For engineers
You can’t apply. You can get in.
Workpool is invite-only on both sides. There’s no application form, and that’s the point: every engineer in the pool proved it on real work first.
Be a top finalist in a Talented search
Talented recruits for founders every week. Apply to a role that fits you, and the strongest finalists are invited into the pool even if that client hires someone else.
See TalentedGet referred by someone in the pool
Engineers in the pool can refer people they’ve shipped with. Referred engineers still go through every stage. The referrer is paid if you’re placed.
The standard
- 01Invited, never appliedTop finalists and referrals
- 02The hardest thing they shippedRecorded, end to end
- 03The broken repoFind it, fix it, catch the AI
- 04Senior engineer reviewDefend the fix, live
- 05The paid buildShipped to a real URL
What you get
- Paid for the build you ship as part of vetting
- You only meet companies whose brief you read and opted into
- No bidding wars. You set your monthly rate, and it’s on your profile
- Retained directly by the company, not through an agency