Case Study | Talent Marketplace
Building a Trust-First Talent & Services Marketplace
How Aykan engineered a connected, multi-sided marketplace for candidates, agencies, and customers on a Microsoft-aligned application foundation.
Aykan delivered a connected marketplace foundation unifying onboarding, profiles, jobs and project RFPs, search and matching, messaging, document exchange, interview coordination and role-based dashboards.
Confidential
(USA)
People / Talent
Marketplace
Fixed-bid
Delivery
Azure • .NET • React • Sharetribe • Azure DevOps
The opportunity
Turn fragmented workforce interactions into one trusted marketplace.
Candidates
Build profiles, manage skills, upload résumé, coordinate interviews.
Agencies
Showcase company and consultants, respond to opportunities.
Customers
Publish jobs and project RFPs, search, message and schedule interviews.
Marketplace model
One platform • Three participant journeys • Two requirement types • One connected engagement loop
Candidates
Agencies
Customers
Jobs
Permanent and contract roles
Project RFPs
Statement of work and projects
What Aykan delivered
Guided onboarding
Persona-specific registration and setup.
Professional profiles
Skills, education, experience and organisation capability.
Trust framework
Verification status, tracking and expiry flows (simulated in MVP).
Jobs & project RFPs
Structured requirement creation.
Search & initial matching
Keyword, skill and tag-based relevance.
Connected engagement
Messages, attachments and interview scheduling.
Role-based dashboards
Actionable insights tailored to each participant.
Microsoft-powered foundation
Experience & marketplace | React + Sharetribe | Responsive journeys for all three participant groups |
Application engineering | .NET | Services and workflow logic |
Cloud hosting | Azure PaaS App Services | Managed hosting |
Delivery governance | Azure DevOps + CI/CD | Repeatable releases |
Operational visibility | Application Insights | Telemetry and diagnostics |
AI foundation | Azure OpenAI | Future-ready Microsoft AI path |
Why the foundation matters
Controlled product evolution
Build features safely with a modular, scalable foundation.
Release discipline across a multi-persona platform
Consistent delivery with governed processes.
Operational visibility after deployment
Monitor health, performance and usage with clarity.
Microsoft-aligned path for future intelligent capabilities
Ready to adopt AI and automation as the platform evolves.
Delivery approach
1. Discover & design
Understand needs and define the right approach.
2. Build in product slices
Iterate in short sprints with working increments.
3. Validate quality
Test, secure and refine for confidence.
4. Operationalise
Deploy, monitor and continuously improve.
Six-sprint MVP program
Focused delivery with clear milestones.
Candidate-side functionality prioritised for first go-live
Fastest path to value.
Delivered scope & controlled evolution
- Verification journeys represented; live verification simulated.
- Calendar interview integrations were placeholders.
- Verification payments, dedicated recommendation page, and mobile apps excluded from MVP.
- Extension points remain for future integrations, intelligence and commercial models.
Business value without invented metrics
Unified participant journeys
One experience designed for candidates, agencies and customers.
Clearer operating model
Standardised workflows and transparency across the marketplace.
Controlled releases and observability
Reliable delivery with visibility into performance and usage.
Future-ready roadmap boundary
A strong foundation with clear extension points for what's next.
Aykan capability
Marketplace engineering
Connect supply and demand with trust at the core.
Microsoft application engineering
Build secure, scalable and maintainable applications.
Azure platform engineering
Leverage Azure PaaS for resilient, enterprise-grade platforms.
End-to-end delivery
From strategy and build to deploy and continuous improvement.
Engineer, modernise and evolve intelligent digital platforms.
Aykan helps organisations translate platform ambition into governed, cloud-ready application foundations.
