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# Technical Vetting Contractor at OfferZen

- **Company:** OfferZen
- **Location:** South Africa
- **Posted:** 2025-08-12
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-15
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/offerzen/jobs/8112274002

## Job description

The Opportunity

We're on the lookout for leads and managers who have experience hiring tech professional to join OfferZen’s Code Council. Think of it as paying it forward💡

As a Technical Vetting Contractor, you’ll help assess real candidates looking for tech jobs by reviewing tech assessments and conducting technical interviews. Only free to do one tech assessment per week? That's fine. Want to do two every day? Great! This is a flexible arrangement that allows you to commit as much time as you're able.

This role is for you if you care about raising the bar in tech, and like the idea of being part of a community that values quality, fairness, and great engineering,

## What you’ll do

- Conduct candidate technical vetting.
- Reviewing AI generated Assessments for specific positions.
- Review & Grade candidate assessment submissions.
- Conduct technical Interviews with candidates who pass the assessment.
- Provide summaries (write-ups) of the candidate that can be submitted to the Customer.
- Provide feedback to the Head of Technical Vetting on our technical vetting rigour and process.
- Collaborate with the product team to improve platform tools and insights for tech vetting.
- Document and maintain guidelines for assessments, scoring, and summaries.

You’ll be a great fit for this role if you have:

- Technical assessment ability: Strong judgment in evaluating assignment submissions and conducting technical interviews across multiple tech stacks.
- Attention to detail: Accurate, high-quality assessments and summaries. Identifies subtle signals in technical skills (eg: code, process flow, automation) and communication.
- Interviewing skills: Can run structured technical interviews that assess both hard skills and problem-solving approaches.

Background:

- 5+ years as a senior tech professional, we're on the look out for:
- Senior Software Engineers, Leads or Managers with experience in C++, and/or, C#/.NET, and/or MERN stack, and/or Golang
- Senior Data Engineers (or Leads, Managers)
- Senior Data Scientists, Data Analysts  (or Leads, Managers)
- Senior DevOps / Platform Engineers (or Leads, Managers)
- Extensive experience conducting technical interviews and reviewing assessments.
- Demonstrated ability to identify high-quality candidates.

The OfferZen Story

[OfferZen](https://www.offerzen.com/) is on a mission to connect every developer with opportunities to build an awesome future. Check out our website for more.

We promise:

- No death-by-meeting.
- Flexible gigs, on your time.
- Good vibes only.

*This role can be based locally or remotely - we welcome all applicants based in South Africa.

## About OfferZen

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: OfferZen is a curated tech talent marketplace that connects software developers with hiring companies, flipping the traditional recruitment model so companies reach out to job-seeking developers.
- **Entity Type**: Private (funding stage: Series B)
- **Headquarters**: Cape Town, South Africa
- **Founded**: 2015
- **Founders**: Philip Joubert and Malan Joubert

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Software Development / Tech Talent Marketplace
- **Target customers**: B2B (companies hiring developers) and B2C (job-seeking software developers, data scientists, DevOps engineers)
- **Mission statement**: “Connect every developer with opportunities to build an awesome future.”

## Products & Services
- **OfferZen Marketplace (self-serve)**: A platform where developers create a profile with upfront salary, role, and skills, and companies reach out directly. Includes machine-learning matching and active-only searching. Companies save up to 80% of hiring manager time per hire.
- **OfferZen Embedded**: A premium, hands-on recruitment service with a dedicated talent advisor who supports developers from first interview to final offer. Companies get a dedicated talent partner for a more white-glove hiring experience.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Total funding of **USD 9.4M** across three rounds:
  - Pre-seed (2017) – 1 investor
  - Series A (Dec 2021) – USD 5.1M led by Base Capital
  - Series B (Jan 2024) – USD 4.3M led by Invenfin and AI Capital
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Invenfin, AI Capital, Base Capital
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - 100,000+ developer community and 2,000+ companies use the platform
  - Active in 18+ countries across Africa and Europe (GMT+2 timezone focus)
  - Offices in Cape Town and Amsterdam; expanding into Europe and Africa
  - Headcount fluctuated: company profile states 180+ team members, while LinkedIn reports 57 employees (‑11.1% YoY) – likely reflecting a mix of permanent staff and contractors/seasonal changes

## Competitive Advantages
- **Flipped recruitment model**: Companies reach out to developers, not the other way around – reduces noise for candidates.
- **Upfront transparency**: Salary, tech stack, and role details are shared before any conversation.
- **Curated marketplace**: Only actively job-seeking developers and hiring companies are listed; 98% candidate response rate.
- **Community investment**: A large portion of revenue is reinvested into developer community programs (mentorship, industry reports, open source documentaries, meetups).

## Strategic Focus
- Expand geographically across “Middle-earth” (GMT+2 timezone) and deeper into Europe and Africa.
- Continue building the developer community to attract top talent and increase platform liquidity.
- Enhance machine-learning matching and premium Embedded service to serve larger enterprises.

## Why Work Here
- **Remote-first culture** with offices in Cape Town and Amsterdam; flexible work environment.
- **Perks**: Medical aid, gap cover, retirement annuity contributions, 24 annual leave days, up to 16 weeks paid parental leave, yoga/meditation, employee assistance programme, annual training budget, quarterly book clubs, employee share options (ESOP).
- **Maker culture**: Founded by developers for developers; team values ownership, curiosity, and making an impact.
- **Growth**: Access to smart colleagues, leadership training, 4 study leave days, and a strong emphasis on helping others succeed.

## Sources
1. [offerzen.com/about](https://www.offerzen.com/about)
2. [offerzen.com](https://www.offerzen.com/)
3. [offerzen.com/careers](https://www.offerzen.com/careers)
4. [linkedin.com/company/offerzen](https://za.linkedin.com/company/offerzen)
5. [docs.offerzen.com](https://docs.offerzen.com/en/articles/12656258-who-are-we)

## Other roles at OfferZen

- [Deployment Strategist](https://feeny.ai/job/deployment-strategist-offerzen-south-africa-7bjb4r44hg57) — South Africa
- [Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)](https://feeny.ai/job/forward-deployed-engineer-fde-offerzen-south-africa-jwez94b964pn) — South Africa
- [I want to work at OfferZen sometime in the future!](https://feeny.ai/job/i-want-to-work-at-offerzen-sometime-in-the-future-offerzen-south-africa-b0fq5z0vyvwz) — South Africa