Artificial Intelligence
Research, machine learning and applied AI hiring, from individual contributors to the people who lead them.
Research · Machine learning engineering · ML platform and MLOps
Specialist technology recruitment
Specialist recruitment for technology that matters.
Progress Lane connects AI, cyber security, product & engineering and technical sales talent with the companies shaping what comes next. Find a role, or bring us a hard-to-fill brief.
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Explore selected searches across AI, cyber security, product & engineering and technical sales.
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Our specialist areas
The people behind the work that moves technology forward.
Four specialist lanes for frontier technology, each partner-owned from brief to landing.
Partner-led
Cyber Security
Offensive, defensive, product and governance security hiring, up to and including CISO appointments.
Offensive security · Detection and response · Application and product security
Product & Engineering
The engineers who build the product and the product people who decide what gets built.
Software engineering · Platform, cloud and SRE · Embedded, systems and robotics
Technical Sales
Revenue teams for companies whose buyers are engineers, security teams and technical executives.
Pipeline generation · New business · Technical pre-sales
Technology leadership runs across every lane — from Head of AI and CISO to CTO and VP Engineering.
Inside the brief
The right hire changes how a team works.
We look beyond the job title to understand the pace, ambition and people behind the work. That is what makes the introduction feel right on both sides.
Selected searches
Find your next move.
Explore the calibre, scope and seniority moving through our network before roles reach the open market.
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Specialist opportunities · partner-led · international
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Featured search
Staff Research Engineer, Post-training
Frontier AI Lab (client name withheld under NDA)
Location
San Francisco / Remote
Compensation
$420-620k + equity
Shape
Full-time
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People at the centre
Recruitment should feel like a conversation.
The best searches start with context. We take time to understand the work, the team and the person behind the move — then make the introduction when it is genuinely right for both sides.
Success stories
The work is the proof.
A first set of anonymised case-study drafts for review. Named clients, approved quotes and verified outcomes will be added once cleared for publication.
Artificial IntelligenceDraft for review
Building an AI research team before the next funding round
UK · Europe
The brief
A frontier AI business needed research and applied engineering leadership without slowing its technical culture.
The approach
We clarified the mandate with the founders, mapped a quiet specialist market and ran a partner-led process around technical depth, pace and motivation.
The outcome
A focused shortlist gave the leadership team the confidence to make an appointment while keeping the wider search confidential.
Cyber SecurityDraft for review
Strengthening detection engineering at an international security firm
London · Dubai
The brief
A growing security operation needed senior detection and response expertise across more than one market.
The approach
We aligned the search around the real operating environment, then introduced people who could lead technically and communicate clearly with customers.
The outcome
The process created a stronger leadership bench and gave the client a clearer view of the market before any offer was made.
Product & EngineeringDraft for review
Finding product leadership for a platform moving upmarket
North America · Europe
The brief
A technical platform business needed product and engineering leadership for its next stage of enterprise growth.
The approach
We pressure-tested the brief with the leadership team, then assessed product judgement, engineering context and the ability to build trust across functions.
The outcome
The final conversation was about fit and direction, not a stack of generic CVs — giving both sides the context to make a confident decision.
Editorial note: these are positioning drafts, not published client claims. Replace them with evidence, permissions and approved wording before launch.
How we work
Better conversations. Better hires.
One partner from brief to offer, with the context to make the right call.
Understand
Start with the real brief.
Search
Reach the right people.
Appoint
Make the move well.
Our network
Relationships built in specialist markets.
Most work sits under NDA. This is a visible selection from the wider network; additional legal, advisory and university relationships remain private.
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Selected network names: Cyber Tech Guardians, AllyWell, Aura Verify AI, Manchester Bee, Find Me Leads, Data Sphere, Data Chaps.
Cyber Tech Guardians
AllyWell
Aura Verify AI
Manchester Bee
Find Me Leads
Data Sphere
Data Chaps
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Graduate and early-career talent
Start with the right conversation.
You do not need a decade of experience to have a strong point of view. If you are building your first chapter in AI, cyber security, engineering or technical sales, share where you want to go and we will keep the conversation useful.
- Graduate and junior searches
- Career conversations, not mass applications
- Practical market context
- No fee for candidates
Start a conversation
Bring us the brief. Keep it private.
A direct line to a partner. Tell us what you are building or where you want to go, and we will come back with a clear view of the market.