Faster Hiring for the World’s #1 Social Media Company

Faster Hiring for the World’s #1 Social Media Company

Client Overview

Our client is the world’s largest social media company, valued at $1.98 trillion, with a global user base and multiple product brands under its portfolio.They employ the best Technology brains in the world.

  • Published in Blog on August 19, 2025
  • 2 min read
  • webmaster

The Challenge

The client needed to quickly ramp up a team of 50 Fullstack Developers for one of its recently acquired product companies.
These roles required a rare combination of skills:

  • PHP for Backend Development
  • React.js for frontend Development

Node+Reat, Python+React, Java+React are popular combinations but PHP+React is rare combination. Despite engaging their traditional talent vendors, the client failed to meet the hiring timelines. Finding high-quality candidates with this exact skill mix within a tight timeframe was proving to be a major roadblock.

The Ellow Solution

When ellow was approached via a trusted reference, we immediately deployed our multi-channel sourcing strategy. Many of the traditional talent vendors were targeting candidates from Tier 1 cities, but India’s Tier 2&3 are Goldmines..

  • Leveraging our proprietary talent platform with over 150,000 pre-vetted profiles, particularly from tier-2 and tier-3 cities.
  • Partnering with trusted IT services companies to tap into their bench resources.
  • Engaging the passive talent market by reaching skilled developers through GitHub, Stack Overflow, and exclusive developer communities.

All candidates were pre-vetted by ellow’s human + AI screening process, ensuring quality and reducing client interview time.

Execution & Results

Ellow executed a rapid hiring plan:

  • Month 1 → 16 Developers onboarded
  • Month 2 → Additional 20 Developers joined
  • Month 3 → Another 15 Developers added

The Outcome

  • 30 offer letters released in the first 30 days.
  • 20 more hires in the following 30 days.
  • Project ramp-up completed within 2 months.

The client was impressed with the speed, quality, and niche talent reach ellow delivered. As a result, we are now working on hiring for other brands within the same group.

Key Takeaways

  • Rare skill combinations can be sourced faster with a diverse talent acquisition strategy.
  • Pre-vetted pools + passive candidate engagement significantly reduce hiring timelines.
  • Building trust through results often leads to multi-brand, long-term partnerships.