The challenge
Following a period of acquisition and rapid growth, the client was bringing previously separate products and teams into a single platform strategy. The work was not a straightforward rebuild: critical legacy services had to remain dependable while new shared capabilities were designed and delivered.
That created a demanding permanent hiring brief spanning .NET, React and technical delivery. The people joining needed to understand established systems quickly, make pragmatic modernization decisions and contribute inside multidisciplinary product squads without slowing an already active transformation program.
The search
Change mapped engineers who combined hands-on .NET and React depth with evidence of working through large-scale platform change. The search went beyond matching frameworks, focusing on candidates who had untangled legacy dependencies, introduced modern service patterns and delivered safely in live environments.
Technical screening explored architecture judgment, integration experience and the trade-offs candidates had made in previous modernization programs. We also assessed how they communicated through ambiguity, worked across product and engineering teams and balanced immediate delivery with the longer-term platform direction.
The outcome
Multiple permanent hires joined the modernization program and helped the client strengthen its engineering and delivery capability. The appointments supported a more unified operating model, improved collaboration between squads and gave the program the specialist capacity it needed to maintain momentum.
Within six months, delivery timelines had improved by 40%. The hires continued to support the platform roadmap as the business expanded internationally, demonstrating the value of selecting for transformation experience as well as technical capability.
“Change helped us move fast without cutting corners. The people they placed understood the urgency and delivered.”
Chief Technology Officer