The Porsche of Recruiting Services: How RFR Helped Rally Make 20+ Smart Hires
Website: https://www.rallyon.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/getrallyon/
Number of employees hired by RFR: 23
Number of total employees: 26
Founded in: 2020
Industry: e-Commerce
Rally is an e-Commerce company that helps modern brands gain more freedom, more creativity, and more success with a flexible, one-click checkout. The company is on a mission to bring power back to merchants and app developers by equipping them with a headless and fully optimized one-click checkout solution.
As their team scaled quickly, Jordan and Rok, co-founders of Rally, sought out expert assistance in hiring. They connected with Remote First Recruiting and were able to successfully hire twenty-three key employees.
Background and Challenges
Rally was facing a challenge in terms of building a team that met their technical and cultural requirements, along with their geographic requirements as a remote team with timezone preferences. The overhead of managing a pipeline of candidates and difficulty in vetting candidates once they entered their hiring funnel was proving to be time-consuming and challenging. Co-founder, Jordan Gal, had worked with Remote First Recruiting while hiring for his previous company, CartHook, and turned to the RFR team to help scale his new team.
Strategy and Execution
The RFR team conducted an in-depth discovery call with Rally to understand their requirements, which saved them a lot of time. They were patient in finding candidates and checked in regularly after interviews to ensure a great candidate experience. Greg and Krista, from the Remote First Recruiting Team, were always available to provide guidance and ensure the best possible outcome. They were proactive in arranging follow-up interviews and keeping candidates engaged and excited about the opportunity.
When it came time for Rally to interview the top candidates, RFR actively provided guidance on how to evaluate whether or not a candidate was a good fit for their company, as well as how to make a final decision on which candidates to hire.
After successfully placing a candidate on Rally's team, RFR always followed up with them to ensure that the candidates’ onboarding process and communication were running smoothly.
Results
The partnership between Rally and Remote First Recruiting was highly successful and took the pressure and time consumption out of making smart hires.
Rally hired for a plethora of roles, including:
Lead DevOps Engineer
Lead Quality Assurance Engineer
A Team of Backend Laravel Engineers
Senior Frontend Angular Engineer
Product Manager
Content and Media Strategist
Manual QA Testers
PHP Backend Developer (WordPress)
Blockchain Developer (Ecommerce)
Senior Frontend Engineer
Senior Account Executive
Administrative Business Partner
Customer Success Manager
Solutions Engineer
Product Manager
Sales Development Representative
In total, Rally has hired more than 20 team members using RFR’s recruiting services. The Rally team interviewed an average of 3-5 candidates per role.
Remote First Recruiting became an extension of Rally, effectively representing their team and creating a positive and professional first impression for potential hires.
From Rally Leadership
Jordan Gal, Rally cofounder said, “Now that we’ve been working with the RFR team for a number of years, it truly feels like they deeply understand our product, our company culture, and our team make-up. This allows them not only to find quality candidates, but also understand our team/company dynamic and make holistic suggestions instead of just looking at one piece of the puzzle.”
Rok Knez, Rally cofounder & CTO, said, “Excellent at what they do! I highly recommend working with the RFR team to build your team from scratch. They have expertise in many roles that I don’t—so in addition to finding the best candidates, they help guide with things like expected compensation in the market right now and ideal ramp time for the roles. Basically, it was like the Porsche of recruiting experiences.”
Jessica McDougall, Rally VP of Product, said, “They’re absolutely fantastic and I definitely recommend working with the RFR team. I feel supported every time I reach out with a question, big or small. Hiring is hard and there is no reason to make it harder by trying to do everything yourself. You’re great, you hire great people, you have a great process and you save us a lot of time and money with your recruitment expertise.”
