Your v0 frontend, a real backend.
Our AI shortlists the top 1% for what you're building.You interview, you pick one, and they start full-time in days.
- AI shortlist— in 48 hours
- You choose— interview & pick
- 15-day notice— no lock-in
Engineers in our network have shipped for
Prior engagements by individual team members. Trademarks belong to their respective owners.
The fourth option
Every other option failed you.
You tried Upwork. The dev ghosted.
You tried a recruiter. They wanted three weeks and a finder's fee.
You tried a dev shop. You got assigned a "resource."
There's a new-gen option.
The new-gen part
AI finds them. You choose them.
Old outsourcing assigns you a faceless resource. We flip it. Our AI does the sourcing and screening. You do the choosing — a full-time engineer matched to exactly what you're building, in your Slack in days.
01
Tell us what you're building
A 2-minute brief: stack, scope, timeline. No 30-question form, no sales-discovery loop.
02
AI shortlists your top matches in 48 hours
We score the vetted top 1% against your brief on stack, domain, and availability, and surface the best two or three.
03
Interview & test-drive
A quick call with each, then hand your favorite a small, scoped task. See real work before you commit.
04
Lock 2 sprints
Your full-time engineer is in your Slack, GitHub, and Linear in 2-3 days. Risk-free first days. Stop anytime with 15 days' notice.
You'll never sit through a bad interview again. The AI filters them out before they reach you.
Why sprints are different
We didn't fix outsourcing. We rebuilt it.
The alternative to Toptal, Upwork, and three months of recruiting.
Commitment
- Old Outsourcing
6-month MSA - Freelance Marketplaces
Per-gig contracts - zoof04 Sprints
15-day notice, no MSA
Who you talk to
- Old Outsourcing
Account manager - Freelance Marketplaces
Random gig worker - zoof04 Sprints
The engineer, directly
Sourcing
- Old Outsourcing
Bench resource assigned - Freelance Marketplaces
DIY-filter 200 profiles - zoof04 Sprints
AI-shortlisted top 1%
Selection
- Old Outsourcing
No choice - Freelance Marketplaces
Endless interview loops - zoof04 Sprints
Interview two, pick one
Pricing
- Old Outsourcing
Hidden bench rates - Freelance Marketplaces
Race to the bottom - zoof04 Sprints
Transparent tiered rates
Recruiter fee
- Old Outsourcing
~25% finder's fee - Freelance Marketplaces
Marketplace cut + escrow - zoof04 Sprints
None, ever
Verification
- Old Outsourcing
You hope they're real - Freelance Marketplaces
You bet they're real - zoof04 Sprints
On payroll, real GitHub
Time to start
- Old Outsourcing
4–8 weeks - Freelance Marketplaces
1–3 weeks - zoof04 Sprints
Under 7 days
The unit
One engineer. One sprint. Full-time.
A Sprint is one full-time engineer for 14 days — 112 hours of focused shipping, plugged into your tools, managed by you. Start with two sprints. Continue as long as it's working.
The 5-day fit guarantee
Work with them 5 days. Free swap if it's wrong.
Start your matched engineer risk-free. If the first five days aren't right, we swap them free and keep matching until it is. No long contracts. No wasted spend.
Who it's for
Three kinds of teams. One model.
For founders stuck on Lovable, Bolt, or v0
You shipped an MVP. Now auth is broken, deploys fail, and the AI tool can't take you to production. Match with an engineer who's done the migration ten times — see our Lovable → production, Bolt migration, and v0 → backend guides.
For agencies that need white-label engineers
You just closed a project bigger than your bench. We slot in under your brand. Mutual NDA, white-label friendly, your client never sees zoof04. You keep the relationship.
For startups with a feature backlog
You have a roadmap. You don't have bandwidth. Plug in a senior engineer for two sprints to ship the feature blocking the next one. No FTE hire. No 12-week recruiting cycle.
The bar
The caliber you're matched with.
Real engineers, real GitHub, all on zoof04's payroll. Tell us what you're building and we'll match yours from the same bar.
Arjun R.
Senior
✦ Lovable / Bolt / v0 specialist
Priya V.
Specialist
Daniel K.
Senior
✦ Lovable / Bolt / v0 specialist
Nikhil M.
Mid
Sara H.
Specialist
Ravi T.
Senior
Examples of engineers we've placed. Tell us your need and we'll match yours in 2–3 days.
The top 1% standard
Every engineer earns their spot.
Engineers in the pool are on zoof04's payroll. Not freelancers. Not gig workers. Not a marketplace bidding for your dollars.
01
AI screen
Resume, GitHub, and prior work scored against your brief. Speeds sourcing from weeks to hours.
02
Code test
A real-world problem in their stack. Time-boxed. Reviewed by senior engineers, not auto-graded.
03
Portfolio + GitHub review
Past shipping history, code quality, and engineering judgment, against client-ready standards.
04
Live working session
A 60-minute session with our lead engineer. Pairs on a real problem. Communication, debugging instinct, pace — all observed.
Less than 1 in 14 applicants makes it into the pool.
From the founder's desk
Why this exists.
"11 years of building software for clients taught me one thing: every founder gets stuck in the same loop of bad freelancers, slow recruiters, and assigned 'resources.' zoof04 Sprints is the version I wish existed when those founders first came to me. AI sources the shortlist; you choose the human."
Founder, zoof04
How fast
Brief on Monday. Shipping by Thursday.
Hour 0
Brief
You submit the 2-minute brief.
48 hrs
Shortlist
AI surfaces your top 2–3 matches.
Day 3
Interview
Quick calls + a scoped test task.
Day 3–4
Working
Engineer in your Slack, GitHub, Linear.
Commitment
Start with two sprints. Leave with 15 days' notice.
Start
- Commitment
- 2 sprints (about a month)
- Notice to end
- 15 days
- Note
- Your entry point. Low commitment, full-time engineer.
Extend
- Commitment
- 4 sprints
- Notice to end
- 15 days
- Note
- Better rate. Same 15-day notice — no extra lock-in.
Scale
- Commitment
- 8 sprints
- Notice to end
- 15 days
- Note
- Best rate. Priority on your next match.
Commit to more sprints — better rate, same 15-day notice.
Questions founders ask
Everything founders ask, answered.
Get matched today. Ship this month.
Matched in 48 hours · Risk-free start · 15-day notice · Built by zoof04