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An AI-native tech and engineering staffing and recruiting agency.
TekRecruiter finds the top 1% of tech and engineering talent that drives the world’s best companies, from software, AI and cloud engineers to CTOs. Our own AI operating system reaches about 3,000 people for every role, and only the best 3–4 reach you. We’re all technical people, so we go deep with every candidate. Beyond skills and experience, we look for HEARTThe HEART standardHHigh agencyEExecutionAAccountabilityRResourcefulnessTTransparencyWhat we look for, beyond skills →.
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To help the world’s businesses grow by filling every job with the best people.
Today, that means technology and engineering roles, the jobs that shape tomorrow.
Without filling these positions in time, America loses in innovation. We believe America needs to be the leader in innovation and in the technical advancements that fuel every industry, creating a better tomorrow. This is the heart of what the best companies in the world do, and it is not possible without the best people.
That starts with engineering, where America has historically fallen short, and it matters even more now with AI.
These jobs are open, and they must be filled. Filling them helps people, and it helps companies. That is why TekRecruiter exists.
Ron Smith President & Founder
Why tech and engineering hiring can’t wait.
America leads the world in AI investment, but its lead in AI performance is down to 2.7%. The US expects about 280,000 computer and IT job openings every year through 2035, and in 2022 the digital economy grew more than three times faster than the economy as a whole. Every open technology and engineering job is innovation on hold.
- $285.9B
US private AI investment in 2025, 23 times China’s $12.4 billion.
Stanford AI Index 2026 - 2.7%
The lead the top US AI model holds over the top Chinese model, as of March 2026.
Stanford AI Index 2026 - 280,000
Computer and IT job openings projected in the US every year, 2025 to 2035.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics - +10%
Projected growth in software developer jobs by 2035, much faster than average.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics - 6.3% vs 1.9%
Real growth of the US digital economy vs the whole economy in 2022.
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis - 53,400 vs 44,700
Science and engineering doctorates awarded in 2022: China vs the US.
National Science Foundation, NCSES - 12.7M
Temporary and contract employees hired by America’s staffing companies in 2023.
American Staffing Association - 167
Tech and engineering placements by TekRecruiter in 2026, in the US and Latin America.
TekRecruiter 2026 Salary & Rate Guide
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At the heart of what we do is purpose.
Ron Smith has a God-given purpose to fill technology and engineering jobs. Looking back, every step of his life confirms it, from the tech startup that failed to his ironic pivot into technical recruiting and his surprising reach on TikTok.
Ron Smith
President
Ron started college on a path to medicine, then switched to computer science after a tough Chemistry 2 class. In 2012, he was a founding engineer at a Miami job board startup, where he built a distributed ETL pipeline that ingested and enriched job postings nationwide. The startup was acquired, but it never solved the harder problem of matching the right people to those jobs.
After a stint as a technical account executive, a recruiter’s call brought him to Signature Consultants. His engineering background put him ahead fast. He finished first in his training class, made President’s Club and became a lead technical recruiter in his second year, then recruited across the New York and New Jersey market at Artech. At both firms, he saw companies selling technology recruiting without understanding technology.
How can we call ourselves a technology staffing and recruiting firm if we know nothing about technology?
He started TekRecruiter in 2020 to do it differently and went full time in 2021. As President, Ron brings that experience to every search and every client relationship, and a fully AI-native operation keeps the team lean without trading away quality.
- B.S. Computer Science, Florida International University
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect
- Salesforce Certified Platform Developer
- GCP Professional Cloud Architect
- Microsoft Azure certified solutions architect
Purpose
Interview advice for millions.
Ron helps people get jobs through free interview advice on TikTok, where one video has passed 2.3 million views. At TekRecruiter, he fills the jobs.
It doesn’t feel like work when you’re fulfilling your life’s purpose.
Team
A team that’s family.
As a family man, Ron sees the people he works with as a close extension of his family, and takes care of them that way.
See benefitsGiving back
Three leadership searches a year, on us.
For existing clients, as a thank-you to the hiring leaders who trust us to deliver technology and engineering staffing and recruiting.
Executive searchAt work, with family and in our community
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Find and fulfill purpose at TekRecruiter.
We hire the same way we recruit: for HEART. If this is you, come join our team.
- High agencyPeople who see what needs to be done and act without waiting to be told.
- ExecutionPeople who turn ideas into results.
- AccountabilityPeople who own the outcome, not just their piece of the work.
- ResourcefulnessPeople who figure things out when the answer isn’t obvious.
- TransparencyPeople who communicate clearly, honestly, and early.
Benefits
Health care, fully paid
Employer-sponsored coverage, 100% paid by TekRecruiter.
401(k) match
We match your contributions up to 6%.
Hybrid work
Time in our Miami office with the team, and time to focus remotely.
Equity
Ownership in the company you help build.
Bonuses
Performance bonuses tied to the results you drive.
Paid time off
Paid vacation every year.
Daily meals
Breakfast and lunch are served in our office every day.
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Open roles at TekRecruiter 2
Technology and engineering roles, end to end.
Every specialization we recruit for, from the engineers who build the product to the leaders who run it, plus the platforms and industries we know best.
Executive searchLeadership
More than 100 startups and Fortune 500 companies.
By client type, 39.6% are hyper-growth startups, 36.8% are mid-size companies and 23.6% are enterprises. Clients include Palantir, Ramp, Rippling, Netflix, Cursor, FanDuel, Electronic Arts, Uber and Norton. Below: where our 2026 placements went, by the client’s industry.
- Health tech30%
- Technology & AI services19%
- E-commerce12%
- Investment banking12%
- Fintech11%
- IoT9%
- Security7%
A minority-owned, certified diverse supplier.
TekRecruiter is minority-owned and a Certified Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Supplier. We know how much a diverse workforce matters, and we practice it on our own team first. Companies with supplier diversity programs can work with a certified diverse staffing and recruiting partner, backed by the same technical recruiting and HEART standard as every search.
- Minority-ownedOwned and led by our founder and President, Ron Smith.
- Certified supplierA Certified Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Supplier for procurement and vendor programs.
- Practiced at homeA diverse team of our own, hired for HEART.
Customer stories.
The hiring team needed someone who could build a Java automation framework from scratch, and we had worked the search for six straight months with at least 12 or 13 vendors. TekRecruiter sent one candidate, and he got the job.
After eMed’s senior IAM role had been open for more than three months, TekRecruiter found the right candidate in less than a week.
TekRecruiter filled more than 12 software engineering roles at eMed.
In less than three days, TekRecruiter found Carewell the perfect senior software engineer with strong TypeScript and Playwright skills.
Qualio hired two senior DevOps engineers for its cloud engineering team from the candidates TekRecruiter presented.
SM2 Dev hired a senior software engineer after TekRecruiter shared three to four candidates within a week, as committed.
The few times I’ve hired over the last five years, I’ve always been vendor neutral, and TekRecruiter has been the staffing partner that filled every one of those open engineering roles.
Their ability to quickly supply highly skilled software and DevOps engineers who blend in well with our existing teams continues to amaze me. They are highly technical at the account management level and transparently propose different solutions, whether staff augmentation or nearshore outsourcing.
About TekRecruiter, answered.
What is TekRecruiter?
TekRecruiter is an AI-native tech and engineering staffing and recruiting agency. We find the top 1% of tech and engineering talent that drives the world’s best companies, from software, AI and cloud engineers to CTOs. We recruit only technology and engineering roles, so our pipeline runs deep, and our own AI operating system sources, screens and matches talent.
What is TekRecruiter’s mission?
TekRecruiter’s mission is to help the world’s businesses grow by filling every job with the best people. Today, that means technology and engineering roles, from software, AI and cloud engineers to CTOs. These jobs are the future, and without them America loses in innovation. Filling them helps people and helps companies, and it is the God-given purpose of our founder, Ron Smith.
Why are tech and engineering jobs so hard to fill?
Demand is growing faster than the supply of experienced people. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects about 280,000 computer and IT job openings every year from 2025 to 2035, and 10% growth in software developer jobs, much faster than average. At the same time, China now awards more science and engineering doctorates than the US (53,400 vs 44,700 in 2022, National Science Foundation), and the race in AI raises the bar for the talent every company needs.
How big is the US staffing industry?
America’s staffing companies hired 12.7 million temporary and contract employees in 2023, according to the American Staffing Association. TekRecruiter specializes in one part of that market: technology and engineering roles, from engineers to CTOs. In 2026 it made 167 tech and engineering placements.
What is an AI-native recruiting agency?
An agency built around its own AI rather than adding AI tools to an old process. At TekRecruiter, our AI operating system sources, builds pipelines, screens and matches talent, while recruiters who understand the work hold the conversations, make the judgment calls and close the hire.
How does TekRecruiter screen candidates?
Our team understands the work, and our founder is a software engineer. We screen candidates through technical conversations about what they built, not by matching keywords on a résumé, so the people we present can do the job.
How is TekRecruiter different from other staffing firms?
Most firms send volume. We are technical people who screen through conversations about real work, measure every candidate against our HEART standard, and present only the people who fit. 92% of the candidates we submit get interviewed.
Where is TekRecruiter based?
TekRecruiter is based in South Florida and New York, with offices in Miami (1001 Brickell Bay Dr), New York (41 Madison Ave), Boston, Boca Raton, Fort Lauderdale and São Paulo.
What guarantees do you offer?
Direct hire is contingent, with no fee until the hire starts, and carries a 90-day placement guarantee. Contract and contract-to-hire consultants are interviewed by you before they start, and 98% of our contract-to-hire consultants convert to full-time. See ways to hire.
Is TekRecruiter a diverse supplier?
Yes. TekRecruiter is minority-owned and a Certified Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Supplier, so companies with supplier diversity programs can work with a certified diverse staffing and recruiting partner. Learn more.
Offices in Miami, New York, Boston, Boca Raton, Fort Lauderdale and São Paulo. All offices and contact.
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