About Flylance

Talent That Delivers.
Partnerships That Last.

Flylance combines proven leadership with deep technical expertise to help companies responsibly scale their engineering teams. From Fortune 100 enterprises to YC-backed startups, we deliver senior talent that ships.

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Successful Deployments

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Time-Zone Aligned

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Years Combined Experience

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Countries Across the Americas

Our Journey

Building the distributed engineering model of the future

2015

Foundation

Anthony Custable and Jackson Blankenship launched Flylance with a conviction that exceptional engineering talent shouldn’t be gated by company size or geography.

2020

Strategic Investment

Secured seed funding and assembled an advisory board of industry veterans to accelerate growth and sharpen the go-to-market strategy.

2021

Expanded Offerings

Grew into onshore and nearshore solutions across the Americas—zeroing in on a core model of finding, vetting, and deploying time-zone-aligned talent.

2025

New Leadership

Anthony and Jackson strategically recruited Hudson Phillips from Palantir to lead Flylance’s operations. They doubled down on technical delivery, and the team grew 4x.

2026

Proven at Scale

85+ deployments, engineers across 5+ countries, and partnerships that last years. Featured in Deel’s 100—celebrating leaders shaping the future of work.

Deel 100

Our Values

The principles that define how we work

Excellence

We partner with Fortune 100 leaders, government agencies, and YC-backed startups because we deliver at their level.

Velocity

Resumes within a week. Engineers who hit the ground running. We move fast because your roadmap depends on it.

Integrity

Transparent pricing, rigorous vetting, and honest assessments. We build partnerships that last.

Lead from the Front

Our leadership combines enterprise experience with hands-on technical depth. We understand what it takes to ship.

The Flylance Way

Our Leadership

Enterprise experience meets hands-on technical expertise

Hudson Phillips

President

Hudson Phillips

Hudson is a seasoned executive with extensive experience in strategic leadership and operational excellence. He drives the vision and growth of the company.

Anthony Custable

Co-Founder & Advisory Board Member

Anthony Custable

Anthony has 15+ years of experience in talent acquisition and HR consulting. He has a deep understanding of the talent market and has helped countless companies build world-class teams.

Jackson Blankenship

Co-Founder & Advisory Board Member

Jackson Blankenship

Jackson is a technologist and entrepreneur focused on building innovative solutions to solve complex problems. He has a background in software engineering and product development.

Hugh Lyle

EVP of Operations

Hugh Lyle

Hugh brings years of operational leadership experience to ensure our teams deliver exceptional results for our clients.

Diana Rivera

Principal Recruiter

Diana Rivera

Diana is a Principal Recruiter with expertise in identifying and placing top talent across various industries.

Ilana Cartin

Technical Recruiter

Ilana Cartin

Ilana specializes in technical recruiting, connecting companies with skilled engineers and developers.

Grayson Masters

SVP of Growth

Grayson Masters

Grayson leads our growth initiatives, focusing on expanding our client base and strengthening partnerships across the industry.

Josiah Peterson

SVP of Market Development

Josiah Peterson

Josiah drives market expansion and business development strategies to grow our presence in key sectors.

"We believe excellence, velocity, and integrity belong at the core of a distributed engineering model. As a long-term partner, we help companies responsibly scale their teams and build high-quality products."

Advisory Board

Kipp Schrage

Advisory Board Member

Kipp Schrage

Kipp brings valuable insights and strategic direction as a member of our Advisory Board.

Braden Janowski

Advisory Board Member

Braden Janowski

Braden serves on our Advisory Board, providing strategic guidance and industry expertise.

Jim Vanek

Advisory Board Member

Jim Vanek

Jim contributes his extensive experience and knowledge as a valued Advisory Board member.

Customers We Serve

  • Onyx by J.P. Morgan
  • Sigma IQ
  • RANGR Data
  • CloudBees
  • Lukka
  • CharlemagneLabs
  • Clear Street
  • Vizient
  • Octaura
  • Department of War
  • ShipBob
  • Gilded
  • Risetime
  • FIA Tech
  • Pragma
  • Marsh McLennan
  • Collective Health
  • US Air Force
  • Warner Bros
  • Connamara
  • Colossal
  • Genesis
  • union.tech
  • USI Insurance Services
  • USI Insurance Services
  • union.tech
  • Genesis
  • Colossal
  • Connamara
  • Warner Bros
  • US Air Force
  • Collective Health
  • Marsh McLennan
  • Pragma
  • FIA Tech
  • Risetime
  • Gilded
  • ShipBob
  • Department of War
  • Octaura
  • Vizient
  • Clear Street
  • CharlemagneLabs
  • Lukka
  • CloudBees
  • RANGR Data
  • Sigma IQ
  • Onyx by J.P. Morgan

What Our Clients Say

Engineering leaders trust Flylance to deliver senior engineers who ship.

FIA Tech
“As CTO, I saw real impact from working with Flylance. Their skilled engineers integrated smoothly with our team and helped us move faster on key projects like the Trade Data Network (TDN), which brings real-time transparency to exchange-traded derivatives by unifying trade data in a secure, standardized format.”

Yossi Leon

Chief Technology Officer

Our Locations

Strategically positioned across the Americas for seamless collaboration

Dallas

Texas, USA

Headquarters

New York

New York, USA

Office

San José

Costa Rica

Office

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