Hire engineers based on proof, not claims.
Your first engineers shape everything. Post a job for free and meet engineers who've already built what you need, with the proof pulled from their real Git history, not a résumé.
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based on proof.
Your job goes live on the Proofboard Network, where engineers apply with at least 3 of their best verified projects. Free for startups, founders and hiring managers.
Publish and collect applications
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Publish a role and let engineers apply with their verified work attached.
- Listed on the Proofboard Network, with a public page to share
- See how many engineers in the network match
- Every applicant brings 3+ verified projects, no CVs
- Every application ranked by role fit and Proof Index
Senior Backend Engineer
Northbeam · Remote · Full-time
14 engineers in the network match this role
From job post to verified applicants.
No recruiter, no agency, no pile of résumés. Post your role for free, and the engineers who apply come with the work to back it up.
You post
Paste a job URL or description. We pull out the stack, seniority and domain.
It goes live
Listed on the Proofboard Network and on a public job page you can share anywhere.
Engineers apply
They apply with at least 3 of their best verified projects. No CVs, no cover letters.
You review
Applicants ranked by role fit and Proof Index. Shortlist and message, all before a call.
Everything you need to shortlist an engineer.
No hundreds of profiles to read. For each applicant you see how well their verified work fits the role, how strong and recent it is, and what they actually built, in plain words, so you can judge engineers even if you aren’t one. Then shortlist or pass in one click.
- Role fit, requirement by requirement
- Each thing the role needs is marked Strong, Partial or Not shown, with the verified work behind it.
- Proof Index
- A 0–100 measure of the strength of an engineer’s demonstrated work over time, based only on verified shipping data.
- Verified projects
- How each project was verified, their share of the code, and how recently and consistently they shipped.
- Where their work goes
- A breakdown of what they’ve actually built, derived from their commits, not a self-reported skills list.
Amara Okafor
Backend Engineer · Lagos, Nigeria
82
Proof Index ·
Trusted
5 days ago
Last shipped
- Verified work covers 2 of the 4 things this role needs, 2 of them strongly.
- Last shipped 5 days ago, with 166 weeks of verified activity across these projects.
- Wrote 64% of Payments settlement service, working alongside a team.
What the role needs vs. what they’ve verifiably built
Where their verified work goes
Built for the people who make the hire.
Whether you’re a founder making your first engineering hire or a hiring manager growing a team, here’s what you get from hiring on proof.
For Founders
Hiring your first engineers without a recruiter? See what each applicant has actually shipped, in plain words, before you spend an hour on a call.
Post a jobFor Hiring Managers
Judge candidates requirement by requirement on verified commit history, not a keyword-matched résumé, and walk into interviews knowing what to ask.
See a candidateFor Early-stage Startups
Free to post. No placement fees, no lock-in, and no recruiter needed to run the process. Every early hire counts; make it on proof.
See how it worksThe unit is the Proof, not the Profile.
Every way startups hire today ends at the same wall: you know what someone says they did, not what they actually built. Proofboard Hire closes that gap, for free.
Job boards & LinkedIn
Paid postsA pile of CVs with self-declared skills that you screen one by one.
Summarized / self-declaredRecruitment agencies
Placement feeUsually a share of first-year salary, with candidates judged on their CV.
Summarized / self-declaredTake-home tests
Your timeHours of your team's time per candidate, testing only what's easy to test.
Summarized / self-declaredProofboard Hire
FreeApplicants with at least 3 verified projects: proof of what they actually shipped.
Raw evidence, not a summaryEvery one of them leaves you asking the same question: “Show me the evidence you’ve actually built systems like this.”
Before you post a job.
The things founders and hiring managers ask, answered plainly.
Nothing. Posting a job is free for startups, founders and hiring managers. No placement fees either.
Yes. Each applicant's page shows, requirement by requirement, whether their verified work covers what the role needs, in plain words, plus the questions worth asking in an interview.
At least 3 of the engineer's best verified projects: how each was verified, their share of the work, and how recently they shipped. No CVs needed.
On the Proofboard Network, in the Jobs tab of engineers on Proofboard, and on its own public job page you can share anywhere.
Job boards and LinkedIn show you what people say about themselves. Engineers who apply through Proofboard come with their verified work: what they've actually built and shipped, from real Git history.
Yes. Edit the description anytime; the job page stays live for 30 days.
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Make your next engineering hire on proof. Your job goes live on the Proofboard Network, and engineers apply with their verified work. No agency fees, no lock-in.