US IT recruitment for software, cloud, data, AI and security teams.
Mon-Fri 8am-8pm ETAll 50 states

Why we exist

US tech recruitment is broken in a specific way. Most agencies still operate like it is 2014: keyword-matched résumé blasts, no actual technical screening, sponsorship questions buried until offer stage, and a different recruiter on every email. By the time the hiring manager has wasted four interview slots on candidates who could not pass a basic system design conversation, the search has stalled and the agency starts over.

Hire Now was set up to fix that. We are a US IT recruitment partner with one belief at the centre of the desk: a hire only works if the technical bar is real, the comp expectations are aligned, and the work-authorization story is clear before the first interview. Get those three right and the rest is logistics.

What we do, plainly

We place IT, engineering, data, security and product roles for US-based employers. Most of our placements are fully remote or hybrid, with the rest on-site in major American tech hubs. We staff W2 permanent, W2 contract, and contract-to-hire. Where your vendor framework supports it, we can also handle corp-to-corp.

The roles we place most often:

  • Backend, frontend, full-stack, mobile and embedded software engineers
  • DevOps, SRE, cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP) and platform / IDP engineers
  • Data engineers, analytics engineers (dbt, Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery)
  • Data scientists, ML engineers, MLOps, applied-AI / LLM / GenAI specialists
  • Cybersecurity: SOC, threat detection, pen test, AppSec, cloud security, identity, GRC
  • Product managers, group PMs, principal PMs, heads of product
  • Product designers, UX researchers, UI / visual designers, design system leads
  • QA, SDETs, performance and load engineers
  • IT support, sysadmins, network engineers, M365 / Google Workspace specialists
  • Sales engineering, solutions architecture, customer engineering, TAMs
  • Engineering management: EMs, directors, heads, VPs and CTOs
  • Growth, digital marketing, lifecycle, paid acquisition and SEO for tech brands

How we vet

Every candidate goes through:

  • Work authorization status (USC, GC, GC-EAD, H1B current, H1B transfer, H4-EAD, TN, OPT, OPT-STEM, L1, L2-EAD) captured and verified at intake
  • Reference contact (current and previous employer where possible) and background-check readiness
  • Current location, time zone, and remote / hybrid / on-site preferences
  • Total comp expectations in USD: base, bonus, equity, plus relocation if applicable
  • Notice period, start-date realism, and competing offers in flight
  • Real technical conversation against your stack and seniority bar, plus GitHub / portfolio review where relevant
  • For senior or leadership roles: scoped, structured behavioral and case discussions

Who we work for

Our clients are US-based companies hiring tech and digital talent. That includes Series A through Series D SaaS and consumer startups in SF, NYC, Seattle, Austin, Boston, Denver and Miami; mid-market companies with in-house engineering, data and security teams; and Fortune 500 corporate technology orgs. We work with hiring managers, technical recruiters, founders and CTOs who want to spend less time on recruitment and more time shipping.

Remote, hybrid or on-site, the truth

For most US engineering, data and product roles, fully remote (US-only) or hybrid is now the path that produces the strongest shortlist for the fastest close. We will say so. For roles that genuinely need an in-office presence (regulated work, sensitive client meetings, infrastructure access, in-person leadership), we surface candidates already in the metro or willing to relocate cleanly, and we plan the offer timeline back from your target start date.

How we think about a placement

A successful placement is not a signed offer letter. It is the moment six months later when the new hire is still shipping, the team trusts them, the manager has stopped thinking about replacement, and the comp band you set is still right. That is the only outcome that matters to us, and the only one we measure against.

Our values, the short version

  • Do the intake properly. A 30-45 minute call up front saves a fortnight on the back end. We capture the stack, the bar, the comp band, the visa policy and the timeline before we go to market.
  • Tell the truth. If the comp band is below market, we will say so. If a candidate's GitHub does not back up the résumé, we will not pretend otherwise.
  • One throat to choke. One recruiter per client, end to end. Holiday cover is briefed properly so nothing slips.
  • Stand behind the work. Free replacement period on every permanent placement. No small print, no clawback games.
  • Sponsorship clarity from day one. Every candidate's work-authorization status is captured before we introduce them. No offer-stage visa surprises.

Want to talk?

Use the contact form and we will come back within one business day. We are available Monday to Friday, 8am to 8pm ET, and we respond to all-time-zone reqs the next business morning at the latest.

Hiring an engineer or full team?

One recruiter, a written intake, a vetted shortlist in 5 working days. That is how it should work.

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