Engineers who got tired of agencies.
Heystaff exists because every engineering leader we know has the same story: a recruiter sends ten résumés, eight are mismatched, one is okay, none start in two weeks. We built the opposite.
How we work.
Send one candidate, not ten.
A shortlist is a confession that we didn't do the work. If we send you more than one name, we have failed our own brief.
Engineers vet engineers.
Recruiters can't tell you whether someone reasons about distributed locks correctly. So they don't run our screening. Engineers do.
Operations is product.
Payroll, benefits, compliance, and the management surface are not 'back office.' They are the product. We build them with the same rigor as the talent pipeline.
The platform is included.
We don't charge per seat for the software that manages the people we placed. That is bundling the same problem twice.
Our footprint, today.
Three offices, 42 countries with active engineers, one operating model. We hire where the talent lives — not where the founders happen to.
Four years of compounding.
Founded
Mira and Jonas leave Stripe and Deel respectively. First placement made from a kitchen table in Brooklyn.
First 100
Hit 100 active placements across 18 countries. Engineer-led screening codified into the six-stage funnel.
Platform launch
The Heystaff operating platform ships — schedules, hours, requests, payroll, time-off, all in one ledger.
1,000 engineers
Crossed 1,000 active placements. Opened London and Singapore. SOC 2 Type II certified.
Today
3,000+ placed across 42 countries. 99.2% 12-month retention. Still founder-led, still engineer-run.
About the company.
Are you funded?
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Heystaff is profitable and majority founder-owned, with a small Series A from operator-friendly funds in 2024. We optimize for retention, not growth at any cost.
Where is Heystaff headquartered?
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New York City, with operating offices in London and Singapore. Engineers in 42 countries; leadership is distributed across all three regions.
Are you hiring at Heystaff itself?
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Always — engineering, talent operations, and account management. See careers@heystaff.com. We hire from the same bench we sell from.
Who actually owns the company?
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Founders Mira Sato and Jonas Reyes hold the controlling stake. Employee equity covers 18% of the cap table. No agency rollups.
Ready to meet your next engineer?
30-minute calibration call. No commitment, no sales theater.