Connecting tech talentwith market pioneers

Forward-thinking companies are building winning teams to turn ambitious ideas into reality. We uncover the high-impact talent needed to power your next big leap.

Regional Experience
Precision Search
Tech Focus

Specialized talent for what's next

We combine market intelligence with targeted search to pinpoint specialists in your core discipline.

Enterprise GTM

We connect sales and marketing leaders who drive growth and expansion, finding operators who scale revenue in competitive, fast-moving markets.

Artificial Intelligence

From LLMs to agentic systems, we find the AI talent building what's next, practitioners who ship production models, not just research prototypes.

SaaS & Cloud

We place the engineers and product leaders behind subscription platforms built to scale, from infrastructure teams to the people who sell what they build.

Data Science

We source scientists and analysts who turn raw data into decisions, people who can build a model and explain what it means for the business.

Cybersecurity

We find the security engineers and analysts who keep enterprise systems resilient, from threat detection to incident response under real pressure.

Fintech

We place talent who understand both the technology and the regulation, engineers and product leads building compliant financial infrastructure.

E-Commerce

We connect operators who scale online retail end to end, from supply chain and growth marketing to the platforms that keep checkout fast.

Blockchain

We source the engineers and protocol specialists building on distributed ledgers, from smart contracts to the infrastructure that keeps them secure.

How We Help You Hire

Three ways we plug into your team, from a single critical hire to building out a whole function.

From brief to placement in six weeks

A five-step process with fixed milestones, so you always know where your search stands.

  1. Recruiter and hiring manager in a calibration meeting
    1
    Day 1

    Calibration

    Align with stakeholders on the candidate profile, success criteria, and a pre-booked interview loop for the full six weeks.

  2. Recruiter sourcing candidates on a laptop
    2
    Days 2–5

    Initial Targeted Sourcing

    Source passive talent across specialist networks against the exact profile, then refine on first-wave feedback.

  3. Reviewing a shortlist of screened candidates
    3
    Weeks 2–3

    Rapid Screening & Shortlisting

    Screen candidates on competency, cultural fit, and motivation, then present a vetted shortlist to the hiring team.

  4. Candidate interview in progress over video call
    4
    Week 4

    Accelerated Interviews

    Run a streamlined interview process on the pre-booked slots to keep candidate momentum high.

  5. Handshake closing the placement
    5
    Weeks 5–6

    Selection, Offer & Closing

    Complete reference checks, finalize the offer, and issue the agreement — placement secured.

Your next hiring round starts with a 30-minute brief

Start Hiring

Find Your Next Opportunity

Page 1 of 1

Insights from the market

Short, practical reads on hiring and job-hunting in Gulf tech โ€” updated as we learn from real searches.

Burj Khalifa rising above palm trees in Dubai
Industries we hire for
  • Enterprise GTM
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • SaaS & Cloud
  • Data Science
  • Cybersecurity
  • Fintech
  • E-Commerce
  • Blockchain
About Haystack

Tech Specialist Recruitment

Generalist recruiters optimise for volume. We built Haystack for the opposite: recruiters who can hold a real technical and commercial conversation, so the right candidates say yes.

  • Specialists, not generalists. Eight tech industries, known in depth.
  • Quality over volume. A short, vetted shortlist, not a stack of CVs.
  • A process you can see. Brief to placement in six weeks.
  • In it for the long term. Success means hires who stay and grow.
Based in the UAE