Backstory

Our Origin

Great engineering talent exists everywhere. But great hires don’t happen by accident.

RunTime was born out of a simple but critical insight: most technical recruitment fails because it’s run by people who don’t understand engineering. They trade buzzwords and buzz resumes. They shuffle candidates around like commodities. They waste your time.

The founder lived it. As an engineer looking for the next challenge, he faced the same frustration you do now. Recruiters didn’t understand the difference between firmware and software. They couldn’t talk through RTOS requirements. They offered noise instead of talent. That experience exposed a broken system that needed fixing. 

So RunTime was built with a clear mission:

Engineers hire engineers.
Technical depth matters. Real requirements matter. Results matter.

We don’t pretend to understand your challenges. We speak your language and think like you do. 

How We Operate

We transform vague job descriptions, long interview lists, and unreliable referrals into precise, predictable hiring outcomes:

• We decode complex technical needs into actionable candidate profiles. 

• We screen and qualify candidates on engineering merit, not buzzwords. 

• We match for culture and team fit as much as skills. 

• We deliver candidates who hit the ground running. 

This is not recruiting by coincidence. It’s recruiting with engineering rigor.

Who We Serve

For Hiring Managers and CTOs:
You aren’t here to fill seats. You need engineers who ship features, solve real problems, and accelerate your roadmap. We deliver shortlists that matter and cut your time-to-hire without reducing quality. 

For Engineers:
You want roles where your skills matter and your contributions are visible. You want to do work that pushes you forward, not ghosted conversations or scripted interviews. We help you find those jobs and position you to win them. 

What Makes Us Different

This isn’t recruiting by coincidence. It’s recruiting by engineering intuition and technical discipline:

We’re engineers first. Our team knows embedded systems, firmware, hardware, and software because they’ve lived it. 
We’ve built tools that increase precision. Proprietary matching tech and smart workflows help us move fast and stay accurate. 
We keep learning. Engineering doesn’t stand still and neither do we. 

Let’s Solve Your Hiring Problem

Whether you’re scaling an engineering team, tackling hard technical challenges, or looking for your next high-impact role, we’ll give you a real conversation and real outcomes — not fluff.

Talk to us engineer to engineer.
Let’s build your future team.