Golden Geese is a boutique recruiting firm led by actual operators. We coach and place elite deployed engineers and SDRs.
Compared to other go-to-market hires, first-time FDEs/SEs and SDRs require a specialized approach. We provide that white-glove, hands-on approach for our clients' GTM orgs.
Companies
We solve two GTM bottlenecks: scaling deployed engineering and finding excellent SDRs.
Learn more →FDE Candidates
All roads lead to sales. We prepare technical talent for high-leverage, customer facing DE and SE roles.
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Break into tech sales and become tomorrow's 7-figure AE.
Learn more →Led by actual GTM operators.
Paxton Duff
Founder & CEOBefore founding Golden Geese, Paxton was employee 25 at Windsurf (formerly Codeium). He helped scale the GTM org and was a top-performing AE as Windsurf's revenue grew from $2M to $20M in under 12 months. Cognition AI acquired Windsurf in 2025.
Paxton began his sales career at MongoDB, rising from top-performing SDR to Enterprise AE while working in Austin, NYC, and SF. Prior to tech sales, Paxton was a Fulbright Scholar in Mexico and a sketch-comedy writer.
Giant of the Job Search
Written in the Dark Ages before ChatGPT, Giant of the Job Search is a quick and entertaining read for prospective SDR and FDE candidates. Its strategy and tactics remain relevant and actionable today.
Let's talk.
With quality as our guiding principle, we partner with a limited number of companies at a time, but we're always interested in meeting new people.
All interested FDE and SDR candidates can also contact us here, or at the email below.
contact@goldengeeserecruiting.com