Raise
the bar.

We find experienced software engineers in Java, Kotlin, Scala, Go and platform engineering, for permanent roles in product and tech teams in Amsterdam, Utrecht and the rest of the Randstad.

Since 2014 we have placed 1100+ experienced software engineers. 81% are still in place after three years, and many of them have stayed a lot longer.

Robert Hawker and Roy Schaper. Robert has been recruiting in software engineering since 2007, Roy since 2019. Over those years we've learned what this group of engineers gets excited about, why they switch jobs and why they leave, which salaries and terms are competitive, and where the pitfalls are.

Start-ups, scale-ups, tech platforms, secondment firms and consultancies in the Randstad. A few examples:

• Xebia: preferred supplier for more than 10 years to one of the most respected engineering consultancies in Europe.
• Silverflow: from unknown start-up to Series B, with a team that largely came through CodeGuild.
• Ximedes: 50+ engineers in 10 years, and most of them are still there.
• Leap: helping scale the engineering team behind a smarter, more flexible energy grid.

Yes. We helped Miro, DAZN and TaxiBeat get started in the Netherlands. At Miro we went from zero engineers to the first thirty, at TaxiBeat we built the first ten, and DAZN we supported from the start with salary benchmarks, an analysis of the candidate market and the hiring process.

If you're new to the Netherlands, you don't know the market yet: what engineers here expect, which salaries and terms are competitive, and how to stand out when nobody knows your name. We bring that from day one.

Engineers who raise the bar. Often they've been into software since they were young, they have a technical bachelor's or master's degree, and they have at least 5 years of experience building software in complex environments.

Now that AI can write the code in any assessment, the question is a different one: how does someone reason, what do they ask the AI, and do they notice when it hallucinates?

These are people who walk up to the whiteboard without a second thought, can think in shades of grey, understand the product and think about what their work delivers for the end user and the business.

And they have the emotional intelligence to make that work in a team.

From the Netherlands. We work with Dutch-speaking engineers and with the international community that already lives and works here.

Ideally close to you. That means no relocation process and a short onboarding: the person you hire can get going quickly.

Same pond, different bait. Engineers of this calibre hear from recruiters every week with a list of acronyms, and they don't reply.

They'll only give you an hour of their time if your first message shows you understand who they are and what suits them.

You build that trust with a name in the market, 220+ Google reviews, specialisation and speaking the engineer's language.

That's why we already know many of these people before your vacancy even exists.

Our process builds on Robert's work since 2007 with thousands of engineers and hundreds of engineering managers in the Randstad.

It starts with an intake, and that's often where things click. We ask critical questions, hold up a mirror, push back where needed and tell you what's going on in the market.

Then we speak to every candidate for an hour online and assess them on more than 20 criteria, technical as well as motivation and fit.

You only see the profiles that are worth your time, so you keep more time for your core business.

That way the manager and the candidate both make a well-considered choice, and that's why 81% are still in place after three years.

Read more about how we work

Within 5 days of the intake you get 2 to 4 candidates who are worth your time. The intake takes 30 minutes, it's free and there's no obligation.

Plan an intake

You only pay once a contract has been signed. Until then, all you invest is time in interviews. The fee is a fixed percentage of the gross annual salary plus holiday allowance.

See the costs

• Candidate doesn't start? You get 100% of the invoice back.
• Someone leaves within the guarantee period? We replace them free of charge within 2 months. If we can't, you get 75% of the fee back.
• The guarantee is 6 months as standard, and 9 months if the process from first CV to written agreement is completed within 3 weeks.