Client:
TradePort
Industry:
Web3
Country:
Global (Remote)
Service:
Executive Search & Tech Recruitment
Background
TradePort is a rapidly growing Web3 company building core infrastructure for the NFT ecosystem. Its flagship product is a multi-chain NFT aggregator and trading toolkit that provides data and trading functionalities through APIs and SDKs. The platform serves developers and professional NFT traders who require comprehensive, real-time access to multi-chain NFT data.
With an ambitious product roadmap and a distributed global team, TradePort needed to expand its engineering, operations, and go-to-market capacity without losing momentum. The company engaged OnHires as a long-term talent partner to design and execute a multi-regional hiring program that could bring in high-caliber talent fast.
Challenges
When TradePort approached OnHires, they were scaling quickly but facing multiple roadblocks:
Specialized talent scarcity: finding backend engineers with deep blockchain and distributed systems expertise proved extremely difficult in a competitive Web3 labor market.
Parallel openings across multiple functions: roles spanned from senior backend engineers to an executive assistant and part-time sales representative, requiring different sourcing strategies and interview formats.
Distributed decision-making: with hiring managers located across regions, maintaining alignment on feedback, timelines, and compensation benchmarks was challenging.
Need for a consistent process: TradePort needed a reliable hiring framework with structured interviews, clear signals per stage, and real-time visibility into pipeline health.
Market volatility: constant changes in the crypto job market affected candidate availability and salary expectations, requiring real-time adjustments in sourcing and offer strategies.
Solution
OnHires designed a comprehensive, end-to-end recruitment program tailored to TradePort’s growth goals and hiring complexity.
Dedicated hiring operations: a recruiter and project manager were assigned to run weekly hiring syncs, remove blockers, and ensure rapid iteration across functions.
Calibrated scorecards and structured interviews: together with TradePort’s hiring team, we created role-specific scorecards focusing on execution, problem-solving, and collaboration. This alignment improved first-round pass rates by more than 30%.
Targeted global sourcing: we conducted market mapping across Europe, LATAM, and Asia, combining LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub, and crypto-native channels like Web3.career and Discord communities to attract niche blockchain engineers.
Offer management & onboarding: OnHires led compensation localization, offer negotiations, and onboarding coordination to ensure smooth candidate transitions and high acceptance rates.
Results
Through this partnership, OnHires successfully filled five strategic roles across engineering and operations:
Back-End Engineer
Senior Backend Developer
Senior Backend Engineer
Executive Assistant
Part-Time Sales Representative
Key outcomes:
Improved first-round pass rates thanks to upfront calibration.
Streamlined, transparent hiring operations with weekly reporting.
Unified hiring process across multiple regions and departments.
By optimizing hiring speed and consistency, TradePort was able to strengthen its technical foundation and continue building cutting-edge NFT infrastructure with confidence.
“OnHires became our operational partner, not just recruiters. Their structured approach, weekly insights, and technical depth helped us close tough roles faster than we thought possible.” — CEO, TradePort
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