Global executive search firm with AI-powered talent sourcing across EMEA, APAC, and Americas
Uplift People is a Dubai-based executive search firm founded in 2021, now scaling rapidly with 16 open roles and accelerating hiring velocity across sales, engineering, and ops. The tech stack—Node.js, Python, React, Kubernetes, and AWS infrastructure—reveals an engineering-heavy build beneath the recruiting services: they're not just placing talent, they're productizing their search capability as an AI-enabled platform, with active projects to deploy ML models in production and build CI/CD pipelines for ML workloads.
Notable leadership hires: Chief Operating Officer, Commercial Director
Uplift People places mid-to-senior and executive-level leaders across EMEA, APAC, LATAM, and the US, with successful placements in 60 countries. The firm operates as a global executive search and leadership advisory business, serving CEOs, CHROs, and founders across technology, fintech, e-commerce, pharma, energy, and industrial sectors. Core services include executive search (senior manager to C-level), global recruitment and RPO, leadership assessment and advisory, and outplacement support. The founding team brings 15–30 years of international recruiting experience, and the company is actively expanding into new markets including Kenya while building internal AI systems for talent sourcing and process automation.
Uplift People's stack includes Node.js and Python for backend services, React for frontend, and AWS infrastructure (RDS, Lambda, ECS, DynamoDB) plus Kubernetes and Docker for containerized deployments. They also use Redis, MongoDB, and Kafka for data handling.
Uplift People is actively expanding into Kenya and entering new markets across multiple regions. Current hiring footprint includes Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Kenya, UAE, Spain, Japan, Germany, and Canada.
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