Brief on Monday. Shortlist by Thursday.
The process is deliberately short. Most of the time lost in engineering hiring goes into sorting through people who were never a fit, so we do that part before you see anything.
- Brief to shortlist
- About 72 hours
- Shortlist size
- Two to four engineers
- Typical start
- Within two weeks of signature
- Contracting party
- CloudOps Network
- Replacement window
- First two weeks, our cost
- Cost to interview
- None
CloudOps Network runs a four-stage process: brief intake, matching against the vetted roster, shortlist with interviews, then contracting under a single statement of work with CloudOps Network. Typical elapsed time from brief to a working engineer is two weeks.
The full sequence
Intake
You send the brief. A person reads it the same working day and comes back with clarifying questions if the scope is ambiguous. This is where most bad matches get prevented.
Matching
We filter the roster on demonstrated project history first, then availability, then time zone, then rate. Certification is a floor, not a ranking signal.
Shortlist
Two to four engineers, each with a comparable project, availability date, rate and an honest note on where they are thin. You interview whoever you want to.
Contracting
One statement of work between you and CloudOps Network, covering scope, rate, IP assignment, confidentiality and notice. Subcontractor agreements sit behind it.
Delivery oversight
A named delivery lead reviews progress against the statement of work throughout. Slippage is reported to you by us, not discovered by you.
Close or continue
Fixed-scope work closes against acceptance criteria written at the start. Ongoing work renews monthly with 30 days notice either way.
What we do not do
We do not send you twenty profiles and call it choice. We do not charge a platform fee, a subscription or a placement fee. We do not mark up a rate after you agree to it.
And we do not put an engineer on your project and then disappear from the relationship. The contracting party has delivery accountability, which is the whole reason for the structure.
No profile dumps
A shortlist you cannot read in ten minutes is not a shortlist.
No platform fee
Not to you, and not to the engineer.
No rate drift
The number on the shortlist is the number on the invoice.
No anonymous accountability
One named delivery lead, reachable, for the whole engagement.
Process questions
What happens after I submit a brief?
A person reads it the same working day. If anything is ambiguous you get one short email with two or three questions. Then matching starts.
Do I have to interview the engineers?
No, but nearly everyone does, and we recommend it. A 30 minute conversation removes most of the risk.
Can I see the engineer's previous work?
Where confidentiality allows, yes. Every shortlist note includes at least one comparable project described in enough detail to be useful.
Who manages the engineer day to day?
You do, for embedded and single-engineer work. We manage delivery for fixed-scope builds. Either way, a delivery lead on our side reviews progress against the statement of work.
Tell us what you are building
Describe the work in a few lines. We come back with a shortlist of engineers who have done it before, their availability, and a rate range. No account, no platform fee, no obligation to hire.
Most briefs get a shortlist within three business days.