Three SRE referrals in under a fortnight at a London FinTech

This is an illustrative composite drawn from the shape of several CoderCo direct-referral engagements. Named references are shared under NDA on request.

Problem

A growth-stage FinTech needed to staff three SRE seats on its trading platform before a regulatory go-live. The open market was slow and recruiter pipelines were producing infrastructure-generalist engineers without the platform-aware on-call experience the role actually called for.

What we did

• Took the brief on a Monday afternoon, sent four CVs by Tuesday lunchtime
• All candidates pre-vetted on Kubernetes and observability, with a track record on-call in regulated environments
• Two of the placements were contract via the CoderCo network, one was a direct permanent hire from a recent cohort
• Stayed close through the first week of each placement to surface any onboarding friction early

Outcome

• Three roles filled in 11 days end to end
• Regulatory go-live hit on the original date
• Two of the three converted to permanent within six months
• The long tail of weaker matches was kept off the client's inbox, which freed up the hiring manager's week