How TechSelect works

Four steps from sign-up to working together. No approval queue, no fees.

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The four steps

  1. Hands typing on a white keyboard in front of a desktop computer

    Sign up and pick a role

    Create an account with Google, GitHub or email, then say whether you are here to find work or to hire. One account can hold both.

    There is no approval queue and nothing to qualify for. Your role only decides which onboarding you see first. You can add the other side later in settings.

  2. A hand sketching an app's screens and the flow between them on paper

    Build your profile or post a job

    Developers describe what they have built: projects, links, photos and skills. Clients write the brief: what needs building and what done looks like.

    You can publish a profile whenever you like, sparse or complete. A job has sections for the description, required and nice-to-have skills, budget and engagement type, and can be saved as a draft first.

  3. A hand pointing at something on a laptop screen while a colleague types

    Get AI-matched

    Matching reads the projects a developer describes and the brief a client writes, and ranks the fit both ways. Each match comes with one sentence saying why.

    Hard requirements are filtered first. The closest profiles and briefs are then re-ranked with a written reason. If nothing fits, it says so rather than padding the list. Search and filters still find everyone without the AI.

  4. Two people working through something together on one laptop at a wooden table

    Connect and start working

    Developers apply with a short note. Clients shortlist and message the people who fit. The rest is between the two of you.

    Applications move through a visible timeline, and either side can message the other. TechSelect takes no fee and handles no payments. You agree terms, rates and contracts directly.

The three ideas behind it

  • Evidence, not keywords

    Matching reads your bio and the projects you describe. Someone who has shipped the work outranks someone who listed the tool.

  • A reason, every time

    Every match carries one sentence saying why. If nothing fits, it says that instead of padding the list.

  • Both directions

    Clients see ranked candidates for a brief. Developers see briefs that fit what they have built.

About the matching

What the matching reads
Profile titles and bios, project descriptions and outcomes, skills, and the full text of a brief. It does not read linked websites, because a link is not text it can match on.
Where it runs
Both steps (finding the closest profiles and briefs, then writing the reason) run on Google’s Gemini API. The privacy policy sets out exactly what is sent.
What it never decides
Who may list, and who gets hired. Clients see an order and a reason, never a score on a person. The choice is always theirs.

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