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Permanent Recruitment

Permanent IT Recruitment in Queensland

End-to-end hiring for permanent technology roles at every level, from individual contributors to executive leadership. The consultant who takes your brief runs your search from start to finish.

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Replacement Guarantee

A minimum three-month replacement guarantee on all permanent placements.

Startup & Scale-up Pricing

Lower fees and flexible pricing for the first 12 months, for early-stage technology companies.

One Consultant, End to End

We do not hand you off. Your consultant integrates into your hiring process.

Executive Search

A dedicated search methodology for CTO, VP and senior technology leadership roles. Learn more.

How a Search Works

One consultant owns your search from brief to start date.

  1. Brief

    We learn your culture, your employer brand and how the role connects to your strategy.

  2. Search

    A sourcing strategy across our Queensland and Australian networks, including people who are not looking.

  3. Shortlist

    We screen and shortlist, so you only meet people worth meeting.

  4. Interviews to Offer

    We manage interviews through to offer and acceptance.

  5. Guarantee

    Every permanent placement carries a minimum three-month replacement guarantee.

How does a permanent search with Digital Native work?

One consultant works your role from start to finish. We start by understanding your culture, your employer brand and how the role connects to your business strategy, then build a sourcing strategy around it using our networks across Queensland and Australia.

From there we screen, shortlist and manage interviews through to offer and acceptance. Our consultants each bring 20+ years of technology recruitment experience, and they integrate into your process rather than adding steps to it.

How long does a permanent search take?

It depends on the role and the market, and we will tell you honestly at the brief what to expect. Some searches move fast: a product designer for an AI start-up went from first CV to signed offer in six days, and a principal engineer for a Brisbane scale-up had an offer six days after we introduced him. Notice periods then set the start date.

How do your fees work?

Permanent recruitment is success-based: there is no fee unless you hire someone we introduce. Early-stage technology businesses also get lower fees and flexible pricing for the first 12 months.

What happens if a permanent placement does not work out?

Every permanent placement carries a minimum three-month replacement guarantee. If the hire does not work out within that period, we find a replacement.

Do you offer pricing for startups and scale-ups?

Yes. Digital Native built its reputation recruiting for Queensland product and SaaS companies, and early-stage technology businesses get lower fees and flexible pricing for the first 12 months. Talk to us about your stage and hiring plan.

Which permanent technology roles do you recruit?

Software engineering (front end, back end and functional), DevOps and cloud, data and AI, product and UX, enterprise platforms such as Microsoft Power Platform, Dynamics 365, Salesforce and ServiceNow, solutions architecture, project and program management, IT governance, and infrastructure and security.

We recruit at every level, from individual contributors through to senior leadership, and run dedicated executive searches for CTO, VP Engineering and Head of Technology roles.

Client Stories

How It Played Out

Real searches from our records, anonymised to protect our clients.

Australia-wide · Start-up · Permanent

Four hires in seven weeks for an AI start-up

One designer from first CV to signed offer in six days

In mid-2023 an Australian AI start-up, less than a year old, was growing its team fast. A mutual contact introduced us to the founders, and twelve days later we had agreed terms. The brief moved week to week as roles filled, the technical bar was high, and strong engineers were taking other offers within days.

We ran searches across full-stack, back-end, data, machine learning and product design at the same time, sourced nationally for a remote team, and handled interviews, references and offers so the founders could keep building. Four permanent hires followed in seven weeks. The designer went from first CV to signed offer in six days.

Brisbane · Start-up · Permanent

From first design lead to an engineering team

Seven roles filled with eight hires in two years

In mid-2017 a Brisbane software start-up that had digitised a paper-based process for the energy industry was about to be backed by a much larger corporate partner. It needed its first design lead, then an engineering team. We held the chosen design lead through seven weeks of deal approvals until the offer could be made.

Over the next two years we built the team around that role: senior engineers for a .NET and functional-programming stack, a cloud engineer, and a graduate referred by an engineer we had placed. When one hire left early, we replaced him at no extra cost; the replacement accepted an offer the day after his interview. That made eight hires across seven roles in two years.

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“Great service from start to finish, candidate was sourced and appointed within a week from engagement. Couldn't be happier with the service offer by Aaron.”

Mark, Employer, May 2024, via SEEK

Hiring a Permanent Role?

Send us the brief, or talk it through with the consultant who will run your search.

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