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Industries & roles

We recruit where
we can assess.

Our whole proposition is that we test candidates properly. That only holds for roles we genuinely understand — so we are deliberately narrow about what we take on.

Core

Engineering

The deepest part of our bench — these are the stacks we run in production ourselves, so our technical rounds go past surface questions.

Backend — Node.js, TypeScript PostgreSQL React & Next.js React Native Android — Kotlin, Compose iOS API & systems design DevOps & AWS QA & automation
Core

Product, design & data

Roles adjacent to engineering, where we assess judgement and craft rather than trivia — with the same structured rubric.

Product management Product & UX design UI design Data analysis Data engineering Technical writing
Selective

Business & operations

We take these where the brief is clear and we can build a fair, structured assessment with you. If we cannot assess it properly, we will tell you rather than guess.

Sales & business development Customer success Operations Finance & accounts Marketing
Not yet

What we do not do

Being clear about this saves everyone time:

  • — Bulk or volume hiring. Our process is deliberately slow per candidate.
  • — Overseas placements. Recruiting for jobs abroad is a licensed activity in India and we are not licensed for it.
  • — Payroll or employer-of-record arrangements. We introduce candidates; your company employs them directly.
  • — Highly specialised domains we cannot assess — medicine, law, hard sciences.
Sectors

Where these roles sit.

The role matters more to us than the sector — a good backend engineer is assessed the same way wherever they work. These are simply where the demand for the roles above tends to be.

Software & SaaS

Product companies building and shipping their own software.

Startups

Early teams where the first few technical hires decide everything.

IT services

Agencies and service firms hiring for client delivery teams.

E-commerce & retail

In-house engineering, data and operations roles.

Fintech

Where correctness and care under pressure genuinely matter.

Healthtech

Technical teams building regulated, high-trust products.

Edtech

Platform, mobile and content engineering roles.

Media & consumer

Mobile-first products with large user bases.

Is your role on this list?

If it is not, ask anyway — we will give you a straight yes or no rather than take the search and hope.