From first call to first standup in about three weeks.
And then they stay on your team for as long as you need them, while we hold their contract and pay them. Every engagement runs the same playbook: no bespoke pitches, no last-minute “we found someone better.”
We earn only while a contractor stays on your team, so our business depends on them staying. That is why we vet for it.
The engagement playbook, step by step
Tell us the role
The role, your budget and the must-haves. We take it from there.
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 meet & choose
Your normal selection process. You pick the contractor who best fits the role and team.
Sign one contract
One agreement with us (an MSA), plus a short SOW for each person. We're the contractor of record (CoR): we hold their contract and pay them, so you sign only with us. No setup fee, no annual commitment.
They join your team
They work on your team for as long as you need. Every month we invoice one flat fee and pay them.
“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.”
Three 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 reviews.
References + work
We contact their references, review their code or portfolio, and confirm their experience is what they say it is. Only those who pass move on to meet us.
We meet them
We meet each candidate before you do and check their English, so you know they can hold their own in your meetings and written threads.
3.9% of developer applicants make it through screening and our two reviews. The full process is in how we vet candidates.
The funding gate — contractors are paid after your invoice settles.
The “funding gate” is not a policy or a promise. It’s enforced in the platform itself.
- 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.
Your monthly payment is what pays them. We pay each contractor only after the payment for their work has arrived, so nobody is paid from money a client hasn’t sent.
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. Your one fee is how they're paid, and nothing is billed on top.
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)
- Setting the work, its deliverables and deadlines
- Approving reimbursements + reviewing invoices (auto-billed)
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One intro call, no sales pitch. A short list of vetted people: you pick one, and we contract and pay them for as long as they stay.