Staffing Agencies and Recruiters in Seattle

Dominated by Amazon and Microsoft, but the surrounding ecosystem — cloud infrastructure, gaming, e-commerce technology — means significant hiring outside those two anchors. DevOps, cloud architecture, and backend engineering roles are disproportionately available.

How this list is made: 9 recruiting firms headquartered in the Seattle 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 Seattle office are listed after them.

Tech & Engineering recruiters based in Seattle

Software engineers, frontend, backend, full-stack, DevOps, cloud, and infrastructure roles.

#1contracttemp to-permpermanentEst. 2013

Fuel Talent

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Best for: Seattle-area engineers, designers, PMs and marketers who want a boutique recruiter working startup and growth-stage searches, including leadership roles.

Seattle-based, woman-owned recruiting firm founded in 2013 by Shauna Swerland. Places engineering, design/UX research, product, marketing, finance and C-suite roles. Offers contract, contract-to-hire, direct hire and executive search; says it averages 18 days to offer.

Seniority

Mid-level, Senior, Executive

Placement

contract, temp to-perm, permanent

Details checked

Sep 2026

Front end, back end and full stack engineeringData engineering, data science and MLProduct designers and UX researchersProduct managers and technical PMsDemand gen and performance marketingControllers and heads of finance
#2contracttemp to-permpermanentEst. 2005

Prime Team Partners

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Best for: Experienced engineers, ML and data practitioners and PMs looking for direct-hire roles at Seattle-area startups and tech companies.

Seattle technology recruiting firm started in 2005 by CEO Darren Hogben. Recruiters specialize in technology and sales staffing and place on contract, contract-to-hire and direct hire terms. Live job board shows DevOps, ML, data science, backend and product manager roles across Seattle, Bellevue and remote.

Seniority

Mid-level, Senior

Placement

contract, temp to-perm, permanent

Details checked

Sep 2026

DevOps and cloud infrastructureMachine learning engineers and research scientistsData scientistsBackend and full-stack engineersProduct managersSAP functional and integration roles
#3contracttemp to-permpermanentEst. 1995

Redtech (Redmond Technology Partners)

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Best for: Contract-minded developers, PMs, BAs and marketing managers who want Eastside enterprise work (Microsoft/T-Mobile-type campuses) or Washington public-sector projects.

Woman-owned technology staffing firm run from a Bellevue office, staffing Eastside teams since 1995. Places developers, TPMs, program managers, business analysts, marketing managers, AI/ML engineers and QA on contract, contract-to-hire and direct hire terms. Lists Microsoft, T-Mobile, Costco and the City of Seattle as client references.

Placement

contract, temp to-perm, permanent

Details checked

Sep 2026

Software developers (.NET, Java, Python, JS/TS)Technical project and program managersBusiness analystsAI/ML and MLOps engineersMarketing and marketing project managersQA engineers and SDETs
#4contractpermanent

Team Red Dog

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Best for: Tech, data, program/product and marketing professionals open to contract or full-time roles at large Eastside technology clients.

Bellevue staffing and recruiting agency, 100% woman-owned and WBENC-certified, placing contract and full-time talent for about 20 years. Roles cover AI/ML, data science, cloud, product and program management, analytics/BI, finance and operations, and digital/marketing/creative. Current listings are largely senior engineering roles at Redmond-area tech clients.

Placement

contract, permanent

Details checked

Sep 2026

AI, LLM and machine learningData science and analytics/BICloud and infrastructureProduct and program managementFinance and operationsDigital, marketing and creative
#5contracttemp to-permpermanent

Viri Technology

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Best for: Seattle-area developers, QA, cloud, BI and UX professionals, from recent grads to director level, who want a small local tech recruiter.

Technical recruiting firm on Mercer Island serving greater Seattle employers. Places IT professionals on permanent, contract and contract-to-hire terms across software development, mobile, QA, cloud, big data/BI, technical project management and UX/creative. Recruiters have software development backgrounds.

Seniority

Junior, Mid-level, Senior, Executive

Placement

contract, temp to-perm, permanent

Details checked

Sep 2026

Software developmentMobile applicationsQuality assuranceSystems and cloud engineeringBig data and business intelligenceUser experience / creative
#6

Aditi Consulting

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Best for: Experienced engineers and data practitioners who want contract/consulting assignments at large enterprise and big-tech clients through an Eastside-headquartered vendor.

Bellevue-headquartered digital engineering services firm with a Talent on Demand staffing practice. Supplies consultants to enterprise clients and MSPs, citing 1500+ U.S.-based consultants. Project work spans data/ML platforms, cloud, DevOps/SRE and QA.

Details checked

Sep 2026

Cloud infrastructure and operationsApplication and platform developmentAI and data transformationSRE and DevOpsQA and test automation

Finance & Accounting recruiters based in Seattle

Financial analysts, accountants, controllers, CFOs, and finance managers.

#1contracttemp to-permpermanent

Seattle Financial

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Best for: Accountants and finance professionals at any level in the Puget Sound who want a finance-specialist recruiter offering temp, contract-to-hire and direct-hire options.

Accounting and finance recruiting and staffing firm based in Kirkland, placing finance talent across the Pacific Northwest, Colorado and California. Places entry-level through executive accounting and finance roles, plus HR, office/admin and sales/marketing. Affiliated with Sanford Rose Associates and NW Recruiting Partners.

Seniority

Junior, Mid-level, Senior, Executive

Placement

contract, temp to-perm, permanent

Details checked

Sep 2026

Accounting (entry to executive)Finance leadership and C-suite searchContract and temporary accountingHR generalists to senior HROffice and administration
#2contracttemp to-permpermanent

Seattle Search Group

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Best for: Accountants from staff level to controller who want temp, temp-to-perm or direct-hire work in the Seattle/Bellevue market.

Bellevue-based accounting recruiters offering temporary, contract and direct-hire accounting staffing across Greater Seattle, from staff accountants to controllers. Also runs executive search and places some finance and technology roles. Owner John Herd recruits accounting and finance directly.

Seniority

Junior, Mid-level, Senior, Executive

Placement

contract, temp to-perm, permanent

Details checked

Sep 2026

Staff and senior accountantsControllersTemporary accounting staffingDirect-hire accounting searchFinance executive search
#3permanent

Herd Freed Hartz

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Best for: Senior finance leaders (Controller through CFO) targeting Pacific Northwest executive roles filled through retained search.

Retained executive search firm headquartered in Seattle's Columbia Center, with an Oregon office. Runs CFO, VP Finance, Controller and FP&A leadership searches alongside CEO, technology and other executive searches. Cites 25 years and 1000+ searches; past searches listed include REI's VP of Accounting & Finance and Premera's CFO.

Seniority

Senior, Executive

Placement

permanent

Details checked

Sep 2026

CFO searchVP FinanceControllerFP&A leadershipBoard and CEO advisory

Multi-city firms with a Seattle office

Headquartered elsewhere, with a Seattle 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.

  • 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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  • Scion Technology

    Tech & Engineering · Data & Analytics

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  • Scion Creative

    Design & UX · Marketing & Growth

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  • Artisan Talent

    Design & UX · Marketing & Growth

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