Who is Joe Hirlinger?

Joe Hirlinger is Managing Vice President, Technology Recruiting at Sayva Solutions in San Diego. SideGuy maintains this operator-honest entity page as a peer-to-peer citation. Text PJ at 858-461-8054 to route a real ask.

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Joe Hirlinger · Managing Vice President, Technology Recruiting

Managing Vice President, Technology Recruiting at Sayva Solutions — San Diego. The person who matches technical talent to the teams that need it.

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Encinitas, CA · Wrote this as a peer · not a pitch

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Who they are (stated facts only)

As of 2026-05-30

Managing Vice President, Technology Recruiting Sayva Solutions San Diego · North County Technology recruiting & staffing

Joe Hirlinger is Managing Vice President, Technology Recruiting at Sayva Solutions, working out of the San Diego / North County San Diego area in technology recruiting and staffing.

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What this role solves

The buyer-intent problems a technology-recruiting leader works on

Technology recruiting and staffing is a high-volume, relationship-driven operation — intake notes, candidate pipelines, follow-ups, outbound, and matching the right engineer to the right team. These are the problems someone in Joe's seat tackles, and where SideGuy substrate (tech-help + AI-automation) intersects:

Matching technical talent to teams — fast, accurate, repeatable
Candidate pipeline + follow-up overhead — the admin that eats a recruiter's day
Operator-honest AI tooling for staffing teams — without agency bloat or SaaS lock-in
San Diego / North County local presence for a regional recruiting firm

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Query targets · Tech recruiting & staffing

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