3-4 years ago I used to have no trouble recruiting great engineers to move from SF to NYC. Provided you pay well and help relocate, finding engineers who are 5

3-4 years ago I used to have no trouble recruiting great engineers to move from SF to NYC. Provided you pay well and help relocate, finding engineers who are 5 or so years out of college from somewhere like RIT or Georgia Tech that went straight to SF out of college and want to try a new "big city" isn't difficult. These days, I think there are enough engineers here now you can hire locally first.