Technology Recruiting, Reimagined
The best engineers are rarely on the market - and when they are, they're gone in days. Merato connects you with specialist tech recruiters who have deep networks in software engineering, DevOps, data science, and product. Stop competing on job boards and start sourcing through people who already have relationships with the talent you need.
$18,000
Average bounty
28 days
Median time to fill
34%
Interview-to-offer rate
Technology Hiring Landscape
The numbers shaping technology recruiting
42
Avg. days to fill
The average time to fill a senior engineering role in tech, nearly double the cross-industry average.
3:1
Open roles vs. candidates
For every qualified senior engineer, there are three open positions competing for their attention.
28%
Offer decline rate
Over a quarter of engineering offers are declined, often due to competing offers or counteroffers.
74%
Remote preference
Nearly three-quarters of engineers prefer fully remote roles, reshaping how companies must recruit.
Roles we help fill in Technology
Example roles companies post on Merato with typical bounties
Senior Full-Stack Engineer
Builds and ships end-to-end features across React frontends and Node.js services, owns technical decisions from database schema to deployment pipeline.
Staff Platform Engineer
Designs and maintains internal developer platforms, Kubernetes clusters, and CI/CD infrastructure that hundreds of engineers depend on daily.
VP of Engineering
Leads multiple engineering teams, sets technical strategy, manages the roadmap alongside product leadership, and mentors engineering managers.
Machine Learning Engineer
Trains, evaluates, and deploys production ML models, builds feature pipelines, and collaborates with data scientists to move research into real products.
Product Manager
Owns the product roadmap for a core feature area, runs discovery with customers, writes specs, and works daily with engineering and design to ship outcomes.
Technology hiring norms vs. Merato
See how Merato changes the equation for technology recruiting
Hiring challenges Merato solves
See how Merato addresses the toughest hiring problems in Technology
Passive candidate sourcing
Top engineers don't apply to job posts. Merato recruiters tap into warm networks and direct outreach to reach candidates you'd never find on your own.
Technical screening at scale
Specialist tech recruiters pre-screen for architecture skills, system design thinking, and culture fit - so only qualified candidates reach your pipeline.
Competing with FAANG offers
Bounty-aligned recruiters are motivated to sell your mission, equity story, and engineering culture - not just salary numbers.
Tools & skills in demand
What technology professionals say
“We filled three senior engineering roles in under six weeks. The recruiters on Merato understood our stack and culture from day one.”
Priya Sharma
Head of Engineering, Lattice Systems
The recruiter found us a staff engineer who'd been passive for two years. No job board would have surfaced them.
David Park
CTO, Relay Finance
We went from zero candidates to three final-round interviews in 12 days. That's unheard of for a principal engineer role.
Maria Santos
VP Engineering, Cloudsmith
The transparency is refreshing. I always know exactly where my candidates are in the process.
James Liu
Senior Technical Recruiter, Independent
Technology recruiting FAQ
Common questions about hiring in technology through Merato
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