Liberty IT Expands Engineering Team With 40 Hires
The firm utilizes a structured mentorship programme to transition graduates into full-time engineering roles.
Updated on Oct. 29, 2026 in Internships
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Liberty IT hired 40 total graduates across its Belfast, Dublin, and Galway offices during 2026. These new hires are currently integrated into the company's TechStart programme, which blends mentorship with project-based learning.
Why it matters
Investing in early-career pipelines allows technology firms to standardize engineering skills and long-term staffing stability. Liberty IT treats these hires as a strategic priority to maintain consistent technical expertise across its regional operations.
Liberty IT recruited 40 graduates throughout 2026, comprising 10 hires in May and 30 Associate Software Engineers added in September. The firm continues to source talent across its Belfast, Dublin, and Galway locations.
The players
Liberty IT
A technology services firm that provides software engineering solutions and maintains a distributed workforce across Ireland and Northern Ireland.
The details
The TechStart programme functions as a bridge between academic study and professional engineering roles. Participants are assigned to technology projects where they receive structured mentorship alongside practical application, ensuring that Associate Software Engineers are integrated into existing workflows more effectively than through traditional onboarding alone.
Timeline
May 2026: 10 graduates joined the company.
September 2026: 30 new Associate Software Engineers were appointed.
2026: Liberty IT recruited 40 total graduates.
Market Landscape
Liberty IT's approach follows the wider industry trend of formalizing graduate development to secure specialized technical labor. This reliance on structured mentorship programmes mirrors efforts by major engineering firms to mitigate talent shortages through internal pipelines.
Owners should evaluate whether their current onboarding processes sufficiently translate academic knowledge into immediate project-level productivity. If your firm relies on high-growth technical projects, consider formalizing a rotation or mentorship schedule to mirror successful internal talent pipelines.
The takeaway
Building a reliable talent pipeline requires more than just high recruitment volume; it requires a repeatable training mechanism like a mentorship program. Track the ratio of interns successfully converted to full-time engineering roles as a key performance indicator for your human capital investment.
Further reading
For more on managing early-career development, see our Internships section.
Source note: This article includes information reported by Business Eye.
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