My name is Mark Rafferty and I recruit engineers and other force multipliers for early-stage startups.
I handle recruiting operations that don’t scale so a founder can focus on building
Past Engagements:
Noetica (Acquired)
Multiple stealth stage startups and VC firms (internal hiring)
Callin (acquired) -
“Mark did some amazing work for us at Callin, sourcing two key product hires with top-notch backgrounds. Highly recommend working with him / Reqshop” - Andrew Ziperski, Former COO at Callin, now at Craft Ventures
You can view more my recommendations here.
Recruiting Career:
Reqshop Talent: Sep 2021 - now
DFINITY: April 2018 - June 2021
Scaled the team for 3+ years from 20 to 200+, hired in the Bay Area as well as Switzerland and Germany. I handled full-cycle recruiting for multiple verticals including infrastructure, networking, SDK, marketing, etc.
Meta (fka Facebook): April 2013-April 2018
Engineering Manager and Director level hiring in Menlo Park and Seattle
Riviera Partners: Apr 2011 - Apr 2013
Contingency search recruiter for 2 years. Worked directly with companies like Snap and Lyft in their infancy to help them recruit early engineers.