[hartez]

"doesn't really do remote employees"

That might be the crux of your problem (and the problems a lot of other companies are having with hiring). This is just my totally biased outside perspective, but it's easy to get remote work right now. Why in the world would I ever want to move to California?

I'm seeing this become an issue a lot with companies that need good development talent but just don't understand that it might not be something they can find locally. Good developers can (at least right now) live wherever they want in the country and make plenty of money. Apologies to anyone living in, say, Wichita, but why would I move there* if I didn't have to? By forcing your development teams to be local, you're limiting your talent pool or you're picking up C-grade developers from other places who are desperate for a job.

* The barbecue -is- pretty darn good