Bía, a Canadian sleep-tech startup, opened its Flutter engineer search with lemonly. An upcoming parental leave set the deadline. Bía’s own applicants arrived alongside lemonly’s introductions. lemonly sourced and screened; Bía ran its own hiring interviews.
lemonly assessed 32,802 distinct profiles, interviewed 27 candidates and introduced eight. Bía hired one engineer. The kickoff was 8 June 2026 and Bía first viewed the eventual hire on 26 June, 17.66 elapsed days later, rounded to 18 days. This measures time to client review, not time to hire.
Michael confirmed that Bía had extended an offer on 21 July 2026, 43 calendar days after the 8 June kickoff. This measures time to offer, not a signed acceptance date.
Michael Byrne, Co-founder & CEO of Bía, said the hire topped Bía’s scorecard and was doing productive work in his second week. These are Michael’s retrospective observations.
Michael Byrne, Co-founder & CEO of Bía: “Our engineer was going on parental leave. We needed this person started before he became unavailable – we had a hard deadline.”
Michael Byrne, Co-founder & CEO of Bía: “Our own applicants weren’t as curated or tailored to the position. With lemonly’s sourced candidates, we saw high-quality people – a very, very big difference.”
Michael Byrne, Co-founder & CEO of Bía: “He was top of our scorecard. Instead of three weeks of onboarding, he was done in a handful of days – doing productive work in his second week.”
Michael Byrne, Co-founder & CEO of Bía: “We’re using their sourcing again – we already have two more roles in.”
Last updated 22 October 2026.
Bía · Flutter Engineer · Canada
Bia’s next Flutter Engineer – found in 18 days.
A specialist Flutter hire before parental leave. Top of Bía’s scorecard, and productive in his second week.
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18 days
Time to Find
32,802
mobile engineers evaluated
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The Problem
Bia needed an engineer, urgently.
Bía needed a senior engineer for the Flutter app behind its smart sleep mask. An upcoming parental leave made getting the right person in place urgent.
Flutter experience alone wasn’t enough. Bía needed someone who had shipped apps to real users, could take ownership without hand-holding, and communicate clearly in a remote team.
“Our engineer was going on parental leave. We needed this person started before he became unavailable – we had a hard deadline.”
Michael Byrne · Co-founder & CEO, Bía
The Approach
Find every Flutter engineer. Introduce the best.
The challenge was finding Flutter specialists within the broader mobile engineering market. lemonly mapped that market across Canada and evaluated 32,802 profiles against Bía’s brief. In less than 18 days, we introduced the engineer Bía went on to hire.
Technical fit
Evidence of shipped Flutter apps
Team fit
Proactivity, ownership and communication
“Our own applicants weren’t as curated or tailored to the position. With lemonly’s sourced candidates, we saw high-quality people – a very, very big difference.”
Michael Byrne · Co-founder & CEO, Bía
The Screen
lemonly found the needle in the haystack.
Ren T.
Flutter Engineer
Matches the brief
6 years shipping mobile apps
Production Flutter apps in the store
Senior enough to run their own workload
Remote-ready: strong async communication
Ren's bonuses
Shipped a BLE wearable companion app
Maintains a popular Flutter package
FE-001
lemonly
Farah K.
Flutter Engineer
Matches the brief
5 years shipping mobile apps
Production Flutter apps in the store
Senior enough to run their own workload
Remote-ready: strong async communication
Farah's bonuses
Led a 0-to-1 consumer app launch
Built offline-first sync from scratch
FE-002
lemonly
lemonlyTalent, sourced
Dario B.
Flutter Engineer
Matches the brief
7 years shipping mobile apps
Production Flutter apps in the store
Senior enough to run their own workload
Remote-ready: strong async communication
Dario's bonuses
Two health apps live with real users
Migrated a native app to Flutter solo
FE-003
lemonly
lemonlyTalent, sourced
Ren T.
Flutter Engineer
Matches the brief
6 years shipping mobile apps
Production Flutter apps in the store
Senior enough to run their own workload
Remote-ready: strong async communication
Ren's bonuses
Shipped a BLE wearable companion app
Maintains a popular Flutter package
FE-001
lemonly
Ines M.
Flutter Engineer
Matches the brief
4 years shipping mobile apps
Production Flutter apps in the store
Senior enough to run their own workload
Remote-ready: strong async communication
Ines's bonuses
Founding engineer at a hardware startup
Runs a side app with paying users
FE-004
lemonly
lemonlyTalent, sourced
Kiran V.
Flutter Engineer
Matches the brief
6 years shipping mobile apps
Production Flutter apps in the store
Senior enough to run their own workload
Remote-ready: strong async communication
Kiran's bonuses
Scaled an app past 500k installs
Writes deep dives on Flutter internals
FE-005
lemonly
lemonlyTalent, sourced
The Search
Howlemonlyfoundthehiddengems.
32,802
Profiles assessed
27
Interviewed by lemonly
8
Introduced to Bía
1
Hired by Bía
27
Interviews with lemonly
8
Introductions to Bía
1
Engineer hired by Bía
The Result
From kickoff to offer in 43 days.
The engineer topped Bía’s scorecard, and the search was closed after just 6 weeks – arriving well before the baby did.
“He was top of our scorecard. Instead of three weeks of onboarding, he was done in a handful of days – doing productive work in his second week.”
Michael Byrne · Co-founder & CEO, Bía
“We’re using their sourcing again – we already have two more roles in.”
Michael Byrne · Co-founder & CEO, Bía
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