Divine Ukanwa

Proofboard start for October 2025 as developer tool. The idea simple: take the work wey engineers don already ship (commits, projects, contribution history) turn am to living engineering profile, without make dem dey build and maintain portfolio by hand.

Early research show wetin many engineers already know. Most no dey keep portfolio update. Hosting, domain, and continuous rewriting dey cost time and money.

When startup close, GitHub access go, product offline, and years of real work no leave strong record. CV full of claims. Proof scatter or lose.

So we build system wey dey do the heavy work. Engineers connect their work. Proofboard read git history, generate milestones, and turn shipped projects to structured career record.

Public work and private work dey together. For NDA and employer projects, metadata fit verify without upload source code, file paths, or proprietary text. Wetin you get na engineering profile, resume, and career record wey dey update as you dey ship, no be static site wey go die after launch.

Then we see another problem. Strong profile alone no enough. Engineers dey sign up and remain when money or opportunity dey. Companies still dey hire mostly with CV, self-reported skills, and generic profile.

Almost no platform dey judge engineers mainly by wetin dem don really build and ship, especially private work.

That one push Proofboard pass portfolio.
Wetin we build

Proofboard: AI-assisted career record from real work. Public projects, private verified proofs, stacks, milestones, resume, certifications, and Proof Index based on wetin you don ship.

Proofboard Hire: Companies and founders post roles and review engineers based on verified work and role fit, no be claims alone. Full-time hiring dey through Hire.

Everything still follow one line: hire and collaborate based on proof, no be claims.

Who we be
Proofboard na small team of engineers, designers, and operators wey believe career suppose portable and based on evidence.

We start from Nigeria and we dey focus on engineers for Africa and other emerging markets, places wey real shipping often no show for global hiring systems wey still dey rely on CV and closed network.

We no be another job board. We no be staffing agency. We be infrastructure to show wetin engineers don build, and to match that work to opportunity with companies through Hire, and with other engineers through Launches.