That is how much we save your team out of the 100 hours a single hire takes.
A wide network feeding our own verification pipeline.
Your leads see only candidates a specialist has already cleared.
We understand the technology, the constraints and the industry's pace, so read a role like your team does.
01
Brief
60 min
A call to define the role: responsibilities, stack, level, security requirements, salary range, and the decision process on your side.
02
Role spec and scorecard
2 days
We document the role and build a scorecard of 5–8 competencies with defined levels. You approve both before the search begins.
03
Sourcing and screening
weeks 1–3
Outreach across our ecosystem, partners and talent bank. Each candidate has an initial call covering experience, motivation and constraints.
04
Competence check
weeks 1–3
Run by senior and executive specialists from Defence Builder and our partners — matched to the discipline, working from the scorecard you approved.
05
Background check
weeks 1–3
A call to define the role: responsibilities, stack, level, security requirements, salary range, and the decision process on your side.
06
Shortlist and final interviews
weeks 4–5
Three to five candidates, each with a written assessment against the agreed scorecard.
A shortlist you can act on
Three to five candidates, ready for final interviews.
An executive summary on each candidate
Read more
Weekly report
Pipeline figures, drop-off reasons, current market rates.
Timeline
4–5 weeks from brief to shortlist, typically.
Part of
DB Ecosystem
Active since
2026
Current
TALENT HUB
The people behind the DEFENCE TALENT HUB
Defence
Builder
190+ institutional contacts across Ukraine and abroad
First-hand knowledge of the industry and how it hires
Candidates can be validated with serving military specialists
JOSCAR-accredited — verified for defence and aerospace supply chains
2,000+ engineers across top needed defence domains
Successful cases across the sector's leading companies
5,000+ graduates and students in the network
ProfTech programme: 88% of companies return for more hires
Special engineering programme runs with with top universities and defence companies
Fire Point
Saab
GenCherry
Olin college
ETH zurich
Vetted positions from companies across the ecosystem. Don't see yours?
and we'll come back to you when a match opens up.
PDW designs, engineers and manufactures high-performance small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) for the modern warfighter — combining mission insight, rapid iteration, technical rigor and scalable U.S. manufacturing.
Open in new tab
A Ukrainian developer and manufacturer of military UAVs. Key product: interceptor drones countering enemy strike UAVs — an innovative, codified product with in-house R&D and an operating serial-assembly production. Strategy: an R&D company focused on interceptors and small air-defence systems protecting troops and civilian infrastructure; serial volumes scale through partner production sites.
Open in new tab
A Ukrainian developer and manufacturer of military UAVs. Key product: interceptor drones countering enemy strike UAVs — an innovative, codified product with in-house R&D and an operating serial-assembly production. Strategy: an R&D company focused on interceptors and small air-defence systems protecting troops and civilian infrastructure; serial volumes scale through partner production sites.
Open in new tab
A Ukrainian developer and manufacturer of military UAVs. Key product: interceptor drones countering enemy strike UAVs — an innovative, codified product with in-house R&D and an operating serial-assembly production. Strategy: an R&D company focused on interceptors and small air-defence systems protecting troops and civilian infrastructure; serial volumes scale through partner production sites.
Open in new tab
A Ukrainian developer and manufacturer of military UAVs. Key product: interceptor drones countering enemy strike UAVs — an innovative, codified product with in-house R&D and an operating serial-assembly production. Strategy: an R&D company focused on interceptors and small air-defence systems protecting troops and civilian infrastructure; serial volumes scale through partner production sites.
Open in new tab
A Ukrainian developer and manufacturer of military UAVs. Key product: interceptor drones countering enemy strike UAVs — an innovative, codified product with in-house R&D and an operating serial-assembly production. Strategy: an R&D company focused on interceptors and small air-defence systems protecting troops and civilian infrastructure; serial volumes scale through partner production sites.
Open in new tab
A Ukrainian developer and manufacturer of military UAVs. Key product: interceptor drones countering enemy strike UAVs — an innovative, codified product with in-house R&D and an operating serial-assembly production. Strategy: an R&D company focused on interceptors and small air-defence systems protecting troops and civilian infrastructure; serial volumes scale through partner production sites.
Open in new tab
Part of
DB Ecosystem
Active since
2026
Current
get connected with top
companies and talents
