Our way of working

The winning method behind building early-stage teams.

Our process:

1. Kick-off

We align on the role, expectations, and success criteria. We shape a clear hiring narrative and produce a two-page candidate brief to anchor the search.

2. Mapping

Within 24 hours, we share a clear view of the market, highlighting potential candidates and directional fit to define where we’ll focus.

3. Headhunt

We run a targeted search through our network and beyond, engaging candidates 1:1 with story-led outreach and presenting them after vetting.

4. Insights

We provide guidance and share candidate feedback at every stage, along with competitive insights from other processes they may be in.

5. Offer

We manage the offer process end-to-end, maintain momentum through interviews, and secure commitment from your preferred candidate.

6. Aftercare

We support through the notice period and beyond, with regular in-person touchpoints to ensure a smooth transition and strong start.

A little about us

4 offices
globally

in Amsterdam, New York, Berlin and London

97 0 %

Customers return to work with us again

11 years
operating

We've been working in this market since 2015

Case Studies

Hear from your peers. How teams like yours have successfully hired with us.

New York City

Hypha

Launching from stealth, Hypha partnered with Orange Quarter to attract elite AI and engineering talent, building their first senior leader and core team through narrative-led hiring.
  • 1x Head of Engineering
  • 3x Senior Product Manager
  • 1x Product Designer
  • 1x AI Engineer
  • 6x Software Engineers

Remote, Europe

Maze

Operating in stealth, Maze partnered with Orange Quarter to hire senior, remote product engineers, building a high-bar team of culture-add builders to scale their platform from zero.
  • 2x Platform Engineer
  • 1x Fullstack Engineer
  • 1x Backend Engineer
  • 2x Data Engineer

Amsterdam

Tebi

Following their Series B, Tebi partnered with us to hire senior, product-first engineers, strengthening Tebi’s technical foundation during a critical growth phase.
  • 1x Senior Frontend Engineer
  • 3x Senior Fullstack Engineers
  • 3x Senior Backend Engineers
  • 1x Senior Data Engineer
  • 1x Mobile App Engineer

Munich

Tacto

After a $50m Series A, we partnered with Tacto to hire senior engineering leaders from top-scale startups and FAANG, strengthening execution and engineering standards.
  • 1x Senior Software Engineer
  • 1x Staff Software Engineer
  • 1x Senior Product Designer
  • 1x Staff Product Designer

Berlin

Inca

Post pre-seed, Inca partnered with our team to hire high-impact builder engineers, accelerating product development with a strong focus on diversity from day one.
  • 4x AI Engineers (focus on diversity with 75% being women)

New York City

Default

Default partnered with Orange Quarter to hire senior full-stack engineers to lead a full product rebuild, securing high-ownership talent that now anchors their core team.
  • 2x Senior Software Engineer

Berlin

Nelly

After five months without being able to hire, Nelly partnered with Orange Quarter to hire senior AI engineers in under two months, restoring product velocity with proven, high-ownership talent.
  • 1x Head of Engineering
  • 1x Senior Applied Scientist

Companies we work with:

Our Leadership Team

Thomas Long

Director, Germany

Berlin-based Director specialising in AI and engineering hiring for early-stage technology companies across Germany.

Gaia Rizzi

Team Lead

Berlin-based recruiter specialised in product hiring for early-stage and scaling start-ups

Joe Walsh

Co-Founder

Founder and CEO of Orange Quarter working across offices in London, New York, Berlin & Amsterdam

Bradley Thomas

Director, USA

New York–based hiring partner for founders in AI (Pre-Seed to Series A)

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