The French Sourcer

Engineering hiring for engineering teams

We have built R&D teams in France and the US,
and turned that experience into a hiring system that helps you scale yours.

For companies For candidates

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What we do

Whether you need to grow your engineering and product teams in France, hire your first engineers in the US or find your next CTO or CPO, we bring senior recruiters who know your market and your technology.

15years building R&D teams
2core markets: France and the United States
5domains, from engineering and product to C-level
70%of the candidates we present are invited to interview
When one role is blocking your roadmap

Critical hires

A product launch, a platform migration or a new AI project often depends on one key person. We find the engineer, data, AI or product profile you need, up to staff and principal level, while your team keeps delivering.

When your organization is changing

Leadership search

After a funding round, an acquisition, a reorganization or a leader’s departure, the right leader sets the direction for years. We run confidential searches for CTOs, CPOs, VPs of Engineering and Heads of Product or Data.

When you need to scale fast

Team builds

A new product line, a new R&D center or the integration of an acquired team can mean many hires in a few months. We run them as one project, with a shared hiring plan, a single point of contact and, when you need it, a hiring process your managers can run after us.

When you build across France and the US

Cross-Atlantic expansion

A French company opening its first US team, or a US company building R&D in France. We know both markets from the inside: the profiles, the salaries, the notice periods and what makes candidates say yes.

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Where we hire

Hiring where your teams grow

We chose to focus on France and the United States: two markets where tech hiring is especially competitive, where our team has built R&D teams for years, and where more and more companies grow on both sides of the Atlantic. Each has its own talent, culture and way of hiring, and we help you plan for both.

North America

United States

In the US, top engineers leave the market within weeks, and every offer is measured against packages of base, bonus and equity. For US companies scaling their teams and European companies opening their first US office, we move at US speed and help you shape offers that attract the best people.

Hiring in the US Europe

France

Hiring senior engineers in Paris means competing with big tech and well-funded AI startups, and notice periods can add three months to every hire. Whether you are a French company or an international group with R&D in France, we help you build an offer and a story that win, and plan around the real timeline.

Hiring in France
Specialties

The tech and product teams we help build

Each search is scoped around the work to be done, the environment and the level of ownership it requires.

  • Leaders who set technical direction and run information systems, security and product.

    • CTO
    • CIO
    • CISO
    • CPO
    • VP Engineering
    • Chief AI Officer
    What we look at
    • Direction and strategy
    • Building and leading teams
    • Board communication
    • Depth of technical judgment
    Focus areas
    • Org design & scaling
    • AI strategy
    • Technical due diligence
    • Security & risk

  • Product engineering and internal platforms, from feature delivery to architecture and reliability.

    • Backend
    • Frontend
    • Full-Stack
    • Mobile
    • Junior to Principal
    • Product Management
    What we look at
    • Systems owned in production
    • Architecture choices
    • Work with product teams
    • Delivery and code quality
    Environments
    • Java / Kotlin
    • TypeScript / React
    • Go
    • Python

  • Data infrastructure, analytics, machine learning and AI systems built for production.

    • Data Engineering
    • Analytics
    • Machine Learning
    • MLOps
    • Applied AI
    • AI Engineering
    What we look at
    • Models taken to production
    • Pipelines at scale
    • Quality of the data
    • Measured results
    Environments
    • Databricks
    • Snowflake / BigQuery
    • dbt
    • PyTorch / LangGraph

  • The platforms and security practices that keep systems available, scalable and protected.

    • Cloud
    • DevOps
    • SRE
    • Platform
    • Security
    • Compliance
    What we look at
    • Reliability at scale
    • Security posture
    • Incident handling
    • Speed and control trade-offs
    Environments
    • AWS / Azure / GCP
    • Kubernetes
    • Terraform
    • Zero Trust / SIEM

  • Functional and technical expertise for enterprise platforms, transformations and integrations.

    • IT Consulting
    • ERP
    • CRM
    • Integration
    • Transformation
    • Architecture
    What we look at
    • Technical depth
    • Business process knowledge
    • Large program delivery
    • Integration design
    Platforms
    • SAP S/4HANA
    • Oracle / NetSuite
    • Dynamics 365
    • Workday / Salesforce

Leaders who set technical direction and run information systems, security and product.

  • CTO
  • CIO
  • CISO
  • CPO
  • VP Engineering
  • Chief AI Officer
What we look at
  • Direction and strategy
  • Building and leading teams
  • Board communication
  • Depth of technical judgment
Focus areas
  • Org design & scaling
  • AI strategy
  • Technical due diligence
  • Security & risk

Product engineering and internal platforms, from feature delivery to architecture and reliability.

  • Backend
  • Frontend
  • Full-Stack
  • Mobile
  • Junior to Principal
  • Product Management
What we look at
  • Systems owned in production
  • Architecture choices
  • Work with product teams
  • Delivery and code quality
Environments
  • Java / Kotlin
  • TypeScript / React
  • Go
  • Python

Data infrastructure, analytics, machine learning and AI systems built for production.

  • Data Engineering
  • Analytics
  • Machine Learning
  • MLOps
  • Applied AI
  • AI Engineering
What we look at
  • Models taken to production
  • Pipelines at scale
  • Quality of the data
  • Measured results
Environments
  • Databricks
  • Snowflake / BigQuery
  • dbt
  • PyTorch / LangGraph

The platforms and security practices that keep systems available, scalable and protected.

  • Cloud
  • DevOps
  • SRE
  • Platform
  • Security
  • Compliance
What we look at
  • Reliability at scale
  • Security posture
  • Incident handling
  • Speed and control trade-offs
Environments
  • AWS / Azure / GCP
  • Kubernetes
  • Terraform
  • Zero Trust / SIEM

Functional and technical expertise for enterprise platforms, transformations and integrations.

  • IT Consulting
  • ERP
  • CRM
  • Integration
  • Transformation
  • Architecture
What we look at
  • Technical depth
  • Business process knowledge
  • Large program delivery
  • Integration design
Platforms
  • SAP S/4HANA
  • Oracle / NetSuite
  • Dynamics 365
  • Workday / Salesforce
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Why we exist

Your best and worst decisions are the people you work with.

In tech, one hire can shape a product, a team and a company for years. We built The French Sourcer to make those decisions clearer, better informed and easier to get right.

The French Sourcer is a recruitment engineering firm founded in Paris. Our senior recruiters built tech and product teams from the inside, in software groups, scaleups and consulting firms, and now bring that experience to the CTOs and product leaders we work with.

We know what tech leaders face today. Here is how we help.

01

“AI is changing our roles faster than our job descriptions.”

Define the right role

We help you define the right profile, level, job title and compensation for your market, and check them against what the best candidates really offer, so your search starts on solid ground.

02

“Everyone wants seniors. We need the right balance.”

Build the right team mix

We look at your team, your roadmap and your budget, and advise you on which roles to hire first and the balance of seniority that keeps your team strong today and growing tomorrow.

03

“Many candidates talk about AI. Few have shipped it.”

Find proven production experience

We explore what each candidate has actually shipped: the systems, the scale, the incidents they handled and the decisions they made. You meet people who have already done this work in production.

04

“How do I know this candidate is real?”

Present candidates you can trust

Fake profiles, AI-written CVs and coached interviews are now a real problem in tech hiring. We approach every candidate directly, interview them live on real cases and check career history and references.

05

“I don’t have time for interviews that lead nowhere.”

Give you the full picture first

Each interview is prepared with screening questions designed for your role, your team and your stack. Every candidate comes with a detailed report, so you spend your time only with the right people.

06

“The best engineers get several offers. Why would they choose us?”

Make your role stand out

After our intake meeting, we build with you a Candidate Value Proposition that sells the role today and the company’s vision for tomorrow, so the people you hire join for the long run.

AI where it saves time. We use AI to map the market, prepare searches and structure reports, so our recruiters spend their time where it matters: with you and with candidates.

Full visibility. Every search is tracked in a shared dashboard, with sourcing progress, each candidate's Scoring Grid and key indicators such as time to hire.

Track record

The numbers behind our work

Results from our team's recent searches for software groups and scaleups in France and the United States.

From shortlist to hire

70%

of the candidates we present are invited to interview

90%

of them pass your technical interview

85%

of our offers are accepted

Speed and long-term fit

2wks

to present your first shortlist

96%

of hires pass their probation period

3+ yrs

average retention of the people we place

Candidate experience

4.7/5

candidate satisfaction score

100%

of candidates receive feedback, whatever the outcome

<48h

average response time to candidates

Discuss a role with us

Share the role, the team and your timeline. A senior recruiter will reply within 24 hours to set up a first call.

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