About Frontrunners.io
Frontrunners helps professionals discover relevant companies, identify hiring managers, personalize outreach, and manage every conversation from one place.
Instead of competing in the application queue, we help candidates connect directly with the people making hiring decisions
A Different Vision for Job Search
We’ve spent years building products in the job search industry. Along the way, we saw hiring become faster, more automated, and more competitive – but not necessarily better for job seekers.
Frontrunners is our belief that the next evolution of job search isn’t another way to apply. It’s a better way to connect.
Built on Industry Experience
Before Frontrunners, our team spent years building products that helped employers and job seekers find each other.
Jason Fox, co-founder and CEO, spent 8 years at Indeed, where he worked as Product Manager for job search, hiring platform and recruiting marketplace products used by millions of users.
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Mateusz Daraz, co-founder and CMO, comes with 8 years’ experience in Marketing automation. For the past 3 years, he’s worked on optimizing user onboarding for Career and Job Search related products at Bold.
What We Learned
Working inside hiring technology gave us a front-row seat to how modern recruiting works.
We saw:
- Hiring become increasingly automated.
- Application volumes grow every year.
- Recruiters spend less time reviewing each application.
- Qualified candidates become harder to notice in crowded applicant pools.
Technology made hiring more efficient—but it also made standing out more difficult.
Why We Built Frontrunners
Most job search tools help candidates apply to more jobs, faster.
We believe there’s another approach.
Instead of waiting for opportunities to appear, candidates can proactively identify companies that match their experience and start conversations directly with hiring managers.
That’s the philosophy behind Frontrunners.
What We Believe
- Job search should be proactive, not reactive.
- Technology should help people create opportunities—not just submit applications.
- Great careers are built through conversations, not just job postings.
- AI should automate research and repetitive work, while people stay in control of every important decision.