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Executive Search
Identifying and securing senior technical leadership — CTOs, Principal Engineers, Architects — whose vision aligns with your strategic trajectory.
Tech Recruitment Agency · Europe & Global
Tech Talent,
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Specialist tech recruitment agency placing senior engineers, CTOs, and technical leaders across Europe — through rigorous vetting, not guesswork.
What We Do
Tech Recruitment Services
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Technical Vetting
Our proprietary assessment framework evaluates candidates beyond credentials — testing architectural thinking, code quality, and collaborative problem-solving.
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Talent Pipeline
We maintain curated, pre-vetted pools of specialist talent ready for immediate engagement — eliminating the lag of reactive recruitment when critical roles arise.
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Strategic Consultation
Advisory engagements to shape your talent acquisition strategy, employer branding, compensation benchmarking, and team structure for scale.
How We Work
Our Tech Recruitment Process
Step 01
Calibration
Deep discovery sessions with your leadership. We define the technical profile, cultural alignment, and strategic impact expected from each placement.
Step 02
Vetting
Multi-stage technical assessments, structured interviews, and reference validation. Every candidate is stress-tested before they reach your desk.
Step 03
Shortlist
A curated presentation of two to four exceptional candidates — never a volume dump. Each backed by our detailed assessment report and placement guarantee.
Domains
Technology Domains We Recruit In
Engineering
Full-stack, backend, and embedded systems engineers across all modern stacks and paradigms.
Cloud & DevOps
AWS, GCP, Azure architects and platform engineers who build for reliability and scale.
QA & Testing
Manual and automation QA engineers with expertise in CI/CD pipelines and quality strategy.
UI / UX Design
Product designers and UX researchers who bridge aesthetic precision with user-centric thinking.
Leadership
Heads of Engineering, VPs of Technology, and Programme Directors who inspire teams and drive delivery.
About AXG TechInvent
A Tech Recruitment Partner Built by Technologists.
Trusted by Engineering Leaders.
AXG TechInvent was founded by industry veterans who grew frustrated watching companies make costly hiring mistakes — not from lack of candidates, but from lack of genuine technical insight during the evaluation process.
Our team carries direct experience in software engineering, product leadership, and enterprise architecture. We speak the language of our clients and candidates fluently.
Headquartered in Europe with a global network, we serve scale-ups, enterprise organisations, and high-growth ventures who understand that talent is the only sustainable competitive advantage.
Integrity First
We never recommend a candidate we would not hire ourselves. Our reputation is staked on every placement.
Deep Specialisation
We operate exclusively in technology. No generalist pretending — only domain authority built over a decade.
Long-Term Partnership
Over 80% of our clients return within 12 months. We build relationships, not transactions.
Questions
Frequently Asked Questions About Tech Recruitment
We specialise exclusively in technology roles — from individual contributors such as software engineers, QA specialists, and UX designers, to senior leadership including Heads of Engineering, CTOs, and VPs of Technology. We do not recruit outside the technology domain.
For most roles, we deliver a curated shortlist within 10–15 business days. Senior executive searches may take 3–6 weeks to ensure thorough market mapping. We prioritise quality over speed, but our pipeline model allows us to move rapidly for pre-defined role types.
Both models are available. Retained engagements allow us to dedicate full research resources to your role and are strongly recommended for senior or niche positions. Contingency arrangements are offered for well-defined mid-level roles where speed is the primary concern.
All placements are backed by a 90-day guarantee. If a candidate leaves or is let go within this period for reasons related to the role fit assessment, we will conduct a replacement search at no additional fee. Conditions apply and are clearly defined in our service agreement.
Yes. We place candidates in permanent, fixed-term contract, and interim positions. Our pipeline includes professionals open to both engagement models. Please specify your requirement during the initial consultation so we can match the right candidate pool.
Our primary market is Europe, though we maintain a global talent network and have successfully placed candidates across North America, APAC, and the Middle East. Please discuss international requirements during your initial consultation.
Our Work
Tech Recruitment Case Studies
Executive Search
Senior DevOps Engineer Placement for a Scaling FinTech
A Series B FinTech growing from a 3-person infrastructure team to a full platform engineering function needed a senior DevOps engineer to own their AWS architecture and lead a monolith-to-microservices migration — without disrupting a live payment system. We mapped the market, ran structured technical assessments including live infrastructure design sessions, and delivered a shortlist of three pre-vetted candidates. The client hired within 19 days.
Outcome
19-day time-to-hire · Still leading the infrastructure team 18 months on · Zero production incidents during migration
Technical Vetting
Qualifying a Full-Stack Engineering Team for a Product Rebuild
A logistics platform rebuilding its core product from scratch needed five senior engineers simultaneously — each owning a distinct domain. Using our proprietary vetting framework, including architectural design reviews and live system design sessions, we assessed 34 candidates across a focused six-week window and delivered five verified hires, each matched to a specific technical scope and team culture.
Outcome
5 hires · 6 weeks · 0 replacements in 12 months
Talent Pipeline
From 3-Month Hiring Cycles to On-Demand Engineering Talent
A SaaS company in the Netherlands was averaging 11 weeks from opening a role to signed offer — every hire a fire drill. We proposed a retained pipeline model: continuous market mapping and candidate engagement, independent of open headcount. When a role opens, a qualified shortlist is ready within 12 days. Three engineers placed across the partnership, zero counter-offer losses.
Outcome
3 roles filled · 11-week cycle reduced to 12-day shortlist · 14-month ongoing partnership
Thinking
Tech Recruitment Insights
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Read moreReady to build your team?
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What Tech Leaders Say About Our Recruitment
AXG delivered a shortlist of three candidates within two weeks. We hired the first one. The technical depth of their vetting process saved us months of interviewing noise.
We've worked with four recruitment firms over the past three years. AXG is the only one that actually understood what our platform required technically before sending anyone through.
Retained AXG for three separate searches over 18 months. Every placement is still with us. That retention rate speaks for itself.