About Us

Discovering hidden talent worldwide since 2020

We discover, develop, and connect top tech talent with growing companies worldwide.

2020

We started Smart Working in 2020 with a simple vision: geographical limitations should not dictate access to talent.

Bootstrapped since day one, Smart Working has now enabled over 150 clients to access top 1% global talent, ensuring the perfect fit and facilitating growth at scale and speed.

Mission

Bridging Talent and Opportunity: We aim to revolutionise the tech hiring process by providing access to top-tier, vetted global developers, saving our clients time and money while offering unparalleled opportunities to tech professionals.

From what we hear, we’re pretty good at it…

2021

Scaled our internal team + built up the expertise required to become leaders in our field.
Significantly upgraded our vetting capabilities.
Successfully provided over 50 developers to clients.
Finished the year with 5 star reviews on Trustpilot.

2022

50 clients + 100 developers working for our clients (mostly UK based).
Moved into our London HQ.
Became a ‘highly regarded’ business on Glassdoor with a 4.8+ rating.

2023

Retention rate of placed developers increased to 96%, reflecting significant improvements in our vetting and customer success.
UK headcount grew by 70%.
Reduced time to hire for clients to 10 days.
Reached the 100-client milestone across the UK and EU.

We have loved the progress we have made and the immense value we have created so far. Showing businesses the sheer wealth of global talent available to them and helping all parties seamlessly integrate has been incredible.

2024

ISO 27001 certification gained.
Vetting over 35,000 candidates per month by leveraging the power of AI.
150+ clients & total headcount of 400.
Began building AI engineering solutions for clients.

2025

Processing over 100,000 candidates every month
Full-optimised Product, AI-enhanced to flex with demand, so we find you the absolute best in global talent.
Smart Working AI Academy set up to future-proof all Smart Workers.
AI role focus - specifically identifying elite AI specialists and teams for niche skills and rapidly scaling organisations.
Team development:
- Continued UK office growth, on track for 60%↑ by 2025 end.
- International team expansion in Eastern Europe and India.

Our Values

Quality

We are committed to sourcing, vetting, and delivering the best tech talent globally.

Excellence

Our commitment to excellence drives us to consistently exceed expectations, delivering exceptional talent to all our clients.

Innovation

We embrace new ideas and technologies to continually improve our platform and processes, staying ahead of industry trends.

Diversity

We believe in the power of diverse teams and are dedicated to creating opportunities for talented individuals from all backgrounds.

Top-Rated Developers Provider

Feedback from our amazing customers!

Rated 4.7/5 based on reviews on

Client words
Reviews

We have worked with Smart Working for 2 years and have been very pleased with the quality and skills of their developers. Their UK team has continued to deliver excellent ongoing support to us. We now have 6 people working for us on a long-term basis.

Mark Cadby

CTO

Smart Working have always delivered strong shortlists of vetted candidates in very tight timescales. We have now built a team of 10 with them and the turnover of our developers has been extremely low. We’d strongly recommend using them.

Cameron Wade

Managing Director

Smart Working enabled us to rapidly scale our development team in response to a new significant contract win. Their service has been invaluable to our scaling, the resources secured have been of a great standard and integrated with our existing teams very well.

Alex Mattos

Chief Operating Officer

Smart Working has provided us with an excellent Senior Dev. The recruitment process was quick and effective. Our developer brings fantastic new knowledge and experience into the team. We see him as a very long-term asset to our business.

Jeremy Burgess

Director

Would highly recommend Smart Working. We had a new developer starting with us just a few weeks after making first contact. Their UK team has checked in with us regularly since, helping to get the best out of our new employee.

Oliver Rebbeck

Creative Director

We've had a fantastic experience with Smart Working in hiring a full-stack developer. The entire recruitment process was effortless and quick. Our developer seamlessly works UK hours, and the competitive rates are an added bonus. I highly recommend them.

Tom O’Harrow

Tech Product Manager

Smart Working has a really thorough process and their initial screening of candidates saved us a lot of time. They found several candidates that met our requirements and the dev that we hired has fitted in really well and is proving to be a real asset.

Dave Ackrill,

Head of Operations

Smart Working’s process was seamless. Our goal was to find someone who would fit perfectly into our team, to deliver high value, and that’s what we got. The feedback calls with their UK team since have been useful. A highly recommended service.

Paul Simms

Tech Director

Smart Working found us an excellent developer very quickly who has been one of our best developers since she began. We see her as a core member of the team and can see her being with us for the long term. It has worked really well.

Adam Burrage

Managing Director

Working with Smart Working has been great for us. Their level of expertise during the recruitment stage was impressive. We took on a great Senior Developer and have formed a very successful working relationship with them.

Richard May

Managing Director

Hiring with Smart Working has worked very well. We hired a very impressive Senior Software Engineer who has been part of our team for 2 years now. He is able to work independently, solve difficult problems and shows great initiative.

Tom Hirst

Senior Software Engineer

The Smart Working approach worked very well for us. As soon as we got to the interview stage we saw incredible value in the candidates. Our chosen developer joined us immediately and has been a great addition to our team.

Phil Hayes

CTO

Paul

1 review

Jun 22, 2023

Recruiting Staff from India

Our business had been for some time been trying to fill a Senior Dev-Ops Software Developer role using our traditional UK sources, without success. Call it fate, we came across Smartworking-solutions, offering to supply quality developers at market value from India...

Date of experience: Jun 22, 2023

Phil

1 review

Jun 7, 2023

Smart Working have built a team of 6…

Smart Working have built a team of 6 developers for us. While they are remote from our office they are fully integrated into our business and with Smart Working’s support in the background we see this as a long term solution to the challenge of finding the right software talent.

Date of experience: Jun 7, 2023

Jimmy Holt

1 review

Jul 14, 2022

2 Very impressive software engineers hired!

We have two impressive software engineers from Smart Working working full-time for our team. they work our hours as well.

Date of experience: Jul 14, 2022

Steven

1 review

May 24, 2023

Went about their work very efficiently

The team at Smart Working were really easy to work with. They went about their task exactly as described and there was no pressure or surprises along the way.

Date of experience: May 24, 2023

Jimmy Holt

1 review

Jul 14, 2022

2 Very impressive software engineers hired!

We have two impressive software engineers from Smart Working working full-time for our team. They really are just like completely normal team members - they work our hours as well.

Date of experience: Jul 14, 2022

Harry L

1 review

Jul 29, 2022

2 strong accountants

2 strong accountants. Both are fully integrated in our team and really understand how we do things. Was worried about communication but has not been a problem - our Smart Workers often speak to our clients directly now.

Date of experience: Jul 29, 2022

Callum Crombie

2 review

Oct 11, 2022

Quick & simple process. Highly recommend

We had a great experience with Smart Working. They found & introduced candidates to us within two days of us sharing the job description. The candidates were strong and ultimately we were left with a decision between two who would've both made great employees.

Date of experience: Oct 11, 2022

Jeremy Burgess

7 review

May 19, 2023

Smart Working made offshore recruitment easy for us

Smart Working has provided us with an excellent Senior Dev who has quickly integrated into the team. The recruitment process was quick and effective - so much easier than sifting through 50 candidate applications via LinkedIn.

Date of experience: May 19, 2023

B Jones

1 review

Sep 27, 2022

Good Process and Support

Good, efficient process at Smart Working Solutions. When we add to the team they are usually able to have someone onboarded within a month of receiving the job description from us. Also we feel well supported by their Indian team.

Date of experience: Sep 27, 2022

Belle

1 review

Sep 26, 2022

Great service from Smart Working

It’s been just over a year since we took Vikas on and what an impact he has made in that time - it really has been eye opening. At first we had to ensure we were communicating enough but now we have really found a good routine and things are moving forward very well.

Date of experience: Sep 26, 2022

Georgie

3 review

Jul 11, 2022

We’ve had a software developer

We’ve had a software developer working with us for almost a year now. She is excellent and has fitted in so well with the team. She really is one of us now and hopefully we will work together for years to come!

Date of experience: Jul 11, 2022

Matt

1 review

May 24, 2023

Seamless Remote Hiring

Hiring Sundeep as a Senior Developer through Smart Working has exceeded our expectations. Despite initial reservations about hiring a remote manager, Sundeep has seamlessly integrated with our junior dev team since joining in mid-April.

Date of experience: May 24, 2023