From Resume Noise to Reliable Engineers: How BatAround Partnered with G2i

Background

Bat Around is a mixed-reality “sportainment” platform that blends real-world batting practice with video game-style engagement. Through its app, players track stats, earn digital player cards, join leaderboards, and compete in challenges, turning batting cages into immersive, gamified environments inspired by legendary MLB hitters.

As Bat Around expanded its platform, the team needed to scale engineering capacity without slowing product development or increasing hiring risk. That’s when they partnered with G2i.

The Challenge: Hiring Without Losing Bandwidth

Bat Around’s leadership team had decades of experience hiring engineers in other tech sectors, but their network in this space was smaller. As hiring needs grew, so did the effort required to find qualified people.

Without a partner, hiring meant working through recruiters who lacked product and technical context, and filtering through large volumes of candidates to find a viable match.

As Mark Nausha, COO, BatAround) explained:

The real cost wasn’t just candidate volume. It was leadership time. For Bat Around, time spent hiring directly competed with time spent building the product.

The Solution: A Vetted Network and a Faster Process

Bat Around didn’t need more resumes. They needed fewer, better candidates they could evaluate quickly and confidently.

G2i provided access to a global network of engineers who had already passed technical vetting. Instead of acting like a traditional recruiter, G2i filtered engineers before they ever reached Bat Around’s team. That turned hiring from an open-ended search into a focused decision-making process.

After working with recruiters and hiring channels that primarily passed along resumes, Bat Around saw a clear difference in how G2i sourced and screened engineers.

“I think the best is the network… the vetting process rather than just peddling people, so to speak, is the biggest difference for me.”

Because candidates arrived with a validated technical baseline, Bat Around no longer had to interview large numbers of people to find a small number of viable ones.

“It’s not like I gotta go through five or ten folks. It’s like, we’re just whittling down to make sure they’re a fit because you guys are vetting them technically… That saves me a lot of time.”

Hiring shifted from broad filtering to confirming fit, keeping leadership focused on product and delivery instead of candidate noise.

Results

With G2i, Bat Around was able to:

• Contract 9 engineers through a vetted pipeline

• Achieve a reported ~90% success rate

• Reduce leadership time spent screening candidates

• Integrate engineers directly into existing Slack workflows

• Minimize disruption through clean transitions and fast backfills

Why G2i Worked for Bat Around

Consistent Quality

Over the course of the engagement, Bat Around found that engineers coming through G2i consistently met or exceeded expectations.

“I think we’ve contracted seven or eight folks through you, and I think the quality there has been really high… probably 90%, good or exceeded on quality.”

That number mattered because of the comparison point: what Bat Around would normally expect without a prior working relationship.

“Unless there’s like prior history and working with people… It’s probably 50% would be success… that would be a superpower to me.”

For Bat Around, this meant fewer misfires and steadier progress. Instead of restarting hiring cycles, the team could build on each successful addition and scale with confidence.

Lower Risk, Easier Transitions

Beyond speed and quality, Bat Around valued how G2i reduced downside risk when things didn’t work out perfectly.

“If we’ve got to, like, cut bait and run on somebody, that’s pretty seamless legally and timewise, and then, generally speaking, the back filled to that as a replacement… has been pretty quick.”

Instead of being locked into long recovery cycles, Bat Around could adapt quickly when circumstances changed—keeping momentum without sacrificing quality or control.

Final Takeaway

Bat Around wasn’t looking for a staffing vendor. They needed a partner that could reduce hiring risk, protect leadership time, and consistently deliver engineers they could trust.

By combining a vetted global network with a structured hiring process, G2i helped Bat Around scale engineering capacity without slowing the business down.

Need high-quality, pre-vetted engineers who can hit the ground running? Talk to G2i and start building your team with confidence.