IT Staffing Recruiters in Montreal

IT Staffing Specialists

Your Montreal IT and tech recruitment specialists

Nexus IT Group is a leading technology and IT recruitment agency to connect companies in Montreal with the talent they need for their positions. The tech sector is booming in Montreal, which has one of the fastest-growing markets for highly-skilled technology job seekers in Canada. More than 51,000 new tech industry jobs were created in the city from 2017-2022, and that growth has exacerbated the challenge businesses face when recruiting candidates. Nexus IT recruiters know what the top talent looks for in employers, and have the network reach and industry expertise to find and attract IT professionals with the right combination of skills, experience, and culture fit to thrive in your opportunities.

Montreal has established itself as a hub of business innovation for North America, with a dynamic tech startup ecosystem alongside international corporations leading the way in sectors like software development, artificial intelligence, and other critical technologies. The city’s vibrant tech community, paired with its rich culture and high quality of life, makes it a popular destination for tech workers, investors, and business leaders. Even so, the need for developers, cyber security experts, data analysis professionals, and IT support staff continues to outpace the available talent.

This is where Nexus IT’s recruiting services can be invaluable. We can find solutions to even complex hiring challenges to help you build the highly-skilled workforce your company needs to thrive today and into the future. The personal touch we bring to the hiring process ensures the people we send along for your IT jobs are qualified to not just meet but exceed your expectations and make a lasting impact on your organization. If you need to find the best developer, engineer, or project management professional in Montreal, contact Nexus today to find out how we can help.

Clients

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WHY WORK WITH NEXUS

Nexus IT Group will quickly staff your open IT and tech roles in Montreal with high-quality committed candidates

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81%

of our successful candidates are submitted within one week

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92%

of our candidates will accept your offer

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96%

of our candidates are employed with your firm after 12 months

PRACTICE AREAS

Nexus IT Group can fill roles across a variety of practice areas

Cloud
Cybersecurity
Data Science
Digital Marketing
Government IT
Private Equity
Software Development
SRE and DevOps
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Testimonials

See what our IT and tech clients have said about working with Nexus IT Group

"The great thing about nexus IT group is that it has a smaller family feel, but they are able to deliver IT candidates better than the largest IT staffing suppliers that we work with. They have delivered high quality tech candidates for several years to our firm."

Dana Bahrans, VP of Talent Acquisition, Deloitte

"Over the past 12 months we worked with nexus IT group on 8 different senior level data searches. Everytime, they were successful in finding the right person. Slava was very knowledgeable about the data landscape and data trends in the NYC market. Slava managed the search in an effective and efficient way. I will not hesitate to work with nexus IT group in the future."

Taj Dasari, Data Scientist, Director, PwC

"I've been in Talent Acquisition for 15 years and have used many IT staffing firms over the years. I highly recommend Nick and nexus IT group over any other IT staffing services. nexus' commitment to quality and delivery is top tier. They take the time to understand your needs, provide thorough screening, and make sure that candidates have a positive on-boarding experience."

Felicia Nguyen, VP of Talent Acquisition, Amazon

"Our technology department needed to build a team quickly with high quality DevOps candidates. We knew that posting the roles on our career site wouldn't get the right talent in the tight deadline that we had. nexus IT group's recruiting strategy and best practices really helped us identify and secure the right IT talent. "

Leslie Godwinn, Recruiting Manager, Goldman Sachs

"nexus IT group is always there for us when we need extra help finding strong Data Scientist. The quality of their contractors is far superior to other firms that we work with. There follow up and customer service is second to none, you can't go wrong with nexus IT group when looking for AI/ML talent."

Brent Lingard, Data Scientist Manager, Nike

"Working with nexus IT group has made my job much easier. Having a recruiting firm who specializes in IT and within my industry, and who understands our specific culture and hiring needs has been instrumental in our talent acquisition talent strategy."

Sai Gundu, VP of IT, Mu Sigma

"Capital One has used Nexus IT group's recruitment services for a number of IT positions at varying levels, over the past 4 years. We've had a high success rate working with nexus IT group which is a testament to the caliber of their work and their internal sourcing and vetting practices. "

Ben Nolan, Recruiting Manager, Capital One

"Nexus IT group has been very responsive and resourceful in helping us identify some great DevOps Engineers. DevOps Engineers are very difficult these days, and nexus IT group has produced high quality candidates for us in a very short period."

Paula Kim, HR Manager, HSBC

"I've dealt with a lot of hiring firms in my 18 years in the investment banking profession, and the majority of them have been awful to mediocre at best. Dealing with Nexus IT Group, on the other hand, was a breath of fresh air. After only one one opening, I was blown away by the quality and quantity of resumes I received. Nexus IT Group pays close attention to my demands and requirements. As a result, the individuals who were referred to me were excellent fits for our open positions. I appreciate the personal and professional expertise you offer to the process."

Zak Windres, Talent Acquisition Manager, Citi

"SAIC provides government services to several federal agencies across the US. We needed to recruit several new cybersecurity talent for our growing practice area. Travis quickly understood our business and the requirements of each cybersecurity need. nexus IT group showed patience, flexibility, and expertise in the search process. If you're looking for good cybersecurity recruiters then you can't go wrong with nexus IT group."

Stacey Paterson, Manager of Cybersecurity, SAIC

"It is hard to put into words what nexus IT group has done for our organization. nexus IT group knows exactly what we look for and they get the right candidates 99% of the time. Anyone looking to hire tech talent would be lucky to have nexus IT group on their side. They have great work ethic, responsive, and a wide array of market knowledge. "

Christian Zheng, Sr Technical Recruiter, BlackRock

"We have been using nexus IT group for a few years now and they have done an outstanding job for us. nexus IT group has become an integral part of our success in filling several Cloud Engineer roles, and our partnership continues to grow. I would highly recommend nexus IT group to any hiring manager looking to staff their business with quality AWS candidates."

Nan Yang, Director of Technology, Harvard University

"We've enlisted the help of a number of IT recruiting firms in the past. Nexus IT Group has contributed to the success of many great hires by working professionally, diligently, and efficiently. We contacted Nexus IT Group after being introduced to them, and we were instantly impressed by their promptness and ability to focus on our needs. We received 3 resumes the same day and 3 more the next day, and we were able to hire four people in less than a week. We added an additional individual through Nexus IT Group a few weeks later as a result of vast network, service and professionalism. I highly recommend working with Nexus IT Group."

Sophie Kammuff, Talent Acquisition Manager, Federal Reserve Bank
Successful Searches

Our productive IT and tech staffing skills keep our clients coming back

SEO Analyst

Our client is an SEO, online media, and SEM agency focusing on brand building and customer acquisition to deliver measurable success. Due to continued growth they asked nexus IT group for help in find a Sr SEO Analyst. The SEO Manager was looking for a swiss army knife. The ideal candidate brought a technical SEO background with Python and enterprise site experience.

Data Analytics Manager

A large pork producer and food-processing company that has been a multi-year client with openings across the US asked us to help them in their need for 3 Data Analytic Managers. The Director of Data Engineering was looking for data professionals who could develop a deep understanding of operational processes and identify needs, then use technology to deliver impactful reporting solutions. With our expertise in data analytics our data scientist recruiters got right to work. We sourced 790 candidates, narrowed it down to our top 35 candidates and ended up submitting 12 candidates to the client and they ended up making all 3 hires

DevOps Engineer

Our client is a digital insurance company, powering partners around the world to drive business growth and customer value with insurance. Our client asked us to help them find several DevOps Engineers with Azure experience. The ideal candidate will help build and scale a SaaS startup using repeatable processes. The biggest challenge was sifting through the hundreds of candidates that required sponsorship to work in the US. Our client was not willing to sponsor for this role so our DevOps staffing team used creative sourcing strategies to get infront of the right candidates. We ended up hiring 3 DevOps Engineers and sourced 232 candidates.

Software Engineer

A 3 year old startup who is transforming insurance buying by providing a digital insurance engine and world-class underwriting capabilities tasked nexus IT group with hiring a few mid-level Software Engineer. The challenge is that the client wasn’t looking for a developer who just follows orders and writes code, instead, they wanted a developer who would participate in grooming requirements and then follow those requirements to craft solutions of his/her own design. Unfortunatley, their salary range was not competitive with the market so we had to source 1,501 candidates to find someone who doesn’t require sponsorship, willing to work within the salary range, and someone who was a entrepreneural. We ended up filling the role within about 4 weeks of receiving the req.

Full Stack Engineer

A digital agency with a unique blend of strategic, media, creative and technical services tasked nexus IT group to find a Full Stack Engineer quickly. They had origianlly hired someone through a referral but that ultimately didn’t work out and this left them in a pinch. The Full Stack Engineer needed to have agency experience along with Martek, Pardot, Salesforce, and Marketo. It was important that this person could develop and launch large websites from scratch. Our software development recruiters sourced 76 candidates resulting in just 1 submitted candidate and that candidate being hired.

Sr Full Stack Engineer

One of the world’s leading providers of reinsurance and insurance tasked us with identifying several Full Stack Engineer’s for their growing team. The Full Stack Engineer’s are working on several the key technology initiatives leveraging cutting edge data, cloud and integration technologies. Working within the Technology solution team, they are involved in designing and developing end to end applications. Our software development recruiters vetted 572 candidates and our client hired 8 of the 15 Full Stack Engineers that we submitted.

DevOps Engineers

This fast-growing cybersecurity software firm provides a unique information security offering to clients in both the government and commercial industries. Our client was trying to expand their DevOps engineering team but was running into multiple obstacles in their recruiting process. They kept losing out on candidates to other offers before they could finish interviewing the candidate and were really struggling to find candidates that were truly senior-level DevOps Engineers. With our extensive background in successfully recruiting DevOps Engineers, our client reached out to us once they had exhausted all of their internal recruiting options. We met with the DevOps Engineering Manager to understand the technical environment, the team’s culture and the future growth of the team and company. Within two weeks of receiving the position from our client, they offered a candidate we had recruited to their team and he started a few weeks later as their Sr. DevOps Engineer.

Data Scientist, Data Engineers, Data Analytcs

This digital media firm provides Fortune 500 companies like Capital One, Viacom, PayPal and others in Advanced Analytics modeling, forecasting, marketing and advertising expertise. Our client was in a real bind, they had understaffed Advanced Analytics teams for 6 of their high priority clients. Not only had they just lost their Manager of Talent Acquisitions, but their key leadership on the Advanced Analytics team left the firm in the middle of their expansion. Having had previous experience working with Digital Media firms and brand side marketing teams within Data Analytics, Data Science and Data Engineering, we were brought on to handle end-to-end recruitment for their Advanced Analytics teams. Initially, we met with the stakeholders, gathering key requirements for the various gaps within their analytics teams. We helped shape the hiring process for a variety of skill-sets( SEO, SEM, Programmatic, A/B Testing, Research, Predictive Modeling, MMM, MTA etc) Salary levels, and set in a service level agreement to allocate the necessary resources.

SERVICES

We offer a range of services to meet your recruiting needs

Executive Search (Retained)

We excel in placing top IT executives, including CIOs, CTOs, VPs, and other C-suite technology leaders at premier companies across the United States. Our retained executive search services have earned us recognition as a leading IT executive search firm, delivering an impressive 96% candidate retention rate through our rigorous and time-tested recruitment process. We specialize in building best-in-class IT leadership teams and providing executive succession planning for some of the world's fastest-growing brands, covering roles from Chief Information Officers to VPs of Digital Marketing, Infrastructure, and Security. Our commitment to investing in people has developed into recruitment solutions that propel organizations toward greatness, consistently outperforming other contingency search firms in both speed and accuracy. With expertise across the full spectrum of senior technology positions, we help companies secure transformative leaders who can drive their technological vision and success.

Direct Hire

We deliver direct hire IT recruitment solutions that succeed where traditional recruitment methods fail in today's market, where tech professionals are overwhelmed by generic outreach and ineffective cold calls. Our dedicated focus on the tech space has built an extensive network with immediate access to passive IT talent, setting us apart from conventional recruitment approaches that typically yield low response rates and can potentially damage employer brands. Our tech-enabled, iron-clad process delivers a shortlist of battle-tested, hire-ready professionals within just 4 days of receiving a requirement, understanding the urgency of tech hiring needs. We've developed a unique outreach approach, praised by candidates for standing out from decades of traditional recruitment methods, which helps prevent rejected offers and last-minute back-outs while maintaining our position as one of the top direct hire IT search firms in the US. Whether you need to scale your tech team quickly or find that rare "purple squirrel," our proven approach combines deep market knowledge with quick "text message" level access to IT talent, ensuring successful placements in both public and private sectors.

Contract Staffing

We provide contract-to-hire IT staffing solutions, serving as both the dedicated recruiter and W2 employer during the contract period to eliminate co-employment risks for our clients. Our expert tech recruiters employ a multi-touch system to find and evaluate the best candidates, engaging in detailed discussions about project scope, culture fit, and growth opportunities, maintaining our exceptional 94.3% quality of hire ratio. We handle all aspects of the process, from initial recruitment to unemployment obligations, allowing you to terminate the contract without additional fees or convert the employee to full-time after the agreed period. This flexible staffing solution is ideal for companies seeking to grow predictably, manage projects with uncertain durations, or work within current budget constraints while maintaining access to top IT talent. Our contract-to-hire model gives both your company and the IT candidate the perfect opportunity to ensure a lasting, successful fit before making a permanent commitment.

Recruitment as a Service

We offer a simple tiered monthly subscription pricing model for our Recruitment as a Service (RaaS) solution, designed to help growing companies efficiently manage their hiring needs without the burden of internal recruitment. Our service handles all aspects of the top-of-funnel recruitment process, including candidate marketing, curation, vetting, and delivery, while clients focus solely on the final interview and closing stages. We generate and deliver an engaged talent pipeline for specific roles in less than 7 days, providing a scalable solution at a fraction of the traditional recruitment cost. This service is particularly valuable when company growth accelerates and management teams can no longer sustainably handle recruitment responsibilities themselves. By managing the critical initial stages of talent acquisition, we offer an efficient and cost-effective alternative to traditional recruiting methods while delivering a steady stream of qualified candidates.
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