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Star Pool · Preview

Second acts, at a reduced fee class

Candidates who reached offer stage on an earlier search and did not take the job, kept discoverable to the ecosystem — with the recruiter who originally found them attached permanently.

Preview — not released

Designed and partly built. It is gated behind its own launch checklist, and the data-protection posture is the open item. No real candidate enters this pool before that is answered — every profile below is seed data.

The Star fee class
12%
flat, not bracketed
Lower than any standard bracket — there is no search work being paid for.
50/50
recruiter / platform
Fixed. It does not move with the recruiter's tier, though the fill still counts toward it.
$3,000
retainer, mid-flow
Funds when the employer elects to interview. Credited in full against the fee.
12 mo
introduction window
The record is written when the consent email is sent, not when it is clicked.

On a $218,000 base, the fee is $26,160 $13,080 to the originating recruiter and $13,080 retained. Escrow, the four-step release schedule and the departure attestation work exactly as they do on a standard placement.

Pool · 12 profiles
Pseudonymous — name and contact details stay private until the candidate consents to an introduction.
POC-RVLU
Protocol Engineer · IC4 · 5 yrs · RVLU
k=4

5 yrs in protocol engineer roles, including time at a Soroban-native DeFi protocol. Depth is in production systems rather than prototypes.

  • Shipped Soroban contracts for settlement flows handling real volume
  • Wrote the property-based test harness for contract releases
  • Reviewed contract upgrades for a lending market
RustSmart ContractsProtocol DesignSorobanSolidityDatabases
Comp band
$198,000–$238,000
Region
Continental Europe (UTC+1)
Availability
available within 30 days
Experience
3-5 yrs
POC-9U9K
Protocol Engineer · IC4 · 5 yrs · 9U9K
k=4

A protocol engineer whose 5 yrs span a Soroban-native DeFi protocol and comparable environments. Comfortable owning a surface end to end.

  • Shipped Soroban contracts for settlement flows handling real volume
  • Wrote the property-based test harness for contract releases
  • Owned the liquidation keeper and its alerting
RustSmart ContractsProtocol DesignSorobanSolidityDatabases
Comp band
$198,000–$238,000
Region
Continental Europe (UTC+1)
Availability
open to conversations
Experience
3-5 yrs
POC-GQ8J
Protocol Engineer · IC4 · 5 yrs · GQ8J
k=4

Protocol Engineer with 5 yrs of experience, most recently at a Soroban-native DeFi protocol. Track record is in shipping, not in proposals.

  • Shipped Soroban contracts for settlement flows handling real volume
  • Wrote the property-based test harness for contract releases
  • Built the fee-accrual module and its migrations
RustSmart ContractsProtocol DesignSorobanSolidityDatabases
Comp band
$198,000–$238,000
Region
Continental Europe (UTC+1)
Availability
available now
Experience
3-5 yrs
POC-527G
Protocol Engineer · IC4 · 5 yrs · 527G
k=4

Protocol Engineer with 5 yrs of experience, most recently at a Soroban-native DeFi protocol. Track record is in shipping, not in proposals.

  • Shipped Soroban contracts for settlement flows handling real volume
  • Wrote the property-based test harness for contract releases
  • Led the migration to a new host-function boundary
RustSmart ContractsProtocol DesignSorobanSolidityDatabases
Comp band
$198,000–$238,000
Region
Continental Europe (UTC+1)
Availability
available now
Experience
3-5 yrs
POC-EZ2V
Compliance Manager · M1 · 7 yrs · EZ2V
k=3

7 yrs in compliance manager roles, including time at a regulated Series A anchor and on-ramp. Has carried work from design through to operation.

  • Money transmitter licensing and state examinations
  • BSA/AML program operations, KYC and sanctions screening
  • Managed two state examinations with no material findings
ComplianceAML / KYCRegulatoryMSB Licensing
Comp band
$264,000–$304,000
Region
US East (UTC-5)
Availability
available within 90 days
Experience
6-9 yrs
POC-KU2V
Developer Advocate · IC5 · 4 yrs · KU2V
k=3

A developer advocate whose 4 yrs span a consumer remittance app and comparable environments. Comfortable owning a surface end to end.

  • Built and ran the developer program: workshops, SDK docs, sample apps
  • Ran the SDK feedback loop with core engineering
  • Ran the LATAM workshop series end to end
Developer RelationsTechnical WritingPublic SpeakingTypeScriptSDK Design
Comp band
$220,000–$260,000
Region
Global
Availability
open to conversations
Experience
0–10 yrs
POC-5RUQ
Compliance Manager · M1 · 7 yrs · 5RUQ
k=3

A compliance manager whose 7 yrs span a regulated Series A anchor and on-ramp and comparable environments. Track record is in shipping, not in proposals.

  • Money transmitter licensing and state examinations
  • BSA/AML program operations, KYC and sanctions screening
  • Built the transaction monitoring rule set
ComplianceAML / KYCRegulatoryMSB Licensing
Comp band
$264,000–$304,000
Region
US East (UTC-5)
Availability
available now
Experience
6-9 yrs
POC-5CVD
Compliance Manager · M1 · 7 yrs · 5CVD
k=3

Compliance Manager with 7 yrs of experience, most recently at a regulated Series A anchor and on-ramp. Has carried work from design through to operation.

  • Money transmitter licensing and state examinations
  • BSA/AML program operations, KYC and sanctions screening
  • Owned SAR filing and the narrative standards
ComplianceAML / KYCRegulatoryMSB Licensing
Comp band
$264,000–$304,000
Region
US East (UTC-5)
Availability
available within 90 days
Experience
6-9 yrs
POC-H57W
Frontend Engineer · IC5 · 5 yrs · H57W
k=1

A frontend engineer whose 5 yrs span a tokenization platform for real-world assets and comparable environments. Has carried work from design through to operation.

Detail restricted. Fewer than 3 other profiles in the pool share this combination of discipline and experience, so the capability summary is all that publishes. Fuller detail is released only when this candidate consents to a named employer.
FrontendReactTypeScript
Comp band
$220,000–$260,000
Region
Global
Availability
available within 90 days
Experience
0–10 yrs
POC-J9C4
Protocol Engineer · IC4 · 7 yrs · J9C4
k=1

Protocol Engineer with 7 yrs of experience, most recently at a top smart-contract audit firm. Depth is in production systems rather than prototypes.

Detail restricted. Fewer than 3 other profiles in the pool share this combination of discipline and experience, so the capability summary is all that publishes. Fuller detail is released only when this candidate consents to a named employer.
RustSmart ContractsProtocol Design
Comp band
$198,000–$238,000
Region
Europe
Availability
available within 30 days
Experience
3–14 yrs
POC-5C2H
Developer Advocate · IC5 · 4 yrs · 5C2H
k=1

4 yrs in developer advocate roles, including time at a consumer remittance app. Track record is in shipping, not in proposals.

Detail restricted. Fewer than 3 other profiles in the pool share this combination of discipline and experience, so the capability summary is all that publishes. Fuller detail is released only when this candidate consents to a named employer.
Developer RelationsTechnical WritingPublic Speaking
Comp band
$220,000–$260,000
Region
Europe
Availability
available now
Experience
0–10 yrs
POC-GE3W
Protocol Engineer · M1 · 6 yrs · GE3W
k=1

A protocol engineer whose 6 yrs span a Soroban-native DeFi protocol and comparable environments. Has carried work from design through to operation.

Detail restricted. Fewer than 3 other profiles in the pool share this combination of discipline and experience, so the capability summary is all that publishes. Fuller detail is released only when this candidate consents to a named employer.
RustSmart ContractsProtocol Design
Comp band
$264,000–$304,000
Region
Europe
Availability
available within 90 days
Experience
3–14 yrs

A candidate is never discoverable here while they are active in a process anywhere on the platform, and can leave in one click from any email. A candidate who asks to be erased is erased — that takes precedence over the platform's own record-keeping interest.