Permanent placement · Canada & USA

Tech hires who stay, sourced layer by layer.

Permanent tech and IT sales recruiting for teams in Canada and the US. One flat fee, paid only when your hire starts.

  • $5,000 flat
  • 30-day guarantee
  • No retainer
  • Perm only
L5 · Leadership
Product & Tech Leads
L4 · Revenue
IT & Tech Sales
L3 · Data
Data & AI
L2 · Application
Software Engineering
L1 · Platform
Cloud, DevOps & IT
L0 · Source
A network built one conversation at a time

What I place

Five areas. One screening standard.

Every candidate is screened against the real job before you see a résumé.

Software Engineering

BackendFrontendFull-stackMobileQA

Cloud, DevOps & IT

SREPlatformAWS · Azure · GCPSecuritySysAdmin

Data & AI

Data engAnalyticsBIML & AI

IT & Tech Sales

AESDR · BDRMSP & VARChannelSales engCSM

Product & Leadership

Eng managersDirectors · VPsProductSales leaders

Sales recruiting for IT companies

Sellers who understand what they sell.

For software and SaaS vendors, MSPs, resellers and IT consultancies.

Quota checked

Attainment and deal sizes verified.

Matched motion

Enterprise or SMB, direct or channel.

Tech fluent

Can talk to technical buyers.

Same $5,000

SDR or sales director, one fee.

How a search runs

Intake to offer in 3 to 6 weeks.

You stay in control of every decision. I handle the legwork.

  1. 01 · Day 1

    Intake call

    Must-haves, salary band, interview plan.

  2. 02 · Week 1–2

    Source

    Direct outreach and referrals. No job-board blasts.

  3. 03 · Week 2

    Screen

    Skills, salary and notice confirmed.

  4. 04 · Week 2–3

    Shortlist

    3 to 5 people, each with a short brief.

  5. 05 · Week 3–5

    Interviews

    Scheduling and feedback within a day.

  6. 06 · Week 4–6

    Offer

    Offer, counter-offers and start date handled.

What you receive

A shortlist you can act on.

  • Screened against your stack
  • Salary and notice agreed up front
  • Live status on every candidate
SEARCH · SS-0142Example shortlist

Senior Backend Engineer

Series A fintech · Remote, Canada

GoPostgreSQLAWSKafka
AK7 yrs Go, paymentsToronto · 4 wks noticeOffer
RP6 yrs event-driven backendCalgary · 2 wks noticeFinal round
JL8 yrs Java to Go leadVancouver · 4 wks noticeTech interview
MD5 yrs Postgres APIsHalifax · available nowShortlisted

Fees & guarantee

One flat fee. Paid only when someone starts.

A junior developer and a VP of Engineering cost the same to hire.

Placement fee

$5,000+ tax, flat per hire

Invoice on start

Due within 30 days.

30-day guarantee

Free replacement if they leave.

No commitment

No retainer. Cancel anytime.

12-month referral

Introduced candidates stay mine for a year.

On a $100,000 hire

Agency fee vs. Stack & Source

$10,000–$20,000saved per hire

Typical agency fees run 15–25% of first-year salary. Fees before tax.

Not cheap. Efficient.

The fee is lower because the overhead is gone, not the effort.

  • One recruiter, start to finishNo account managers or hand-offs.
  • Focused searchesA few roles at a time, done properly.
  • Direct sourcingNo paid job-board volume to recover.

For candidates

Looking for your next role?

Engineers, tech sellers and leaders across Canada and the US.

Always free

Candidates never pay a fee.

Private

Your résumé goes nowhere without your OK.

Real feedback

After every interview, even a no.

Ashley Lynn Thompson, founder of Stack & Source

About

Hi, I'm Ashley.

I've sat on both sides of the hire. I recruited technical and SaaS talent at Google, then spent years building and selling IT services teams. I know what a strong engineer or seller looks like because I've hired them and worked beside them.

  1. Director of Professional Services, IT SalesBuchanan Technologies · 2020–2025
  2. Professional Services LeadCognizant (formerly New Signature) · 2018–2020
  3. Senior Contract Technical Recruiter, Product & SaaSGoogle · 2017–2018
ITIL® v3Certified Agile ProfessionalProofpoint Channel Sales (PACSP)

Contact

Let's talk.

Reply within one business day.

ashley@stackandsource.ca
647-218-6082
Canada & USA

I reply within one business day.