An AI talent marketplace, built end to end.

QuidAI wanted a product, not a brochure. The goal was a real application: a place where AI specialists could join with almost no effort, and where businesses could find them and start a conversation. Two problems sat in the way. First, onboarding friction, asking busy professionals to hand-build a profile is the fastest way to an empty marketplace. Second, control, QuidAI needed to stay in the loop on who got introduced to whom rather than opening an unmoderated contact channel.

They had the designs and the vision. What they needed was a single partner to build the whole thing, frontend, backend, authentication, and the connection workflow that holds it together.

We built the platform end to end against the Figma designs, with the workflow logic shaped around how QuidAI actually wanted introductions to happen.

• Onboarding via LinkedIn. Specialists sign in with LinkedIn. The backend pulls their LinkedIn data and auto-generates a base profile, so someone is discoverable in seconds, not after a form-filling session.
• Public talent discovery. Visitors search the directory and reach out through a simple contact form. No account required to start a connection.
• Approval-gated introductions. Each request triggers a backend email workflow to connect the requester with the specialist, held behind an approval step so QuidAI controls every introduction.
• Priority profiles. Featured specialists are auto-connected. Their introduction emails fire immediately, with no manual approval in the path.

The system splits cleanly into a Next.js client and a Django REST Framework API. The frontend handles LinkedIn sign-in and the installable PWA experience; the backend owns profile ingestion, search, the approval workflow, and every email that goes out.

We kept the stack conventional and easy to operate, the same shape a team could hire for and extend without surprises.

Frontend: Next.js, NextAuth with LinkedIn OAuth, Tailwind, installable PWA.

Backend: Django REST Framework, Python, PostgreSQL, transactional email.

• A full product, shipped. Frontend, backend, auth, and workflow delivered from designs to production by a single partner.
• Near-zero onboarding friction. A LinkedIn login becomes a populated profile automatically, so the marketplace fills without manual data entry.
• Introductions under control. An approval-gated workflow keeps QuidAI in the loop, with priority profiles auto-connected for speed where it counts.
• Installable everywhere. A PWA that works like a native app on mobile and desktop.

Engagement metrics available on request.