Open Select

Open Select is a specialist recruitment partner for Seed–Series A startups in NYC and Miami, focused on building the core engineering teams behind early products, backend, infrastructure, and AI. We work almost exclusively with early-stage founders and technical leaders at the point where hiring decisions matter most: post-raise, pre-scale, when the first few engineers define the product, the culture, and the technical foundations of the company. Founded in London in 2011 and now operating across New York, Miami, and the UK, Open Select was built to support founders who need more than CVs. We partner closely with leadership teams to shape hiring strategy, pressure-test profiles, and access engineers who can genuinely build in zero-to-one and early-scale environments. Our work sits at the technical spine of early-stage startups: • Backend & full-stack engineers • First infrastructure / DevOps hires • AI / ML engineers • Core product & platform teams We’re often involved before a fo