Kiera Helsey

Associate Consultant

United Kingdom3 yrs 8 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Expert in recruiting backend and systems talent.
Deeply embedded in Rust and Go engineering communities.
Specializes in high-performance OLTP systems.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a specialist in recruiting for high-performance database and systems engineering roles.

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Skills

Core Skills

Database DesignRust (programming Language)Go (programming Language)Community EngagementPublic SectorRecruiting

Other Skills

DatabasesSocial HousingSourcingTypeScriptKubernetesPython (Programming Language)IT RecruitmentContract RecruitmentAccount ManagementTalent ManagementCommunicationTechnical RecruitingHousing TechnologyManagement Information Systems (MIS)Sales

About

Realm builds world-class Rust and Go engineering teams worldwide, with a sharp focus on the engineers who design and scale modern data systems. I specialise in recruiting backend and systems talent across North America and Europe who live in the world of storage engines, distributed systems, and database internals. These are people who think about LSM-trees vs. B-Trees, MVCC, query optimizers, consensus protocols, vectorized execution, and the realities of running stateful systems at scale. By embedding myself in the Rust, Go, and database engineering communities, I surface talent that traditional recruiting never reaches, the builders behind high-performance OLTP systems, vector databases, streaming engines, and cloud-native storage layers. If you're hiring, or exploring your next challenge, let’s talk. Especially if you're building for low latency, high throughput, and rock-solid consistency. Reach out: khelsey@realmgroup.io

Experience

Realm

3 roles

Managing Consultant

Promoted

Mar 2026 – Present · 0 mo · London Area, United Kingdom

Database DesignDatabases

Principal Rust Recruiter

Aug 2025 – Mar 2026 · 7 mos · London Area, United Kingdom

DatabasesRust (Programming Language)

Senior Rust Recruiter

Apr 2024 – Aug 2025 · 1 yr 4 mos · London Area, United Kingdom

Working with Founders and 10x engineers to build Tier-1 Rust teams — especially around Database internals, performance, and infrastructure.
Fuelled by community spirit, Realm is a talent agency where intuition meets innovation.
We blend an unparalleled network, proprietary tech, and a relationship-first approach to give us — and our partners — the infinite edge.
Community-made matches: We meet people in their own spaces and open doors for growth. From database internals to distributed systems, every niche has its own unique realm — and we’re right there in the mix, deeply embedded in developer communities around the world.
We proudly nurture them by organising, sponsoring and supporting key conferences, including:
‣ San Diego Go Meet Up Organisers
‣ GopherCon US Gold Sponsors
‣ GopherCon EU Gold Sponsors
‣ Atlanta Go
‣ GoLab Sponsors
‣ RustLab Sponsors
‣ EuroRust Head Partner
‣ RustNation Exclusive Recruitment Partner
Recruiting or looking for an opportunity?
Get in touch khelsey@realmgroup.io

Go (Programming Language)Rust (Programming Language)

Xata.io

Fractional Talent Partner

Oct 2025 – Jan 2026 · 3 mos · Remote

Partnering with Xata.io's executive team to support them through scaling (via Realm).

Burman recruitment

Recruitment Consultant

Jan 2023 – Apr 2024 · 1 yr 3 mos · London Area, United Kingdom · On-site

Working as a part of Burman Solutions to provide specialist recruitment within the Public Sector to provide contractors for Housing Management Systems including : Orchard (MRI) , Northgate (NEC), Civica CX, Active H, First Touch, Keystone, DRS and Aareon QL.
I assist in staffing around HMS implementations, upgrades, migrations, as well as BAU functions, placing candidates from Programme and Project managers, to Data / System / Business Analysts, Implementation Consultants, Test Managers, System's trainers and anything in-between.

Social HousingPublic Sector

Gravitas recruitment group (uk) ltd

Recruitment Consultant

Jun 2022 – Dec 2022 · 6 mos · London, England, United Kingdom

I worked as a recruitment consultant on the Microsoft Development Team, specialising in placing .NET Professionals throughout London and the South on a contractual and permanent basis.
Core skills comprise:
C#
.NET
Angular, React.js
DevOps – CI, CD, Octopus Deploy, Team City, TFS, MSBuild
Azure, AWS, Google Cloud
Agile- TDD/ BDD/ DDD/ Scrum

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