Blowfish partnered with Sidechain to build a trusted engineering team in record time, eliminating fake candidates, accelerating hiring, and strengthening their security infrastructure.
The Challenge
Blowfish needed to aggressively scale its engineering team while avoiding low-quality and fake blockchain talent flooding the market.
Pain points
The Sidechain Approach
Sidechain designed a targeted, high-precision hiring process tailored to Blowfish's security and infrastructure needs.
Role scoping aligned to real-world security threats
Hand-picked engineers from vetted global network
Screening on shipped work, references, communication and culture fit
Candidate-only intros (0 noise, 100% signal)
Role scoping aligned to real-world security threats
Hand-picked engineers from vetted global network
Screening on shipped work, references, communication and culture fit
Candidate-only intros (0 noise, 100% signal)
The Solution
Sidechain delivered a high-touch talent partnership, sourcing and qualifying senior engineers across the US, Latin America, and Europe. Only engineers that Blowfish explicitly requested were introduced, eliminating wasted interviews and ensuring deep alignment from day one.
The Results
Within weeks, Blowfish was able to secure world-class engineering talent and dramatically improve their hiring velocity.
"It was seamless to work with Sidechain on recruiting high-quality blockchain-native talent — something that has become increasingly difficult with the number of scammers posing as candidates."
Fabio Berger, CEO at Blowfish