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Hire systems engineers who go deep on performance and reliability.
Liam Walker
Senior Systems Engineer
ai_summary4 yrs shipping production-grade systems engineer work. Strong on Linux & C.
Linux
C
C++
Rust4+
Years
£60k
Expects
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3
Markets
UK · DE · US
24h
First shortlist
from kick-off call
14–21
Days to hire
median across roles
Tailored
Typical mid pay (UK)
Why Haystack
The fastest way to hire systems engineers without the agency tax.
Systems engineers operate at the layers most developers never touch - kernels, networks, distributed systems and low-level performance.
Haystack matches you with systems engineers across infrastructure, platform, performance and distributed systems work.
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Systems Engineers ready to interview
A sample of systems engineers currently active on Haystack. Sign in to browse full profiles, see expected salaries, and start a conversation.
Olivia Martinez
Lead Systems Engineer
6+
Years
$185k
Expects
<2h
Response
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Ethan Nguyen
Senior Systems Engineer
9+
Years
$210k
Expects
<2h
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Maya Patel
Senior Systems Engineer
5+
Years
$155k
Expects
<2h
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Marcus Johnson
Lead Systems Engineer
11+
Years
$230k
Expects
<2h
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Amelia Hughes
Lead Systems Engineer
7+
Years
£82k
Expects
<2h
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Jordan Okafor
Senior Systems Engineer
5+
Years
£68k
Expects
<2h
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4 core · 3 nice to have
Core stack
Nice to have
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Hiring through Haystack takes days, not months
A repeatable five-step playbook our employers run for every role.
- 01
30-min kick-off
Day 0We capture the brief, scorecard and salary band. No long forms.
- 02
Matches in 24h
Day 1A curated shortlist of vetted candidates lands in your dashboard.
- 03
Interview rounds
Day 2–10We handle scheduling. You focus on the conversation.
- 04
Offer & references
Day 10–14We support both sides through offer and reference checks.
- 05
Onboard
Day 14–21Structured ramp template so your new hire ships in week one.
92%
Offer acceptance
Because every candidate has already aligned on level, comp and working pattern before you meet, systems engineer offers via Haystack are accepted 92% of the time.
Leading tech employers use Haystack to hire world-class candidates
"For anyone in the industry struggling with tech hiring and finding those really niche candidates, I'd highly recommend using Haystack. Ultimately Haystack helped us find great candidates that we couldn't find anywhere else."
"Working with Haystack has helped us widen our brand, it's helped us recruit great people, and it's been an easy thing to do. When we think about our candidate experience and the experience of people in my team, I want that rounded experience and that's what we've seen with Haystack."
"I'm really impressed with the candidates that I'm finding on Haystack, I'm looking at them and thinking, 'wow, this looks like a great engineer'. We made multiple hires in our first year. It's been a really nice way to hire tech talent, with a very unique approach."
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