How a Global Automation Technology Company Built a Diverse Core Engineering Team and Accelerated Product Delivery
About the Company
A global enterprise automation technology organization delivering software platforms used by businesses worldwide. As product demand increased, the company needed to rapidly build a strong core engineering team while maintaining strict diversity goals and ensuring on-time product launches.
Industry
Enterprise Automation | SaaS
Use Case
Core engineering team build-out, diversity hiring,
niche skill sourcing, product launch readiness
The Challenge
Scaling engineering capacity without compromising quality, diversity, or delivery timelines was a critical priority.
Key challenges included:
- Building an 80+ member core engineering team within tight timelines
- Achieving a 30% diversity mandate across technical roles
- Improving offer-to-joining ratios in a competitive talent market
- Ensuring engineering capacity was in place to support on-time product launches
- Hiring for niche and senior engineering roles with limited talent availability
The Approach
We partnered with the organization to design a structured, quality-first hiring strategy aligned with both scale and diversity goals.
Our approach included:
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Center of Excellence (COE) for diversity hiring
Established a focused COE to drive diversity mandates through targeted outreach and sustained pipeline management. -
Deep hiring manager collaboration
Worked closely with hiring leaders to deeply understand role requirements, success metrics, and team needs. -
Targeted niche sourcing strategy
Developed precision sourcing approaches tailored to specialized skills and seniority levels. -
High-bar interview process
Implemented a structured interview framework to ensure consistent evaluation and high-quality hiring outcomes.
The Impact
The engagement delivered strong results across scale, diversity, and speed.
Key results:
- Hired 100+ engineers across multiple locations
- Achieved 28% diversity representation across the engineering team
- Reduced time-to-hire by 30%, accelerating team readiness
Key Roles Delivered
- Engineering Manager
- Principal Software Engineer
- Senior Software Engineer
- Software Engineer II (SE2)
- Product Manager
