Quality over headcount
We place senior engineers who write clean, maintainable code, never juniors padding a bench.
About Recurso Labs
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For over a decade, Recurso Labs has placed elite, rigorously vetted engineers inside the teams of startups and enterprises across the US and EU, the quality of a senior in-house hire, ready in days.
Our story
Our story
Built to make hiring senior engineers fast, safe, and simple.
Recurso Labs began with a simple frustration: great companies were losing months to recruiting cycles just to find one reliable senior engineer, while exceptional talent went overlooked because of where it happened to be based.
So we built a staff augmentation model around a single promise, every engineer we send is hand-picked, rigorously vetted, and ready to deliver from day one. Not a detached vendor, but a teammate embedded in your standups, your tools, and your sprints.
A decade later, our engineers ship production software for startups and enterprises across the US and EU, giving teams the quality of a senior in-house hire at a fraction of the cost and wait.
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How we vet
Only the top ~3% make it to your team
Every engineer clears a four-stage screen before you ever meet them. No juniors padding the bench, no surprises, just senior talent that ships from day one.
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Sourcing & Screening
Every applicant is screened against our bar before they ever reach a technical round, CV, track record, and English fluency.
~12% of applicants clear this first gate.
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Technical Assessment
A real-world coding challenge graded by senior engineers, not a quiz. We test how they actually build, debug, and reason.
Live code review of production-style work.
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Live Problem-Solving
A paired session where candidates solve an open-ended problem out loud, so we see their thinking, not just their answer.
Architecture, trade-offs, and communication under pressure.
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Communication & Fit
A final screen for collaboration, ownership, and clear English so the engineer slots into your team from day one.
Only the top ~3% reach your shortlist.
Our journey
A decade of shipping with great teams
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The people
The team behind every placement
Hover a card to meet the people who source, vet, and lead the engineers we send to your team.
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Sohaib Mehmood
Business Development Team Lead
Sohaib Mehmood
Business Development Team Lead
Leads client partnerships and matches teams with the right engineers, fast.
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Sami Ullah Aizaz
Head of Talent
Sami Ullah Aizaz
Head of Talent
Runs sourcing and the communication-and-fit screen for every placement.
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Abe Shaid
Lead (Full-Stack AI / ML)
Abe Shaid
Lead (Full-Stack AI / ML)
Leads full-stack AI/ML delivery and reviews candidate technical rounds.
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Ahmed Haseeb Hassan
Senior AI Engineer
Ahmed Haseeb Hassan
Senior AI Engineer
Delivers LLM and data pipelines for clients shipping AI features.
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Talha Mughal
Full-Stack AI Engineer
Talha Mughal
Full-Stack AI Engineer
Builds production full-stack AI and automation systems end to end.
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The values behind every engineer we send
Speed without shortcuts
A 48-hour average match time, with a vetting bar we never lower to hit it.
Embedded, not detached
Our engineers join your standups, tools, and sprints, working as part of your team.
Radical transparency
Clear communication, honest timelines, and no surprises in scope or billing.
Long-term partnership
Flexible, month-to-month engagements built to grow with you, not lock you in.
Ownership mindset
Every engineer treats your product like their own and is accountable for outcomes.
Trusted by teams shipping with our engineers
- Uber
- Toptal
- Turing
- KUDO
- SuperAnnotate
- Biomark
- FreightRoll
- Jobin Cloud
- VerifIQ
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Let's build together
Your next senior engineer is already vetted.
Tell us what you're building. We'll match you with pre-screened engineers and have them in your standups within days, not months.