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Hiring 3 Engineers in 3 weeks for scaling B2B SaaS, Unseen Group

  • 3 weeks
  • SaaS & HR Technology
  • Early

The Challenge

Unseen Group brings together businesses that help employers attract, assess, hire and develop talent. Its portfolio includes tools for candidate engagement, video interviews, psychometric testing and technical assessments.

As the group grew through acquisitions, it inherited products built on different technologies, including .NET, Node and PHP. These products served different stages of the hiring process but operated independently, limiting how easily customers could use them together.

The CTO was brought in to develop a technical strategy and architecture that would connect the portfolio through a shared platform. Delivering that vision required additional skills across Product, DevOps and Software Engineering.

To help support their internal recruitment team, we were brought in as a partner who could understand the technical challenge, identify the right people and help build an effective hiring process.

The Solution

We had previously supported their CTO with Software Engineering and Product hiring so, had a proven approached to help build the team needed for its platform strategy.

We initially delivered a Product Manager and a DevOps Engineer, with the DevOps hire coming through our existing network. Following those placements, Unseen Group trusted us exclusively with three Software Engineering roles: a Lead, Senior and Mid-level Engineer.

Working closely with the CTO and Head of Engineering, we screened candidates against the problems they would need to solve and the contribution they could make to the new platform.

We also helped refine the interview process. For the engineering roles, a conversational whiteboard session replaced a separate technical task, allowing the team to explore candidates’ technical thinking without adding unnecessary stages.

Direct communication through WhatsApp and email, with feedback consistently returned within 24 hours, kept the searches moving. We agreed a two-week window to build all three engineering shortlists and progress candidates to final interviews for his return.

The Results

  • 5 hires made across Product, DevOps and Software Engineering
  • 3 engineering offers secured within 3 weeks of briefing
  • 31 CVs submitted, resulting in 17 first interviews
  • 6.2:1 CV-to-placement ratio
  • 3 engineering searches awarded exclusively following the initial placements

The partnership gave Unseen Group a team spanning product ownership, cloud delivery and software development to support its shared platform strategy.

A clear understanding of the technical challenge, an agreed interview process and quick feedback helped deliver the right people at pace. The relationship also expanded from two initial searches into an exclusive engineering hiring partnership.

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Technology hires
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Exclusive engineering searches filled
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6.2:1 CV-to-placement ratio
Industry

B2B

Location

London

Company stage of growth

Early

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Joe O'Sullivan

Joe O'Sullivan

Associate Director, Head of Backend Engineering - Manchester

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