Cloud-Based Digital Experience Platform - DXP

Cloud-based DXP accelerates global engineering with Lifted, an Upwork Company™, consolidating vendors and cutting time-to-hire across 15+ countries

Aug 19, 2025

In short about the Impact

  • Lifted became client’s primary source for independent engineering talent.

  • Consolidated multiple vendors under a single workforce model.

  • Increased hiring velocity and reduced overhead for hiring managers.

The challenges we’ve tackled

Vendor Fragmentation

Hiring managers and leaders lacked visibility across scattered contractor sources.

Time-to-Hire Bottlenecks

Sourcing and approvals slowed project momentum.

High Demand for Engineers

Fullstack and software developers needed across time zones at competitive rates.

Need for Collaboration

Distributed talent required a coordinated hiring and onboarding experience.

How our solution helped

  • Became the primary source of global independent engineering talent.

  • Onboarded multiple development pods in under a year, enabled collaborative hiring across functional leads and senior management.

  • Supported streamlined approvals and centralized talent tracking.

  • Increased agility in responding to product timelines with pre-vetted talent.

It's all in the result and impact.

  • Lifted became client’s primary source for independent engineering talent.

  • Consolidated multiple vendors under a single workforce model.

  • Increased hiring velocity and reduced overhead for hiring managers.

Key success factors, which
make us different

  • Consolidated vendor landscape into a single, high-performance sourcing channel.

  • Implemented workflows and centralized visibility for faster approvals.

  • Created alignment between hiring managers, Sr. Management, and sourcing teams.

  • Delivered a repeatable model for adding engineering capacity without additional systems or operational overhead.

The outcome

From Fragmented Vendors to a Global Engineering Bench: With Lifted, the DXP brought its global contingent engineering workforce into one streamlined system. By consolidating talent pipelines and simplifying cross-functional hiring, the company unlocked greater control, speed, and talent quality, all without expanding full-time headcount. Now, with developers engaged across 15+ countries, the engineering organization operates with greater visibility, efficiency, and the confidence to scale on demand.

While this work was performed when these Enterprise solutions were embedded in Upwork, the same offerings and more are now available through Lifted, an Upwork Company.

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