Specialist tech recruitment

Hire the people who build what's next.

Tech talent, sourced. We connect companies with specialists and specialists with the teams worth joining - fast, and without the noise.

2,400+ placements across 300+ tech teams
from seed-stage to scale-up
Time to hire
18 days
Match rate
94%
Network
40k+ specialists
EngineeringMachine LearningProductPlatformSecurityDesignDataDevOpsCloudMobileEngineeringMachine LearningProductPlatformSecurityDesignDataDevOpsCloudMobile
// proof

Recruitment that actually lands

The numbers behind every search we run - measured, not promised.

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Tech roles placed
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Vetted specialists
// what we place

Specialists across the tech stack

We do not recruit for everything. We go deep on the roles that build and run modern software.

Software Engineering

From first hire to whole squads - backend, frontend and full-stack builders.

BackendFrontendFull-stackMobile

AI / Machine Learning

Research-grade ML talent and the engineers who ship models to production.

ML EngResearchMLOpsApplied AI

Product & Program

Operators who turn roadmaps into shipped, measurable outcomes.

PMTPMProduct Ops

Platform & DevOps

Infrastructure, reliability and the pipelines that keep teams shipping.

SREDevOpsCloudInfra

Security

Defenders who protect the stack without slowing the business down.

AppSecSecOpsGRC

Design & UX

Product designers and researchers who make complex software feel obvious.

ProductUX ResearchDesign Sys
// how it works

From brief to hire in four moves

A tight, transparent process - no black box, no endless shortlists.

01

Brief

We learn your stack, team and the bar a hire has to clear - in one call.

02

Source

We tap a 40k-strong network and surface only people who fit, fast.

03

Vet

Technical screening and culture-fit checks before anyone reaches you.

04

Place

We manage offer, close and onboarding - then stay close after day one.

// why itsource

Built for the way tech teams hire

People who speak your stack

Our recruiters come from engineering and product backgrounds. They read a job spec the way your team does - so candidates arrive matched, not just available.

  • Technical screening before you ever see a CV
  • Calibrated shortlists of 3-5, not 30
  • Honest signal on every candidate, good or bad
Calibrated shortlist
Ada O.
Staff Backend - Go
97%
Reza M.
ML Engineer - LLMs
94%
Lena K.
Platform - K8s
88%

A network, not a job board

Forty thousand specialists we know by name - many never actively looking. When the right role appears, we open the right door, fast.

  • Passive talent your adverts never reach
  • Warm intros over cold applications
  • Coverage across in-office, hybrid and remote-first teams
Time to first hire
Industry avg 42 days - IT Source 18 days
// in their words

Teams and talent who trust the source

"

We filled three senior roles in five weeks after a year of trying alone. The shortlist was genuinely all hireable - that never happens.

Marcus LendtVP Engineering - Fintech
"

They actually understood the difference between an ML researcher and an ML engineer. Every candidate matched the brief.

Priya AnandHead of AI - Scale-up
"

As a candidate I felt represented, not processed. They knew the team, the tech and pushed for the right offer.

Tom OkaforStaff Engineer - Placed 2025
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