Company Overview
Azra AI's end-to-end oncology platform leverages artificial intelligence to help healthcare providers quickly identify cancer patients, connect them to care sooner, and accelerate treatment by automating critical oncology workflows. As Azra’s mission grew, so did its need for a skilled and scalable technical team. To meet these demands, Azra partnered with Strider to secure top-tier engineers and data scientists
The Challenge
When CTO Nias Puthenveettil joined Azra, the company faced two primary challenges:
- Building a team capable of delivering new features quickly to hospital systems.
- Navigating a competitive hiring landscape while ensuring new hires thrived in Azra’s startup culture.
We wanted agility without compromising quality. That required a mix of skills, experience, and the ability to adapt to a startup environment.
Nias PuthenveettilCTO of Azra AI
Azra’s internal recruiting process involved screening up to 800 resumes per role, shortlisting candidates, and conducting multiple rounds of interviews, which took up to 60 days per hire. This process, while thorough, needed to be faster to meet critical, time-sensitive product needs.
After moving to Strider’s process, Azra was presented with an average of 5 highly qualified, vetted candidates per role, dramatically reducing both time spent interviewing and the overall hiring timeline. The average time from candidate review to offer dropped to 18 days, with the fastest hire moving through the process in just 9 days.
Why Strider?
Azra selected Strider to address three core needs:
- Quality: Maintaining high talent standards while keeping costs down.
- Scalability: Rapidly scaling technical teams to meet changing product demands.
- Time Zone Compatibility: Ensuring easy collaboration within U.S. working hours.
The collaboration with Strider has been smooth. The quality of engineers and QA resources we’ve received is excellent. Since I joined, I conducted a thorough talent assessment; we didn’t need to replace any of the Strider hires.
Impact
Through partnership with Strider, Azra AI has built a solid technical foundation to support its mission of transforming oncology care with AI. Strider’s ability to quickly provide skilled engineers who contribute to Azra’s agility, scalability, and quality has made us a trusted partner in Azra’s growth.
Key Benefits
- Faster Hiring: Strider stripped down the hiring process, delivering highly qualified candidates in the first round.
- More Agility: New talent integrated easily into Azra’s workflow, enabling rapid development and feature deployment.
- Reduced Cost: While cost wasn’t the primary driver, Azra benefited from competitive pricing that worked well with their budget.
