Niche recruiting services and platforms focused exclusively on sourcing, screening, and placing software engineers, developers, and technical professionals through coding challenges, technical assessments, and specialized talent networks.

Revenue from placement fees (typically 15-25% of first-year salary), technical assessment licenses, coding challenge platforms, subscription access to candidate databases, and recruiting-as-a-service offerings.

• Technical skill match

  Percentage of candidates meeting technical requirements based on assessments

• Interview-to-offer ratio

  Number of candidates interviewed before successful placement

• Candidate quality score

  Average performance rating of placed candidates after 6 months

Hired, TripleByte, HackerRank, CodeSignal