Pratiksha Gautam — Co-Founder

I founded Snaphyr with one mission: Help startups and product companies hire the right talent, at the right time — without wasting months. In fast-moving ecosystems, hiring delays don’t just slow down a team — they can cost a funding round, a launch date, or even your competitive edge. That’s why Snaphyr is built differently. We’re not an agency selling resumes. We’re your extended hiring partner, designed to deliver startup-speed results. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐒𝐧𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭? Immediate Joiners, Ready to Go → We maintain a strong pipeline of pre-vetted candidates who can join right away — cutting notice-period delays. Product Hiring Specialists → From backend engineers and data scientists to product managers and security leaders, we’ve closed roles across core product functions. Precision over Volume → We don’t flood you with 50 resumes. Instead, we send 3–5 spot-on profiles — ones you’ll actually want to interview. Proven Results → Closed backend engineers for a fintech in just 2 interviews. Hired a Director of Security for a crypto company with just 1 profile. Founder-focused Support → We know you’re short on time. That’s why we keep candidates engaged till Day 1 of joining, reducing dropouts and last-minute surprises. 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡: 🚀 Startups scaling their first product teams 💻 SaaS & Enterprise Tech building engineering excellence 🎮 Gaming & Consumer Tech hiring creative + tech hybrids 📈 HFT & Fintech firms needing niche, hard-to-find talent 📩 Let’s connect — if you’re building teams where every hire counts, drop me a note at hr@snaphyr.com 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐒𝐧𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐫? 🚀 Immediate-Joiners – Pre-vetted talent ready now, not in 60–90 days. 🎯 One-Profile, One-Hire – Critical roles closed with a single resume. 👻 Ghost-Proof Hiring – We stay engaged till Day 1 to cut offer dropouts. ⚡ Startup-Speed DNA – Roles closed in 2 weeks, not 3 months. 💻 Product & Tech Experts – Engineers, PMs, data, security, leadership only. 📉 Quality > Quantity – Just 3–5 curated profiles, not 50 random CVs. 🧠 Founder-First Thinking – We hire with funding, runway & impact in mind. 💪 Proven in Tough Markets – Crypto, fintech, gaming, and niche roles delivered. 🤝 Extended Team, Not Agency – Embedded with your urgency & culture. ✨ Hiring = Branding – Every candidate touchpoint strengthens your brand.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a specialized recruiter in Fintech and Tech sectors with a focus on quantitative and technical roles.

Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India

Experience: 9 yrs 9 mos

Skills

Executive Search
Quantitative Hiring
Startup Development
Technical Recruiting
Human Resources (hr)
Talent Acquisition

Career Highlights

Built founding teams for startups from scratch
Closed critical roles with minimal profiles
Achieved 80% offer-to-join ratio in competitive markets

Work Experience

SnapHyr

Founder (1 yr 10 mos)

Founder (2 yrs 9 mos)

Einstein Box

Human Resources Manager (2 yrs)

Freelance | Self-Employed

HFT/MFT Recruiter (3 yrs 5 mos)

Confidential

Technical Recruiter ( RPO ) (3 yrs 10 mos)

BharatMatrimony.com

Recruitment Specialist (1 yr 1 mo)

Education

Bachelor of Commerce - BCom at Delhi University

Pratiksha Gautam

Co-Founder

Gurgaon, Haryana, India9 yrs 9 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Built founding teams for startups from scratch
Closed critical roles with minimal profiles
Achieved 80% offer-to-join ratio in competitive markets

Stackforce AI infers this person is a specialized recruiter in Fintech and Tech sectors with a focus on quantitative and technical roles.

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Skills

Core Skills

Executive SearchQuantitative HiringStartup DevelopmentTechnical RecruitingHuman Resources (hr)Talent Acquisition

Other Skills

Algo Trading Talent AcquisitionBusiness OwnershipC++ Developer RecruitmentContract RecruitmentData-Driven Hiring StrategiesDelta One DesksEarly-Stage StartupsEmployee EngagementEmployer BrandingExecution Trader HiringFPGA / Verilog TalentFPGA Engineer HiringFull Life Cycle RecruitingHFT RecruitmentHR Policies

About

Experience

Snaphyr

2 roles

Founder

May 2024 – Present · 1 yr 10 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

Over the last 12+ years, I’ve worked with founders in India, Singapore, and the US, building teams from scratch — from founding engineers and early PMs to C-suite leaders who shape company vision. I’ve seen first-hand what a single right hire can do: accelerate a roadmap, impress investors, or take a product from prototype to market.
Startups don’t need “hundreds of resumes.” They need immediate impact hires. That’s the DNA we’ve built at Snaphyr.
𝐌𝐲 𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬
● Building Teams from Zero → One
Helped founders assemble core teams in fintech, healthtech, SaaS, and consumer tech — often starting from just the founder alone.
● Founder-Like Thinking
Every role we close is tied to funding milestones, burn rate, and market entry. We don’t just fill seats; we solve for survival and scale.
● Global Startup Experience
Closed founding engineers for Singapore & US-based startups, scaled fintech product teams in India, and supported healthtech companies through their hypergrowth phases.
● Leadership Hiring
From CXO & VP-level roles to specialized Director of Security or Head of Engineering mandates — I’ve personally closed leadership hires with just one or two profiles.
𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫
✅ Built founding teams for fintech and healthtech startups from scratch
✅ Closed a Director of Security role in 1 resume
✅ Closed backend engineers for a crypto firm in 2 interviews with immediate joiners
✅ Supported a US-based startup’s first 5 hires across product & engineering
✅ Achieved a consistent 80% offer-to-join ratio, even in competitive markets
⚡ 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞:
Startups don’t have time to hire slowly. They don’t have the luxury of wrong hires. That’s why Snaphyr isn’t a recruitment agency. We’re an extended startup team with the same urgency, risk appetite, and obsession with impact as the founders we work with.

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Founder

Jun 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 9 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

Einstein box

Human Resources Manager

May 2021 – May 2023 · 2 yrs · Gurugram, Haryana, India · Hybrid

→Owned and led the entire HR vertical
→Recruitment & talent acquisition across tech and non-tech roles
→Implemented HR policies, processes & compliance frameworks
→Managed onboarding, employee engagement, and retention programs
→Handled performance management & appraisal cycles
→Led employee grievance resolution and built a positive work environment
→Introduced HR automation tools to streamline daily operations

RecruitmentTalent AcquisitionHR PoliciesEmployee EngagementHuman Resources (HR)

Freelance | self-employed

HFT/MFT Recruiter

Apr 2021 – Sep 2024 · 3 yrs 5 mos

When I first came across HFT roles, I’ll be honest, I didn’t fully understand terms like slippage, co-location, or alpha decay. But the more I interacted with candidates from quant and trading backgrounds, the more I realized how different and technical this hiring space was. I didn’t want to fake it, so I started from the ground up.
I joined HFT/quant-specific recruiter communities, spent time in trading forums, and started mapping out what a trading firm actually looks like from the inside, from researchers and strategy teams to infra and risk.
Over time, I built a personal database of IIT and NIT grads working in the HFT/MFT space across India, covering roles like:
Statistical Arbitrage Quant Developers
Delta One Traders
Python-based backtesters & live trading coders
Low-latency C++ engineers optimizing for microseconds
Execution and Market Making desks needing real-time reliability support
Some of the earliest roles I closed were for backend devs supporting trading infrastructure. Then came risk engineers, then quant researchers, and eventually FPGA engineers and desk-level quant traders. Each time I closed a more complex role, I learned something new — not just about the tech, but also about how traders think.
Now, I’m confident speaking with both founders building desks and candidates looking for better PnL exposure, and I keep refining my approach. But I still approach each search with curiosity — because HFT is fast-moving, and you have to stay sharp.
Specialization Areas:
→Statistical Arbitrage: Python-based developers, quant researchers, and execution support for intraday/MFT desks
→Delta One Desks: Quant traders and developers managing futures, ETFs, and index strategies
→Market-Making Teams: C++/Rust engineers optimizing tick-to-trade latency, FPGA roles for market data parsing
→FPGA / Verilog Talent: Engineers for customized hardware acceleration (FIX/ITCH protocols, colocation environments)

Statistical ArbitrageDelta One DesksMarket-Making TeamsFPGA / Verilog TalentQuantitative HiringTechnical Recruiting

Confidential

Technical Recruiter ( RPO )

Jul 2016 – May 2020 · 3 yrs 10 mos

→Led end-to-end hiring for Software Engineers (Frontend, Backend, Full Stack) and Product Designers
→ Built strong talent pipelines through sourcing, outreach, and passive candidate engagement
→Partnered with hiring managers to understand team needs, role requirements, and success criteria
→Drove structured interview processes ensuring efficiency and exceptional candidate experience
→Used data-driven hiring strategies and tools to optimize time-to-fill and offer conversion rates
→Worked on hard-to-fill and niche roles, especially in high-bar engineering environments
This role gave me deep exposure to high-scale global tech recruiting, and sharpened my skills in stakeholder management, market mapping, and delivering quality over quantity.

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