Equals Group
The numbers that mattered
Our strategy centered on a total recalibration of Equals' market positioning. We executed a comprehensive benchmarking exercise to align salary and equity packages with top-tier fintech standards, instantly unlocking access to elite technical talent. Moving beyond standard sourcing, we targeted engineers and product leaders with specific experience in microservices migration and distributed systems, validating for both technical rigor and the ability to lead cross-functional squads across multiple regions.
Roles filled
Strategic Engineering & Product Hires.
Time to shortlist
Days to launch shortlist.
Still employed
Retention rate
Time to hire
Mandate successfully deployed.
Equals Money reached a critical technical milestone: migrating from a legacy monolithic platform to a high-performance microservices architecture. To execute this overhaul, they required a rapid influx of elite engineering talent across two international offices
We engineered a targeted sourcing strategy focused on fintech modernisation.
We mapped the global fintech landscape to identify engineering and product leaders with direct experience in modernizing legacy monoliths and scaling distributed microservices architectures. Our strategy centered on a total recalibration of Equals’ market positioning, utilizing data-driven salary benchmarking to transform the firm into a highly competitive destination for top-tier talent. By executing a parallel recruitment drive across London and Manchester, we compressed hiring timelines while institutionalizing faster screening and feedback loops within their internal teams. Working in lockstep with engineering leadership to prioritize critical architectural roles, we successfully closed the technical execution gap and secured the foundational talent required to deliver their next-generation product roadmap.
Scaling the Infrastructure for a Multi-Regional Fintech Architecture Overhaul.
We successfully deployed a full cross-functional team of 19 specialists within eight months, spanning Node/TypeScript, QA, DevOps, and Product leadership. This influx of elite talent provided the technical capacity required for Equals Money to execute its migration from a monolithic legacy platform to a modern, distributed microservices architecture. By securing senior anchors across both London and Manchester, we stabilized delivery across multiple squads and accelerated the rollout of new product capabilities. These hires did more than fill open roles; they institutionalized a culture of architectural excellence and technical rigor, de-risking the firm’s long-term growth as a global leader in regulated financial services.
Twenty-one days to shortlist
Nineteen hires across two offices, with a monolith to dismantle. Shortlisted in 21 days, mandate completed in eight months.
Ninety per cent retention across nineteen hires
We benchmarked salary and equity against top-tier fintech before approaching anyone, which is why the offers landed. Then we validated specifically for microservices migration experience.
A monolith broken up
Node and TypeScript engineers, QA, DevOps and product leadership across London and Manchester, providing the capacity to migrate to distributed microservices.
"We successfully built and developed our engineering and platform teams across two major UK locations: London and Manchester."
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