[Virtual] Building Your Technical Team: A Guide to Hiring Engineers

​Hiring your first engineers is one of the most critical decisions you'll make as an early-stage founder. This 1-hour workshop provides practical frameworks for attracting, evaluating, and retaining top engineering talent. You'll learn how to define the right role for your stage, source candidates through networks and global talent pools, conduct effective interviews (even as a non-technical founder), structure competitive offers, and build a strong engineering culture from day one. Whether you're making your first technical hire or scaling your team, you'll leave with an actionable playbook for one of the most important challenges in early-stage company building.


About the speaker:
Shahed Serajuddin is a VP & GM at Turing, leading a global talent business that connects enterprises and AI startups with Turing’s network of 4M+ engineers. He has spent the last several years helping Fortune 500 companies plan and execute AI programs, including in leadership roles at DataRobot. Before that, Shahed spent 10+ years as a startup founder across tech and retail, backed by investors including SoftBank, Peter Thiel, and FirstMark. He earned his MBA from UCLA Anderson.