The playing field,
leveled.
A technical hiring platform where candidates and employers meet as equals. Prove your skills in real environments. Hold employers accountable. No more begging. Starting with cybersecurity.
Other platforms sell candidates. We protect them.
LinkedIn, Indeed, ZipRecruiter:they make money from employers. That means employers are the customer. You're the product.
You're the Product
On other platforms, your data gets sold. Your profile gets scraped. Recruiters pay to spam you. The platform optimizes for employer clicks, not your career.
The Black Hole
You apply. You wait. Nothing. 75% of applications never reach human eyes. Companies collect hundreds of resumes they'll never review. Your time means nothing to them.
Keyword Roulette
AI tools match buzzwords, not capabilities. Your submarine reactor experience gets filtered because you didn't write "Kubernetes." The algorithm sees keywords. It misses people.
Gap Penalties
Took time off for family? Survived a layoff? Dealt with health issues? The algorithm sees a gap. A human would see grit. But humans never see your resume.
Proof over polish. Power, leveled.
leveld flips the script. Employers earn access to you, and we hold them accountable for how they treat you.
Anonymous Until You Choose
Start anonymous with a skill-based ID like CloudSec-7X3K. Employers see your verified skills, not your name or demographics. You control when and if you reveal your identity.
Prove It, Don't Say It
Hands-on technical assessments in real environments. Demonstrate your skills in actual tools, not multiple choice questions. Show employers what you can do, not what keywords you know.
Employers Must Respond
Every employer on leveld agrees to response time commitments. 7 days to first response. No exceptions. No ghosting. If they don't respond, we know, and so do you.
The Scarlet Letter
Employers who ghost candidates, miss deadlines, or waste your time get flagged. Publicly. Their badge stays visible until they earn back trust through consistent good behavior.
Fresh Start When You Need It
Bad interview? Didn't work out? Get a fresh anonymous identity. No employer can track your past rejections or build a blacklist. Every engagement starts clean.
You're Not the Product
We don't sell your data. We don't let recruiters spam you. Your information stays private and never leaves our platform without your explicit consent.
Show what you can do.
In real tools.
No more keyword matching. No more whiteboard theater. Prove your skills in sandboxed environments running actual enterprise tools.
Real Environments, Real Skills
Prove your abilities in sandboxed technical environments. Configure firewalls, write queries, respond to incidents in actual tools, not simulations.
Proctored & Secure
Assessments run in isolated environments with AI monitoring. No cheating vectors, no question dumps. Your results mean something.
Work Style Profiles
Seven dimensions that capture how you work: communication style, collaboration preference, pace, ambiguity tolerance, and more. Find roles that fit who you are, not just what you do.
Soft Skills, Verified
Situational judgment tests, peer feedback, communication signals. We verify how you work with people, not just systems.
Privacy-First AI
Our AI helps you without exposing your data. Your personal information is never sent to external services or used to train models. Your data stays yours.
Employer Take-Homes
Companies can set up custom challenge environments. You get a real scenario, a time box, and a fair shot. No more vague homework assignments.
Simple, transparent pricing.
No hidden fees.
Employers pay for access. Candidates never pay. That's the deal.
Startup
For early-stage companies
$1,200/year (save $600)
3 seats included. Perfect for small teams building their first hires.
- 3 recruiter seats included
- Unlimited job postings
- Access to verified candidate pool
- Employer accountability score
- 7-day response SLA
- $1,000 per successful hire
Additional seats: $50/seat/month
Join WaitlistStandard
For growing teams
$3,600/seat/year (save $1,200)
Full platform access with premium features and dedicated support.
- All Startup features
- Advanced candidate matching
- Custom assessment environments
- Priority support
- Analytics dashboard
- $2,000 per successful hire
For candidates. For employers.
For everyone the system ignores.
For Candidates
- Technical professionals who can do the work but hate the interview theater
- Veterans translating military experience to civilian tech roles
- Career changers breaking into tech without "required" backgrounds
- Self-taught professionals with skills but without paper credentials
- Anyone who wants to be evaluated on ability, not demographics
- People who value privacy and control over their personal data
For Employers
- Startups who need great talent without enterprise budgets ($150/mo)
- Technical teams who need people who can actually do the job
- Companies hiring for security, DevOps, SRE, and engineering roles
- Hiring managers who want verified skills and work style fit
- Organizations willing to be held accountable for their hiring process
- Teams building diverse workforces through skills-first hiring
"The algorithm filtered me out. It filters out the best people I know. I'm building leveld because employers should earn access to great candidates, not the other way around."
Tony Rossi
Founder, leveld
21 years Navy submarine force. 23 years in cybersecurity.
For Believers
Fund the Mission
This isn't a pitch deck. It's a declaration.
leveld exists to fix a broken system. I'm not building this to flip it to private equity or cash out in an acquisition. I'm building it because millions of qualified people are being filtered out by algorithms that don't understand their worth,and employers face zero consequences for wasting their time.
If you want to support this mission, you can. But let me be direct about what that means:
No equity will be offered
Your contribution is a gift to further the mission,not an investment with an expected return. There are no shares, no ownership stakes, no convertible notes.
No control will be relinquished
I will not give up decision-making authority. No board seats, no voting rights, no influence over product direction. This company stays mission-driven, not investor-driven.
This is about impact, not returns
If you believe hiring should be fair, that candidates deserve respect, and that employers should be held accountable,this is how you back that belief.
I'm not interested in traditional VC. I've seen too many mission-driven companies get acquired and gutted, or pressured into decisions that betray their users. That won't happen here.
Interested in supporting the mission?
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