100%
of hiring goal achieved
Case study: technical and product talent
Growing Affirm’s engineering team
Affirm’s rapid expansion created urgent demand for technical talent across the United States and Poland. SecureVision partnered as an Embedded Recruiting / RPO team, increasing recruiting capacity and running full-cycle hiring during a critical growth stage.
Client
38%
reduction in time-to-fill
500+
hires supported
A fast-scaling fintech company hiring specialized talent across two countries
- Company size
- 2,000+ employees
- Product
- Consumer installments payment platform
- Markets
- The United States and Poland
- Work model
- Remote, multi-city
- Internal recruiting team
- 30 recruiters
- SecureVision team
- 5 embedded recruiters plus 1 delivery lead
- Engagement type
- Embedded Recruiting / RPO
- Engagement length
- 12 months
Growth was outpacing internal recruiting capacity
Affirm was scaling quickly and needed to hire a high volume of specialized technical and product talent. The pace of growth outpaced internal recruiting capacity.
The market for engineers, data talent, and product professionals was highly competitive. Hiring across two markets at once, the United States and Poland, added complexity and stretched bandwidth further.
41days
average time-to-fill before SecureVision engaged
72%
of annual hiring plan achieved at the point of engagement
An embedded team, owning the full hiring lifecycle
SecureVision embedded 5 senior recruiters and a delivery lead into Affirm’s existing recruiting operation. The team operated as part of Affirm’s team and owned the full recruiting lifecycle, from sourcing to offer.
5 embedded recruiters plus 1 delivery lead
Embedded directly into Affirm’s existing recruiting organization, working as an extension of their team rather than an outside vendor.
Full lifecycle, sourcing to offer
Every stage sat with the embedded team. Nothing was run to a shortlist and handed back to an internal recruiter to finish.
Aligned closely with hiring managers
Partnered directly with hiring managers to stay aligned on evolving talent needs and shifting priorities across the whole engagement.
A delivery lead accountable for execution
A delivery lead was provided to ensure execution quality, speed, and a strong candidate experience across both the United States and Poland.
Roles supported
- Frontend Engineer
- Backend Engineer
- Full-Stack Engineer
- Engineering Manager
- Product Analyst
- Product Manager
- Data Analyst
- Data Engineer
More volume, faster, without losing quality
Affirm’s headcount grew from roughly 1,600 to over 2,500 employees within a single fiscal year, a 55% increase. With the opening of a new engineering hub in Poland, SecureVision helped double the existing engineering headcount.
55%
increase in overall headcount
Where to go next
Affirm’s was an engineering and product hiring problem, solved by putting recruiters inside the company rather than beside it. If that is the shape of your problem, Embedded Recruiting explains how the engagement works. You can also read all of our case studies.
FAQ
What does embedded recruiting actually mean, day-to-day?
An embedded recruiter works inside your environment rather than alongside it. They are in your chat channels, your stand-ups, and your applicant tracking system, they work your hours, and they handle any responsibility an internal recruiter would: intake calls, job descriptions, sourcing, screening, interview coordination, and offers. At Affirm that meant 5 embedded recruiters plus 1 delivery lead working as part of Affirm’s own recruiting team.
How is this different from using a recruiting agency?
Two differences matter most. The recruiters are exclusively dedicated to your company and manage the search end-to-end, rather than surfacing resumes to several customers at once. And you own your data and your candidate pool: those candidates are not shared with any other customer of ours.
Do you recruit engineering and product roles, or only go-to-market?
Both. The Affirm engagement was engineering, product, and data: frontend, backend, and full-stack engineers, engineering managers, product managers, product analysts, data analysts, and data engineers. Our recruiters specialize by function, so a technical search is run by people who run technical searches.
Can you hire in more than one country at the same time?
Yes. The Affirm engagement covered the United States and Poland at the same time, with one delivery lead accountable for execution quality. Our recruiting team is globally distributed; we have run engagements across Latin America, EMEA, and APAC, and we can work within your local time zones.
Does this only work if we are hiring at Affirm’s scale?
No. We work with venture-backed high-growth tech companies at different stages of scale. No hiring volume is too small for us to work with, and the engagement model flexes to fit it. No engagement is too big either: we build custom talent solutions around ambitious and large-scale hiring targets.