Australia’s youngest billionaire, Ed Craven, co-founder of the cryptocurrency gambling powerhouse Stake.com, is ready to bet big on talent acquisition. Ed Craven will offer sign-on bonuses of up to $100,000 to lure the cream of the crop from the tech industry to join him at EasyGo Solutions. This Melbourne-based fintech firm, co-founded by Craven and Bijan Tehrani, is on a recruitment rampage across major Australian tech titans such as Atlassian and Canva, all part of a grand strategy to dominate the crypto and online gaming landscape.
EasyGo Solutions Sweetens the Pot with Higher Salaries and Perks
EasyGo Solutions takes the ante up a notch by dangling salaries 20% above industry norms for top-tier roles including senior software engineers, principal software engineers, and engineering managers. They are even ready to cover interstate relocation expenses and pile on “top-end” benefits, as reported by The Australian. This isn’t just a job offer; it’s a golden ticket to the upper echelons of fintech innovation.
EasyGo’s CTO, Dave Lemphers, chimes in with a confident assertion: seasoned engineers are the secret sauce needed to tackle their “hyper-scale growth” challenges. Companies such as Atlassian, Canva, Microsoft, AWS, and Google have mastered the art of scaling complex systems, making their employees the most sought-after in the Australian tech sector.
Australian Tech Sector and the Great Talent Squeeze
The Australian tech sector faces a veritable talent drought, with an alarming skills shortage predicting a shortfall of 300,000 workers by the end of the decade. The stark reality? A mere 6,000 domestic students graduate annually with degrees in science, technology, engineering, or math. This shortage has pushed companies like EasyGo to raid other local firms, keeping the sector in a perpetual game of high-stakes talent poaching.
EasyGo Solutions Expands its Territory with a New Melbourne Office
EasyGo Solutions is on a rapid ascent, moving into expansive new office space on Collins Street in Melbourne. From a humble beginning with just two employees, the company has ballooned to a formidable force of over 350 strong since its inception five years ago.
Stake.com at the Top of the Crypto Gambling Heap
EasyGo Solution’s subsidiary Stake.com stands tall among the world’s largest crypto casinos, handling jaw-dropping figures: approximately AUD 400 million ($266.8 million) in daily wagers and over 200 billion bets processed since its birth seven years ago. In a country where online crypto gambling is banned, EasyGo has sagaciously diversified, snapping up nearly 5% of ASX-listed online bookmaker PointsBet and shooting for a bookmaking license in the Northern Territory.
International Expansion on the Horizon
EasyGo Solutions isn’t limiting its ambitions to Australian shores. They have their sights set on Bogotá, Colombia, after acquiring Betfair’s Colombian operations. By year-end, they plan to hire over 50 staff members across Latin America, while also eyeing opportunities in Peru, Mexico, and Paraguay.
Craven and Tehrani’s strategic playbook includes high-profile deals like securing naming rights for the Sauber Formula 1 team and sponsoring Premier League’s Everton, pushing Stake.com ever closer to mainstream prominence.
