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Helping a Seed-stage product business scale with AI-enabled talent
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Working directly with the Founder and VP Product, Burns Sheehan supported Huggg to hire two Senior Full Stack Engineers and a B2B Product Manager.
Key challenges included competing with larger brands on salary and visibility, identifying engineers who were both technically strong and genuinely startup-minded, and ensuring every candidate shortlisted was worth Huggg's limited interview capacity.
Burns Sheehan ran a targeted passive search for pragmatic, product-minded engineers — people who could solve real problems cleanly, integrate AI into their workflows, and thrive in a high-ownership, fast-moving environment.
Shortlists were small and highly curated, assessed on technical capability, communication, and long-term cultural fit. This kept Huggg's interview load to a minimum while maintaining a consistently high bar.
“Burns Sheehan have been great to work with throughout. Communication was easy and responsive through Slack, the calibre of candidates was consistently high, and the turnaround time on hiring, particularly on Product roles, was exceptional. Ultimately, they got the job done by helping us hire excellent people, quickly. It’s been a really positive experience overall and we’re excited to continue working together going forward.”
- Sam Whitehead, VP Product & Growth
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Burns Sheehan enabled Huggg to scale confidently without compromising on quality, team fit, or long-term retention, giving leadership the space to focus on what comes next.
B2B
London
Early
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