# Talentfinders Inc

> Talentfinders Inc is a United States recruiting firm for Gaming and AI teams. It places senior engineers and technical leaders on a success-based fee of 25% of first-year salary, with shortlists delivered in three to five days.

Talentfinders operates in the United States only and covers both onsite and remote placements. Both contingency and retained searches are available. No fee is billed until a placed candidate completes the performance guarantee period.

## What Talentfinders recruits

Gameplay engineers, graphics and engine programmers, backend services engineers, ML and LLM engineers, data platform engineers, product managers, and technical leadership for Gaming and AI organizations.

## Commercial terms

- Fee: 25% of the candidate's first-year salary, billed only on a successful hire.
- Guarantee: no fee is invoiced until the candidate completes the performance guarantee period.
- Replacement: if a candidate does not complete that period, a replacement search is provided at no additional cost.
- Coverage: United States only, onsite and remote.

## Pages

- [Home](https://www.talentfindersinc.io/): services, industries, leadership, FAQ, and contact form.
- [Blog](https://www.talentfindersinc.io/blog): hiring guidance for gaming and AI teams.
- [Privacy Policy](https://www.talentfindersinc.io/privacy): how candidate and client data is handled.
- [Terms of Service](https://www.talentfindersinc.io/terms): terms governing use of the site and services.

## Articles

- [How to hire gameplay engineers without slowing your build](https://www.talentfindersinc.io/blog/how-to-hire-gameplay-engineers)
- [ML engineer or applied AI engineer? Hiring for the right role](https://www.talentfindersinc.io/blog/ml-engineer-vs-llm-engineer)
- [Contingency or retained search: which one fits your role](https://www.talentfindersinc.io/blog/contingency-vs-retained-search)
- [The hiring scorecard that makes technical searches fast](https://www.talentfindersinc.io/blog/hiring-scorecard-for-engineering-roles)
- [Reducing time to hire without lowering the bar](https://www.talentfindersinc.io/blog/reducing-time-to-hire-without-lowering-the-bar)
- [Hiring graphics and engine programmers: what to look for](https://www.talentfindersinc.io/blog/hiring-graphics-and-engine-programmers)
- [How to evaluate an AI engineering portfolio](https://www.talentfindersinc.io/blog/evaluating-ai-engineering-portfolios)
- [Hiring backend engineers for live-service games](https://www.talentfindersinc.io/blog/live-service-backend-hiring)
- [Hiring data platform engineers for games and AI teams](https://www.talentfindersinc.io/blog/data-platform-engineer-hiring-guide)
- [Hiring engineering leadership: directors, VPs, and heads of studio](https://www.talentfindersinc.io/blog/hiring-engineering-leadership)
- [Remote or onsite: what it costs your search either way](https://www.talentfindersinc.io/blog/remote-vs-onsite-hiring-us-game-studios)
- [Why technical shortlists take weeks, and what actually fixes it](https://www.talentfindersinc.io/blog/why-technical-shortlists-take-weeks)

## Contact

- Email: hi@talentfindersinc.io
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/talent-finders-inc