The company
Making server-side development accessible to all developers
Fimio is developing a protocol similar to git but specifically designed for builds and their meta-data. Their mission is to empower developers to confidently work with servers and deploy applications to production without fear. As Omoju Miller, CEO of Fimio, explains: "Our goal is to build a protocol and ship developer tools around it to make working on the server simple and straightforward."
The challenge
Finding a founding engineer with specialized skills on a tight timeline
As a pre-seed stage company, Fimio operates with a lean team focused on building their core technology. Yet, they urgently needed to bring on a Founding Software Engineer - someone who not only had the technical skills to work on their git-like protocol but who also understood the demands of early-stage startups.
"We needed someone exceptional who could hit the ground running, but our small team simply couldn't afford to spend months sourcing, screening, and interviewing candidates," notes Miller. "Every hour spent on recruitment was an hour not spent on product development."
The solution
Specialized technical assessment and automated candidate sourcing
Scout AI provided Fimio with a tailored solution that addressed their specific hiring challenges. The process began with Scout creating a hyper-relevant technical assessment focused on git builds and diffs - technologies directly related to Fimio's core product.
Rather than using generic coding challenges, Scout's assessment mirrored the actual work the founding engineer would perform, including:
- Building a simple interface for viewing a git-like diffing system
- Day-to-day standard git workflows (clone repo, make changes, push a PR)
Once the assessment was in place, Scout automatically sourced and vetted candidates with the specialized background Fimio required. Scout's AI-powered platform:
- Identified candidates with relevant experience skills-wise and who have been in startup environments
- Pre-screened applicants using the custom technical assessment
- Generated high-fidelity technical feedback on each candidate, giving Fimio the data needed to make hiring decisions
This allowed Fimio's leadership to focus exclusively on final-stage interviews with pre-qualified candidates.
The results
A stellar founding engineer hired in under 2 months
Within 2 months of partnering with Scout, Fimio successfully hired their Founding Software Engineer - an experienced developer with both big tech and startup experience.
Timeline snapshot:
- August 22nd: Onboarded to Scout
- August 23rd: Custom assessment created and sourcing began
- August 30th: First wave of pre-vetted candidates delivered
- September 18th: Sourcing refined based on initial wave of interviews
- October 10th: Final interviews conducted
- October 22nd: Offer extended and accepted
By leveraging Scout's platform, Fimio estimates they saved over 100 hours of engineering time that would have otherwise been diverted to the hiring process. More importantly, they found an engineer whose technical skills and startup mindset perfectly matched their needs.
"As a pre-seed stage company, every hire is critical, especially your founding engineer. Scout understood our unique technical requirements and delivered candidates who were not just technically strong, but also aligned with our vision of making server-side development more accessible. The custom assessment matched our actual work environment which meant we could be confident in our choice. We now have an exceptional engineer who's been making significant contributions from day 1."
-Omoju Miller, CEO @ Fimio