Deep Tech Recruitment Agency
Licorne Society helps deep tech companies, from startups to industrial firms, research labs and large corporations, hire the rare scientific and technical profiles who turn a lab innovation into a market-ready product.
5/5 · 206 Google reviews More than 80 deep tech companies, from startups to innovation labs and large corporations, have hired through Licorne Society.
Testimonials
They trusted Licorne Society with their deep tech hiring
3 roles already filled: our lead dev, a biometrics expert and an iOS developer. Searches in progress: a cryptography expert and a cybersecurity engineer. A very professional team that really listens. The candidates put forward are high quality and match the initial brief, even though these rare, sought-after profiles are hard to recruit. We have already made 3 senior hires and ...
We turned to Licorne Society for an urgent, strategic hire: a senior Front-End developer to strengthen our tech team. Licorne Society understood what we were looking for and quickly introduced us to high-quality candidates. Their efficiency had a real impact on the team, which can now move its projects forward with much more peace of mind.
Hiring a Lead Developer, a critical role for our startup and for me as CTO. A very good candidate match on both hard and soft skills, and we ended up hiring one of them. He helped me refocus the skills I was looking for to match what the market could offer. He saved me a great deal of time searching for profiles, on top of the recruitment expertise he brought.
Our typical deep tech profiles
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CTO / Chief Scientific Officer
- PhD or engineer with cutting-edge expertise (AI, hardware, photonics...)
- Able to turn a breakthrough innovation into a product ready for industrial scale
- Experience leading R&D teams and managing intellectual property
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Senior R&D Engineer
- Strong technical expertise in applied research
- Able to prototype, experiment and move from POC to product
- Used to demanding environments (labs, patents, standards)
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Head of Business Development (Deep Tech)
- Able to explain a complex technology clearly to customers and investors
- Experience building a commercial offering in an emerging market
- Knowledge of innovation funding (Bpifrance, grants, fundraising)
Our deep tech recruitment expert
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André Farah
- COO and co-founder of Licorne Society.
- Specialist in hiring scientific and cutting-edge engineering profiles (R&D, hardware, cryptography, AI).
- Specialist in structuring and organising teams, from startups and scale-ups to established companies.
Recruiting in deep tech: the challenge of rare profiles
In deep tech, talent shortages are at their most acute 🚀
PhDs, R&D engineers, experts in cryptography, biometrics or AI: these profiles are rare, highly sought after and can't be found through the usual channels.
What we do
identify and convince the experts who can take your technology from prototype to industrial scale.
The roles we recruit for: Researchers & PhDs, R&D Engineers, Machine Learning Engineers, Hardware Engineers, cybersecurity and cryptography experts, Lead Developers...
A 3.0 recruitment agency specialising in deep tech
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A community of deep tech profiles
Licorne Society has more than 4,500 active job seekers registered on its platform.
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Specialist knowledge of deep tech roles
Whatever the role, our team finds, approaches and screens the relevant candidates among the best profiles in the ecosystem.
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Unique sourcing technology
Built entirely around your roles and target profiles, combining artificial intelligence and automation.
How we recruit the best deep tech candidates
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Scoping your needs
We (really) take the time to understand.
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Targeted sourcing
We quickly tap into our network of more than 50,000 professionals, and approach directly the candidates who are not in it yet.
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Screening the best candidates
We take the time to call every relevant candidate to understand their background and aspirations.
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Shortlist within a few days
You receive a list of qualified candidates who are available and interested.
Why trust Licorne Society with your deep tech hiring?
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Understanding a breakthrough innovation before recruiting for it
Recruiting in deep tech starts with understanding the technology. Our consultants take the time to grasp your scientific challenges so they can assess candidates on substance, not just on keywords.
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Access to a pool of highly specialised profiles
The best deep tech talent is already in post, doing a PhD or a postdoc. Our headhunting approach lets us reach these experts wherever they are, in France and across Europe.
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Securing strategic and confidential hires
Lead dev, first CTO, key expert: these roles shape the future of your organisation. We know how to run these rare, sometimes confidential searches with the rigour they demand.
Our specialities
A specialist recruiter for every need
Executive Search
We help companies find and hire senior executives and C-level leaders.
Learn more Tech & DataTech recruitment
Hire people with strong technical expertise in software development and data, in a highly competitive market.
Learn more Sales & MarketingSales & Marketing recruitment
We help companies structure their Marketing and Sales teams so they can drive the growth of the business.
Learn more OperationsOperations & Finance recruitment
Hire the people who will run and optimise your operations and processes.
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Our locations
We recruit across the major French tech and digital ecosystems, and support your growth across Europe.