Why we built PyHires

  • product
  • python
  • matching

Generic job boards are a remarkable economic primitive — and a poor product for the senior end of any specialist labour market. PyHires is our attempt at a different shape: tightly scoped to one ecosystem (Python in Europe), with a matching algorithm that respects how candidates actually evaluate roles.

A narrower scope is the feature

General job boards list thousands of roles tagged Python across the EU, and the signal-to-noise ratio for a senior backend engineer is brutal. Filtering by stack returns test-automation roles and "Python (1 day a year)" roles mixed with the real ones.

A board scoped to Python from day one — where every offer is a Python role by design, not by tag — means every listing you open is at least in your language. Specificity is the feature, not a bug.

Matching that respects how seniors evaluate

Every offer gets a match score from 0 to 100, built from the things candidates actually weigh when they read a job post: the stack, the seniority, where the company can hire, and the salary.

The score comes from the role itself, not from how many times a keyword appears in a profile. And recruiters can adjust an offer to widen or narrow who it reaches.

Built in Europe, for Europe

PyHires is built for the European market: GDPR is the starting point, not an afterthought. We keep only the data we need to match people with roles, we delete it when it is no longer needed, and there are no advertising trackers on the site.

If you build with Python and you are hiring in Europe — or you are a Python engineer looking for your next role — come join us.