Staffing Agencies and Recruiters in Austin
A genuine second-tier tech hub with Tesla, Apple, Google, and Dell operating significant engineering offices here. Contract rates are lower than coastal markets but cost-of-living makes the economics favourable — particularly for engineers relocating from expensive markets.
How this list is made: 8 recruiting firms headquartered in the Austin area, each described from its own website (specialisations, placement types, seniority), with the date its details were checked. Firms headquartered elsewhere that also have a Austin office are listed after them.
Tech & Engineering recruiters based in Austin
Software engineers, frontend, backend, full-stack, DevOps, cloud, and infrastructure roles.
The HT Group
Best for: Austin candidates who want a local generalist firm that covers everything from temp accounting work to technical contracts and C-suite searches.
Austin-rooted staffing, executive search and management consulting firm with a second office in Beaumont, TX. Technical staffing covers DevOps, SDET, software development, database management and big data; separate practices handle finance and accounting and sales and marketing. It fills temp, temp-to-hire, contract and direct-hire roles, and places interim and fractional executives.
Seniority
Junior, Mid-level, Senior, Executive
Placement
contract, permanent, temp to-perm
Details checked
Sep 2026
Technology Navigators
Best for: Austin engineers, data specialists and BAs/PMs looking for contract or full-time roles through a long-standing local technical recruiter.
Austin technical staffing firm that recruits for software, infrastructure, data management, ERP, CRM, support and information security. Its role list includes front-end, back-end and full-stack developers, DevOps engineers, data engineers, BI engineers, business analysts and product managers. The sister practice Accounting Navigators, on the same site, places accounting and finance staff from entry level to CFO.
Seniority
Junior, Mid-level, Senior, Executive
Placement
contract, permanent, temp to-perm
Details checked
Sep 2026
New Iron
Best for: Experienced Austin software, data and DevOps engineers, or product managers, who want a small relationship-driven recruiter with deep local tenure.
Austin-based technical recruiting firm founded in 2003, with two practices: SaaS/product/cloud/IT and semiconductor/industrial. The software side covers backend, full-stack, cloud, DevOps, data engineering, analytics, AI/ML and product management, plus technical leadership searches. It works on direct hire, contract, contract-to-hire and retained searches.
Seniority
Mid-level, Senior
Placement
contract, permanent, temp to-perm
Details checked
Sep 2026
Peak Performers
Best for: Austin candidates, especially people with disabilities or chronic medical conditions, looking for contract or permanent roles with Texas state and public agencies.
Nonprofit staffing agency with its corporate office in Austin. It places professionals in temporary, temp-to-hire and direct-hire roles, mainly at public agencies and government organizations. Its IT practice places business analysts, developers, data analysts and project managers, and its finance practice places accountants, auditors and financial analysts. It gives hiring preference to qualified applicants with disabilities but considers all candidates.
Seniority
Junior, Mid-level, Senior, Executive
Placement
contract, temp to-perm, permanent
Details checked
Sep 2026
Design & UX recruiters based in Austin
UX designers, product designers, UI designers, UX researchers, and creative directors.
Flying Pig Talent
Best for: Austin advertising and marketing creatives, such as designers, copywriters and media or account people, who want a recruiter embedded in the local agency scene.
Boutique advertising and marketing recruiting firm based in Austin, led by recruiter Lisa Wickham. It places creative, account, media and brand-side marketing talent at agencies and brands, including art directors, copywriters, designers, media planners and UX/design roles. It offers direct hire, freelance placement and executive search.
Seniority
Mid-level, Senior, Executive
Placement
permanent, contract
Details checked
Sep 2026
Marketing & Growth recruiters based in Austin
Growth marketers, content strategists, SEO specialists, performance marketers, and brand managers.
Tarvos Talent
Best for: Austin finance professionals, from FP&A analysts to finance leaders, who want a local firm staffed by former finance professionals.
Locally owned recruiting firm with offices in Austin and Houston, part of the Connect Search network. It specializes in finance and accounting, covering accounting and financial reporting, FP&A, treasury, tax and audit, and finance leadership. A separate sales and marketing practice covers demand generation, digital marketing, marketing operations and marketing leadership.
Seniority
Mid-level, Senior, Executive
Placement
permanent, contract, temp to-perm
Details checked
Sep 2026
Finance & Accounting recruiters based in Austin
Financial analysts, accountants, controllers, CFOs, and finance managers.
Hill Country Search Advisors
Best for: Austin accountants and finance managers aiming for permanent roles, working with a boutique recruiter run by a former CPA.
Austin accounting and finance search firm co-founded in 2013. Its managing partner is a former Deloitte auditor. It makes permanent placements from staff and senior accountant up to VP and CFO, and also offers interim and contract-to-hire services.
Seniority
Mid-level, Senior, Executive
Placement
permanent, contract, temp to-perm
Details checked
Sep 2026
Green Lion Search Group
Best for: Experienced Austin accountants and finance leaders, including those targeting PE/VC fund roles, who prefer a single senior recruiter over a large agency.
Founder-led boutique recruiting firm based in Austin, founded in 2016. One recruiter handles every search personally. It does direct hire and executive search for corporate finance, accounting and alternative-investment roles, from senior accountant to CFO, across Austin, Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston and San Antonio.
Seniority
Mid-level, Senior, Executive
Placement
permanent
Details checked
Sep 2026
Multi-city firms with a Austin office
Headquartered elsewhere, with a Austin office. These firms recruit in several cities, so we list them compactly here; follow the link for each firm's own description of what it places.
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TEKsystems
Tech & Engineering · Data & Analytics
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Apex Systems
Tech & Engineering
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Insight Global
Tech & Engineering · Data & Analytics
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Robert Half Technology
Tech & Engineering · Finance & Accounting
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Kforce
Tech & Engineering · Finance & Accounting · Data & Analytics
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Randstad Digital
Tech & Engineering
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Beacon Hill Staffing
Tech & Engineering · Finance & Accounting
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Burnett Specialists
Tech & Engineering · Data & Analytics · Design & UX · Finance & Accounting · Marketing & Growth