Strategy & Scale
Hire Senior Technical Talent, Faster
Pre-vetted developers, product managers, and QA engineers matched to your stack, your culture, and your specific technical needs — in weeks, not months.
The Problem
Technical Hiring Is Broken for Most Startups
Traditional recruiting for technical roles is slow (3-6 months), expensive ($25-50k in fees), and unreliable. Generic job boards surface hundreds of applications from unqualified candidates. Recruiting firms send you whoever they have on their bench. The result: months of interviewing, high fees, and still no guarantee the person will work out.
The real cost of a bad technical hire isn't the recruiting fee — it's 6-12 months of salary for someone who doesn't perform, the technical debt from their work, and the team morale impact. For an early-stage startup, one bad technical hire can genuinely set the company back a year.
Technical hiring requires technical judgment: evaluating a developer's actual competence, assessing cultural fit for a fast-moving startup, and distinguishing real product managers from slide-deck producers — skills that most founders and HR teams don't have.
Our Approach
Technical Recruiting with Technical Judgment
We evaluate technical candidates with the rigour of engineers, not recruiters. Every developer candidate goes through a structured technical assessment calibrated to your stack and complexity level — not a generic whiteboard problem, but a realistic evaluation of the skills you actually need.
For product managers, we evaluate for the product skills that matter at your stage: user research methodology, prioritisation frameworks, technical fluency, and cross-functional communication. For QA engineers, we assess test strategy thinking and automation capability.
We also help you design your hiring process: interview panels, assessment exercises, and evaluation rubrics that scale beyond the initial hire and help you build a consistent engineering culture as you grow.
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Deliverables
The Right Hire, Faster
Vetted Candidate Pipeline
Pre-screened candidates evaluated by engineers — only strong matches reach your interview process.
Technical Assessment Design
Custom technical assessment and interview process designed around your actual role requirements.
Role Definition
Help defining the role precisely: required skills, seniority level, team structure, and compensation benchmarks.
Culture Fit Evaluation
Assessment of candidate fit for your stage, working style, and team dynamics — not just technical competence.
Offer Negotiation Support
Guidance on compensation structure, equity, and offer terms to help you close the candidates you want.
Onboarding Support
Technical onboarding support for new hires to accelerate their ramp and increase retention.
How We Work
From Job Description to Day One
- 1
Role Definition
Define the exact skills, experience, and culture fit you need — including what you can't compromise on.
- 2
Search & Screen
Active sourcing and initial technical screening to identify strong candidates.
- 3
Technical Assessment
Our engineers run calibrated technical assessments and share detailed evaluations with you.
- 4
Your Interviews
You interview the shortlist with our evaluation rubric and interview guidance.
- 5
Hire & Onboard
Offer guidance and technical onboarding support to start the relationship right.
FAQs
Common Questions
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Let's talk about your product, your goals, and the fastest path to getting there. No pressure — just a real conversation.