Full-Time
Senior Software Engineer
Multiple Teams
Posted on 2/13/2025
Juicebox
11-50 employees
Subscription-based marketplace for vetted tech talent
Compensation Overview
$180k - $270k/yr
Company Does Not Provide H1B Sponsorship
San Francisco, CA, USA
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- You've built something from scratch — a startup, project, or feature.
- You enjoy working hard and owning projects.
- You are hands-on, move fast, and learn best by building.
- You've shown excellence: be it in your education, work experiences, projects, or anything else you can share.
- You take asymmetric bets.
- You have some experience with the core of our stack: Next.js, AWS, etc.
- Play a key role in engineering decisions, working closely with the founders.
- Design, build, and ship product features from end to end.
- Optimize the ranking of profile results.
- Add new filters or data sources to the search engine.
- Delight users in the first 5 minutes of signing up to Juicebox.
- Fine-tune a model to extract relevant insights from profiles.
- Build feedback loops for improving search queries.
Juicebox connects businesses with independent tech talent through a subscription-based marketplace. Businesses pay a flat monthly rate to access a vetted network of developers, designers, and growth experts, without commission or platform fees. Independents can find job leads and earn 100% of their pay. The platform uses a holistic matching process to pair the right professionals with the right projects and supports frictionless hiring and payment. The goal is to simplify hiring for fast-growing tech teams and provide independent professionals with steady opportunities and full earnings.
Company Size
11-50
Company Stage
Series A
Total Funding
$36.1M
Headquarters
San Francisco, California
Founded
2022
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Secured $30M Series A led by Sequoia, validating strong market potential.
- Rapid growth to 2,500+ customers and $10M ARR with a lean four-person team.
- Trusted by top AI startups like OpenAI and Perplexity for fast hiring.
What critics are saying
- Faces intense competition from Eightfold and CodeSignal with broader offerings.
- Geographic focus on North America limits access to growing global markets.
- Subscription-only revenue model may constrain scalability and investor returns.
What makes Juicebox unique
- Uses AI-powered PeopleGPT to find hidden candidates beyond keyword searches.
- Subscription model with zero commission lets professionals keep 100% earnings.
- Automates outreach and scheduling, freeing recruiters for strategic tasks.
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6 month growth
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↓ -5%The funding will help Juicebox expand its team and continue to develop its innovative technology, positioning it as a potential default tool for hiring at startups.
Juicebox, a startup with an AI-powered recruiting platform, has secured funding to expand its services. The platform automates candidate search and outreach, benefiting both small businesses and large corporations by handling initial hiring stages. This allows recruiters to focus on building relationships. Despite competition from established players like Eightfold, investors trust founders Paffenholz and Gupta to make Juicebox a key part of modern startup tech infrastructure.
Juicebox, an AI-powered search engine for hiring, raised $30M in a Series A round led by Sequoia, bringing total funding to $36M. Founded by David Paffenholz and Ishan Gupta, Juicebox uses LLMs to efficiently identify qualified candidates. After launching PeopleGPT in late 2023, the platform quickly gained over 2,500 customers and achieved $10M in ARR. Sequoia's interest was piqued by positive reviews from users, including their own internal recruiter.
On Thursday, Juicebox announced that it had raised $36 million in total funding, including a $30 million Series A round led by Sequoia.
Today, we're thrilled to share we've raised $36M in funding, including our $30M Series A led by Sequoia Capital, with participation from Coatue, Y Combinator, NFDG, and Lux Capital.