Leopard.FYI & Juicebox Present: Talent & People Leaders Happy Hour San Francisco ππ§π
βWe're co-hosting a low-key happy hour hang in San Francisco with our friends at Juicebox for Talent & People Leaders across the broader Leopard network π
βWho is invited? Vetted People & Talent Leaders (including teams of 1 at startups) who believe in inclusivity in tech. Our private people/talent Slack community has 500+ members & includes leaders from Hugging Face, Distyl, Noom, Drivemode, Goalbook, Anrok & VC talent teams.
βSome RSVPs include:
βAneel Dhaliwal, People & Talent Leader at Scrunch π² (Series A, AI Infrastructure, Investors include Homebrew and Mayfield)
βLauren Bryant, Talent @ Outset π (Series B, AI-powered User Research Platform, Investors include 8VC and M12 Ventures)
βLeslie Ruiz, Recruitment Lead at Shepherd ποΈ (Series B, Insurtech for Construction, Investors include Spark Capital & Y Combinator)
βShaleena Reyersbach, Senior Talent Acquisition Partner at Dropzone π (Series B, AI Security, Investors include Madrona & IQT)
βHolly Danko Chief People Officer @ Yieldmo π (Private Investors, Marketing Tech, Investors include Google Ventures & USV Ventures)
βMarlon Dulay, Jr. Director of Recruiting, Stellar Development Foundation πΈ (Nonprofit creating equitable access to the global financial system through blockchain technology)
βAbout Leopard.FYI π
βLeopard is a community & job search network for senior+ women & non-binary software engineers (and allies!). Our area of focus:
βWe have 3000+ members (~ 750+ actively looking).
βThe network is specifically for Senior and Staff-level engineers (4+ years experience) with startup experience across 0β1 builds, early-stage teams & modern tech stacks.
βMost of our searches are for Senior+ Backend, Full Stack, Frontend, Infrastructure, ML, Data, and AI Engineers
βThe biggest candidate markets are SF (1k+ members), NYC (650+ members), and then growing networks in Seattle, LA, Boston, DC and of course remote.
ββββHiring senior engineers & struggling to build a slightly more diverse funnel? Leopard employer partnerships might be worth exploring! We partner with hundreds of startups like LTK, Abridge, Anrok, Weights and Biases, Bilt, Bubble and more to to help them quickly hire senior engineers from our diverse candidate network.
βFor more info about partnerships or hosting Leopard community events at your office, grab time with Leopard's CEO Lexi any time! https://calendly.com/lexilewtan/30min (or email her [email protected])
βAbout our Co-Host, Juicebox π§
βJuicebox is an AI-powered sourcing platform built for modern recruiting teams. Instead of relying on manual LinkedIn searches or large outbound lists, Juicebox uses AI to help recruiters identify high-signal, relevant candidates faster. They've raised over $100 million from top investors to empower recruiters with AI that finds the best-fit candidates, supports data-driven decisions, and reduces time spent on manual work. Today, they're trusted by 5,000+ customers, including Ramp, Samsara, Quora, and Cursor.
βYou can get in touch with them by booking on their site, juicebox.ai, or ask Lexi for an intro!
βHow Juicebox π§ & Leopard Work Together π(Without Competing)
βEven though weβre both in the hiring ecosystem, we solve different parts of the problem:
βJuicebox = AI-powered sourcing tool
They help recruiting teams find and generate candidate pipelines more efficiently.
βLeopard.FYI = curated community for senior women & nb engineers + warm intro marketplace
We connect vetted senior engineers (primarily women and non-binary engineers) with aligned companies through community, events, and direct introductions.