Commit Talent is a UK tech recruitment agency for startups and SMEs. Every shortlisted candidate is technically screened by a senior developer, not a sourcer. Flat fee, no retainers, no CV spam.
Engineering recruitment for startup founders, CTOs and hiring managers who'd rather be writing code.
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Software engineers, tech leads and engineering managers, hired for the long arc. Every shortlisted candidate has been on a 30-minute technical call with us first. You see two to five CVs, not twenty.
Senior IC · staff · tech lead · EM.
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Short-term contractors for migrations, platform spikes, and the project nobody wants to touch. Inside or outside IR35, and we tell you which up front. Day rates agreed in writing before the first interview.
3 – 12 months · devops · platform · backend.
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For a few weeks at a time, we work as your hiring team. Your tools, your ATS, your standup. Useful when you're hiring six or more engineers and don't want a procession of agency emails.
4 – 12 week engagement · 6 – 20 hires.
Founded by Jay, a software developer of nearly 30 years. The agency runs the way it does because we know what bad recruitment looks like — we've been on the receiving end.
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Point us at a GitHub repo, a stack rundown, or just talk us through it. We come back with questions about your services, your deploys and the bits of the codebase you'd rather not show off. That's what we screen for.
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Not a screen by a sourcer, not a keyword match. A real conversation about their stack, their last codebase and what they're trying to do next. CVs come with our notes attached. No CV spam.
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Same price whether the search takes a week or six. No exclusivity clause, no monthly subscription, no minimum spend. We make money when we find you someone you'd have hired anyway.
Open mandates from clients we're currently shortlisting for. Updated in real time.
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Register a candidate profile and upload your CV. We'll email you the moment a mandate lands that matches your stack, before it goes anywhere else.
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Twenty minutes. You tell us what you need. We ask the awkward questions about your stack, the team and the last person who left. We write the job spec; you sign it off.
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We source, we screen, we send. Every shortlisted candidate has been on a technical call with us first. Notes on stack fit and likely concerns attached to each CV. No bulk emails to your inbox.
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You interview, you decide. Fee is a flat amount agreed at the brief call, payable only on hire. If nobody fits, we keep sourcing at no extra cost. If you find your own candidate independently, no fee.
Drop us a note via the form — we read every one and reply within the working day.
Prefer to talk? Call us on 0131 605 0102.