Representative mandates
For illustration · written briefs confidential
VP of TechnologyPortland, ORContract·
Director of Information TechnologyWesterville, OHPermanent·
IT Manager / DirectorArlington, VAPermanent·
Database Technology ManagerBoston, MAPermanent·
Data Platform ManagerDublin, OHContract-to-hire·
Manager of Systems IntegrationFlorham Park, NJPermanent·
IT Audit & Advisory Senior ManagerMcLean, VAPermanent·
VP of TechnologyPortland, ORContract·
Director of Information TechnologyWesterville, OHPermanent·
IT Manager / DirectorArlington, VAPermanent·
Database Technology ManagerBoston, MAPermanent·
Data Platform ManagerDublin, OHContract-to-hire·
Manager of Systems IntegrationFlorham Park, NJPermanent·
IT Audit & Advisory Senior ManagerMcLean, VAPermanent·
VP of TechnologyPortland, ORContract·
Director of Information TechnologyWesterville, OHPermanent·
IT Manager / DirectorArlington, VAPermanent·
Database Technology ManagerBoston, MAPermanent·
Data Platform ManagerDublin, OHContract-to-hire·
Manager of Systems IntegrationFlorham Park, NJPermanent·
IT Audit & Advisory Senior ManagerMcLean, VAPermanent·
The technology desk · open searches

Senior+,
placed deliberately.

Staff and principal engineers, security architects, ML and platform leaders. Cloud, data, and digital transformation programmes. We work with scale-ups and Fortune 1000 tech orgs that have already exhausted their inbound pipeline. Tighter shortlists, higher offer-acceptance.

Shortlist target
7d
BUSINESS DAYS · FROM SPEC
Slate size
3–5
NO SPRAY · NO SLATE
First reply
24h
ENGAGEMENT MODEL
Replacement
30d
GUARANTEED
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// every search starts with a written spec — agreed before we source.

// where we go deep

Eight desks across the org chart.

From infra and platform through founding teams and engineering leadership. Each desk is run by a recruiter who's read the codebase, not just the title.

01

Platform & Infra

Go · Rust · K8s · AWS · GCP · Terraform · Pulumi · platform engineering at scale.

02

Security

AppSec · CloudSec · IAM · GRC · IR · CISO advisory · zero-trust architectures.

03

ML, Data & AI

Research · MLOps · LLM infra · data platform · analytics engineering · applied AI.

04

Product Engineering

Senior+ full-stack across TS · React · Python · Ruby · Elixir · Go.

05

Architecture

Distributed systems · domain-driven · staff-to-principal track. Greenfield and legacy.

06

Mobile

iOS · Android · React Native · cross-platform leads at staff level.

07

Eng Leadership

EM · Director · VP Eng · CTO · Chief Digital. Hands-on or strategic.

08

Founding Teams

First-five engineers for seed/Series-A. Equity-aligned, conviction hires.

// service categories
Beyond the staff aug
01 //

Cloud, Digital & Data

AWS · GCP · Azure migrations · data platform builds · digital experience design and modernisation.

02 //

AI, ML & Automation

LLM integration · ML pipeline build · workflow automation · agentic systems · GenAI strategy.

03 //

Application Innovation

Greenfield product engineering · legacy modernisation · API / micro-services architecture · platform engineering.

04 //

DevOps & Agile

CI/CD · platform engineering · SRE practices · agile transformation across portfolios.

05 //

Risk & Security

AppSec programmes · cloud security posture · GRC · CISO advisory · incident response capability.

06 //

Tech Operations Management

Run-the-business engineering capacity · operations modernisation · tech debt programmes.

07 //

Digital Workplace

Modern collaboration platforms · device fleet · identity · zero-trust workplace architecture.

08 //

Talent Advisory

Org design · capability planning · compensation benchmarking · recruiting playbooks.

09 //

Workforce Development

Reskilling programmes · early-career hiring · graduate programmes · DEI sourcing.

// engagements
Eight models
A.
Direct hire

Permanent, full-cycle recruitment with a deliberate shortlist of three to five. Thirty-day replacement guarantee. Standard fee on first-year base.

B.
Contract

Pure W-2 contract for surge capacity, project work, and short-horizon roles. We carry payroll, benefits, and compliance.

C.
Contract-to-Hire

Trial as contractor, convert to FTE at six months. De-risks the senior hire when comp signals are mixed.

D.
SOW · Project-Based

Outcome-priced delivery teams for fixed-scope programmes. Cloud migrations, platform builds, modernisation.

E.
Managed Teams

Embedded squad inside your org. Engineering manager + senior engineers + supporting roles, billed monthly.

F.
Embedded RPO

Embedded recruiting capacity inside your team — sourcer plus recruiter plus ops, billed by month.

G.
Retained Leadership

For VP Engineering, CTO, and head-of-platform. Milestone-paid (33/33/34). Confidential, end-to-end.

H.
MSP Support

Vendor-management programme support — fill-rate reporting, supplier rationalisation, compliance and spend analytics.

// industries

Where we operate.

Eight industry verticals. Each carries its own regulatory baseline, talent supply curve, and pace. We staff to the vertical, not just to the title.

01
Financial Services
02
Healthcare & Life Sciences
03
Public Sector · Federal
04
Telecommunications
05
Media & Entertainment
06
Retail & Consumer
07
Industrial & Manufacturing
08
Energy & Utilities
// philosophy

Every search starts with a real spec. The recruiter has read the codebase. The shortlist is three to five engineers, not thirty. Hiring panels get pre-aligned on signal, not on lukewarm proxies. That is the entire program.