Letter of intent — Employers

Sign a hiring LOI.

A Letter of Intent tells us how many engineers you expect to hire from an upcoming cohort and which skills you need. It is non-binding: no funds change hands, no candidate is reserved exclusively for you, and you can revoke it at any time before a hire is signed. What it does do is gate higher employer tiers and put your name on the cohort reservation list ahead of unverified employers.

We charge a 12% take-rate on signed hire attestations, and only when the learner is attributable to your account via channel_attribution=talent_search. Invoiced T+30 from the hire start date. No subscription, no listing fee, no per-seat charge.

Take-rate: 12%; of first-year base. Per signed hire attestation.
Card charged: T+30; from hire start date. Refunded pro rata on outcome credit.
Charged today: $0; LOI is non-binding until a hire is countersigned.

Tier benefits

Pick the tier you intend to verify into. You can upgrade later without re-submitting the LOI.

Tier	Domain check	Outreach quota	Salary band	Attestation rights
unverified	None	5 / mo	Hidden	None
domain_verified	DNS TXT	20 / mo	Bands hidden	Read-only
email_attested	DNS TXT + role email	100 / mo	Bands visible	Self-serve, single-seat
kyc_verified	DNS TXT + KYC officer	Unlimited	Bands + benchmarks	Multi-seat, bulk

Fields marked * are required.

Company

Company name

Legal entity name as it will appear on signed hire attestations and invoices.

Domain

We verify ownership via a DNS TXT challenge after submit. Generic webmail (gmail, outlook, etc.) is rejected.

Country

ISO-3166-1 alpha-2. Drives sanctions screening and invoice tax handling.

Hiring plan

Hiring focus (skill keys, comma-separated)

Use canonical skill keys from /skills. Unknown keys are flagged but accepted.

Estimated hires per quarter

Tier interest

domain_verifiedSearch the talent directory and contact opted-in candidates. No salary bands, no attestations.email_attestedSee compensation bands self-reported by talents. Sign individual hire attestations under your verified domain.kyc_verifiedReserve cohort seats in advance. Bulk-sign attestations through a delegated hiring officer. Eligible for the partner referral programme.

Hiring contact

Name

Role

Work email

Used for the domain-verification challenge. Must match the domain above for tier email_attested or higher.

I have read HIRING_TERMS.md and confirm this LOI is non-binding until a hire attestation is signed.

No payment now. 12% take-rate applies only at hire-attestation time.

What happens next

01Verify domainWe email a TXT record value to your hiring contact. Publish it under _upskillzone on your domain. Verifier polls every 15 minutes for up to 7 days.
02email_attested upgradeReply to the TXT-confirmation email from a role address on the same domain (e.g. hiring@). This unlocks salary bands and self-serve hire attestations.
03First hire attestation gateWhen you make a hire, the candidate counter-signs an attestation. That signed record triggers the 12% invoice on T+30 and counts toward your LOI commitment.