AI recruiting agent matching jobseekers and companies with explainable recommendations
hackajob builds Archer, an AI recruiting agent designed to match jobseekers with roles and help companies source high-fit candidates before they reach the ATS. The tech stack—Java, Python, React, Elasticsearch, AWS, Kubernetes—reflects a dual consumer and B2B platform. Heavy investment in AI model optimization (LLM observability tools like Langfuse and LangSmith), plus active hiring across ML, data, and security roles, signals focus on model quality and compliance; simultaneously replacing Ruby on Rails and investing in Rust and Go suggests a shift toward performance-critical infrastructure.
Notable leadership hires: Cyber Threat Lead, Product Strategy Lead, Engineering Lead, QA Lead, M&A Assistant Director
hackajob operates a two-sided recruiting platform: Archer serves jobseekers as an AI advocate that surfaces matched roles with explainability, and serves companies as an always-on sourcing and qualification agent. Founded in 2014 and based in London, the company operates across the UK, India, US, and Canada. Current workforce spans 51–200 employees with hiring accelerating across engineering, data, sales, and security—indicating scaled product-market fit and expansion into compliance and model reliability. The company's roadmap centers on tens of millions of jobseekers and tens of thousands of enterprise customers.
Primary stack: Java, Python, React, Elasticsearch, AWS, Kubernetes, Docker. Adopting LLM observability (Langfuse, LangSmith), GitHub Copilot, Rust, and Go. Replacing Ruby on Rails and MBSE.
AI performance optimization, pipeline engine and infrastructure platform development, ML model benchmarking, fraud detection, and incident response. Active focus on scalable ML pipelines and model training speed across real workloads.
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