and any company hiring out of government.

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Live · as of
open roles at defense-tech firms
3,293
open roles at government contractors
83,330

Problems we hear.

We need an FDE who has sat in a SCIF.

One hard role, done

A lead recruiter, a shortlist with reasons, and notes on who we passed on.

We lose candidates to the primes.

Know the market first

A free brief on who else is hiring the role and what they pay.

We don’t have a recruiter.

Borrow ours

Ayla has placed FDE, ML, data, product and design roles.

Questions founders ask.

Do you hire forward-deployed engineers and ML roles?
Yes. Ayla has placed forward-deployed, ML and AI, data, product and design roles.
What does it cost?
Recruiting is a placement fee when you hire, after a free market brief. Software is $199 to $999 per seat a month, only if you want to search yourself.
We sell through a prime. Is that a fit?
Yes. We recruit for companies building for government, whether you sell to an agency directly or through a prime.
We are not a defense company. Can you help?
Yes. If you are hiring people out of government, such as engineers, analysts or procurement staff, we can find them.

Tell us the role. See the market free.

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