For hiring teams

Access engineers who've already proven it. We've made sure it's worth their time to meet you.

The candid network runs both ways. Engineers go through a rigorous assessment. Companies go through one too. We built this for engineers who have options. We want them to choose your team.

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We work with a limited number of companies at a time.

Four things we look for in companies.

Engineers who've passed our assessment are serious about where they go next. We take that seriously too.

AI is in the stack, not the slide deck

Engineers ship with Claude, Cursor, or Codex in daily work. Not just one champion on the team. The whole engineering culture is built around it. We talk to your engineers to verify.

No AI bans in hiring

You assess candidates the way they'd actually work. Whiteboard-only screens mean instant rejection from us. If you'd ban Claude in the interview, don't apply to be on the network.

Async-capable culture

candid engineers work fast and independently. The company needs to be structured to match: low-friction, high-trust, with space to move quickly.

Technical leadership that ships with AI

The CTO uses Cursor. The VP Eng has opinions on prompting. It's that level, not executives paying lip service while engineers are still on Stack Overflow.

We vet them. You review them.

Every engineer in the network has passed the candid assessment: a real task, with AI tools not just allowed but expected. Then it's over to you.

What we assess engineers on

→ How they structure a problem before reaching for AI
→ Which tools they reach for and why
→ How they verify, iterate, and recover from AI mistakes
→ Output quality. Does it actually work?
→ Speed. Are they genuinely faster with AI, or just chatting with it?

What you get access to

→ A curated pool of vetted, AI-native engineers actively looking
→ Watch their actual assessment recording before you reach out
→ Skip straight to conversation. No redundant screening rounds
→ Full-time matches only. Engineers who've committed to the process
→ Faster time-to-hire, and engineers who actually want to be there

No cold outreach. No surprise screening calls.

We introduce engineers to companies when there's a genuine fit — not just on skills, but on how they work and what they're looking for.

The goal is that by the time you're talking, both sides already want to be in the room.

Request access for your team.

We're selective about the companies we work with. AI-native teams that engineers will actually want to join. Tell us about who you're looking to hire.

Or email us: hiring@itscandid.com