A marketplace built for the people who do the work.
Sift is a services marketplace and a workforce platform in one. Businesses find vetted providers, book services, and pay directly. Companies that hire workers themselves run their full back office in the same place: contracts, credentials, timecards, payments. No agency markups, no placement fees, no hidden margins.
Why I built Sift
In 2022 I got thrown into a staffing crisis running healthcare operations, managing 80+ contractors at a major hospital system. The work was the easy part. The chaos around it wasn't: spreadsheets that broke every finance report, timecards stuck in someone's inbox while a contractor went six weeks without pay, credentials that expired the morning of a shift, onboarding scattered across five separate emails.
I'm an attorney by training, based in Carmel, Indiana. I built Sift on nights and weekends, while working full-time and raising a toddler. No investors, no co-founder, just a stubborn belief that the people doing the work should keep more of what they earn, and that the businesses hiring them shouldn't drown in busywork to make it happen.
Sift exists to move value toward the people who create it, not away from them. That's the whole point.
Who we serve
Need roofing, HVAC, cleaning, healthcare staffing, or a fractional CFO? Browse vetted providers, book directly, and pay through the platform. No agency in the middle taking a cut.
Roofers, trades, healthcare workers, fractional professionals. Get found, get booked, get paid direct. Sift takes one transparent fee on the payment, not 30-60% off your rate.
Manufacturers, healthcare systems, and growing businesses that hire workers themselves. Track every contractor, employee, and fractional professional in one place.
White-label the platform under your brand. Your clients see your technology, not a third-party vendor. Manage placements, timecards, margin visibility, and client portals from one system.
What we do
From onboarding to payment to conversion. Contracts, assignments, timecards, approvals, and direct deposit through Stripe. The full post-placement lifecycle in one workflow.
Licenses, certifications, insurance, background checks. Track expiration dates, verify status, and generate audit-ready packages. Know who's compliant before someone asks.
Temp-to-hire conversion rates, credential compliance percentages, headcount by department, budget burn rates. The metrics your CFO and CPO actually need.
When a contractor is ready to go permanent, initiate the conversion from the platform. The contractor gets an offer with salary, benefits, and start date. Accept, and they move from 1099 to W-2.
Staffing agencies run their business on Sift under their own brand. Custom subdomain, logo, colors. Their clients never see Sift. They see your technology.
P&L statements, purchase order tracking, budget projections, and payment history. Know what you're spending on contingent labor across every department.
How it works
Create your organization, add departments, invite your team. Takes about 5 minutes.
Create contracts, assign workers, request credentials. Contractors self-onboard from their phone.
Contractors submit timecards. Managers approve. Payments process automatically through Stripe.
When a contractor is ready for permanent hire, send an offer. When a job is done, close the contract. Full history preserved.
What we believe
Contractors keep 100% of their rate. Companies pay a flat platform fee. No hidden margins, no conversion fees, no surprises.
Companies and contractors see the same data. Shared timecards, mirrored approvals, readable invoices. Trust is built on visibility.
Every credential tracked, every expiration flagged, every audit trail preserved. When the auditor shows up, you're ready.