Aurora
Aurora Jobs is a curated job platform that matches engineers and technical professionals with startup roles based on the problems they want to solve and the team they want to work with. The platform features a live job feed with real-time preference modeling, 500+ curated roles across the US, Canada, and Italy, and a human-managed application process where candidates apply once and are matched to roles by a person.
- HR Technology
- Software Only
Funding
Founders
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Product
Problem
Engineers and technical professionals seeking startup roles often face a fragmented job search process, where they must sift through hundreds of irrelevant listings and lack clarity on which teams or problems would be the best fit. This makes it difficult to find roles that align with their specific interests, skills, and career goals, leading to wasted time and missed opportunities.
Solution
Aurora Jobs is a curated job platform that matches engineers and other technical talent with startup roles based on the problems they want to solve and the team they want to work with. Candidates set up a profile and specify their preferences, and Aurora's system screens every live role against those criteria, suggesting a role only when the candidate is one of the strongest matches. The platform features a live job feed that reorders itself in real time based on user interactions, and a human team handles the application process, reaching out to candidates when a role is worth their time. For startups, Aurora provides a hiring service that includes deep sourcing, science-backed screening, and a free replacement search if a hire doesn't stick.
Target Audience
Primary users are engineers and technical professionals seeking startup roles, as well as venture-backed startups looking to hire engineering talent, primarily in the US.
Features
- Live job feed with real-time preference modeling that reorders roles based on every open, dwell, and scroll signal
- 500+ curated live roles across the US, Canada, and Italy, with filters for location, domain, workplace type, salary floor, stage, and team size
- Salary benchmark tool that publishes salary ranges across the network, segmentable by seniority and role
- Interactive world map visualizing open roles by city
- Human-managed application process where candidates apply once and are matched to roles by a person
- For startups: retainer and contingency hiring models with success fees split into four payments over the first three months, and a free replacement search guarantee