DASH2 places contractors and direct hires across Denver, Boulder, and the Colorado Front Range — across technology, legal, engineering, finance, and operations. Our Colorado office anchors in-market recruiting for Denver fintech, aerospace, health tech, high-growth SaaS, and enterprise employers. Fifteen years of boutique recruiting rigor. Veteran-owned. Serving a Denver metro that employs 53,000+ technology professionals alongside its broader business economy.
Start a Search →Denver's technology sector now accounts for roughly 13% of the Denver metro economy, with 53,000+ tech professionals employed across fintech, aerospace, health tech, telecom, cannabis tech, and software. The Front Range corridor — from Fort Collins through Boulder to Denver to Colorado Springs — is one of the country's fastest-growing tech regions by engineering density and VC deployed.
Charles Schwab (Denver HQ), TransUnion, Janus Henderson, Kroll, Guaranty Bank, plus a cluster of growth-stage fintechs.
Lockheed Martin, Ball Aerospace, Sierra Nevada Corporation, Raytheon, United Launch Alliance, Maxar.
DaVita, Kaiser Permanente, CDW Healthcare, plus Front Range health IT employers.
DISH Network, Comcast, Charter Communications.
Guild Education, Ibotta, SendGrid/Twilio, Pax8, Lucid Motors.
A unique Colorado specialty with its own compliance engineering demand.
Denver's tech workforce has grown ~40% over the last decade. Its compensation is roughly 10–15% above Utah and 15–20% below the Bay Area.
Backend (Python, Go, Java, Node), full-stack, mobile, frontend, platform engineers.
Data engineers, ML/AI engineers, data scientists, analytics engineers.
DevOps, cloud architects (AWS/Azure/GCP), SREs, platform engineers, cybersecurity.
Engineering managers, technical PMs, TPMs, solutions architects.
Engineers with cleared work, ITAR compliance context, and defense-adjacent experience.
Most Denver placements are hybrid (2–3 days in-office for local companies) or fully remote. We place into Denver-headquartered companies and into Denver-based contractors working for national remote teams.
DASH2's Boulder, Colorado office is located at 2755 Canyon Blvd, 1st Floor, Boulder, CO 80302 — a 35-minute drive to downtown Denver via US-36. Boulder anchors our Colorado recruiting team, with daily reach into:
Tech startups and scale-ups around Pearl Street and the University of Colorado corridor, plus the 29th Street corridor.
LoDo, RiNo, Tech Center tenants.
South Denver enterprise employers.
Arvada, Broomfield, Westminster.
Growing tech presence around CSU.
Aerospace (Ball, Sierra Nevada), quantum (NIST, JILA), climate tech, and VC-funded startups around Techstars Boulder.
Denver's staffing market is crowded with large national agencies (TEKsystems, Insight Global, Robert Half, Kforce) and local volume-first firms. DASH2 places fewer contractors with more care — 3:1 submittal-to-hire ratio vs. industry 10:1.
Three-day average to first candidate. Ten-day average to start date. Boulder-based recruiting team who know Front Range hiring managers personally.
Many Denver growth-stage companies hire contractors from Utah, California, Texas, and nationwide. DASH2's national recruiting footprint — headquartered in Utah, second office in Boulder — gives Denver clients access to talent beyond the immediate Front Range.
Denver's large aerospace and federal-adjacent employer base often has SDVOSB sourcing mandates. DASH2 is SBA-certified and eligible.
Address: 2755 Canyon Blvd, 1st Floor, Boulder, CO 80302
Phone: 801.590.0500
Email: info@dash2group.com
Hours: Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM MT
We meet with Denver-area hiring managers in Boulder, at your Denver office, or on video. Initial intake calls run 30 minutes.
Three-day average to first submitted candidate. Ten-day average to placement and start. For urgent Denver roles, same-day submission is common when job intake is clean. Our 3:1 submittal-to-hire ratio means minimal review load on hiring managers.
Denver contract engineer rates vary by role. Mid-senior backend engineers typically bill $95–$150/hour. Senior data engineers and ML/AI specialists typically bill $125–$200/hour. DevOps and cloud architects typically bill $110–$175/hour. Denver rates run 10–15% above Utah and 15–20% below Bay Area. DASH2 quotes all-in bill rates.
DASH2's Colorado office is in Boulder (2755 Canyon Blvd) — 35 minutes from downtown Denver via US-36. Boulder is our Colorado Front Range hub. Denver-based clients meet with us in Boulder, in Denver, or on video.
DASH2 serves the Colorado Front Range across fintech, aerospace, health tech, and high-growth SaaS. Specific Colorado client names are shared only on introductory calls due to confidentiality expectations. Our Boulder office has been active in the market since 2024.
Yes — with lead time. Cleared engineer placements require longer vetting cycles than commercial roles. DASH2's SDVOSB status, combined with our aerospace-adjacent client history, makes cleared and ITAR-compliant placements feasible. Initial scoping call required.
Yes. Our SOW and squad engagement model places a co-managed team (typically 3–10 engineers plus a delivery lead) into a client's roadmap, funded from the client's SOW budget rather than headcount. This is increasingly the preferred model for Denver aerospace, fintech, and growth-stage SaaS clients managing both headcount constraints and delivery velocity.
Hiring managers across the Colorado Front Range — let's talk about your next requisition. Fifteen-minute intake call, candidates submitted in days.
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