denu (a Welsh verb):

to attract, to draw, to entice

UK software engineering recruitment specialist, with a focus on the scale and start up world. Formed in 2024, denu (pronounced “denee”) can help you build world class engineering teams.

What we do

  • Partner with select tech companies to help build out their software engineering teams. Whether that be back-end, front-end, platform, security, engineering leaders and more. With a focused on seed, series and scale up companies in the UK.

  • Need someone on a short term basis? We can find talent both inside and outside IR35 to deliver your short term goals and needs. Getting the quantity but without lacking in quality.

  • As a flexible small recruitment agency, I can be embedded within your engineering and talent teams to provide market insight, delivery and direction to hiring.

  • My name is Aaron Shakeshaft (AKA Shakey) and I have worked in recruitment for the last 8 years, with a lot of learning and growth in the software engineering world. I have worked with hedge funds, investment banks, seed funded start-ups, Series A-D start-ups along with multi national corporations. Mainly in the UK market but also some EU and US exposure. For the past 4 years I have exceeded expectations and look to implement my approach to my company.

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