Why Modern Tech Leaders Switch to Us
How we work differently: We interview and technically screen every engineer before sending their profile, deliver within 72 hours, and back every hire with up to a 6-month guarantee.
| What You Get | Traditional Agency | BrainSource.io |
|---|---|---|
| First Shortlist Delivery | 2 – 4 Weeks | Within 72 Hours |
| Candidate Screening | Keyword matching (unscreened resumes) | Technical interview & code screening |
| Replacement Guarantee | 30-day guarantee | Up to 6-month replacement guarantee |
| Candidate Reach | Local market only | UK, Ireland, Romania, and US networks |
| Recruiter Expertise | Junior generalist recruiters | Senior tech recruitment specialists |
How We Work: 3-Step Precision Sourcing
No endless resume stacks. We align on technical specs, culture, and compensation upfront to deliver interview-ready candidates fast.
Understanding Your Requirements
We meet with your team to review the exact role specifications, tech stack, team culture, salary expectations, and timeline.
- ✓ Role Specification: Clear technical requirements, experience level, and must-have skills.
- ✓ Salary Benchmarks: Up-to-date compensation data across UK, EU, and US markets.
- ✓ Hiring Timeline: Clear interview steps and timeline agreed with your team.
Sourcing & Technical Screening
We tap into our network of 50,000+ tech professionals and reach out directly to candidates. Every engineer is interviewed and screened for technical skill and team fit before we send their profile.
- ✓ Direct Candidate Outreach: Reaching qualified engineers who are not actively applying to job boards.
- ✓ Technical Screening: Practical evaluations of code quality, architecture knowledge, and problem solving.
- ✓ Shortlist Dossiers: 3–5 interview-ready candidates with confirmed notice periods and salary expectations.
Interviews, Offer & Guarantee
We coordinate interview schedules, collect prompt feedback, and guide offer negotiations to help you close your chosen candidate smoothly.
- ✓ Interview Coordination: Prompt feedback loops, candidate prep, and clear communication.
- ✓ Offer Guidance: Clear compensation alignment to ensure high offer acceptance rates.
- ✓ Replacement Guarantee: Up to 6-month free candidate replacement guarantee on every hire.
Verified Client & Candidate Testimonials
Real client partner endorsements from Clutch and placed senior engineering candidates from Google Reviews across Romania, the UK, Germany, and the US.
"The BrainSource team consistently delivers what other agencies cannot: technically calibrated candidates who actually fit our engineering bar. Their 72-hour turnaround saved our team months of screening."
"Without a doubt the best experience I have had with a tech recruitment partner. The BrainSource team was deeply knowledgeable about the architecture requirements and supported me throughout every step."
"Mara Morar and the BrainSource engineering desk were incredible. Mara understood my background in distributed Go systems instantly, briefed me thoroughly on system design expectations, and supported me all the way to offer signing."
"Working with the team at BrainSource has been an absolute game-changer for our scaleup hiring. Valeria Lungu and the tech recruiters calibrate so accurately that almost every profile sent makes it to final client interviews."
"BrainSource helped me make a pivotal turn in my career after 8 years in my previous role. Making this transition was a huge step, but the advisory and transparency from the BrainSource team made the whole journey feel natural."
"BrainSource understands client engineering requirements inside out. They don't flood our inbox with resumes; every candidate presented is pre-screened for both technical depth and culture. Highly recommend their executive search."
"Viktor Pop at BrainSource reached out with a senior Kubernetes infrastructure role that matched exactly what I was looking for. No corporate fluff, just real technical alignment and direct access to the hiring leadership."
"Partnering with Valeria Lungu, Viktor Pop, and the BrainSource tech recruiters has been a tremendous asset to our growth. Their deep grasp of the European tech labor market and genuine dedication to candidate quality set them miles apart."
Verified Placements & Active Tech Searches
Trusted by Global Tech Innovators, High-Growth Scale-ups & Enterprise Teams • Click any partner to view placement case study
How We Deliver For Tech Teams
Every search is tailored to what you need. Here is a look at three recent search assignments and the results we delivered.
Building a Core Payment Processing Squad
Hire 4 Senior Distributed Systems Engineers (Go & Kafka) within 3 weeks to handle peak payment volume.
Screened candidates across our 50,000+ tech network; presented 8 vetted profiles, with 6 selected for client technical rounds.
All 4 offers accepted within 18 days. 100% of hires reached their 12-month anniversary with zero attrition.
Cloud Architecture & Reliability Overhaul
Recruit a Staff Cloud Architect and 2 Principal SREs for a multi-region AWS and Kubernetes migration.
Ran practical infrastructure reviews with candidates and coordinated sourcing across our UK and Cluj-Napoca offices.
First qualified shortlist delivered in 48 hours. All 3 roles placed and operational within 24 days.
Building an AI & Vision Engineering Squad
Find a Lead Computer Vision Researcher and a Senior Machine Learning Engineer for real-time edge processing.
Directly engaged passive senior talent in Central and Eastern Europe and guided the client on competitive local compensation packages.
Both hires completed in 14 days, saving 12% against the client's initial budget while hiring senior talent.
Engineered for Tech Depth & Specialized Hiring
We don’t generalize. Our recruitment consultants have deep domain literacy across enterprise backends, fullstack frameworks, agile delivery management, and modern automation platforms.
Executive Search & Tech Leadership
CTO, VP of Engineering, Head of Technology, and Principal Staff Architects. Headhunted with utmost discretion and rigorous leadership benchmarking.
AI, Machine Learning & Data
LLM Engineers, MLOps specialists, Computer Vision researchers, and Distributed Data Engineers evaluated on math, model deployment, and real pipelines.
Cloud, DevOps & SRE
Enterprise multi-cloud architects, Kubernetes platform engineers, Terraform automation leads, and high-availability Site Reliability Engineers.
Recruiting for other software domains?
We also cover Java/Enterprise .NET, Modern Full-Stack (React/Node), Systems (Go/Rust/C++), Mobile (iOS/Android/Flutter), QA & Cyber Security.
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Local Expertise Across 5 Strategic Hubs
Serving clients with local legal entity support and international cross-border recruitment coverage.
Romania (HQ & CEE Hub)
Str. Donath 116, Cluj-Napoca, 400394
United Kingdom
250 Stroud Water Park, Weybridge, Surrey KT130DT
+44 204 502 5791Ireland
125 Stationcourt Hall, Clonsilla, Dublin D15W663
Netherlands (Benelux Hub)
Keizersgracht 482, 1016EG Amsterdam
+31 97 010 281 004United States
2920 Forestville Rd Ste 100 PMB, Raleigh, NC 27616
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