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hackajob is a full-stack hiring platform where companies can directly source talent through a two-sided marketplace

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About hackajob

hackajob is the AI-native hiring platform trusted by enterprises, scale-ups, and 1M+ tech professionals worldwide to make hiring easier, faster, and fairer.

Unlike traditional job ads that don’t tell the whole story, hackajob’s AI-powered sourcing and agents understand nuanced requirements to connect companies with qualified tech talent aligned with the true hiring brief—explaining every recommendation so that candidates and hiring teams can progress with confidence.

From Software Engineers and Cloud specialists to Product and Data experts, our agents match candidates based on real skills and preferences—not just keywords. Candidates stay in control, privately choosing to accept or decline opportunities.

Employers, including BBC, Comcast, CGI, Amex, and Disney, use hackajob to hire permanent and contract talent faster—requiring 68% fewer interviews per hire. Transparent recommendations and real-time insights help teams align quickly, cut through application noise, and shift focus from admin to strategy, saving 20+ hours per week.

hackajob connects 70,000 candidates to relevant opportunities every month—converting 8x more applications to interviews than job ads:

  • Source: Engage verified talent for hard-to-fill or volume roles
  • On-demand: Hire contractors quickly and compliantly
  • Archer: Convert inbound applications to interviews with zero effort
  • Thena: Surface your strongest applicants faster
  • Chase: AI recruiter that sources and qualifies talent automatically

It’s the fastest, easiest way to connect the right talent with the right opportunity.

Background

hackajob was founded in 2014 when Co-Founders Mark Chaffey and Razvan Creanga met. Razvan had previously been working in technology, on his own startups, and as part of other companies. He identified that the technical recruitment process could be improved for both employers and candidates through a meritocracy-based approach rather than relying solely on CVs.

Following the lean startup methodology, Razvan and Mark continued to iterate on the hackajob product. They built a two-sided marketplace that enabled companies to source highly engaged, active tech talent. Born out of frustration with the traditional recruitment agency approach and the difficulty of hiring top engineers, hackajob reimagines the process by building it around the needs of technical talent rather than allowing recruitment to be clouded by unconscious bias and the framework required to engage with them.

Global employers such as Domino’s, Comcast, Sky, BBC, and American Express leverage hackajob’s AI recruiting capabilities to drive hiring efficiency, cut through application noise, and shift focus from admin to strategy.

Why We Invested

Volition invested in hackajob because the recruiting process for software developers is broken for both candidates and employers. At investment, the company was providing a market-leading platform to help solve this pain point. It has since evolved into an even more robust AI-powered sourcing platform. Hacakjob’s obsession with delivering a delightful candidate experience came through loud and clear during our diligence: candidates praised the number and quality of job requests that matched their preferences, while employers benefited from tapping into a large, new pool of candidates with uniquely high response rates, saving their recruiting teams time and money. As hackajob continues its strong growth trajectory and benefits from developer virality, the built-in network effect will continue increasing the ROI to both employers and candidates, further propelling adoption.

Most importantly, the team leading hackajob has the ambition to match the size of the market opportunity in front of them. Mark Chaffey, founder and CEO, started the Company in college and has spent his entire professional career tirelessly working to deliver strong value for candidates and employers on the platform. He has since hired an impressive management team who shares his passion for building a marketplace that puts technical talent first. We are truly excited to partner with the hackajob team and look forward to the journey ahead.

Click here to visit the hackajob website.

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