Software engineering recruitment that's built better

Helping CTOs build highly effective software engineering teams with the agility to keep pace with digital business. 

Sprint ahead in the race for software engineering talent

In a talent market like software development, where skillsets are evolving rapidly and demand for top performers is increasingly competitive, it makes sense to partner with a talent acquisition firm that has a strong track record of executing against demanding briefs in tight timeframes. Our software engineering recruitment team has the market knowledge to source the technical talent that you need to drive your product roadmap forward. Whether it's building teams of Product Owners, Test Engineers, Senior Developers and Software Engineers for one of the world's leading digital health companies, acquiring technical leads for emerging gaming companies, through to sourcing Scrum Masters for financial services companies - we've got the experience to deliver with agility.

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Why do partners typically engage with our software engineering recruitment team?

  • You need to scale up your technical team off the back of recent funding. 
  • You are hiring for a niche software development job relating to a new application or framework.
  • You need a complete turnkey resourcing solution to meet the demands of large transformational projects.
  • You need to plug essential skills gaps in your team with interim or contract resource.
  • You need to develop and accelerate software engineering recruitment processes to improve time to hire. 
  • You need a partner capable of ensuring your EVP stands out in the market to win candidates from the competition.

Quality control for software engineering recruitment

Our software engineering talent solutions are designed to drive better hiring outcomes in a challenging and competitive skills market. Enabling technical leaders to plan, resource and deliver on roadmap items with a higher degree of predictability. It's about putting hiring managers back in control with a range of best-in-class features from talent mapping and video interviewing, to candidate briefing packs, events and featured employer microsites. Providing managers with more options, more pace and more time to focus on the core business of leading and shaping technical teams.

 

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Survive and thrive as a technical leader

Check out our CTO Survival Guide featuring insight from high performing software engineering leaders at Prosper Marketplace and Pure Storage. In this paper, we use our network of CTOs to cover key points such as the questions you should ask before taking a role, the most common mistakes CTOs make, and what you should be including in your 30/60/90 day plan. 

Hire to a higher standard

There's nothing like a good success story. Check out where we've been filling software engineering jobs and building talented technical teams.

Open Value

Senior Java Developer
OpenValue

System 1

DevOps Engineer
System1

Elli

SRE Engineering Manager
Elli

Codurance

.Net Developer
Codurance

Nationwide Building Society

Scrum Master
Nationwide Building Society

Ieso Digital Health

Product Owner
IESO Digital Health

Cracking the code for more effective software engineering recruitment

Find out how we've been understanding our customers to represent them more effectively, drive increased engagement across the recruitment process, and most importantly deliver stress-free software engineering recruitment options.

“I engaged with Stott and May to help us find DevOps candidates to support our projects. They were very meticulous in understanding our business requirements and found candidates that were a very good fit. They build a trustworthy relationship with, not only us a company, but also with the candidates which led to a very smooth and stress-free recruitment process. "

Head of Product & Operations – DECCA Games

“Stott and May helped me fill an SRE role at Scalyr in hugely accelerated timescales. They understood what I was looking for and shared interesting resumes of candidates. I had a good sense of their market knowledge based on the outcomes they have driven with other tech companies. The communication was great, and I’d love to work with them again."

Director of Engineering - Scalyr

Software Engineering Recruitment DevOps-Engineer

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Growing a startup technology function

Get the perspectives of software engineering leaders from Givewith, Electric and Weber Shandwick as they discuss the challenges of building a technical team in a startup environment. The paper covers key issues from software engineering recruitment, retaining talent, building more diverse teams, creating effective technical roadmaps and more.

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Develop your software engineering recruitment capability

Find your next: CTO, VP Software Engineering, Head of Software Engineering, Principal Software Engineer, Lead Software Engineer, Software Engineer, Software Delivery Manager, Development Manager, Test Manager, DevOps Engineer, Scrum Master, Developer in Test, Test Analyst, Front End Developer, Back End Developer, UX/UI more.

Find your next role in software engineering

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Senior Backend Software Engineer

Munich 90000-100000 Permanent
Founded in 2011, with the vision of heating & cooling homes more efficiently, tado° has grown into Europe’s leading provider of intelligent climate management. Our elegant Smart Thermostats and innovative digital services guarantee users both a comfortable home and intelligent energy usage.The ongoing energy ...
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UX Design Consultant - SC Clearable

Competitive Permanent
One of the UK's Global Intelligence Technology consultancy is currently looking to hire a SC Clearable UX Design Consultant. As UX Design Consultant you will be the primary end-user advocate, applying a strong understanding of UX methodologies and best practices to produce digital experiences which delight and ...
Software Engineering
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Senior Python Engineer

London Competitive Permanent
Senior Python Engineer – up to £80,000 + Benefits – Hybrid - London I have a very exciting opportunity for a Senior Python Engineer to join a leading Manufacturing Organisation who are looking to expand their Python embedment team further due to the amount of growth which has come off the back of the last Financial ...
Software Engineering
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Senior Python Developer

Gloucester 60000-70000 Permanent
Senior Python Developer – up to £70,000 + Bonus + Benefits – Hybrid/Gloucester I have a very exciting opportunity for a Senior Python Developer to join a Cleantech Organisation who are looking to expand their Python team further. This is due to the organisation wanting to grow their organisation as they are now ...
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Graphics Engineer

Fort Collins 110000 - 150000 Permanent
We are seeking a Graphics Engineer with a passion for technology and innovation to join our client's R&D Architecture, Planning, and Disruptive Technologies Team. As a Graphics Engineer, you will be responsible for investigating, predicting, and promoting graphics solutions that meet current and future customer ...
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Full Stack Engineer - Hybrid, Austin

California 140000 Permanent
Join a talented team in Austin, Texas as a Full Stack Software Developer! We're seeking a tech-savvy individual with a degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field and 5+ years of non-academic technical experience to help us build out our algorithmic trading platform. This role is going to be ...

Meet the software engineering recruitment team 

Michael Sealy 3

Michael
Sealy

Manager
- London
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Glenn
Osborn

Associate Director
- Reading
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Sean
McCormack

Managing Consultant
- Reading
Ben Fox

Ben
Fox

Associate Recruitment Consultant - London
Nathan Leonard-2

Nathan
Leonard

Consultant
- London