Pitch N Hire's executive search helps Berlin, Germany companies hire senior engineering and leadership roles — heads of engineering, architects, and functional leaders — through a discreet, research-led process. PNH maps the market, approaches passive candidates and runs structured assessment, so a Berlin business fills business-critical leadership roles with rigour rather than relying on inbound applications.
Executive search is a targeted, research-led method for hiring senior and hard-to-fill leadership roles, where the best candidates are usually employed and not actively applying. Instead of posting a job and waiting, Pitch N Hire maps the relevant talent market, discreetly approaches qualified passive candidates, and runs structured, evidence-based assessment against the role's real requirements. This is used for engineering leadership, architecture, and specialist senior roles where a wrong hire is expensive and confidentiality matters. PNH's search process pairs experienced recruiters with structured interview tooling to keep the assessment consistent and defensible, whether the role is based locally or leads an offshore team.
We work with you to define the mandate — responsibilities, the outcomes the leader must deliver, and the competencies and experience that predict success in your context.
PNH researches and maps the relevant talent market, building a longlist of qualified people in comparable roles at comparable organisations — including those not actively looking.
Candidates are approached confidentially and professionally, protecting your employer brand and the candidates' current positions while gauging genuine interest and fit.
Interested candidates go through structured, evidence-based interviews and scorecards against the success profile, so the shortlist is comparable and defensible, not gut-feel.
You interview a small, high-quality shortlist; we support referencing, offer negotiation and a careful close, given how much a senior hire matters.
Research-led search suits senior and business-critical roles where a mis-hire is costly:
Berlin is Germany's undisputed startup hub and one of Europe's leading venture ecosystems, home to unicorns and scale-ups across fintech, mobility, e-commerce, health-tech and enterprise SaaS. Its international, English-speaking scene attracts developers from across the EU and beyond, yet funding-driven hiring waves regularly outstrip the local supply of senior product and platform engineers, keeping competition and time-to-hire high.
Berlin's talent pool is young, international and product-minded, with deep strength in JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Go, cloud-native and modern data stacks, plus a strong design and product-management community. Because so many engineers are drawn to well-funded startups, senior backend and platform specialists are fiercely contested and can be slow to secure, which is why many Berlin teams blend in offshore engineers for capacity.
Berlin developer pay is high for Germany though below top US and London levels — senior software engineers frequently in the region of €70k–€95k plus roughly 20% employer social contributions. Offshore augmentation from India typically delivers comparable seniority at a materially lower blended rate, which is why cost-aware Berlin startups run hybrid local-plus-offshore teams.
For Berlin founders and engineering leads, an offshore pod is often the fastest route to added capacity: PNH sources and vets India-based engineers, overlaps several working hours with CET for daily standups, and handles employment and compliance through its Employer of Record, so there is no German entity, payroll setup or Betriebsrat obligation to manage.
You can engage Pitch N Hire in whichever way fits your Berlin team's stage and workload — and mix them as you scale:
A pre-screened India talent pool means matched shortlists in days, not the months a local permanent hire can take.
You interview and choose every person; Pitch N Hire surfaces qualified candidates and handles the operational load.
Offshore hires are employed through PNH's India Employer of Record — payroll, tax and statutory compliance are taken care of.
Building part of your team offshore keeps comparable seniority on the roster at a lower total cost than local-only hiring.
Engineers work on overlapping working hours and inside your tools and sprints — collaboration, not black-box outsourcing.
Staffing, recruitment, EOR and the ATS/interview software come from one provider, so hiring stays joined-up as you scale.
Staffing and recruitment services, the applicant tracking software, and hiring resources — all in one place.
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