How PresenceLearning Scaled Their Team by 150% in 3 Months

CHALLENGES

Meeting Surging Demand by Scaling Engineering Teams Rapidly

For CTO Russ Greenspan, the pandemic brought an unprecedented increase in demand for PresenceLearning’s services as K-12 schools nationwide transitioned to online learning. Expanding the engineering team became a top priority to keep up with this demand. Although PresenceLearning had previously adopted a distributed staffing model, the need for a rapid scale-up posed new challenges.

Russ’s team required engineers who brought creative, diverse perspectives to the table and who shared the company’s mission-driven values. Additionally, it was crucial that new hires worked within the same time zone to maintain productivity and cohesion.

ENGAGEMENT SUCCESS

Partnering with Terminal to Build a Talented, Diverse Engineering Team

In early 2020, PresenceLearning began working with Terminal to build a remote tech team distributed across the U.S. and Latin America. Terminal’s comprehensive approach provided PresenceLearning access to a larger talent pool, especially in Latin America, where Russ saw a high concentration of skilled engineers.

“Turning to Latin America has significantly expanded the candidate pool for us,” Russ said. “There’s so much good talent. I studied in Latin America myself, so I know firsthand the kind of creative thinking and quality engineers that you’ll find there.”

Terminal’s customized interview process and Talent Hub portal ensured that PresenceLearning’s hiring team only engaged with candidates who met their requirements, offering visibility into the candidate pipeline and control over the process. The time zone alignment with teams in New York and San Francisco also proved invaluable.

“When you look at places like Mexico or Colombia, one of the best things is that everyone is on the same clock as the U.S.,” Russ explained. “It’s a huge plus.”

LOOKING AHEAD

Achieving Growth with Five New Engineers in 3 MONTHS

By partnering with Terminal, PresenceLearning augmented its engineering team by 10 new hires in just a few months, meeting its scaling targets to handle the increased demand for online services. Within one 3 MONTH period, five engineers joined the team, including senior software engineers, full-stack developers, and frontend engineers.