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Engineers screened by an engineer.

Most technical recruitment fails at the same point: the recruiter cannot tell a good answer from a confident one. Every candidate here has had a real technical conversation with someone who has done the job, and you get written evidence per competency rather than a CV dump.

What hiring one yourself costs

Nine to fourteen weeks before anyone writes a line of code.

9–14 weeksFrom opening a senior req to the first line of code60–90 days to offer, plus 2–4 weeks of notice
$20–45kCost per engineering hire at Series A to CSourcing, tooling, interview time and failed hires
~$5,800Per week a senior seat sits openLost shipping velocity, not the recruiter's fee
40–50%Share of startup burn that is engineeringOne wrong hire can cost a quarter of runway

Sources: Cadence, How long does it take to hire a software engineer (2026); Riem.ai, Cost per hire: software engineer (2026); CB Insights, via Second Talent remote engineering cost comparison (2026). None of these is a StackHog figure — they are the cost of the alternative. Work out your own number →

The other way in

Or have us build it instead.

If the need is the work rather than the headcount, the service catalogue is the other entry point.