Work, minus
the guesswork
Skip the résumé pile. Bring on people who have already shipped the thing you need shipped.
Get startedTrusted by
Ada Ferreira
Senior iOS engineer · Lisbon
4.94 · 61 contracts
Top 3%Getting started costs nothing
No fee to look around
Open an account, read reviews, compare portfolios, or book a 20-minute intro call before you commit.
Post a brief, meet a shortlist
Describe the work and we surface five people who fit — usually inside 48 hours, often the same afternoon.
Senior help without senior overhead
Tessera keeps the platform cut at 4.7%, so a far larger share of the budget lands on the actual work.
Browse talent by specialty
Looking for work? Browse open briefs
Tessera for Teams
Hiring stops
being a gamble
at the shortlist.
Reach the top 3% of the Tessera network, plus the contracts, classification and payment layer that has to sit around them.
- Fill skill gaps in days, not quarters
- Classify, contract and pay in one place
- A named partner for onboarding and reviews
For clients
Hire your way
Work with the deepest bench of independent professionals we could assemble — from a two-day fix to a two-year build.
Why teams keep coming back
Proof, not promises
Every profile carries verified work samples, client reviews you can actually read, and a government-ID check.
You pay when you hire
Interview, negotiate rates and approve milestones. Nothing leaves your account until you say the work is done.
Money held safely
Funds sit in escrow until the work is accepted, and a real person answers disputes inside one business day.
We’re the network careful teams use
Clients rate professionals on Tessera
Fieldnote 2024 Marketplace Report
For independents
Find work worth doing
Meet clients who brief properly, pay on schedule, and come back with the next project.
Trusted by teams that hire carefully
“The advantage isn’t only speed. It’s being able to change the shape of the team in a week when the roadmap changes underneath us.”
Results
And many more
- Halcyon
- Cassava
- Fielder & Co.
- Orion
- Tallgrass
We back independents in hard seasons
The Tessera Steady Fund matches contributions to hardship grants for freelancers hit by illness, displacement or a client that vanished — and you can add to it.
Learn more