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| Profile | Match | Link | Company | Title | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Marco Bianchi |  94% Rust Wrote a storage engine handling 1M+ ops/sec. Systems Depth Strong on concurrency, memory, and lock-free design. | Rust Systems Engineer |  Check |  IT | ||
 Fatima Al-Sayed | 90% Skill over Title Self-built Go services despite a non-traditional path. Distributed Systems Designed a sharded queue handling spikes cleanly. | Backend Engineer (Go) | Check |  AE | ||
 Jonas Becker | 88% Proven Skills Portfolio shows real Spark + Airflow pipelines. Hands-On Built an open-source ETL framework with active users. | Data Engineer | Check |  CH | ||
 Leticia Souza | 89% TypeScript Demonstrated strong typed Node services in code tests. Craft Clean, well-tested code across public repos. | Node.js Engineer | Check |  BR | ||
 Aleksander Nowak | 90% Kubernetes Passed a hands-on K8s troubleshooting assessment. GitOps Runs ArgoCD-based deployments across clusters. | DevOps Engineer | Check |  PL |
Self-taught Rust engineer with deep systems skills. Built a high-performance database from scratch.
Skills-based hiring is the practice of evaluating candidates on what they can actually do — proven skills, real work, and demonstrated results — rather than on job titles, years of experience, or where they went to school. Instead of screening résumés for the right keywords or pedigree, you screen for evidence: the code someone has shipped, the projects they have led, the problems they have solved. It is hiring for skills, not degrees.
Most recruiting tools search résumés for keywords and titles. Lessie AI is built for skills-based hiring: describe the skills you need in plain English and an AI agent finds people by the evidence of those skills — GitHub repos, portfolios, certifications, project work, open-source contributions, and public talks — assembled live across 100+ sources. Every match comes with the work that proves the skill and a verified contact, so you can move from "who has this skill" to a real conversation without manual sourcing.
The six sources of proof Lessie AI uses to find candidates by skill, not title
Public repositories, commits, and contributions show what someone actually builds and which languages, frameworks, and patterns they use in real work.
Design, product, and engineering portfolios surface finished, shipped work — the clearest evidence of a skill applied end to end.
Verifiable credentials — cloud, security, data, and platform certifications — confirm specific, current technical skills.
Case studies, launches, and documented projects show scope, ownership, and the results a candidate has actually delivered.
Contributions to public projects reveal collaboration, code quality, and depth in a skill that no job title can capture.
Conference talks, technical writing, and published content demonstrate expertise and communication skill in a specific domain.
Four steps from the skills you need to verified candidates who can prove them
Describe the role by skill, not title — the languages, tools, domains, and outcomes that matter. The more specific the skill, the sharper the match.
An AI agent searches 100+ sources in real time — GitHub, portfolios, certifications, open source, and talks — for people whose actual work demonstrates the skills you defined.
Each candidate comes with a match score and the evidence behind it — the repos, projects, and work that prove the skill — so you rank on ability, not pedigree.
Get a verified email for every candidate and send AI-personalized outreach that references their actual work — no database to license, no manual sourcing.
AI-powered tools to source, evaluate, and reach talent by skill
Search for what people can do, not the words on a résumé. Lessie AI matches candidates by the evidence of a skill — shipped code, real projects, contributions — instead of keyword overlap.
Every candidate arrives with the proof behind the match — the repos, portfolios, and projects that demonstrate the skill — and a match score so you can rank on real ability.
By anchoring on demonstrated work instead of titles, gaps, and brand-name employers, Lessie AI helps you build a skills-first pipeline that gives non-traditional candidates a fair look.
Skill match means nothing without a way to reach the person. Get a verified email for every candidate and AI-personalized outreach that references their actual work.
How skill-signal sourcing compares to résumé keyword search and test-only platforms
| Comparison | Keyword Resume Search | Skills-Assessment Platforms | Lessie AI |
|---|---|---|---|
| Match Basis | Keywords in a resume | A test score you administer | Proven skills and real work ✓ |
| Evidence | Self-reported job titles | A single timed assessment | Code, portfolios, projects, talks ✓ |
| Passive Reach | Only active job-seekers | Only candidates who apply and test | Active and passive talent across 100+ sources ✓ |
| Bias | Anchored on pedigree and keywords | Reduced, but only after they apply | Skill-first, less pedigree bias upfront ✓ |
| Contacts | Often missing or outdated | Gated behind the platform | 95%+ verified at search ✓ |
| Outreach | Manual, copy-paste outreach | No sourcing or outreach | AI-personalized, built in ✓ |
Keyword résumé search rewards the right buzzwords and pedigree; skills-assessment platforms test ability but only for the candidates who already applied. Skills-based hiring with Lessie AI sources active and passive talent by the evidence of their skills, then hands you a verified contact for each — so you find people who can prove the skill before they ever fill out a form.
From technical recruiting to bias reduction — skills-first sourcing for every team
Source engineers on the code they have actually shipped — language, framework, and architecture depth proven by real repositories, not keywords on a résumé.
Build a skills-first pipeline that evaluates demonstrated work over pedigree — giving qualified candidates a fair shot no matter their title, school, or career path.
When a skill is too new for the usual titles, find the people doing the work — AI, Rust, and other emerging skills surfaced from real projects and open source.
Surface career-switchers and self-taught talent that résumé filters reject — evaluated on the work they have built, not the box they tick on paper.
Find candidates by skill, not job title — source talent on proven skills and real work across 100+ sources.
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Search millions of candidate profiles across 100+ live sources — no uploads, contacts verified in real time.
Source underrepresented talent at scale — widen your candidate pool with AI across 100+ live sources.
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Automate sourcing and candidate outreach end to end — AI finds, verifies, and contacts talent.
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