Hire developers and engineers, vetted in 10 calendar days

Developers, quality assurance engineers and platform engineers who join your sprints, your standups and your repository. Add capacity without starting an agency relationship.

Fewer than 1% of applicants are presented
Global talent starting at $12/hr
US talent starting at 12.5% of first-year salary

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Roles we staff

Engineering roles across build, QA and cloud

Software development Tickets pulled from your board, merged into your repository.
  • Full Stack Developer

  • Front End Developer

  • Back End Developer

  • Mobile Developer

  • Application Integrations Engineer

  • Software Engineer

Quality and infrastructure Tests, pipelines and the environments everything deploys into.
  • Quality Assurance Engineer

  • Automation Test Engineer

  • DevOps Engineer

  • Cloud Engineer

  • Site Reliability Engineer

  • Cybersecurity Analyst

Product and design Scope, screens and the writing that makes both usable.
  • Product Manager

  • Technical Product Owner

  • User Interface and Experience Designer

  • Product Designer

  • Scrum Master

  • Technical Writer

Technical support The systems, networks and integrations behind the product.
  • Technology Support Specialist

  • Systems Administrator

  • Network Engineer

  • Database Developer

  • Implementation Engineer

  • Solutions Engineer

Don't see your role? No problem. We staff 100+ roles across 10+ departments, so tell us what you need.

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What administrative staffing takes off your plate

Pull requests Merged to your standards, in your repository
Review throughput Capacity added on both sides, not one
Onboarding time Productive in the sprint, not the quarter
Your ceremonies Standups and planning attended, not reported into
No account manager Your leads assign the work directly
Transparent pricing

Two ways to hire. Transparent pricing.

Every engineering role prices the same way. Both models carry the same bar: vetted candidates in 10 calendar days and 5-Stage Vetting. The guarantee differs by model: 60-day replacement on US Direct Hire, 100% performance replacement on Global Fully Managed.

Specialist recruiters 5-Stage Vetting Vetted candidates in 10 calendar days
GlobalFully Managed
Starting at
$12/hour

Exceptional talent from Latin America, the Philippines, South Africa, Eastern Europe, and Canada, from $12/hr. One monthly fee, all-inclusive: sourcing, vetting, payroll, compliance, and ongoing support.

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USDirect Hire
One-time placement fee, from
12.5%of salary

Full-time professionals across the United States, employed directly by you. One placement fee: from 12.5% of first-year salary, with the $995 retainer credited against it. Prefer nothing upfront? From 15%, paid only when you hire. Traditional agencies charge 20-30% of salary for the same search.

Explore US staffing

Not sure which desk to fill first?

Name the work that is slipping. We will recommend the seat that fixes it, the right model for it, and share expected cost and timeline.

When to hire

When the roadmap outpaces the team

Most teams wait too long. These are the points where the seat pays for itself immediately.

Roadmap outpaces the team Committed work exceeds the capacity to build it.
Hiring is too slow A permanent search would miss the deadline.
A defined push A release or migration needs temporary capacity.
Specific skill gap One capability is missing, not a whole team.
Do any of these sound familiar?
  • Pull requests wait days for review.
  • New engineers lose a sprint to setup.
  • You added people and shipped less.
  • One reviewer holds up the whole team.
  • Account managers sit between you and the work.
  • Roadmap dates slip without anyone flagging it.
How it works

How our hiring process works

Fewer than 1% of applicants are presented. Every administrative candidate passes 5-Stage Vetting with AI-assisted screening, and you see vetted candidates in 10 calendar days.

AI-assisted screening

Every application is screened against the role's real requirements before a recruiter reviews it.

Skills assessment

Candidates prove the core skills the role needs through practical, job-specific tasks.

Communication and culture

We assess English fluency, communication, and fit for how your team actually works.

Background verification

Work history, credentials, and identity are verified before any candidate advances.

Reference checks

We speak to past managers to confirm performance before a candidate reaches you.

Model fit

Where your engineers work best

Hire in the US when
  • Security or clearance rules require it
  • The seat leads architecture for the whole team
  • Customer-facing technical work happens onsite
Hire globally when
  • Work happens in the repo and the ticket queue
  • You need capacity for a release push
  • Senior engineering cost is the constraint

Both models carry the same vetting bar and the same guarantee. Pricing for each is above.

Role / responsibility Global US direct hire Why
Feature development Global Repository and ticket queue work
Quality assurance and test automation Global Defined workstreams, staffs globally
Architecture leadership US direct hire Usually the anchor seat, kept domestic
Clearance restricted work US direct hire Security rules may require US staff
Code review capacity Global Timezone overlap matters more than location
Onsite customer technical work US direct hire Happens in the customer's building
Technical writing and documentation Global Written work, staffs globally
Third line production support Global US direct hire Depends on your access policy

One partner, onshore and global

A US office manager working alongside two fully managed global assistants is a Tuesday, not an exception. You pick the model per desk and we run both under one partner.

Proof

What our clients say.

"I run an ecomm business and have worked with people remote but needed new hires. HireHawk has been incredible. Great talent, great people, great onboarding, great pricing."

"It was very easy working with HireHawk, from looking for viable candidates, the interview process, all the way to implementation of your hire, they handle it all. We are also very happy with our hire. Very easy and seamless process."

"HireHawk filled two senior roles in under two weeks. The candidates were sharper than anything our in-house recruiter surfaced in months."

Growing US companies use HireHawk for vetted candidates in 10 calendar days, onboarding in 21 days, and a guarantee behind every placement: 100% performance replacement on Global Fully Managed, 60-day replacement on US Direct Hire.

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Staffing agency HireHawk

HireHawk is a staffing agency for growing US companies that adds engineers into your existing team rather than alongside it. Candidates are screened on your stack, your review standards and the board they would pull work from.

FAQ

Administrative Support staffing, answered

What is staff augmentation?

Staff augmentation adds vetted engineers directly to your existing team rather than outsourcing a project. They work your sprints, your board and your code review standards, report to your leads, and commit to your repository. You keep ownership of architecture, process and the code itself.

How is this different from hiring an agency?

An agency takes a scope, works separately and delivers a result, and their knowledge leaves when the contract ends. Augmented engineers sit inside your team, follow your standards and build context that stays. You direct the work daily instead of managing a statement of work.

How do you assess engineers technically?

Every candidate completes a live assessment in your stack: a real problem, reviewed for correctness, readability and how they handle being questioned on their approach. Fewer than 1% of applicants are presented, and your own team can add an interview round on top.

Can augmented engineers work in our sprints and standups?

Yes, that is the point of the model. Engineers work your hours, attend your ceremonies and use your tooling. Our core markets include time zones that overlap the US working day, so standups do not need rescheduling. Your leads assign work directly, exactly as they would to an in-house engineer, and nothing routes through an account manager.

Who owns the code and the intellectual property?

You do, without exception. Work is committed to your repositories under agreements assigning all intellectual property to you, and access is provisioned and revoked by your team. Nothing is retained on our side. If your legal team wants to review the assignment terms before a search begins, we will send them across on request.

How quickly can an engineer join the team?

Shortlist in 10 calendar days, onboarding in 21 days. Most teams have an engineer committing code inside the first two weeks of onboarding, with the pace set by your environment setup and codebase complexity rather than the search. Teams with documented setup and a clear first ticket see productive output fastest, so we ask about both before the search starts.

When is staff augmentation the wrong choice?

When nobody on your side has capacity to direct the work. Augmented engineers need a technical owner assigning tickets and reviewing output. If you need someone to take a problem away entirely and return a finished result, that is a project engagement, and we will tell you so rather than place a seat that will not succeed.

How do we onboard an augmented engineer quickly?

Have the environment, repository access and a first ticket ready before day one. The teams that get code committed in week one are the ones that treated setup as a prerequisite rather than a first task, and the difference between that and a two-week ramp is entirely preparation.

Ready to add engineers, not vendors?

Tell us your stack and your sprint length. Vetted candidates reach you in 10 calendar days.

Vetted candidates in 10 calendar days
Every placement guaranteed
No long-term contract
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