Quality Assurance Recruitment

As Ireland’s leading QA and software testing recruitment agency, IT Search connects enterprise tech leaders and scaling businesses with the SDETs, QA automation engineers, and test leaders required to deliver resilient, production-ready software.

Quality Assurance Recruitment

At IT Search, we deliver specialised contract and permanent software testing recruitment solutions across Ireland and international markets. We connect enterprise engineering teams, multinationals, and scaling software businesses with the quality engineering talent required to embed rigor, performance, and security into modern delivery pipelines.

Our recruitment practice spans the full spectrum of software quality assurance. We source Software Development Engineers in Test and automation engineers proficient in modern frameworks. Beyond automation, we deliver specialists across performance engineering, load testing, API testing, security QA alongside senior QA managers and directors who build enterprise testing strategies.

Whether your organisation requires day-rate contractors to support critical release windows and CI/CD implementations, or permanent hires to establish a long-term quality engineering function, IT Search delivers validated, market-ready QA talent matched to your exact technical ecosystem.

Why IT Search?

As specialist recruitment consultants, we maintain an actively mapped network of passive SDETs, automation framework engineers, and test leads across Dublin, regional tech hubs like Cork and Galway, and key international markets.

Our value lies in precision recruitment execution. We consult directly with hiring leads to translate specific framework, tooling, and architectural requirements into accurate candidate shortlists. By qualifying talent on verified project experience, toolset proficiency, and delivery history, we ensure you spend time interviewing professionals who fit your team immediately.

Headquartered in Dublin with global search capability, we manage permanent placements, high-impact day-rate contractor engagements, and executive search.
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Hire the right qa talent, first time.

The modern workplace has undergone significant transformation in recent years, prompting companies to rethink their recruitment strategies. Whether you require on-site, hybrid, or remote professionals, we are committed to sourcing the right talent for your organization.

Recruitment solutions tailored for you

Permanent Recruitment

Our first stop in the recruitment journey begins with our clients. Each of our client’s needs are unique and as an extension of your brand, we take the time to learn all the subtle nuance’s your company has to offer. Each step in the process is tailored to your needs

Contract Recruitment

At IT Search we offer the complete range of contractor solutions, from managed temporary assignments lasting only weeks to long term contracts. Whatever your requirement, we can easily assist in sourcing and managing the right fit for your team.

Senior Leadership Search

We have the senior level expertise to handle full cycle executive search mandates. We operate a contemporary model whereby we can partner on a retained basis or engage in market mapping, shortlist screening or competency based interviewing on an on-demand basis.

More about IT Search

IT Search is a specialist technology recruitment agency based in Dublin, partnering with organisations across Ireland and abroad. We work across permanent, contract, and senior leadership hiring, covering specialisms from Software Development and Data to Cyber Security, Digital, Infrastructure, and more.

Our consultants have each worked in the local technology market for over ten years, giving you access to specialists who understand both the technical detail of a role and the market it sits in. We maintain a database of over 50,000+ candidate profiles, built up through years of networking, direct relationships, and ongoing engagement across our core sectors, so when you brief us on a role, we're rarely starting from a blank page.

Diversity and inclusion is built into how we work, not treated as an add-on. We've developed a recruitment lifecycle with D&I considered at every stage, from planning and sourcing through to interviewing and offer, and we've been awarded Silver Investors in Diversity by the Irish Centre for Diversity in recognition of this.

Every client relationship is built around a dedicated account manager, a clear briefing process, and regular review meetings, so you always know where things stand. Honesty, credibility, and trust are what we build every relationship on.

We're not the ones saying it!

We have been using IT Search to source the right candidates for our business for many years and are delighted with the service they provide. The right candidate is not easy to find but they always deliver, someone with the right skills who is also a good fit for our company on a personal level. IT Search is also a pleasure to deal with.

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