Vetted talent for web3 startups
Elevate your digital landscape with Thirdwork. Our dedicated team is at the forefront of the Web3 evolution, offering unparalleled expertise in decentralized web solutions, interoperable interfaces, and trustless protocols. Together, we'll navigate the intricacies of a decentralized future.
We help web3 startups build freelance teams
Expertise matters, and we believe it matters even more when hiring fractional talent. We match you with freelancers that know what you do and can plug in from day 1
DAOs
How do you DAO? Our freelancers have experience working with DAOs as contributors, tokenholders, and contractors
Decentralized Social
We match decentralized networks with professionals who shape next-gen social platforms
Tokenization platforms
We match tokenization platforms with specialists in asset digitization and blockchain integration
Our Talent
Web3 startups trust Thirdwork
Get in touch with us today. We’ll match you with one of our talent experts, a former founder who understands your business.
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Trusted by leading VC-backed startups
We partner with the innovators
We only work with startups building the future of finance and the internet. Our focus helps match you with specialized talent.
Blockchain & Crypto
FAQs
We can help place a range of roles with experience in fintech and crypto, from devs, marketers and writers to brand strategists and product designers. If you need a freelancer with expertise in fintech and crypto, we can help!
Our goal is to match the highest-caliber talent with outstanding clients that are building things that matter. We have an in-depth vetting process to ensure the quality of our freelance talent. Candidates first submit a detailed application with their background, experience and work samples. Only a small percentage of applicants move forward. We conduct multiple rounds of technical and personality-based interviews to ensure top notch communication skills, teamwork, technical acumen, and professionalism.
Our pool of freelance talent is globally distributed, although the majority of our freelancers are based in the United States. All freelancers are fully proficient in English. Our goal is to foster the most effective collaboration with your team, so we will calibrate our matches to your time zone and preferences.
We’re able to get started right away. Our deep network and optimized matching process allows us to find you top candidates rapidly, often in less than 48 hours.
Find web3 opportunities
Join our trusted community of crypto-native engineers, designers, and marketers, and get matched with the best projects.
Hire top crypto talent
Hire pre-vetted freelance talent with a track record of success on blockchain, web3 and crypto projects. Hire in as little as 48 hours.
Hire vetted engineering, product, and design talent
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Why choose thirdwork?
Whether you're hiring a developer, a marketer, a brand strategist or a designer, you need the best. We'll help you find them.
Vetted freelancers
Our community includes hundreds of seasoned freelancers with deep crypto experience. We accept less than 5% of applications we receive.
Hire in 48 hours
We do the hard work of screening candidates, and often make a match within 48 hours of reviewing your project application.
Curated roster
Skills matching is table stakes these days. We make sure the freelancers you hire are the right fit for your team, culture and mission.
Hire talent across roles
Startups come to us to hire entire freelance teams, and we can fill roles across product, design, marketing, growth and content.
Risk Free
If for any reason you aren't happy with your freelancer or your needs change, you can walk away within 7 days, risk-free.
Build with crypto native talent
NFT Marketing Strategist
We are looking for a freelance marketer who can construct a strategy for our upcoming NFT collection.
Arya T
2 month project
3 month project
DeFi startup seeking a senior marketer to define and oversee our company-wide marketing strategy.
Arianne S
1 month project
ICO Marketing Expert
We are looking for an experienced crypto marketer to develop strategy in the leadup to our ICO.
Alan F
3 month project
Editorial / Crypto Journalist
Leading VC-backed web3 startup seeking an experienced journalist to lead publication of an industry report.
Daryll B
3 month project
Web3 Content Writer
Social token startup seeking freelancer well-versed in web3 industry to manage regular blog and editorial writing.
Colin G
4 month project
Technical Blockchain Writer
Need technical writer deeply-versed in blockchain to create engaging, simple, value-driven content.
Caroline P
6 month project
Web3 Website Redesign
Web3 education platform looking for a talented visual and website designer to redo our entire website.
Gregg F
1 month project
UX/UI for Token-Lending App
Looking for an experienced UX/UI designer with crypto experience to create wireframes and pixel-perfect designs.
Esther H
5 month project
Crypto Trading App UX Design
We are looking for a highly talented, mobile-first UI / UX designer with existing experience with crypto apps.
Edgar L
3 month project
Smart Contract Auditor
We are seeking a senior blockchain dev to consult on our smart contract development.
Oleg G
1 month project
Strong Rust Developer
Looking for experienced Rust developer with experience/familiarity with erc20 and erc721.
Jason D
9 month project
Solidity Blockchain Dev
Expert needed for smart contract development of existing deployed contract.
Jan B
2 month project
Community Growth Manager
We are looking for a community growth manager to handle day-to-day management of our large community.
Sonja S
2 month project
Community Management Lead
Looking for someone with a proven track record of running web3 communities to join a fast-growing startup.
Arianne S
3 month project
Social Media / Community
We are a fantasy project in the web3 space, growing quickly and looking for an experienced community manager.
Sonja S
4 month project
Community / Brand Identity
We’re looking for a freelancer to help us design the branding for a web3 community.
Piotr G
2 days ago
Brand Designer
Seeking an experienced brand designer to create a brand identity and guidelines for a DeFi company.
Thomas Z
3 month project
Web3 Brand Strategy
We are seeking a brand strategist to help direct a web3 startup with positioning and branding.
Alan F
1 month project
Digital Strategy
Highly-technical blockchain startup seeking digital marketing strategist to lead launch strategy and planning.
Latoya G
9 month project
Crypto Social Strategist
We're a web3 gaming platform seeking a social media manager with deep web3 experience.
Laura W
6 month project
Social Media Marketer
Looking for a freelancer with experience marketing top-tier NFT projects on social media.
Melody W
3 month project
Our Results
The proof is in the pudding
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customers served
10,000+
Freelancers
curated and screened
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Average time to
meet your freelancer
98%
Placement
Success rate
Hire builders as easy as one, two, three
Post your project
Fill in our 3 minute intake form. Our team will reach out in hours to begin matching you with freelancers on our platform.
Connect with top talent
We'll share a roster of potential freelancers for you to review. Most matches happen in as little as 48 hours.
Get to work
Once you've matched with a freelancer, we handle contracts, NDAs, invoicing and payment, so you can hit the ground running.
The best web3 projects trust us
I was on a tight deadline for a project so I reached out to Thirdwork to help find a designer fast. They took care of the entire vetting and hiring process so that I could focus on the work, plus the designer was so good I’ve now hired them for multiple different projects.
Brennen
Marketing @ Rabbithole
Working with Thirdwork feels like having your own hiring spec ops team - they fit seamlessly into our process & consistently produce thoughtful, talented candidates with outstanding experience in the blockchain industry.
William Grant
Head of Growth @ Integral
With Thirdwork, we were able to find a stellar product designer that understood consumer products and had designed in web3 before. From end-to-end, the Thirdwork team made the entire process of bringing on a top-tier freelancer fast and seamless.
John
Product Lead @ Afterparty
Hiring is always a challenge and in the web3 space, it's even more of a cluster. Thirdwork takes the 1-on-1 time to learn about your company's needs and culture, and only presents real matches. I would recommend thirdwork to anyone looking to hire thoughtfully.
Zach
Co-Founder @ Blockchain Home Registry
I used thirdwork to source a 3D artist for TokenTag. All I can say is wow - such a quick and easy way to get direct access to world-class talent. Easily the best hiring resource for everyone that's building.
Daniel
Founder @ TokenTag
A community-driven freelance platform
We are creating a community for top freelancers, connecting you with the best web3 clients in the world.
Resources
Access playbooks and guides created by thirdworkers
Concierge
Ask us anything, night or day, and we'll jump in and help
Benchmarks
Tap into our real-time freelancer rate benchmarks
Rewards
Earn crypto for completing challenges and bounties
pRICING
Upwork and fiverr
These aren't the freelancerS you are looking for
Many freelance marketplaces have no vetting for talent and charge sky-high rates with zero support
- Scan through hundreds of profiles
- Low quality of talent
- No curation, deal with scammers
- Up to 30% take rate
HIRE A Thirdworker
$65 to $175+
Our freelancers set their own rates, and we have a range of talent to meet all your needs
- Curated roster of talented builders
- Fast, personalized matching
- Weekly invoices
- Full-time and part-time
- Replacement guarantee
- Hands on support
- Tap into our founder & knowledge community
agencies
Houston, We are out of scope
If you're not careful, agencies can burn through your budget and runway like wildfire
- Weeks (or months) to hire
- Expensive
- Inflexible, fixed scopes
- Upfront payments and fees
How we select freelancers
Our network of founding members are world-class freelancers and operators with deep expertise and passion across web3 and crypto.
Application Review
Builders submit a detailed application with their background, experience, and work samples
Culture Fit
We conduct an interpersonal deep-dive to assess communication skills, teamwork, technical acumen, and professionalism
Skills Review
Our team of founders has deep experience hiring freelancers. We conduct a technical and skillset review
Final Round
We walk through a case study with our freelancers on a call
Product designer for a token-gated dApp
Thirdwork helped this dApp hire an experienced UI/UX designer to lead user research, revamp the visual design of their platform, and simplify their user onboarding process.
Content writer for crypto wallet startup
Thirdwork helped this wallet company hire an experienced content writer with 4+ years in crypto to elevate their brand, produce a new whitepaper, and manage their newsletter.
