Melissa Deer

Associate Consultant

London, England, United Kingdom8 yrs 1 mo experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

7+ years in technology recruitment
Expert in full lifecycle hiring
Passionate about inclusive hiring

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Technical Recruiter specializing in Fintech and SaaS industries.

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Skills

Core Skills

Full Life Cycle RecruitingTechnical Recruiting

Other Skills

Boolean SearchingBusiness Relationship ManagementClient DevelopmentCommunicationConsultingContract RecruitmentDirect SourcingHiringIT RecruitmentJavaMarket ResearchPartnershipsPermanent PlacementTechnology Recruitment

About

I’m an experienced Technical Recruiter and Talent Partner with 7+ years in technology recruitment across fintech, SaaS and product-driven companies. I specialise in full lifecycle hiring and proactive sourcing, building strong, diverse pipelines and reducing time-to-hire. I thrive on close stakeholder engagement and process improvement, from market mapping and employer branding to streamlining interview loops and boosting offer acceptance. Passionate about inclusive hiring and candidate experience, I enjoy partnering with growing organisations to scale engineering teams efficiently and thoughtfully.

Experience

8 yrs 1 mo

Total Experience

1 yr 9 mos

Average Tenure

5 yrs 9 mos

Current Experience

Tsb bank

Technology Talent Partner onsite at TSB (via develop)

Feb 2024 – Feb 2025 · 1 yr · Greater London, England, United Kingdom

Embedded within TSB to own technology hiring across software engineering, DevOps, product and architecture, making 50+ hires.
Built candidate pipelines with a key focus on quality and diversity representation and drove data-driven recruitment, reporting KPIs to stakeholders and facilitating weekly hiring manager syncs.

Boolean SearchingFull Life Cycle RecruitingBusiness Relationship ManagementDirect SourcingMarket ResearchTechnology Recruitment+3

Develop

4 roles

Principal Consultant

Promoted

May 2022 – Present · 4 yrs 1 mo

Deliver end-to-end technical recruitment across fintech, SaaS, and AI focusing on Software Engineering.
Build deep relationships with senior stakeholders and C-level executives to shape hiring strategies, implement structured interview processes, and advise on market trends, salary benchmarking, and employer branding.

Boolean SearchingFull Life Cycle RecruitingBusiness Relationship ManagementDirect SourcingMarket ResearchTechnical Recruiting+3

Principal Java Consultant

Nov 2021 – May 2022 · 6 mos

Led full life-cycle recruitment for Java engineering roles across London and the wider UK market.
Partnered with hiring managers to refine job specs and streamline selection, improving candidate experience and offer acceptance rates.

Boolean SearchingFull Life Cycle RecruitingBusiness Relationship ManagementDirect SourcingMarket ResearchTechnical Recruiting+3

Senior Java Consultant

Promoted

May 2021 – Nov 2021 · 6 mos

Specialised in sourcing senior and principal Java talent for fast-growth clients.
Introduced proactive talent-mapping and pipeline strategies that shortened time-to-hire and secured repeat business.

Boolean SearchingFull Life Cycle RecruitingBusiness Relationship ManagementDirect SourcingMarket ResearchTechnical Recruiting+3