Startup tech recruitment

Hire Tech Leadership, Engineering
& Product talent.

Since 2015, we've recruited Engineering and Product leaders as well as senior hands-on engineers and product managers. Our candidates have first-hand experience scaling startups across the UK & US.

Trusted by fast-growing tech businesses

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Recruit for impact

The best engineers and tech leaders aren't on LinkedIn looking for work. They're busy shipping products for your top competitors. Our headhunting approach gives you access to off-market talent, connecting you with proven leaders and in-demand engineers you won't find on job boards.

Cut the noise. We focus on sourcing tech talent already embedded in the startup space.

We place key hires who deliver immediate results:

  • Technical Leadership (CTO, CPO) to drive strategy and accelerate the roadmap
  • Engineering Management to increase velocity and build a high-performance culture
  • Specialist Engineers (AI/ML and Computer Vision) to build the market-defining products

The startup world doesn’t wait, and neither should your tech hiring. For permanent searches, we typically deliver a vetted shortlist within five working days of agreeing the brief, with suitable profiles sometimes shared sooner. For urgent contract roles, we can often provide a shortlist within 24 hours, subject to the brief and candidate availability. Following the start date, our aftercare supports onboarding and early impact.

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Scale your tech team

We’ve been helping tech startups scale their tech teams since 2015. These are just some of the roles we've helped our clients hire.

Chief Technology Officer
Chief Product Officer
VP of Software Engineering
VP Product
Head of Software Engineering
Head of Product
Head of Data Science
Senior Product Manager (B2B)
Software Engineering Manager
Head of Product Design

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Tech hiring case studies

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Bottlepay logo

Bottlepay, a FinTech startup in the Bitcoin and micropayments space, partnered with Wilson Grey to hire its first Chief Product Officer, who joined nearly three years before it was acquired by NYDIG in a ~$300m all-share deal.

FINTECH

Business Stage & Size:

Seed | ~30 heads

Main Focus:

Chief Product Officer

Time to fill:

21 days

Huma logo

Huma (formerly Medopad), a HealthTech scaleup building regulated digital health platforms, partnered with Wilson Grey on senior product leadership hiring during a period of rapid scale-up - still in post seven years later and now VP level.

HEALTHTECH

Business Stage & Size:

Series B | ~150 heads

Main Focus:

Head of Design

Time to fill:

19 days

Confidential client

A Series C UK-based SaaS business partnered with Wilson Grey to hire a Chief Technology Officer to lead product and platform evolution - still in post 18 months later, delivering faster-than-expected progress and supporting acquisition readiness.

SAAS

Business Stage & Size:

Series C | ~30 heads

Main Focus:

Chief Technology Officer

Time to fill:

42 days

Confidential client

A Series A Computer Vision startup working with enterprise customers partnered with Wilson Grey to build its Data Science team from scratch. Going strong after 12 months, with one hire promoted to Lead.

COMPUTER VISION

Business Stage & Size:

Series A | ~60 heads

Main Focus:

Senior Data Scientist

Time to fill:

16 days

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FAQs

We recruit mid to senior-level tech talent for startups and scale-ups, from senior software engineers and senior product managers through to Heads of Engineering, CTOs and CPOs.

We actively headhunt. Many of the best engineers and tech leaders are off-market, so we proactively approach relevant candidates rather than relying on inbound applicants.

Yes. Our entire client base is made up of tech startups and scale-ups, so the candidates we put forward have recent, first-hand experience in early-stage and growth businesses.

We assess engineers and product managers by reviewing their tech stack or product toolkit, the architectures or roadmaps they’ve worked on, and relevant project work. We can also incorporate your own screening exercises where needed.

We work with early-stage and fast-moving businesses and understand that hiring needs can shift once interviews start. We can quickly revise the brief and tailor the search as your requirements change.

For permanent tech hires, we typically deliver a vetted shortlist within five working days of agreeing the brief, and sometimes sooner where strong matches are already available.

For urgent contract tech roles, we can often provide a shortlist within 24 hours, depending on the technical requirements and candidate availability.

Yes. We recruit tech leaders and senior engineers across the UK and US, and support remote hires where it fits the role and team setup.

Fees and working arrangements for tech recruitment are set out on the Wilson Grey pricing page.

Why choose Wilson Grey for tech recruitment?

Our processes are built specifically for startups and scale-ups, and the tech talent we represent has experience in this environment. By only submitting prescreened candidates who meet a high bar, we’ve achieved an 89% fill rate and an average time-to-fill of 30 days — often faster, depending on interview availability.

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They took the time to really understand our needs and quickly sent strong candidates. There was clear communication throughout, and their advice was crucial to us securing our preferred candidate.

Bryn Robinson
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