Limited Talent Availability
Top-tier AI and engineering talent is rare — and heavily competed for. The candidates you need aren't browsing job boards.
The Challenge
The Friction in Scaling High-Impact Teams
Growing tech companies face three consistent bottlenecks when building engineering teams.
Misaligned Technical Depth
Generic recruiters can't evaluate technical fit. You spend weeks interviewing the wrong profiles, burning your team's time and momentum.
Cost of Slow Velocity
Every week without the right hire delays product, slows growth, and puts mounting pressure on the rest of your team.
Specializations
What We Recruit For
AI & Data
- AI Engineers
- AI Head and Managers
- Machine Learning Engineers
- Data Engineers
- Data Scientist Engineers
- BI and Analytics Engineers
- Database Engineers
Engineering
- Backend Engineers
- Frontend Engineers
- Fullstack Engineers
- Mobile Engineers
- Staff & Architects
- DevOps/SRE Engineers
- Cloud Engineers
About
Founder-Led. Culture-Obsessed.
We plug into your team, learn how you build, and find the people who'll make it better.
PeopleFirst Talent Partners (formerly PeopleFirst Agency) is a tech recruiting boutique founded by Carla Costantini in Buenos Aires, Argentina. We help startups and scale-ups across LATAM and the US hire senior Engineering, Data, AI and AdTech talent. Our work starts before the first outreach. We get to know your product, how your team works and what the company needs next. Culture is the first filter, and the last one. Add Carla's background in Psychology, and every candidate gets read for more than their stack.
- 7+ years sourcing Engineering, Data, AI & AdTech talent
- Talent networks across LATAM, the US and Europe
- Tech talent placed at Series A to unicorn-stage companies
- Every shortlist filtered for skills and culture fit
Our Process
How We Work
Hiring Manager Alignment
We go deep on role scope, team dynamics, and culture fit before sourcing a single candidate.
Proactive Market Hunt
We don't post and pray. We map the market, identify passive candidates, and craft personalized outreach.
Attracting the Best Talent
We sell your company's vision and product — not just the job. Top engineers choose PeopleFirst because we tell your story right.
Coverage
Global Reach, Regional Depth
Latin America
Argentina · Colombia · Mexico · Brazil · Chile · Peru
Deep candidate networks and regional market knowledge across Latin America's most vibrant tech hubs.
Europe & USA
Spain · Portugal · Germany · Netherlands · UK · USA
Access to North American and European talent with timezone alignment and strong remote collaboration norms.
Clients
Trusted by Fast-Moving Teams
Companies that move fast trust PeopleFirst to find the talent that keeps them ahead.
Blog
Insights & Ideas
Perspectives on hiring, talent, and building great engineering & AI teams.
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October 5, 2026
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October 5, 2026
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Forward Deployed Engineers or FDE: the role everyone wants and almost no one can find
Forward Deployed Engineers (FDEs) are becoming increasingly important as AI companies move from building models and products to making them work inside real customer environments. This article explores what makes the FDE profile so difficult to hire, what signals can help identify strong candidates, and why LATAM can be a particularly strong talent market for the role.
September 29, 2026
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