Leopard.FYI SF Talent & People Leaders ๐ New Year Happy Hour Hang ๐ฅ๐ชฉ (EVENT FULL / INVITE ONLY)
โWe're hosting a low-key happy hour hang in San Francisco for Talent & People Leaders across the broader Leopard network ๐
โWhen: Jan 8, 2025 from 6-9 PM ๐
โWhere: Yerba Buena Bar in SOMA ๐ชฉ
โFood: Open Bar & Appetizers from Raavi (Samosas, Kebabs & Naan) covered by Leopard ๐
โWho 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 350+ members & includes leaders from Hugging Face, Distyl, Noom, Drivemode, Goalbook, Anrok & VC talent teams.
โWe're expecting 100 RSVPs, here are few leaders who RSVPd so far & are Leopard People/Talent leader slack members:
โKelli Presto, Head of Talent Acquisition at Speak (OpenAI-backed Language-Learning AI Startup, $100M ARR)
โMaryann Kongovi, SVP of People at PayJoy (Pre-IPO Fintech startup with 1500 employees, $360M in funding)
โYvette Kamperin, VP of Talent at Liftoff Mobile (Private Equity owned Mobile Marketing Platform, 700 employees, $400 Million investment from BlackRock)
โMarielle Smith, Head of People Operations, Material Security (Security startup, $162M in funding, $1B valuation)
โMisha Kestler, Technical Recruiting Leader at Meter (Sam Altman-backed Infrastructure startup, $315 million in funding)
โMax Gardner, Founding Recruiter at Kodex, Agentic AI Govtech Compliance Startup, Series B, used by 1500 Government Agencies)
โAbout Leopard.FYI: We run a professional job search network & Slack community for senior+ women & non-binary software engineers (and allies!). We also partner with startups and growing tech companies to to help them quickly hire senior engineers from our diverse candidate pool.
โFounded in 2021, we have been profitable since early on, making hundreds of hires and hosting events in SF, NYC, Boston, LA & more. Weโre a team of 20 across New York, San Francisco, Arizona, France/Brazil, and the Philippines.
โโโโHiring engineers & struggling to build a slightly more diverse funnel? Leopard employer partnerships might be worth exploring! We've placed candidates at startups like LTK, Abridge, Weights and Biases, not to mention tons of early stage startups building our their early teams. We're best at:
โโโโRoles: Backend, Full Stack, Frontend, Infrastructure, DevOps, Machine Learning, Data Engineering, AI/LLM, Solutions Engineers, Product Managers
Engineers with experience in: Startup Experience, Scaling Experience, Modern Tech Stacks, 0โ1 Builds, Hypergrowth, Early-Stage or Founding Rolesโ
โโWe also are always looking for companies who want to host our IRL candidate meetups ๐ in SF, NY, Washington DC, Seattle, Boston, LA and more! We bring 25-100 senior/staff/leadership engineers ๐(women/nb) from our community to your office and help your team get the best fits into your hiring pipeline ๐ค.
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For more info about partnerships or hosting Leopard community events, just grab time with Leopard's CEO Lexi any time!: https://calendly.com/lexilewtan/30min (or email her [email protected])