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Hiring 10 contractors in 10 weeks for a Series B Scale-up

  • Life Sciences & Robotics | Series B -> C hypergrowth | Scale-up

The Challenge

Automata was preparing for a major product milestone tied to a new customer launch. To deliver on their ambitious roadmap, they needed to rapidly scale its Engineering, Platform and Data teams with highly specialist contractors capable of making an immediate impact.

Roles required Senior and Staff-level engineers with niche experience across edge computing, bare metal systems, platform engineering and modern data infrastructure. Contractors needed to be available quickly, comfortable working at startup pace, and happy spending three days a week onsite.

While Automata already had an internal talent team and multiple recruitment partners, they were after additional expertise to access talent at both the quality and speed the project demanded.

The Solution

Burns Sheehan became an extension of Automata's hiring team.

Following an initial introduction through an existing relationship, we worked closely with hiring managers and the wider engineering leadership team to understand both the technical requirements and the wider product goals driving the recruitment campaign.

Working through:

  • Weekly hiring calls
  • A dedicated Slack channel
  • Teamtailor

Our consultants delivered a coordinated contract recruitment project spanning Software Engineering, Platform Engineering & DevOps, Product and Data.

Every CV submitted was carefully reviewed before being presented, ensuring only highly relevant candidates reached interview.

As confidence in the quality of candidates grew, Burns Sheehan quickly became Automata's preferred recruitment partner. 

Fast feedback loops, often within an hour, allowed candidates to be thoroughly prepared throughout the process and helped keep interview timelines exceptionally short.

The Results

  • 10 specialist contractor placements
  • 3 contractors converted into permanent employees
  • 12 days average time to hire 
  • 7:1 CV-to-placement ratio
  • Fastest placement completed in just 4 days from CV submission to accepted offer

 

10
Contractors
3
Contracts converted to permanent
12
Days average time to hire 
7
:1
CV-to-placement ratio
Industry

Life Sciences & Robotics

Location

London

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Grace Duffy

Grace Duffy

Principal Technology Leadership Recruiter

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