Senior technical search · Netherlands & EU
The engineering hires you can’t afford to get wrong.
Founding engineers, senior ICs, engineering leaders for teams building real things in EV, cybersecurity, AI, HealthTech and FinTech.
34
Engineers & leaders
placed in 25/26
93%
Still in role
after 2 years
12
Years across
engineering & leadership
1
Person.
No recruiter factory.
Filip De Waard – Development Manager at Timewax
Candidate Testimonial – Gabrielle Tang

For Employers
First hires, senior ICs, and the leadership layer.
These are high-stakes hires. Getting one wrong is expensive. That’s why I only take a few at a time and focus properly on each.
- Founding engineers and first technical hires
- Senior and staff ICs
- Engineering leadership, handled discreetly
- Aftercare for months after they start
For Candidates
I won’t waste your time.
I’m not going to send you a job that doesn’t fit just to fill a slot. I take time to understand what you actually want, tell you the truth about each role, and stay in touch long after you’ve started. If I reach out, it’s because I think it’s worth your while.
- Senior roles at companies building real products
- Honest answers on comp, team and runway
- Prep and feedback through every stage
- A relationship that outlasts the placement

What I focus on
The hard-to-fill-roles.
Founding & early engineers
The foundations. The first hires who define how everything gets built.
AI & ML engineers
There’s a lot of noise right now.
Senior & Staff IC’s
Leverage without a title.
Engineering leadership
Tech lead to CTO. The people others are hired around.


About SOURCE.ME
12 years building engineering teams.
Same person on the first call and the day someone signs. I like to work on the hires that are hard to get right.
Founding engineers, senior ICs, the technical leaders a team gets built around. The ones a company cannot get wrong, and the roles worth an engineer moving for.
Let me do the heavy lifting.
Why Source.me
What you get
Finding a job is hard work, and finding people costs a lot of time, energy, and resources. Let us do the heavy lifting for you.
- One Person, start to finish
- 34 hires last calendar year
- Hundreds in the last 12
- 97% still in role after 2 years
- I don’t disappear after the signature.
- I love it. It’s always been more than just a bum on a seat.
- The network, the context, and the judgement that comes with it.

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Track record
Don’t take my word for it.
Every one of these is from a client or candidate I’ve worked with.
Real names, because they were happy to attach them.
I have worked with Sam both as a candidate and as a hiring manager. From both sides, I have been very satisfied with Sam’s services. Sam takes a different approach than the mainstream recruiters out there; he actually takes care of his customers and delivers on his promises. We have attracted both great freelance talent and permanent talent through his services in hard-to-fill roles.

Bram Versluis
Interim Head of Development
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Samuel reached out to me recently with an amazing opportunity that got me really excited and willing to switch jobs. The whole process was really smooth and fast, he was always available for solving any of my questions, and really great to chat with. He is very pro-active and was on top of everything throughout the whole process, and managed to get me a real good offer. I’m extremely happy with how it all went, and I would definitely recommend Samuel if you’re looking for your next job.

Nathalia – Senior software engineer

