Findworka
1 known investors
Platform of pre-vetted professionals to build software and extend engineering teams.
Also known as Findworka Pro · Saucecode
Founders & leadership
Investors · 1
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Findworka is a technology services company that recruits and deploys pre-vetted software talents and builds custom software products for startups and tech-enabled enterprises. Its delivery scope covers web applications, mobile applications and ERP software deployed on premise or in the cloud, and it states it works with emerging technologies including blockchain, artificial intelligence and machine learning. Service lines listed by the company are talent outsourcing, software development, UX and product design, and project management.
Talent is sourced from the Findworka Pro network and the open Saucecode community, with developers passing a two-stage vetting process. A separate hiring product, Hire by Findworka, offers to run vetting and interviews for a fee so clients can extend their engineering teams; advertised skill coverage spans frontend (React, Angular, Vue, Flutter), backend (Node, PHP, Python, Kotlin), mobile (Java, Swift, React Native, Flutter) and data engineering (Python, SQL, Power BI, Tableau). The company also runs Findworka Academy for developer training and several ecosystem programmes.
Founding story
The company began in 2016 as an online marketplace for artisans, digital services and gigs where users could find and connect with freelance experts in Africa. It subsequently narrowed its model to digital services only, shifting toward pre-vetted tech talent placement and custom software development. Oladele Bakare (referred to as Dele Baks) is identified as founder, and CEO/CTO in one profile.
Business model
Findworka charges for software product development engagements and for supplying vetted technical talent to client teams, including a stated fee for handling vetting and interviews in its Hire by Findworka offering. It additionally operates a training academy for developers.
Fee-based services: custom software development projects, talent outsourcing/placement for full-time and contract engagements (with a fee for vetting and interviewing), design and project management services, and developer training.
Traction
The company describes a growing network of verified designers and developers, a Findworka Pro network and open Saucecode community feeding placements, an annual multi-month hackathon, and a campus internship network. A named team page lists roles including chief executive officer, finance manager, program manager, human resources manager, IT project manager, communications manager, business development lead, developers, an associate trainer and a graphics designer.
Latest developments
An external programme profile records participation in a 2020 programme and identifies Oladele Bakare as founder, CEO/CTO.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography
Market position
Positions itself as a network of verified African designers and developers matched to companies needing mission-critical software, combining talent supply, product delivery and training.
Combines three linked activities — supplying two-stage vetted developers, building software products end to end, and training new developers — with community-run talent pipelines (Saucecode hackathon, campus internships) rather than operating solely as a marketplace or an agency.
Technology
Delivers web apps, mobile apps and ERP software for on-premise and cloud deployment, and states use of blockchain, artificial intelligence and machine learning. Talent pool skills include React, Angular, Vue, Flutter, Node, PHP, Python, Kotlin, Java, Swift, React Native, SQL, Power BI and Tableau.
Go-to-market
Direct web-based offerings split between "build your product" (custom development) and "hire a developer" (talent placement), supported by community and ecosystem programmes — the annual three-month Saucecode Hackathon, the Saucecode Campus Alpha internship network on African campuses, and an open Saucecode community of designers, developers and tech enthusiasts — which serve as talent pipelines and awareness channels.
High-growth startups and tech-enabled enterprises seeking to build web, mobile or ERP software, and companies looking to extend engineering teams with contract or full-time developers; the company describes clients across multiple sectors and geographies.
Geography
Rooted in Africa with an initial focus on Nigeria, including campus internship programmes there; an external profile lists involved countries as Switzerland and Nigeria, and the company says its clientele spans companies globally.
Compiled by commissioned research from 5 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Timeline · 2
launches, deals, and filingsAn external profile states the founder participated in the programme in 2020.
Findworka started in 2016 as an online marketplace connecting users with freelance experts in Africa, later narrowing its model to digital services only.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
▸Research sources · 5
primary sources listed
- Hire by Findworkahire.findworka.com · web
5 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Findworka do?
- Nigerian technology firm supplying pre-vetted developers, building custom software and training talent in Africa.
- Who founded Findworka?
- Findworka was founded by Dele B..
- Who are Findworka's investors?
- Findworka's investors include Co-Creation Hub (CcHUB).