The ambition
Grow the engineering team of a fast-scaling esports company and build an AI team from scratch for its new spin-off.
Case study · RPO · Oddin
How we scaled Oddin and built an AI team for its spin-off Valka.AI
45+ hires in 12 months across two companies and three regions – from core engineering in Prague to a generative AI team in the US.
45+hires
12months
3regions: Czechia, Europe, US
21days time to hire
- ServiceRPO
- LocationsPrague, Europe, US
- Period12 months
- Areasbackend, infrastructure, frontend, leadership, generative video, speech, LLM
Client website oddin.gg ↗ valka.ai ↗
The story
The challenge
Senior engineers are scarce in the Czech market, and generative video specialists are practically non-existent here.
The partnership
We worked directly with the leadership of both companies and searched where the talent actually is – in Czechia, across Europe and in the US.
Challenge and approach
The challenge
- Two companies, two agendasScaling Oddin's product team while building Valka.AI's research team at the same time.
- Extremely niche profilesGenerative video, speech synthesis and LLM specialists from companies like Meta, Samsung Research or HeyGen.
- Three markets, three rulebooksEmployees, contractors and international contracts, each market with different expectations.
Our approach
- Embedded partnership (RPO)Dedicated recruiters embedded in the teams, working directly with leadership.
- A tailored processWe helped set up the hiring process, choose the right ATS and co-organise Oddin's tech meet-ups.
- Executive search firstWe started by finding the AI team's leader. Their expertise and network then shaped who we hired next.
- Hiring where the talent isFirst Go developers in Czechia, then Europe and the US, from team members to leadership roles. Direct outreach, industry conferences and academic partnerships.
The hiring engine behind two teams
Pipeline and results behind Oddin's growth and the launch of Valka.AI.
- 340+candidates presented
- 260+client interviews
- 60+offers
- 45+hires
Hiring outcomes
45+hires in engineering and AI
60+offers
21days from candidate presentation to accepted offer
1AI team built from scratch
Roles delivered
Oddin
- 7+ Go Engineers
- 5+ Kotlin Engineers
- 5+ Infrastructure / DevOps Engineers
- 3+ Frontend Engineers
- 3+ Engineering Managers & Director of Engineering
- 2+ Python Engineers
Valka.AI
- 12+ ML Engineers & Researchers for generative video
- 3+ LLM & Speech Synthesis specialists
- 4+ Backend Engineers (Python, Kotlin)
In the client’s words
“Alviso helped us not only set up our recruitment process, but also choose the right ATS for our situation. We started by hiring Go developers in Czechia, later expanded across Europe, and moved from team members to leadership roles. Alviso even helped us organise our tech meet-ups.”
“When we started our new company, Alviso was our partner of choice. From day one they were part of our internal team, set up the recruitment process and hired globally, mostly in the US, including very niche specialists in generative video and speech synthesis. Alviso can find the right talent anywhere in the world.”
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