HELLO, I'M REI.

I help companies hire the right engineers.

Find out how

Through experience

As a software engineer and technical lead myself, I've been involved in numerous hires, and know the difficulty organizations face with finding great talent. A lot of time is spent trying to hire the right people, and more often than not a decision is made based on gut feel. As an engineer, I am not OK with this. Over the years I've learned how to identify and assess talented people, and am able to communicate that empirically. I now help businesses do the same.

With empirical data

I believe that a hiring decision should be made based on empirical data instead of intuition. After receiving a list of profiles from my clients, I contact and schedule interviews with each of the candidates. Interviews typically take 1 hour per candidate which includes a 15 minute video interview and a 45 minute exercise. Exercises consist out of technical and psychometric tests. I summarize and rank each candidate, and benchmark them against the current team.

Services

Identify and assess talent

I identify talented front-end, back-end, full-stack, technical leads and engineering managers. I assess them based on the following skill sets:

Angular React Redux MobX JavaScript TypeScript HTML CSS LESS/SASS NPM Webpack Java Spring Framework C# .NET Core Node.js REST SOA Microservices OOP SOLID SQL NoSQL Agile Scrum Kanban CI/CD DevOps Unit testing E2E testing Integration testing Recruitment Team building Forecasting Budgeting Product Management Procurement Leadership Mentoring

Personalized approach

Candidates should feel appreciated and not just like another CV that has landed on a desk somewhere. I therefore provide candidates with a human experience, spending time with each person individually, and also providing them with detailed personal feedback after the fact.

I also personalise each hiring process according to the vision and culture of my client's organization, the team and requirements for the role. I handle each interview process with the utmost professionalism and confidentiality.

About me

I started my career at KRS as a junior software developer in 2004, in Cape Town, South Africa. Involved in numerous technical projects, I eventually became team lead. From there I joined the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) as an engineer in 2013. I graduated with an MBA in 2015, and in 2016 became tech. lead, at which stage I was directly involved in growing an engineering team from 3 individuals to eventually fill more than 20 positions.

Today I live in the Swiss Alps in the quaint village of Grindelwald with my beautiful wife and rowdy kids. It is from my home office here in the Alps that I help identify the perfect engineers for my clients. Have a look at what I have to offer and feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Pricing

My pricing model is based on a flat fee per profile.

Standard Benchmark
Description Send me your profiles and I'll interview, assess, summarize and rank each candidate. All standard options + benchmarking candidates against your current team.
Assessment Video interview, technical and psychometric tests.
Summary A summary of the candidate, what I think personally based on my evaluation and why I think they may be a good fit.
Ranking Candidates are ranked based on their technical, psychometric scores and my personal score.
Benchmark Before starting the interview processes I interview with members of my clients' teams. The candidates are then benchmarked against these scores.
Price CHF 300 / profile CHF 300 / profile
CHF 300 / team member*

*This is a one-off fee paid upfront. I.e. For future hires I'll continue to use the same scores for benchmarking purposes.

I'm also open to considering other pricing models based on your requirements. Feel free to get in touch for more information.

Contact

Feel free to contact me directly or via email. But please be aware I usually sleep between 22:00 and 5:00 CET.