Three engagements, documented.
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Five senior backend engineers for a PSD2 platform.
CHALLENGESeries B payments company, a regulatory deadline, and a Berlin market at a standstill: six months of searching, two agencies, zero signed offers.
APPROACHOne brief, then rolling shortlists of three. All five hires came from the existing network — four from Prishtina, one from Skopje — each vetted in a live session before intro.
OUTCOMEThe platform shipped ahead of the deadline. Eighteen months on, the same five run the core ledger.
“We interviewed three candidates on Thursday and signed one the following Tuesday. Our fastest senior hire in four years.”
A data team of three in four weeks.
PROBLEMNHS-adjacent analytics, strict data handling, and a local market that couldn't fill a data team.
SOLUTIONUK-law DPA and IP assignment signed before the first interview. Three data engineers in four weeks; compliance never blocked the clock.
“Compliance was the part we feared. It ended up the easiest.” — CLAIRE DONNELLY, VP ENG
Eight engineers to retire a legacy monolith.
PROBLEMA legacy PHP estate held together by two seniors close to burnout.
SOLUTIONA platform team of eight staffed across two quarters: TypeScript, Go and two DevOps. Releases moved from monthly to weekly.
“One invoice, no local entities, no surprises.” — TOM HENDRIKS, FOUNDER
Three SAP developers for a Swiss SME.
PROBLEMA small Swiss company needed SAP developers the local market wouldn't yield.
SOLUTIONSourced across the DACH market in three months, interviewed by us, introduced vetted. All three hired, all based in Switzerland.
“They found talent we couldn't reach ourselves.” — BEAT FREI, MANAGING DIRECTOR
“Candidates arrived better prepared than the ones we pay double for at home.”
“Our account manager flagged a retention risk before we saw it ourselves. That's the difference from a marketplace.”