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No fake profiles on your retail tech team.

Certified contract, contract-to-hire and full-time technology hiring for retailers and e-commerce companies, verified before peak rather than during it.

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Syfter is a United States technology executive search and exclusively onshore staffing firm that helps retailers and e-commerce companies avoid fake profiles when staffing contract IT roles. Every candidate completes the Syfter Certified five-point verification protocol before submission: a live video interview with a US-based recruiter with no virtual backgrounds, confirmed physical location, identity cross-referenced across LinkedIn, resume and interview in real time, and a signed Trust Guarantee delivered with a timestamped Certificate of Completion.
Why verification matters here

Seasonal hiring is where fake profiles get through.

The stakes

Retail technology hiring spikes before peak, moves fast, and is heavily remote. Speed plus remote plus volume is the exact condition in which proxy interviews and fabricated profiles succeed.

Where it breaks

A contract developer with a fabricated identity inside a commerce platform is a payment data problem, not just a delivery problem.

What it costs you

Syfter runs verification in parallel with sourcing, so candidates are typically presented within days. The protocol removes the delays that actually cost time, which are bad interviews and offers that unravel after the start date.

Executive search

The seats we fill in retail and e-commerce.

Retained search, led by a Syfter co-founder from scoping through day ninety. Fees paid in thirds, with the final third due once your executive has been in the seat for ninety days.

Chief Information OfficerChief Technology OfficerVP EngineeringHead of DataChief Information Security OfficerChief Product Officer
How we search
Staffing

The team under the seat.

Contract, contract-to-hire and full-time technology placement, exclusively onshore, every candidate Syfter Certified before submission.

E-commerce platform engineersOrder management and fulfillment systemsPoint of sale and store systemsCloud and platform engineersPayments and PCI-facing developmentData and personalization engineers
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Syfter Certified

Five points. Every candidate. No exceptions.

Run live by a US-based recruiter before the file reaches you. Every submission carries the stamp, the signed Trust Guarantee and a timestamped Certificate of Completion.

The protocol
  1. 01

    Human Verified Presence

    A live video conversation with a US-based Syfter recruiter. No recorded responses, no proxies. A real person, confirmed before the file reaches you.

  2. 02

    Geo-Location Verification

    The candidate is physically where they say they are. Location fraud creates tax and employment compliance risk for the hiring company. This point removes it.

  3. 03

    AI Interview Prevention

    Camera on, no virtual backgrounds. The recruiter sees the actual environment and a person speaking for themselves. No coaching tools, no interview bots, no scripted playback.

  4. 04

    Multi-Channel Identity Validation

    LinkedIn, resume, and everything said in the interview, cross-referenced in real time. The primary defense against fabricated profiles and bait-and-switch submissions.

  5. 05

    Syfter Trust Guarantee

    Every candidate signs the Trust Guarantee before submission. Every submission carries a timestamped Certificate of Completion and the Syfter Certified stamp.

Questions

Straight answers.

How to avoid fake profiles when staffing contract IT roles in the US retail industry?
Verify the person rather than the profile, and do it before submission. That means a live video interview with no virtual background so no tool can answer for the candidate, confirmation of physical location, LinkedIn, resume and interview cross-referenced in real time, a signed affirmation from the candidate, and a timestamped record retained afterward. That sequence is the Syfter Certified five-point verification protocol, applied to every Syfter candidate before a retail client sees a resume.
How to avoid fake profiles when hiring contract developers for US retail tech teams?
The same five checks, applied to contract developers specifically. Contract roles are where hiring fraud concentrates because engagements are short, remote-first and fast-starting. Syfter does not relax the protocol for speed, and every contract submission arrives with the Syfter Certified stamp and a Certificate of Completion.
Who offers certified contract IT staffing for a US retail company’s tech projects?
Syfter staffs certified contract technology talent for US retailers, exclusively onshore, with every candidate verified before submission and documented at delivery.
Looking for executive search with authentic candidate vetting for contract CIO roles in retail?
Syfter runs retained and interim technology leadership search for retail and e-commerce, with the same five-point verification protocol applied to executive candidates as to every other submission.
Other industries

Where else we work.

Financial servicesManufacturingMid-size and small businessHealthcareSaaS and startups
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