Company Overview
Petvisor, a software company specializing in solutions for veterinary clinics and other pet services, faced challenges scaling its engineering team after consolidating multiple companies.
The company provides tools for client engagement, online scheduling, and marketing. After merging operations, Petvisor needed to expand its engineering team rapidly to support product development across multiple fronts, including core products, integrations, and corporate client offerings.
To accelerate hiring and get access to the right talent Mikhail Opletayev, CTPO at Petvisor, turned to Strider
For a high-level engineering role, I easily went through 300–400 resumes. For smaller roles, it was still hundreds. It’s laborious and time-consuming.
Mikhail OpletayevCTPO at Petvisor
The Solution
Strider accelerated the hiring process by delivering pre-screened, high-quality candidates for each role. By the time candidates reached Petvisor's interview stage, they were already exceptional, cutting out the need for extensive screening.
Top of the funnel was where Strider really brought value. The candidates we received were much higher quality than what we would get on the open market.
The Process
Strider’s ability to pre-screen candidates dramatically reduced the time Petvisor team spent on sourcing and recruiting. These optimizations enabled Petvisor to onboard 12 engineers within the first two quarters of 2023, an achievement that Mikhail acknowledged as “extremely difficult” using only traditional recruitment methods.
Strider’s interview process is very simple and efficient. Interviews can be a heavy burden on the team; Strider helped us make sure that every interview mattered.
Why Strider?
Mikhail had plenty of choices when deciding how to scale up his tech teams quickly. He chose Strider vs. alternatives for a few reasons.
- Vetting framework: Strider’s CEO, Neal Kemp, has vetted hundreds of engineers and built multiple teams. He brings a tried and true framework to Strider’s selection process.
- LATAM talent: Strider’s focus on LATAM talent meant more time zone overlap and fewer language or cultural barriers from the very beginning.
- HR support: Strider provides end-to-end HR support, including handling IT needs, compliance, and backfilling talent.
"We’ve gotten some really good people through Strider. The recruitment process and backend HR support were hugely valuable."
Impact
Petvisor’s partnership with Strider enabled the company to meet aggressive hiring goals, achieve 40% cost savings, and scale its engineering team with the highest-quality talent.
The build-out we did in early 2024 - there’s no way it would’ve happened in the U.S. market. We wouldn’t have been able to get the people we needed, as fast as we needed, without Strider. Screening hundreds of resumes per candidate would’ve swamped my managers. With Strider, we could get great people fast without burning out our team.
Key Benefits
- Cost efficiency: 40% cost savings compared to U.S. salary benchmarks.
- Improved candidate quality: High quality talent with the most relevant skill sets + culture fit.
- Rapid expansion: Petvisor hired and onboarded an initial 12 engineers over the course of only a few months.
- Time savings: The reduction in screening and interview times allowed Petvisor’s management team to focus on building, not recruiting admin work.
