The right person changes everything.

Robi Group is a founder-led technical recruiting firm. You describe the role. We already know the person. Not more resumes. The right ones.

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The Reality

Most technical searches fail before they start. The recruiter doesn't understand the landscape well enough to evaluate candidates beyond keywords.

The typical agency model makes this worse. The person who sold you the engagement isn't even the one running your search. Your search gets passed to a recruiter who can't tell the difference between a platform architect and a senior developer. They cast a wide net, send a stack of resumes, and hope something sticks.

The real cost isn't the recruiting fee. It's the lost time, the missed momentum, and the search you have to run again three months later.

Our Methodology

01

Understand

We map your technical environment before we source. The architecture, the team composition, the delivery model, the gaps you need filled. By the time we start sourcing, we know your team well enough that the search goes beyond what any job description can capture.

02

Source

The best candidates aren't on job boards. They're heads down building something. We find them through prior placements, direct relationships, and targeted outreach. Every person we contact was identified for a reason tied to your specific search. No recycled lists. No spray and pray.

03

Deliver

Every candidate we present has been technically screened, personally interviewed, and evaluated against your specific environment. Motivations, timeline, competing offers, relocation flexibility. All pressure-tested before they reach your inbox. The placement isn't done when they sign. It's done when they're producing.

How We Work

Direct Hire

Our core model. We run a dedicated search for a full-time hire embedded in your team and manage the process through close and onboarding, including offer strategy, counter-offer risk, and first 90-day check-ins. Every search is led personally by our founder. No hand-offs, no junior recruiters running your req behind the scenes. This is how all our engagements work.

Contract and Staff Augmentation

When the timeline is tight or the need is project-specific, we source and place contractors with the same precision as our direct hire searches. Short-term builds, migration sprints, capacity gaps, interim leadership. Same vetting process, same technical depth, same follow-through. If it makes sense for your team, we'll find the right person for the engagement.

Focus Sectors

Artificial Intelligence

ML engineers, applied researchers, AI infrastructure, LLM specialists, computer vision, NLP.

Cloud and Infrastructure

Platform architects, SREs, DevOps engineers, cloud security, AWS, Azure, GCP.

Data and Analytics

Data scientists, data engineers, analytics engineers, big data architects, pipeline infrastructure.

Software Engineering

Backend, frontend, full stack, mobile, embedded, platform engineering, SDETs.

Security Engineering

Application security, security architects, penetration testing, IAM, compliance engineering.

Technical Leadership

CTOs, VPs of Engineering, engineering directors, technical co-founders.

Recent placements include

Senior ML Infrastructure Engineer, Computer Vision Startup Staff Backend Engineer, Series B Fintech Senior Cloud Architect, Multi-Region AWS Migration Principal Data Architect, Series C Enterprise Analytics Platform VP of Engineering, Early-Stage AI Startup Security Architect, Fortune 500 Financial Services Senior Data Scientist, Growth-Stage Climate Tech Platform Senior Platform Engineer, Series B Cloud Security Startup Senior Data Engineering Manager, PE-Backed Cloud Analytics Site Reliability Engineer, High-Traffic Digital Marketplace Applied AI Engineer, SaaS Workflow Automation Senior ML Platform Engineer, Growth-Stage Health Tech Company Engineering Director, Growth-Stage Infrastructure Company Staff Data Scientist, Series B Enterprise Analytics Senior Application Security Engineer, Enterprise SaaS Platform Cloud Infrastructure Lead, Multi-Cloud Fintech Migration Senior iOS Engineer, Consumer Social Platform Head of Cloud Infrastructure, Mid-Market Fintech Senior NLP Engineer, Conversational AI Startup Data Platform Architect, Series C Analytics Startup Principal AI/ML Engineer, Enterprise Security Platform Senior DevOps Engineer, Healthcare SaaS Platform

Background

Robi Group was built by a recruiter who started on the technical side. Before recruiting, our founder worked in software engineering and IT, which means the conversations with your candidates aren't surface-level keyword matching. They're real technical evaluations.

Our founder built Robi Group on full-desk technical recruiting expertise. Independently cold-sourced and closed net-new accounts through outbound business development. Ran searches across AI/ML, cloud, data science, headless commerce, and partnered directly with engineering leaders, C-suite executives, and PE stakeholders across Western Europe, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and North America. Every placement personally sourced, vetted, and closed. Total revenue contribution across tenure exceeded $850K to $950K+.

Robi Group was founded on a simple premise: technical hiring is too important to hand to someone who doesn't understand the work.

Joseph Robi, Founder and Managing Director of Robi Group

Founder

Joseph Robi

Founder, Managing Director

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Common Questions

We don't evaluate candidates in a vacuum. Every search starts with a deep understanding of your team, how it operates, and what success actually looks like in your ecosystem. At the same time, we're evaluating motivations, culture fit, leadership dynamics, where someone is in their career, and whether they'll still be engaged well beyond the first year. By the time someone reaches your inbox, the unknowns are already resolved.
We stand behind every placement with a guarantee period. If a hire doesn't work out within the agreed timeframe, we reopen the search at no additional cost. But the reality is that our process is naturally designed to prevent this. By the time a candidate reaches your inbox, we've already pressure-tested their motivations, competing offers, and long-term fit. Surprises are rare.
You're not handed off. At most firms, the person who sold you the engagement isn't even the one running your search and your point of contact has to check with their team just to answer basic questions about your candidates. Here, our founder leads every search personally so your questions get answered directly, no layers of account managers. Same person on the first call, the sourcing, the candidate conversations, and the close. You get a direct line to the person doing the work.
Depending on the search, we can have strong candidates in front of you within days. More complex or niche roles typically see candidates within the first week. We move quickly but never at the expense of quality. The goal is always the right person, not the fastest placement.
Both. We've worked with start-ups, enterprise, companies going through M&As alongside PE stakeholders, and we've placed into lean technical teams where one hire changes everything. The common thread isn't headcount. It's that the hire matters enough to get right.
Yes. Many of our searches are never posted publicly. Whether it's a leadership transition, a quiet replacement, or a hire tied to an unannounced initiative, discretion comes standard.

Referral Program

If you refer someone to Robi Group and they're successfully placed, you receive a $500 referral bonus.

Here's how it works. Email referrals@robigroup.ai with a brief note that you have someone in mind. We'll send you a short referral agreement that confirms the terms and protects your payout. Once it's signed, you share the candidate details and we take it from there.

One bonus per candidate placed. No limit on how many people you refer. Referrals are valid for twelve months from the date of submission. Bonus is paid within thirty days of their start date.