Haystack

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Haystack

Newcastle upon Tyne
Founded 2020
Employees 1 - 10
Remote working
Marketplace

Who are Haystack

Haystack combines AI & expert vetting to deliver world-class tech candidates who are engaged, aligned, and ready to interview. We're trusted by over 150,000+ UK-based techies, working in Software Engineering, Data, Design, DevOps, Cloud, Tech Management, Testing, Product & Delivery, Architecture and more. 100s of employers from startups and scale-ups like Atom Bank, DuckDuckGo and Goodlord to established enterprises like American Express, Dunelm and AWS use Haystack to connect with qualified tech talent that they can't find anywhere else.

Life at

Haystack

Culture overview

At Haystack we work like the product we build – fast, transparent and signal-driven. We trust people to own their work and give them the space to ship without red tape. Ideas win on merit, not job titles. We’re remote-friendly but tightly connected, using daily async stand-ups and quick calls when it matters. Feedback flows openly, experiments happen daily, and learning is built into the job. Everyone here cares about craft – whether that’s clean code, crisp design or clear communication – and we back each other to keep raising the bar. We celebrate wins, own mistakes and move on quickly. If you like autonomy, impact and a team that genuinely roots for each other, you’ll feel at home at Haystack.

Employee benefits

Flexible Hours
Flexible Working
Free Parking
Laptop
Learning Allowance
Learning/Development days

Office vibe

Beer Fridge
City Centre
Free Coffee
Social Events
Team Building Days

Location

Tech at

Haystack

Leadership

Mike Davies
Co-founder

Tech overview

Haystack is a real-time marketplace connecting 150k+ tech professionals with teams they actually want to join. Our AI-driven matching crunches millions of data points to surface the right people in seconds, while Verified Candidates come pre-screened and interview-ready with 80% shortlist rates. Behind the scenes we run a live, event-driven platform built with TypeScript/Node, React, GraphQL, MongoDB and AWS—shipping fast with vector search, embeddings and microservices powering instant alerts and 24–48h interview booking. If you love distributed systems, data pipelines and building products people genuinely want to use, this is the place to do it.

Engineering principles

Agile Process
Code Reviews
Continuous delivery
Continuous Development
Mentoring
Rapid release cycles
Scrum
Unit testing

Company tech stack

aws
AWS
graphql
GraphQL
mongodb
MongoDB
nodejs
Node.js
react
React
react-native
React Native
typescript
TypeScript

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