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We've helped more than 1,200 researchers in 8 years. We have 40+ researchers in negotiation at any time.
Total negotiated salary since our founding in 2017.
How much more our clients have in their bank accounts with our partnership.
How We Work
Know what to expect in interviews through our industry expert network, access our compensation database to negotiate a fair market value job offer, and become a more effective leader with coaching.
Interview Success
Technical, behavioral, and research mock interviews customized based on the job you are interviewing for and with industry experts.
Negotiate
Negotiate with real time market data, experience, and speak up without damaging relationships.
Executive Coaching
Build soft skills like influencing others, resolving conflicts, handling pressure, and having hard conversations with Rora Executive Coaching
Pricing
We charge as a percentage of the offer increased.
Only pay if you accept a job offer.
We have never charged a client any amount they were not satisfied with.
Trust Is Our #1 Asset:
Negotiate Like A Professional
Recruiters are experts at negotiating with candidates. We show you how to negotiate a win-win deal where trust and partnership is increased.
Speak Up Without Damaging Relationships
We prevent negotiations from getting personal, emotional, or lopsided. Our goal is to create a win-win deal.
Be Confident of Your Market Value
We have done thousands of offer negotiations and are doing 20+ per month in real time. Know what is fair.
Don't Leave Value on the Table
Professionals regularly leave hundreds of thousands of dollars on the table simply because they didn't know how to negotiate.
Know What To Expect in Interviews
We do mock technical interviews (ML fundamentals, AI coding, etc.), mock ML system design or architecture interviews, mock research talks, and mock behavioral interviews.
Mock Interviewers that Match Your Incoming Interviewers
We match you with professionals in a similar role, level, and company you are interviewing with.
Early Data & Constructive Feedback
Mock interviewers give recommendations: strong hire or no hire and why.
Save Time & Stress Preparing
We understand the hiring bar and prepare you to exceed it.
Who Is Identifying the Blindspots in Your Career?
Professionals who are serious about their career growth and development invest in this edge.
Delegate what you are not an expert in to Rora.
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Rora helped me to negotiate all of 6 offers I received during my PhD graduation recruitment time. The negotiation tactics helped me maximize every offer, and negotiated offers were then used to negotiate further offers that occurred afterwards. Rora's recommendations were effective, timely, and personable. I felt I was able to get the most value for myself while building a strong relationship with the hiring team and technical team at every company.
Rora was greatly helpful in my negotiations! Not only did Rora help me increase my compensation package, they also provided a tremendous amount of emotional support throughout the process, and I can't imagine how stressed I would have been without them.
Rora helped me to increased my equity to the numbers that I would not have asked on my own. I was prepared me for all the calls, helped me to draft the arguments, emails, and supported me during the process.
The Rora team has been phenomenal from day one to the end of negotiations/job search. From planning the application timeline to working out negotiation scenarios, they consistently provided quality/timely advice that made a difference in my negotiation outcome. Highly recommended.
I reached the goal that I didn't imagine could come true. I would highly recommend Rora, especially if you're a fresh grad phd, because this is an area that they specialize in, and very few (if any) other firm has expertise on.
When you thought that you have overcome the interview hurdle, the negotiation process that follows can prove equally challenging. Up against recruiters who are well familiar with the process, I've encountered a range of tactics from deadline pressure, threat of offer withdrawal, to being dropped from a matched team. Working with a Rora Advocate meant having a guide to navigate through this tricky process. We worked together to develop a game-plan at every step, giving me the confidence to take more calculated risks with the recruiters. The result was a significant increase to my base salary, equity and sign-on bonus.
The most valuable part was having the current database in terms of major and compensation. So when I hear those numbers I know how much room I can push. Walking away from the offer, timing matters a lot. It's hard to walk away when you aren't sure what the consequences would be. You don't have enough background information on the candidates from levels.fyi. You have a very updated view on the market with Rora
I believe that had I not worked with Rora, my final offer would likely have been over $50k below the offer I accepted (or perhaps even over $100k below). Rora was super helpful in many ways throughout the process: (1) They provided helpful advice on setting timelines for the interview/offer/negotiation processes, (2) they provided a ton of useful data about previous offers Rora clients had received, and used this data to help me know what I should ask for at various points during my negotiation process, and (3) they helped me be calm and prepared during all of my calls with recruiters and hiring managers, by helping me write scripts and better know what to expect from these calls. I would highly recommend Rora to anyone who is going through a job search!
Rora was very understanding and respectful of my accelerated timeline and desire to push for something right away. I am grateful for the support and guidance they provided me as I was able to interview, negotiate and accept a final offer with a significantly improved amount of compensation.
I learned a tremendous amount about my employers and future managers by negotiating and going through Rora's process. I also believe that this will help me negotiate with my employer (and others) in the future. In sum, Rora helped me to recognize my value as a professional and to set the bar high for my employer and future roles as well. This not only significantly increases your present-day income but also all future income as well as how you perceive your individual value. Truly transformative!
Rora has lot of experience with negotiation processes across companies, and so have data on pay packages and great advice on how to better structure asks based on qualifications / leverage. I highly recommend them!
Get Our Learnings from 2000+ Successful Negotiations
Back by popular demand. A Live Walkthrough of Rora Career Strategies. A free, live webinar specifically for researchers and experienced technical professionals with key strategies you can use to negotiate and advance your career in 2025.
Here’s what we’ll cover:
How we helped several PhDs increase their starting offers by over $50,000 a year without damaging their relationships or looking greedy last month
Salary data for AI roles at the top companies (DeepMind, FAIR, OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.)
How to choose the right company
Why hard skills are not enough to 10X your career
How we helped a client achieve a promotion in 8 months by working smarter not harder
Who’s The Webinar For:
This webinar is for you if you are a researcher in AI or a senior and above level software engineer
We guarantee if you don’t find our webinar valuable and are a researcher in AI or SWE, we'll buy you lunch.
Questions Before Joining?
Why hire a Rora Agent?
To delegate. Taylor Swift does music, she does not manage her own career. Rora is an investment in your career that elite performers make. There is immediate ROI in helping you negotiate and compounding ROI in empowering you in your personal development.
Why pay for this?
The cheapest dollar to spend on your career is not later when you’ve failed; it’s to invest early and allow that investment to compound.
Smarter negotiating can be the difference of hundreds of thousands of dollars and sets a floor for future compensation. Compound this over a 30 year career and it's obvious, better decisions have a 10X impact on your career.
How do you charge?
For your job search, we charge a fixed fee to prepare you for interviews.
For your offer negotiation, we charge as a % of the negotiated delta of the job offer we help you negotiate. No increase, no fee. Our company does not survive unless we impact your career.
For executive coaching, we charge a monthly fee.
Aren't you only short term incentive aligned?
No, because we understand the way to the highest compensation is through impact, experience, and career capital. We seek to build long term partnerships to 10X our clients' careers.
When should I speak to you?
When you are starting to look for a new full time position. The strategy for your negotiation begins as soon as you reach out to a company. If you’re already negotiating we can still help, but please reach out ASAP since your need is time sensitive.
Who qualifies?
AI Researchers in machine learning, language models, computer vision, multimodal models, reinforcement learning, robotics, embodied AI, and AI for Science.
How do you work?
We work with you 1:1 to prepare you for interviews, set up mock interview loops, and coach you how to negotiate job offers in a way that does not damage relationships. Once employed we also offer coaching on how to manage up, build influence, and soft skills.
If I’m experienced at negotiating is it worth it?
We have helped professionals with 20+ years of experience negotiate better than they would on their own. We have done L9 offer negotiations worth tens of millions of dollars.
Can I lose my offer from negotiating?
Yes, it is possible. We have the data to know that it is exceedingly rare, less than 1% of the time. Your risk also depends on how you negotiate – we identify the signals when you are at risk, and manage that risk appropriately.