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A critical specialist hire
When the role is too technical, too niche, or too important for a broad applicant funnel, we build a focused search around the evidence that matters.
Senior engineering · AI · Data · Security
For companies
Build the team your next stage requires.
Technical recruitment and executive search for companies that need a critical hire—not another pile of profiles.
Human-led evaluationGlobal search reach
- 120+
- companies hired
- From 48h
- engineering shortlist
- 3,000+
- vetted profiles
- 31
- countries covered
Where we help
Choose the hiring problem—not a package.
The right search model depends on the mandate, scarcity, and number of hires. We shape the process around that reality.
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A leadership mandate
For CTO, product, operations, finance, and other executive searches, we align the mandate, stakeholder expectations, and market before outreach begins.
C-suite · VP · Director · Fractional
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A team that must scale
For several related hires, we coordinate role sequencing, shared evaluation criteria, and candidate communication as one hiring programme.
New teams · Portfolio support · Expansion
The process
From open role to accepted offer.
A clear sequence keeps the search focused and gives candidates a consistent experience from first contact to close.
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Turn the role into a mandate
We map the outcomes, constraints, team context, compensation, location, and decisions the hire must own. The result is a brief the market can understand and your interview team can use.
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Build the search map
We identify the relevant companies, adjacent talent pools, geographies, and candidate signals—then combine targeted research with the existing EXZEV network.
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Assess evidence and intent
Screening checks role-relevant depth, real delivery context, motivation, availability, and expectations before a profile reaches your team.
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Present a focused shortlist
Each candidate comes with a concise rationale, relevant evidence, availability, compensation context, and any open questions or risks we see.
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Manage the process to close
We coordinate interviews, capture feedback, keep candidates informed, and stay close through offer, acceptance, and the agreed onboarding handoff.
Engagement models
One search partner, four ways to engage.
We recommend the model after understanding the role, urgency, confidentiality, and the amount of change your team is hiring for.
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Permanent search
Focused search for individual specialist, leadership, or business-critical permanent hires.
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Executive search
A discreet, partner-led process for C-suite and senior leadership mandates with multiple stakeholders.
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Interim & fractional
Experienced leaders for a defined transition, delivery period, audit, or capability-building mandate.
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Team scaling
Coordinated recruitment for several connected roles, sequenced around the team you need to build.
Roles we fill
Start with the role. Go deeper from there.
Explore selected specialist pages, or use the full role directory to find the closest hiring mandate.
What to expect
A search you can make decisions from.
The output is not just candidate volume. It is a clearer view of the market, the trade-offs, and the next decision.
How EXZEV evaluates expertiseA clear search brief
One agreed definition of success, shared by hiring managers, interviewers, and the search team.
Shortlists with context
Fewer, better-explained profiles—each tied back to the mandate rather than forwarded without judgment.
Visible trade-offs
Honest feedback on compensation, geography, availability, and where the market does not match the original brief.
One accountable process
Consistent communication from intake through interviews and offer, with clear next steps for every candidate.
Global reach
Search across markets, anchored by context.
Our listed hubs support a wider international search network. Geography is filtered by the brief—not treated as a substitute for fit.
Headquarters
Dubai
UAE
Regional Office
London
United Kingdom
EU Operations
Tallinn
Estonia
LatAm Hub
São Paulo
Brazil
Asia Pacific Base
Bangkok
Thailand
Common questions
Before we start.
Practical answers about timing, screening, coverage, and working with your team.
How quickly can we see the first candidates?
For many engineering briefs, the first matched shortlist can begin from 48 hours after the intake. Executive, highly specialised, or confidential searches usually need more market mapping; we agree a realistic timeline before the search starts.
Which roles does EXZEV recruit for?
EXZEV covers senior software engineering, AI and machine learning, data, cloud, infrastructure, cybersecurity, product, commercial, finance, people, and C-suite leadership roles. The role directory links to the current specialist coverage.
How are candidates screened?
Screening is tailored to the mandate. We examine relevant delivery evidence, decisions and trade-offs, communication, motivation, availability, compensation, and operating context. It is designed to improve your interview signal, not replace your own final assessment.
Can EXZEV work with our internal talent team?
Yes. We can own selected specialist or leadership searches while your internal team keeps responsibility for the wider hiring plan, employer brand, and candidate experience.
Where does EXZEV search?
The network covers talent across 31 countries, with search shaped around the role's location, time-zone, language, and employment constraints. Remote reach does not mean every role or engagement model is available in every country.
How do fees and guarantees work?
Fees start from 12% of the hire's annual compensation. We invoice only after the candidate starts work, offer a free replacement within 1–3 months depending on the role, sign an NDA before the search begins, and invoice in EUR, USD, AED or USDT from a legal entity. The exact rate and replacement period for your search are fixed in the contract before work begins.
Your next hire starts with a better brief.
Tell us what the person needs to change, build, or lead. We will help shape the search from there.
Start a searchScope and commercial terms are confirmed before work begins.