From discovery to first standup in a few short weeks.
Every engagement runs the same playbook. No bespoke pitches, no last-minute “we found someone better.” The process below is the system — written down, instrumented, audited.
The engagement playbook, step by step
Open a position
Post the role, target rate, and must-haves in the portal — live to our vetted network.
We source & vet
Screening against your role, then we review their work and references, meet each candidate and confirm their English skills. Only finalists reach you.
You interview
Your normal selection process. You pick the contractor who best fits the role and team.
Sign one contract
Pay-as-you-go MSA, SOW per contractor — sourceBOLD is the contractor of record (CoR), so you never contract the individual. No setup, no annual commit.
They start working
Integrated into your team. One US invoice each month. We handle the rest.
“These guys found great talent who are now an essential part of our team and operations. It’s a relief knowing we can rely on them to supply quality developers as we continue to grow and expand.”
Two stages, and we meet every candidate before you do.
Screening
Each applicant answers questions about their skills, experience and how they like to work, and is ranked against your role. Only the applicants who come through screening move on to our review.
Our review
We meet each candidate before you do. We check their English, confirm their experience is what they say it is, contact their references, and review their code or portfolio.
3.9% of developer applicants make it through screening and our review. The full process is in how we vet candidates.
The funding gate — contractors are paid after your invoice settles.
The “funding gate” is a system invariant. It’s not a policy or a promise — it’s enforced in the platform itself, the same state transition shown below.
- INVOICEIssued on the 15th for the following month's services.
- SETTLEMENTFunds land in sourceBOLD's account via ACH.
- GATE RELEASESLinked contractor payout queue unlocks automatically.
- PAYOUTSExecute on the 20th and the 5th — transfer funds to contractors’ banks.
A reversed payment reopens the debt. If a client payment is charged back or returned, the invoice becomes due again and we suspend the engagement until it is resolved.
What every dollar pays for, per contractor.
sourceBOLD earns only while a contractor stays placed — the split is heavily weighted toward the contractor for as long as the engagement runs, and we never take a cut of their rate. Our business depends on retention, which is why we vet for it.
What sourceBOLD runs — and what we don’t touch.
Sourcing, operations, money, compliance
- Sourcing & vetting
- Assigned Account Specialist, at no extra cost
- The hard conversations: performance issues, endings
- Contractor of record (CoR) — no cross-border employment exposure
- Contracts, IP transfer, NDA
- Onboarding: contracts, ID, tax form, bank details
- Identity (KYC) + government-ID checks
- Sanctions checks on every contractor, by country and by name
- Rate changes, start to finish
- Monthly invoicing & ACH collection
- Funding gate — payouts only after your invoice settles
- We pay the contractor directly
- Cross-border tax forms + withholding (W-9 / W-8BEN)
- Reimbursement workflow & audit
- State-privacy-aligned handling, encryption, audit trail
- Data retention & deletion
Selection and decision-making
- Final selection (always yours)
- Day-to-day technical direction
- Approving reimbursements + reviewing invoices (auto-billed)
Scale your team.
Surge ahead.
One intro call, no sales pitch. Pre-vetted finalists, not a stack of résumés. First standup in weeks, not months.