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A company opens a job. Recruiters ask to work on it. Candidates arrive verified. Everyone works in the same pipeline until the hire, and every step lands on someone else’s screen.

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1Job goes live
2Access
3Verified
4Referral
5Interviews
6Offer and hire
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Kestrel PayCompany
Publishes the job
Approves Amara
Reviews Mateo
Moves him forward
Sends the offer
Amara OkaforRecruiter
Sees it, reward shown
Asks for access
Saves Mateo’s profile
Refers Mateo · 87
Proposes two times
Paid after day 60
Mateo AlvarezCandidate
Confirms on his phone
Interviews
Accepts the offer
Six handoffs, one hire. Every move lands on someone else’s screen.
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Who’s involved

Three people, one hire.

Company
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Kestrel PayHannah Weiss · Head of Engineering

Opens the job, approves the recruiters who work on it and decides on every candidate.

Recruiter
Amara OkaforIndependent recruiter · Backend, Fintech · Lisbon

Asks for access, refers people she knows and keeps every referral moving.

Candidate
Mateo AlvarezStaff Engineer at Ledgerline

Confirms his own profile, interviews and answers the offer. He hears about the role from Amara.

Six handoffs

Every move lands on someone else’s screen.

Follow Mateo Alvarez from a saved profile to his first day at Kestrel Pay. Amara’s screen is on the left, Kestrel Pay’s on the right, and Mateo’s phone joins when he takes part.

  1. 1Job goes live

    Kestrel Pay publishes. Recruiters in the niche see it.

    The job form is the recruiter brief: the role, the team, pay, interview rounds and screening questions. Once it is published, recruiters who cover backend and fintech see it, with the reward shown up front.

    Recruiter · Amara Okafor
    Browse jobsBackend · Fintech
    lLumen Freight
    5h ago

    Platform Engineer

    Rotterdam, Netherlands · 0/1 positionHybrid · Senior
    €80,000 – €95,000 · yearly
    Reward€8,800
    Request →
    Company · Kestrel Pay
    Step 1 of 5
    What is the role?

    The story recruiters will tell candidates: the role, why it is open, what success looks like.

    Senior Backend Engineer
    Engineering
    1
    MidSeniorLead
    You can go back to any step.BackNext
  2. 2Access

    Amara asks to work on it. Kestrel Pay decides.

    Amara tells the hirer what she brings. Hannah reads it next to Amara’s track record and approves. On Amara’s side the company name, the full brief and five referral slots open up.

    Recruiter · Amara Okafor
    app.drectly.io/jobs/senior-backend-engineer
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    Kestrel PaySenior Backend Engineer
    You have access
    Reward€9,500
    Salary€85,000 – €105,000
    LocationLisbon, Portugal
    WorkplaceRemote · Senior
    Interview process
    Intro call · 30 minTechnical · 60 minTeam day · on-site
    Hiring manager’s notes

    Two of the last three hires came from fintech scale-ups. The team values people who have run payouts in production.

    Referral slots
    Refer Candidate
    Your access request was approvedKestrel Pay · Senior Backend Engineer
    Request access to this job

    The hirer reviews your profile and decides. A short message improves your chance of approval.

    I placed four senior backend engineers with Lisbon fintech teams this year. Three people in my pool have built payment systems at this scale. I can present two of them this week.
    Your experience in this role Your candidate pool When you can present
    CancelSend request
    Company · Kestrel Pay
    All3Pending requests1Working2
    Pending requests1
    Amara Okafor5–10 years experience · Lisbon
    BackendFintech+1
    38%Interview rate
    13Decided
    4Hires
    Working on this job
    Kenji Sato3–5 years experience · Porto
    BackendPlatform
    New on DrectlyNo candidates decided on yet.
    Access request
    Approve
    Request approvedAmara Okafor can now refer candidates.
  3. 3Verified

    Mateo confirms his own profile.

    Amara saves Mateo from his profile page with the Chrome extension. Drectly sends him a link: he uploads his CV and confirms his details on his phone. Until he does, he can’t be referred.

    Recruiter · Amara OkaforCandidate · Mateo Alvarez
    inMateo Alvarez | LinkedIn
    linkedin.com/in/mateo-alvarez
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    Amara Okafor · Recruiter
    Amara Okafor would like your CV
    Upload your CVPDF or Word
    Send CV
  4. 4Referral

    One click, and Mateo is in Kestrel Pay’s review.

    Amara refers Mateo with his match score and the reason behind it. Hannah opens a complete profile: latest role, salary expectation, notice period and his answers to the screening questions.

    Recruiter · Amara Okafor
    Ready
    Mateo Alvarez

    Lisbon · Remote · 4 weeks

    87
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    Staff EngineerLedgerline
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    Computer EngineeringUniversidade de Lisboa
    GoPostgreSQLKafka+2
    €95,000 – €110,000 · yearly
    4 referrals left on this jobRefer candidate
    Company · Kestrel Pay
    Review 5
    Mateo AlvarezStaff Engineer
    87
    Chen WeiBackend Engineer
    76
    Yuki TanakaBackend Engineer
    74
    Jonas WeberBackend Lead
    81
    Priya NairSenior Engineer
    72
    Mateo Alvarez
    Staff Engineer · Ledgerline Referred by Amara Okafor
    87
    OverviewScreeningCVNotes
    Strong match. Built Ledgerline’s payout ledger in Go; the job is payouts, ledgers and reconciliation in Go on PostgreSQL.
    Expected salary€95,000 – €110,000
    Notice period4 weeks
    WorkplaceRemote
    LocationLisbon
    Summary

    Staff engineer on Ledgerline’s payments platform. Designed the double-entry ledger behind its merchant payouts and leads its on-call rotation.

    Screening
    Have you run payment or ledger systems in production?

    Yes. I designed Ledgerline’s payout ledger and ran it in production for three years.

    Can you work Lisbon hours, remote within Europe?

    Yes, I live in Lisbon.

    RejectMove to Intro call
  5. 5Interviews

    Whose move it is, always on screen.

    Hannah moves Mateo to the tech interview, and the next move is Amara’s: she proposes two times from her calendar and Hannah picks one. If a hirer stays quiet, Amara can nudge them, once every 72 hours.

    Recruiter · Amara Okafor
    Referrals
    All 3On you 0With hirer 2With candidate 1
    Mateo AlvarezSenior Backend Engineer · Kestrel Pay
    With hirer · 1 dayWaiting for the hirer’s review
    Technical next
    Ana CostaSenior Backend Engineer · Kestrel Pay
    With hirer · 6 days Stuck for 6 days
    Nudge
    Chen WeiBackend Engineer · Tidewater
    With candidate · 1 dayOffer sent · 5 days to answer
    Offer
    Hirer has been notifiedKestrel Pay gets 72 hours to answer
    Interview times sentThe hirer picks one of your two slots
    Company · Kestrel Pay

    Intro call

    1/32

    Mateo Alvarez

    Staff Engineer · Ledgerline
    87
    On you · today
    Amara Okafor Reject

    Leila Haddad

    Senior Engineer · Northpeak
    79
    Scheduled
    Rahul Mehta Reject

    Tech interview

    2/31

    Jonas Weber

    Backend Lead · Arcfield
    81
    With recruiter · 2 days
    Kenji Sato Reject
    Intro call done · Mateo AlvarezMove to Tech interview
  6. 6Offer and hire

    Mateo says yes. Sixty days later, everyone is settled.

    Mateo reads and accepts the offer from a link, and Kestrel Pay records the hire. The 60-day guarantee starts on his first day. When it ends, Kestrel Pay is invoiced and Amara is paid.

    Recruiter · Amara Okafor
    Total earned€27,900
    Next payoutNothing due
    Paid1By bank transfer€9,500
    Mateo AlvarezSenior Backend Engineer · Kestrel Pay
    Paid on 9 April 2027
    Day 60 of 60
    €9,500
    Candidate · Mateo, then Kestrel Pay

    Hi Mateo,

    Kestrel Pay would like you to join
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    Senior Backend EngineerKestrel Pay · Lisbon · Remote · Senior

    Salary · Gross · Yearly

    €98,000

    Commission / bonus · yearly target

    €8,000
    Start date1 February 2027

    Benefits

    Private health insurance Home office budget Learning budget
    5 days left to answerAnswer by 4 December 2026
    DeclineI accept

    This page summarizes the offer Kestrel Pay intends to make. It is not an employment contract.

    Offer accepted
    Congratulations, Kestrel Pay!

    Mateo said yes. Your new Senior Backend Engineer starts on 1 February 2027. Here's to a great first day, and to the team you're building.

Whose move

Always clear whose move it is.

Every referral has one owner at a time: the hirer, the recruiter or the candidate. Both sides see the same answer, so nobody has to chase anyone by email.

Quiet for 72 hours? While a referral waits in review, the recruiter can nudge the hirer, once every 72 hours.

Kestrel Pay sees

Review

1

Mateo Alvarez

Staff Engineer · Ledgerline
87
On you · 1 day
Amara Okafor Reject
Amara sees

Review

1

Mateo Alvarez

Staff Engineer · Ledgerline
87
With hirer · 1 day
€9,500 Withdraw
  1. 1Mateo is in review: Hannah decides.
  2. 2Moved to the tech interview: Amara proposes times.
  3. 3Offer sent: Mateo answers.
Money

Nothing moves until the hire.

Both sides follow the same timeline. The fee is set when the hire is recorded and settled after the 60-day guarantee.

Job goes live
Access
Referral
Interviews
Hire recorded
Day 60
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Kestrel Pay paysCompany
€0
€0
€0
€0
Fee seton the final salary
Invoicedafter the guarantee
Amara earnsRecruiter
€9,500reward shown
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Potential€9,500
Potential€9,500
In guaranteefrom his first day
Paidby bank transfer

If Mateo leaves within 60 days, Kestrel Pay pays nothing for that hire and the search continues on the same job. Amara gets no payout for that hire.

Questions

Questions about how it works.

Anything else, ask us on a call.

Does Drectly match companies with recruiters?

No. Recruiters who cover your field ask for access to your job, and you approve the ones you want. The only score on Drectly is the match score between a candidate and a job.

When does the candidate get involved?

When a recruiter adds them. Drectly sends the candidate a link to upload their CV and confirm their profile. Only confirmed, complete candidates can be referred.

Do candidates see the job posts?

No. A job on Drectly is a brief for recruiters. Candidates hear about the role from the recruiter who knows them.

How many candidates can one recruiter refer?

Up to five active candidates per job, so every referral gets a real look.

What if the hire leaves within 60 days?

The company pays nothing for that hire and the search for a replacement continues on the same job. The recruiter gets no payout for that hire.

When is everyone paid?

After the 60-day guarantee, which starts on the hire’s first day. The company is invoiced, and the recruiter is paid by bank transfer after sending an invoice.

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