Irish Talent Solutions Firm Opens Office in US Tech Capital

Press Release by Enterprise Ireland

Mason Alexander is a talent solutions company that is transforming how businesses look at talent and how they build teams. Mason Alexander focuses on supporting high-growth tech companies from Seed – Series D through two business lines:

• Talent Acquisition Outsourcing & Headhunting: They work with high-growth companies going through a ramp-up in hiring, and have supported the international expansion of many US firms to date. 
• Software Development: Through their Enable arm, they deploy teams of seasoned software developers to help power some of the fastest-growing technology companies in the world.

With today’s announcement, (Wednesday, July 13th) and the support of Enterprise Ireland, Mason Alexander has successfully opened their second US office in San Francisco. Mason Alexander is headquartered in Dublin and was founded in 2013 by Andrew Lynch, CEO. In addition to this new office, Mason Alexander has offices in Cork, Portugal, Romania, and New York City.

The demand for talent has been unprecedented in the past 2 years and Mason Alexander aligns themselves to scaling tech companies where they can add long-term value. In the wake of Covid-19, their ‘Enable’ business was born, which accelerated the need for remote, on-demand teams with the skills to quickly develop solutions in real-time. The need for skilled product builders has ballooned as the Great Reconsideration set off an unprecedented attrition rate, particularly in tech. 

Enable allows companies to instantly supercharge existing teams or tackle new product initiatives, by providing access to a talent ecosystem where they can scale resources up and down—allowing them to build a truly elastic workforce of the future—and escape the hiring hell and broken talent model of the present.

Since the onset of the pandemic, there has been an exponentially growing demand for employees by companies globally. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported the unemployment rate in May 2022 to be 3.6 percent. This is the lowest unemployment rate in the last two years (compared to 13.2% in May 2020) and is an all-time low rate in the last 20 years. This positive economic news makes it even more challenging for growing companies to find employees. 

Mason Alexander, a digital-first business, currently employs 47 people globally and through its software development arm employs an additional 76 people and over 2,000 developers in its hiring community in Europe. Their developers come together as cloud-based, modular teams to work on problems they care about for forward-thinking companies—with the freedom, flexibility, and autonomy they demand.

Andrew Lynch commented “Our developers want to work with like-minded people on meaningful projects. Scaling tech companies want these people to build their products, which in turn attracts developers to our community. We believe this will make a difference when it comes to the massive supply-demand problem currently facing engineering work.”

Mason Alexander anticipates major growth over the next two years following the San Francisco opening with a 96.2% growth expectation in 2022, 102.0% in 2023, and 101.9% in 2024. The company also anticipates significant revenue and profit growth along with this headcount expansion. “San Francisco will offer apt opportunities to be part of a wave of world-changing technological advancements, particularly in AI and Web 3. We are very excited to build on existing partnerships and to create new ones with companies who are going through massive transformation where their success will be underpinned by the talent they onboard”, Lynch said. 

Niamh O’Donnell, Trade Development Executive at Enterprise Ireland, who attended the opening, commented; “Mason Alexander’s new office opening represents a significant step for this company and the wider Irish tech community in the San Francisco Bay Area. Its growth in the region will enable this company to continue providing world-class solutions that ensure companies find the right talent at the scale needed.”

Enterprise Ireland’s ability to support Irish companies like Mason Alexander as they expand in the US means that highly innovative home-grown companies can have an impact and help solve significant global issues.

Original Press Release here.