How quickly can you deliver a shortlist?

Within 72 hours of receiving your job description and deposit confirmation. If we miss the deadline, the deposit is refunded automatically.

How many candidates do you deliver per search?

3 to 5 scored, interview-ready candidate profiles per search. Each profile includes a technical score, communication rating, availability, salary expectation, and a 'why match' note.

What is the fee for employers?

PKR 50,000 deposit upfront — credited toward the success fee on hire. 10% of first-year gross salary for local roles, 15% for international/remote roles. No charge if no hire is made.

Is ReadyShortlist free for candidates?

Yes. ReadyShortlist is completely free for engineers. The fee is paid by the employer only when a successful hire is made.

What roles does ReadyShortlist cover?

Backend engineering, full-stack engineering, and data/AI engineering roles. Mid-level only — 2 to 6 years of hands-on experience.

Pakistan's vetted tech talent network

3–5 engineers.72 hours.Interview-ready.

No resume dumps. No time wasted. We deep-vet mid-level software, data, and AI engineers — then send you a shortlist that's actually ready to interview.

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72h

Shortlist delivery guarantee

3–5

Interview-ready candidates per search

5-pt

Structured vetting rubric

10%

Success fee, only on hire

Process

How we work

Share your JD

Send us the role. We respond within a day to confirm whether we can run the search. PKR 50,000 refundable deposit to start — credited toward success fee on hire.

We vet, you wait

We screen candidates across 5 dimensions: technical fit, communication, role relevance, availability, and stability. Every candidate gets a scored profile before you see them.

Shortlist in 72h

You receive 3–5 one-page profiles — interview-ready, matched on tech stack, salary range, notice period, and confirmed availability. If we miss the 72h window, deposit refunded.

Client results

Hiring managers
speak for themselves.

Every quote is from a real search. Names and companies shared with permission.

We've used three recruitment agencies before. ReadyShortlist is the only one that sent us candidates we actually wanted to interview — and all five profiles arrived within 48 hours.

Zubair A.

CTO · Meezan Pay (Fintech)

The scored profiles changed how we run our hiring loop. We knew exactly what to probe in the interview because the vetting notes flagged the right things. Hired our backend lead in 10 days.

Sarah M.

Head of Engineering · Bookwise (Remote-first SaaS)

I was skeptical about a 72-hour guarantee. They delivered 4 profiles in 36 hours. Two passed our technical round. We made an offer within the week. The deposit was credited — no friction.

Hamid R.

VP Engineering · Retailo (E-commerce)

Pricing

Simple.
Risk-free.

We only win when you hire. The retained deposit is fully credited toward the success fee — and refunded if we fail to deliver. No hidden charges, no retainer lock-in.

✓Deposit credited toward success fee

✓Refunded if we miss the 72h delivery

✓No charge until you hire

✓Success fee only on completed hire

Retained deposit (to start search)PKR 50,000

Success fee — local roles10% first-year salary

Success fee — international / remote15% first-year salary

Delivery guarantee72 hours or refund

Deposit is fully credited toward the success fee. If we fail to deliver 3 qualified candidates within 72 hours, it's refunded — no questions asked.

The Product

One-page profiles. Not raw CVs.

Every candidate comes with a structured one-pager: stack, projects, salary, notice period, communication notes, and why they're matched to your role.

This is what makes us different from a recruiter forwarding PDFs. You're buying candidate intelligence.

✓Technical score with reasoning

✓Live availability confirmed

✓Communication quality rated

✓Role-fit justification included

✓Risks and red flags surfaced

Ahmad K.

Senior Backend Engineer · 5 yrs exp

Gold · 88/100

Core stackNode.js, PostgreSQL, AWS

Current companyArbisoft (product team)

Expected salaryPKR 450k/mo

Notice period2 weeks

Open to remoteYes — prefers PKT

Availability confirmedActive · March 11, 2026

Why matchedOwns infra at scale, fintech domain

Technical

9.0

Communication

8.0

Role fit

9.5

Availability

8.5

Stability

7.5

The Difference

Not a recruiter.
Not a job board.

Both exist. Neither solves the problem. Here's what we do instead.

Traditional recruiter / job board

ReadyShortlist

Bulk CV dump — 20+ unscreened resumes

3–5 profiles, each scored and reasoned

No depth vetting — you do the screening

5-dimension rubric: tech, comms, fit, availability, stability

Weeks of back-and-forth, chasing updates

72-hour delivery or your deposit back

Retainer charged before results

PKR 50k deposit, credited toward success fee on hire

Candidate availability unconfirmed

Availability confirmed before you see the profile

Salary expectations guesswork

Salary range verified and matched to your JD

Focus

Mid-level tech talent.
Three niches only.

Backend Engineers

Node.js, Python, Go, Java. 2–6 years experience. Candidates who own real systems, not just tutorial projects.

Full-Stack Engineers

React / Next.js front, solid API layer. Product-company preferred. We screen for communication as hard as we screen for code.

Data & AI Engineers

ML pipelines, LLM integrations, data engineering. Pakistan has strong supply here — we've mapped it.

Ready to run a search?

Send us your JD. We'll respond within a business day on whether we can run the search — no commitment required.

Or WhatsApp us the JD directly. PKR 50k deposit, fully refundable.