mēter rise
There is a moment in every growing company when the next hire becomes a decision about direction.Strategic hiring, talent infrastructure and specialist search for engineering-first companies building in AI, cybersecurity, developer infrastructure and emerging technologies.Built for founders and leadership teams scaling before, or alongside, an internal Talent function.
Mēter Rise works with engineering-first companies that are Seed to Series A/B, roughly 15–100 people, recently funded or entering a new growth phase, building specialist technical or leadership capability, still relying heavily on founders or executives to run hiring, and not yet ready, or not interested, in building a large internal Talent team.
AI Infrastructure - AI Security - Cybersecurity - Developer Infrastructure - Cryptography Distributed Systems
You probably don't need another recruiter
You need Mēter Rise
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1. You've raised capital and suddenly have several critical hires to make;
2. Your founders or CTO are spending too much time sourcing, interviewing and coordinating hiring;
3. You know the capability the company needs but are not yet sure what the role should actually look like;
4. Highly specialised technical role has remained open for too long;
5. Your hiring process evolved organically and now lacks consistency or reliable data;
6. You need serious hiring capability, but building a permanent internal Talent team does not yet make economic sense.
About
Mēter Rise is a technical hiring consultancy created to help founders and leadership teams make sharper people decisions before they commit to a hire.Built on 14 years of experience across technical hiring, talent intelligence, hiring systems, and founder advisory, the consultancy brings senior hiring judgment into the moments where role scope, capability, budget, timing, and market reality need to align.The work starts with defining what the business actually needs: which role matters now, what capability it should add, how the market will respond, and which execution model will create the strongest outcome.From there, Mēter Rise supports leaders through three connected layers: Strategic Advisory (for role priorities, hiring sequencing, role architecture, and market positioning), Specialist & Executive Search (for the moments when a hire is the right answer), and Talent Ops & Architecture (hiring infrastructure, workflows, and data that keep hiring fast and consistent as a team grows).The result is founder time back, faster access to specialist talent, and hiring that scales without the fixed overhead of a large internal Talent team.
Magdalena Mikoda- Founder, Mēter Rise
Highlighted WorkRootstockLabs:
1. Strategic Leadership- led global technical hiring within a complex Bitcoin infrastructure environment.
2. Rapid Delivery: secured 18 out of 21 planned hires within 6 months.3. Process Optimization: cut average time-to-hire in half, reducing it from 62 days to 30 days.Parity Technologies:
1. Talent Partner in globally distributed Web3 engineering ecosystem.
2. High-Volume Impact: successfully delivered over 85 technical hires.
3. Processes Optimisation and ATS ArchitectureMilestone
Long-Term Track Record: Accomplished 160+ total hires across engineering, product, leadership, and specialist functions over a 14-year career.
Services
1. Strategic Advisory
We help you decide what to hire.
Strategic Advisory is for the moment before you open a role.
We look at your business, your team, your goals, and the gap you are trying to solve. Then we help you define the role that makes the most sense.
This means understanding what the person needs to do, what skills they need, what level they should be, and where this hire sits in your bigger plan.
You leave with a clear role direction, a simple hiring roadmap, and a stronger view of what kind of person your company should look for.This is the right service when you want clarity before investing time and budget into a hire.
2. Talent Ops & Architecture
We build the hiring infrastructure behind a growing team. This is the structure behind hiring.
This spans hiring workflow design, interview architecture, scorecards and evaluation systems, ATS optimization, recruitment analytics and hiring dashboards, AI-assisted sourcing and research workflows, and the automation of repetitive recruiting administration.
This makes it easier for hiring managers to know what they are assessing, for candidates to move through the process, and for founders and leadership to see what is happening, with smoother coordination within the team and among candidates.
The goal is candidate pipeline design and workflow automation that keeps hiring fast, consistent, and repeatable as the company grows.This is the right service when your team wants a stronger hiring process, better interviews, and reliable hiring data.
3. Hiring Execution
Search, when "search" is actually the answer.Mēter Rise does not begin with a vacancy and a database. We first establish the business requirement, market reality, and profile architecture. When hiring is the right solution, that strategy is brought to market through targeted Specialist & Executive Search.Practical execution covers search strategy, talent mapping, sourcing, outreach, screening, candidate management, interview coordination, and closing support.This can support one important role, such as specialist or executive search, confidential hire, or ongoing hiring needs.This is the right service when you know what you need, and you want focused support that turns the role into a real candidate pipeline.
Discuss Your Hiring
Where are you with your team, role, or hiring decision?
You may already know the role you want to open, or you may still be trying to understand which skillset, capability, or seniority your business actually needs next. Either way, this is a good place to start.
Clearer Next Step Starts Here.
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We’ll review what you shared through the Mēter Rise lens: the business need, role direction, skill alignment, and the next move that makes sense for your team.
We’ll get back to you within 24 hours with a thoughtful next step.
