TechChain Talent - Embedded Talent Partner for Crypto

Your internal talent team without the internal overhead: strategy, sourcing, screening, interviews and offers for crypto companies.

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London, Chiswick Office

Remote-First Organization

TechChain Talent - Embedded, Contingency & Retained Search

The embedded talent partner for crypto companies. We also run standard agency recruiting: contingency hiring with no upfront fee, plus retained executive search.

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Your Internal Talent Team,

Without the Overhead

We run hiring for crypto teams, from one hire to your next ten.

Build Your Team

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Embedded, contingency, or retained search.

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Trusted by Industry Leaders

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What We Offer

Embedded is our flagship model, and we run standard agency recruiting too: contingency hiring with no upfront fee, plus retained executive search.

Embedded Recruitment

Your internal talent team, without the internal overhead. One crypto-native partner from hiring strategy to signed offer.

Executive Search

Retained search for CTOs, heads of protocol and founding leaders in crypto and blockchain.

Contingency Hiring

Pay when your hire starts. Pre-vetted crypto shortlists in five working days, zero upfront cost.

Technical Talent

Vetted engineers across smart contracts, protocol, infrastructure and security.

The Embedded Talent Partner

Your internal talent team, without the internal overhead

Most recruiters fill one vacancy. We take ownership of your hiring function and build the whole team, whether that is your next hire or your next ten.

A typical recruiter

Sends CVs for one role, then moves on to the next client.

TechChain Talent

Runs your hiring end to end and builds your team properly, hire after hire.

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Not ready for embedded? We also hire on

Hiring strategy

Interview process

Feedback chasing

Talent mapping

Weekly executive reporting

Offer management

Build Your Embedded Team

Our streamlined process ensures perfect matches every time

Discovery & Intake

We deeply understand your requirements, company culture, technical needs, and long-term vision to ensure alignment from day one.

Talent Sourcing

Leverage our extensive network and proprietary database to identify and engage top-tier candidates who match your exact specifications.

Rigorous Vetting

Each candidate undergoes technical assessments, cultural fit evaluation, and comprehensive background checks before introduction.

Seamless Placement

We facilitate introductions, manage the interview process, negotiate offers, and ensure smooth onboarding for long-term success.

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What People Say

TechChain has been a true partner in scaling Etherealize's early team. They've delivered on some of the most important seats to nail, founding engineers, zero-knowledge specialist, product designer, and CISO, and they understand the high bar our team expects. We appreciate the hustle and the caliber of people they've brought our way.

Co-Founder, Etherealize

Working with TechChain has significantly accelerated our hiring process across engineering, design, and ML. They quickly understood our needs and delivered a high-caliber pipeline of candidates that matched our speed and standards. Their understanding of crypto-native talent, as well as their ability to communicate our value prop, made a measurable impact on our ability to close key hires.

Co-Founder of pump.fun

Hiring at Matter Labs is not easy, our bar is incredibly high, the market is super competitive and we are not willing to compromise. Bawar and the TechChain team got it from day one. Over our retained engagement they placed 10 hires across some of our toughest roles, handled comp conversations, leveraged internal knowledge and consistently brought us shortlists that respected our time. They've become the first call we make for specialist crypto hires.

Head of People, Matter Labs

Bawar has been phenomenal at supporting us with our roles, helping us scale the team not just by filling our roles but also acting as a trusted partner to Socket Protocol. The candidates he shares are always top tier but his advice has been equally valuable.

CEO of Socket Protocol

Socket Protocol

I've been looking for the right opportunity in blockchain for a while, and honestly couldn't have made it happen without the team at TechChain Talent. Raza walked me through the whole process, and genuinely helped me understand what to expect. If you're trying to get into blockchain or just want to explore what's out there, definitely reach out to them. They actually care about finding the right fit, not just any placement.

Musaddik Ahmed

Founders Associate, Midas

We hired 3 excellent engineers, 2 local through a competitive process with multiple recruiters. TechChain absolutely crushed it, leading to 2/3 of our hires. One candidate was so strong he's likely to be our next technical hire. Highly recommend.

Head of Ops, Etherealize

Working with TechChain Talent was a genuinely positive experience. The process felt thoughtful, transparent, and well aligned with what I was looking for. Julian was great to work with, and his support played a key role in helping me land a role that's been a strong fit.

Damian Martiz

Head of Brand and Design, Socket Protocol

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Crypto Hiring Questions, Answered

The things founders and hiring leads ask us most before starting a search.

What does an embedded talent partner actually do?

We plug into your team and run your hiring function end to end: mapping the crypto talent market, sourcing and screening candidates directly, running your interview process, and managing everything through to signed offer. We cover engineering, protocol, product, commercial and leadership hires.

Do you only do embedded recruitment, or standard agency recruiting too?

Both. Embedded is our flagship model, but we run standard agency recruiting exactly as you would expect it: contingency hiring with no upfront fee and a 20% success-based fee, plus retained executive search for critical senior mandates. Many clients start on contingency for a single role and move to embedded once hiring becomes continuous.

Which crypto and blockchain roles do you hire for?

Both technical and non-technical. That includes Solidity and Rust engineers, protocol researchers, zero-knowledge specialists, infrastructure and security engineers, plus product, marketing, BD, operations, legal, compliance and C-level leadership.

How long does it take to fill a crypto role?

A first shortlist typically lands within 5 to 10 working days. Most roles close inside 4 to 6 weeks, with senior and highly specialised searches running longer depending on the candidate pool.

How much does crypto recruitment cost?

It depends on the model. Contingency is success-based with no upfront fee, retained search is a staged fee for critical senior hires, and embedded recruitment runs as a flat monthly engagement for teams hiring at volume.

Do you recruit remotely and internationally?

Yes. We are a remote-first team based in London working with clients and candidates across Europe, North America, Asia and the Middle East, including fully distributed and DAO-style organisations.

How are candidates vetted before we see them?

Every candidate goes through a structured screen covering technical or functional capability, ecosystem experience, motivation for the move, compensation expectations and notice period, so shortlists arrive decision-ready.