“People Capital brought us the kind of world-class engineer we wouldn’t have found on our own.”
-Jeff Kuei, Co-Founder & CEO at Kixie
Challenge:
Kixie, a highly-profitable and growing sales engagement platform, needed a full-stack engineer with elite technical and academic credentials to strengthen their core product team. Despite strong inbound interest, the internal team struggled to evaluate and attract high-caliber engineers.
Solution:
People Capital sourced and technically screened candidates, surfacing only those with the strongest signals. One standout candidate, a Harvard graduate with full-stack expertise in React and Node.js, was presented and advanced quickly through the hiring funnel.
Results:
- Placed a Harvard-educated full-stack engineer at Kixie.
- Streamlined hiring timeline from initial outreach to offer acceptance in just 5 weeks.
- Candidate has since contributed significantly to Kixie’s core platform scaling efforts.