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50,000+

engaged candidates

400+

positions filled

200+

matches monthly

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We promise to help fast growing, international companies find tech talent quickly and efficiently. Whether you're looking for employees or contractors, want someone local or remote – we have you covered. Our clients include startups and corporates in Europe and the US.

Our mission is to change the way companies hire developers by combining automation with a highly personalized service.

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Our process

Toughbyte interview. We interview the candidate, presenting your company, position and country as a place to work.

Candidate intro. If they are a good fit, we email you their CV together with our comments, highlighting relevant areas of experience and expectations.

First remote interview. If you want to proceed, we help schedule the first interview. We recommend that you keep this pretty short and use video. Make sure the candidate is a good culture fit and get them excited about working for you.

Remote tech interview. This is your chance to test the candidate’s technical skills. We recommend interactive tech interviews.

Onsite interviews. We suggest inviting candidates for onsite interviews before making them an offer. After these, you have all the info you need to make them an offer.

Advantages

Tech expertise

As developers ourselves, we can spot the best talent and evaluate tech skills.

Tech expertise. As developers ourselves, we can spot the best talent and evaluate tech skills.

Relocation focus

By considering people open to relocation, we can reach many more developers.

Relocation focus. By considering people open to relocation, we can reach many more developers.

Community involvement

We started dev meetups with thousands of members, so we can reach the most active engineers.

Community involvement. We started dev meetups with thousands of members, so we can reach the most active engineers.

What our clients say

“Toughbyte has a good understanding of the technical skills we are looking for in candidates. They have been a good partner, timely in communications, and providing us useful contacts in the regions we're looking to grow our talent pool in.”

Rafaela de Sousa

Senior Technical Recruiter, Wise

“Toughbyte were great at communicating throughout the recruitment process, sending weekly updates with valuable input and being very quick to reply. This enabled us to close a challenging senior level position in a bit over a month of starting working together.”

Tiina Rihu

Office Manager, Rambus

“Toughbyte is the only recruitment partner we work with that gets our technical requirements right. Whenever they present a candidate, we know that this person is worth talking to.”

Nicolas Cormier

COO, Pexip

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Terms

No up-front fees

We charge a success fee of 20% of the yearly salary only when the candidate starts working for you.

No up-front fees. We charge a success fee of 20% of the yearly salary only when the candidate starts working for you.

Warranty period

If you decide to part with the candidate during the warranty period, we resume the search at no extra cost.

Warranty period. If you decide to part with the candidate during the warranty period, we resume the search at no extra cost.

Non-exclusivity

We are happy to work alongside in house recruiters or other agencies, so you can fill your positions even faster.

Non-exclusivity. We are happy to work alongside in house recruiters or other agencies, so you can fill your positions even faster.

Timeline

Week 0:
Kick-off call

We introduce the recruiter and collect all the info we need on the company and position in a 30-minute call.

Week 2:
First candidate sent

We start active search right after the kick-off call and quickly present the first candidate.

Week 6:
Offer accepted

We calibrate the search based on your feedback and fill the position after presenting around seven candidates.

Week 10:
Candidate starts working

If needed, we help with applying for a work permit and other formalities.

Can we help you find developers?

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