Summary
Stem Disintermedia helps artists navigate the business behind their music. Headquartered in Los Angeles and New York, with a fully remote global team, Stem’s platform empowers artists with music distribution, payments, and royalty services. To quickly scale its development team, hire the most cost-effective candidates, and diversify its team, Stem partnered with Arc to source top developers from around the world. In less than 4 weeks, Arc helped Stem hire Marny from Costa Rica, Oscar from Mexico, Daniel from Peru, and Franco from Brazil. Since joining the company, Franco has been promoted to Engineering Manager on the distribution team.
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The Challenge: Looking for diverse global talent on a tight budget
When Stem contacted Arc, they shared their specific hiring needs — a cost-saving approach that focused on building a global remote development team. With over 250,000 global remote developers in the marketplace, Arc helped Stem scale their team quickly while embracing talent diversity. According to Stem:
The Solution: Curated plan for vetted candidates ready to interview
Once they signed up, Stem was able to browse developers and extend interview invitations to vetted developers that were a good fit for them. According to Stem, Arc’s dashboard was also extremely intuitive to use:
On top of the curated list, we were able to filter candidates based on location and willingness to work within our time zones.
Stem was not only impressed by the quality and diversity of the developers they were presented with but also by Arc’s talent partners and customer support. When Stem provided feedback on how Arc can improve the dashboard, Arc’s product team quickly acted on the feedback and implemented changes to the dashboard.
The Results: Four remote developers hired in four weeks
Stem was particularly impressed with Arc’s ability to find qualified remote developers around the world in less than 4 weeks. Two of the four hires at Stem were made in under two weeks. In fact, Franco, a developer hired from Arc, has become a success story at Stem by recently being promoted to Engineering Manager for the distribution team. Arc not only provided Stem with fast and qualified developers but also helped diversify their team. When asked if she had any advice for companies considering Arc for hiring remote developers, Kristen replied:
All of our Arc hires have been incredible so far. Our Arc hires come from all over the world and have unique cultural backgrounds.
By working with Arc, Stem was able to quickly hire four senior remote developers from Latin America.
Final Recommendation: Diverse, qualified, and drivers of innovation
If you are looking to tap into a more diverse pool of talent beyond existing job boards and your local market, Arc can help. Get access to 250,000+ global developers from 190+ countries covering 170+ skill sets, including senior vetted candidates who are ready to interview right now. Still not sure if Arc is right for you? Here’s what Lead Recruiter and People Ops Specialist, Kristen (KJ) Hadjis has to say:
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