How Yusen Logistics Hired 2 Data Engineers From a 3-Day Shortlist
At a Glance: Yusen Logistics, the global logistics company of Japan's NYK Group, set up a new global data engineering team and needed its founding hires.
Second Talent placed two senior Data Engineers, with the first shortlist in 3 days and the fastest hire going from CV to offer in under two weeks.
Company Background
Yusen Logistics is a global logistics provider and part of the NYK Group, one of Japan's oldest shipping groups. It runs freight forwarding, contract logistics and supply chain services for customers around the world.
To support that network with data, the company set out to build a new global data engineering team, starting from zero. The first engineers through the door would set the standard for everyone hired after them.
Challenges Faced
1. Founding hires with no team to lean on
A new team has no senior engineers to onboard newcomers, no settled codebase and no one to cover gaps.
Yusen Logistics needed data engineers who could be productive from day one and shape the team's practices, not people who would need a structure around them first.
2. Niche, senior skills in a contested market
The roles called for senior, specialised data engineering skills. Banks, energy majors and big tech companies compete for exactly the same engineers, which makes any single local pool thin and slow to hire from.
Solutions Delivered by Second Talent
Second Talent drew on its network of pre-vetted data professionals and searched regionally, across five markets in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and India, rather than relying on a single local market.
The first calibrated shortlist reached Yusen Logistics within three days of kickoff.
Results Achieved
The search placed two senior Data Engineers who now form the core of the new team. Both joined from top-tier global employers, ready to set up the team's foundations from their first week.
Speed held through to the offer stage. The fastest hire went from CV to offer in under two weeks, and two in three offers were accepted, a strong rate in a market where senior data engineers weigh competing offers.
The regional search is what made the difference. With 60+ candidates engaged across five markets, the shortlist was built from proven talent, not limited to whoever was available locally that month.
Teams building a similar hub can hire data engineers through the same network.
Team Composition
Key Outcomes
- Two founding Data Engineers placed: The senior core of Yusen Logistics' new global data team.
- Shortlist in 3 days: A calibrated shortlist reached the client within three days of kickoff.
- Under two weeks from CV to offer: The fastest hire moved from first CV to offer in less than two weeks.
- Two in three offers accepted: A strong close rate in a market with heavy competition for senior data talent.
- 60+ candidates across 5 markets: A regional search across Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and India.
- Hires from top-tier global employers: Proven engineers, ready to build from day one.
