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Building a High Performing Tech Contractor Workforce

A fast-growing global employee engagement platform approached us to support their remote UK engineering team. What began as a single 3-month backend contract quickly evolved into recurring hiring needs across multiple disciplines.

"David is an exceptional recruiter. He understands the needs of developers very well and all the jobs he proposed to me were relevant. He makes sure that his candidates are well prepared. He kept me updated at every stage of my interview process and I had constant feedback from him. It was a pleasure to work with David and I'm looking forward to our next cooperation."
Chip Squad Lead
Brief to placement in 4 weeks
Permanent, contract and C-suite placements
Single hires to full team builds
Startups to global investment banks

The Challenge

All roles needed to be outside IR35, fully remote, and delivered with both speed and reliability but with the pace of their growth, the internal team was already operating at full capacity and couldn’t take on the extra workload of contractor sourcing, compliance, onboarding, and ongoing admin. They needed a partner who could provide highcalibre engineers while removing operational burden entirely.

Our Solution

We built a contract-first hiring model tailored to the client’s delivery cycles. Our team took full ownership of sourcing, vetting, IR35 compliance, onboarding, and ongoing contractor management – allowing the client to scale without the administrative burden. By tapping into our specialist network, we consistently provided contractors within days, ensuring each quarterly hiring requirement was met on time. In addition, we handled onboarding end-to-end, giving the client a seamless, predictable process with zero internal overhead.

The Result

Over a 3-year partnership, we delivered 24 contractors across PHP, frontend and QA. Several were extended beyond their original terms, with five remaining embedded for over three years. This stability allowed the client to scale their engineering capacity in line with shifting product demands, without the delays or commitment of permanent hiring.

24

Contractors placed over 3 years and counting.

5

Contractors still embedded after 3+ years.

3

Month refresh – delivering contractors at speed without compromising on quality.

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