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Find your next great hire
AI-enhanced candidate sourcing
Reach qualified people beyond the applicant pile. AI helps with research and sourcing. An experienced recruiter evaluates the people behind the profiles.
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The right people. Better tools. More possible.
Hire the right people, take your next career step, or simplify how your team works. Moonshot brings recruiting expertise, practical guidance, and custom AI tools together with one experienced partner leading the work.
One experienced partner. A clear scope built around your needs.
Experience built inside
teams that scaled.
15+years in tech recruiting
500+hires across a career
Confluent
splunk>
theTradeDesk
Company names reflect David’s prior recruiting experience, not client endorsements.
A better way to build
Good people. Useful tools. Real momentum.
Moonshot helps you find talent, navigate career decisions, and build tools that make everyday work easier. We start with the problem, then bring the judgment and technology the work needs.
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Human at the centerTechnology helps us see more. People still make the call.
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Built around your rhythmSupport that fits your team, your goals, and the way you work.
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One clear partnershipWork directly with the person shaping the plan and doing the work.
Ways to work together
One partner.
More ways forward.
Find the support you or your team need right now. The conversation starts with your actual situation.
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Build your leadership team
Executive & strategic search
Fill the roles that shape your company. Market mapping, confidential outreach, and structured evaluation for technical, GTM, and executive leaders.
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Make your next move count
Career guidance & coaching
A recruiter’s perspective on your next chapter. Get practical support with positioning, interviews, career decisions, and becoming a stronger hiring leader.
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Make everyday work simpler
AI tools & workflow automation
Turn repetitive work into a simpler process. Practical tools, connected workflows, and AI-assisted systems built around your team’s needs, with human review where it matters.
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Ideas you can put to work.
Products and workflows created by David Oliver. A look at how practical expertise becomes a useful tool.
Reusable prompt workflows
JigBench
A browser-based workbench for assembling, previewing, and reusing prompts in your preferred AI tool. No account required.
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Career Assessment
An intake-to-report workflow that turns career information into a structured assessment, with a branded PDF delivered to David for review.
Explore the workflowBusiness diagnostic
Hiring Teardown
A diagnostic workflow connecting intake, AI-assisted analysis, and a report for human review before client delivery.
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David Oliver · FounderAn operator in your corner
Technology finds the signal. People make the difference.
After 15+ years leading recruiting at Confluent, Splunk, and The Trade Desk, David Oliver founded Moonshot to bring that experience to teams building their next chapter.
That hands-on approach also shapes the tools David builds: practical products and automations that turn expertise into something people can use. Human judgment guides the work, from the first conversation through delivery.
Ideas worth your time
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