Global Fintech Scale-Up: Engineering a 400% Growth in Technical Capacity
A London-based Fintech unicorn needed to pivot from a regional disruptor to a global leader, requiring an unprecedented influx of specialized blockchain and AI talent within a single fiscal year.
04 days
AVG. TIME TO HIRE
91%
RETENTION RATIO
38
ROLES FILLED
The Challenge
Our client, a high-frequency trading platform based in London, hit a critical bottleneck. Their rapid global expansion required a niche set of blockchain and AI/optimization engineers, talent that was effectively exhausted in the local market. The clients were left with no other choice than to accelerate a proposed 400% expansion volume increase support for their funding milestone.
Strategic Response
Framework
Our multi-layered approach combined aggressive talent mapping with high-touch relationship vetting.
Global Talent Mapping
Leveraging proprietary databases and passive candidate outreach, we identified and pre-qualified a global bench of senior blockchain and AI specialists across 12 regions.
Bespoke Screening
Implementation of custom live-coding assessments and technical panels tailored specifically to the client's proprietary trading systems architecture.
Offshore Center Setup
Full onboarding and infrastructure support to stand up a fully-operational offshore delivery hub within 90 days of the first engineer's start date.