Codieshub

Transportation, Recruitment Technology2022 - 2024SaaS Solutions, Custom Web Development

Connected Railway

An AI-Driven Hiring System Replaced Chaotic WhatsApp Recruitment

1,000+

Contractors Onboarded

16

Recruitment Agencies

100%

Uptime From Day One

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Overview

Connected Railway

For decades, UK railway recruitment relied on informal networks — WhatsApp groups and Facebook threads — rather than structured processes.

That system created significant barriers for qualified professionals, particularly women and newcomers excluded simply for not being in the relevant chat networks.

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The Challenge

What we needed to solve.

The informal-network approach presented compliance and safety risks. Agencies lacked visibility into workforce availability, while contractors spent excessive time on administrative tasks merely to gain exposure.

The industry required a solution prioritizing skills and transparency over personal connections.

This project proves what happens when industry experience meets expert engineering. We moved from scattered group chats to structured talent forecasting. Connected Railway proves that skills belong at the center of hiring, and Codieshub helped us put them there.

Jaylon Geidt·Founder, Connected Railway
The Solution

What we built.

We partnered through an intensive discovery phase — 20+ hours of workshops and interviews across 5 weeks to validate user personas based on genuine needs rather than assumptions.

From that foundation we engineered a four-part ecosystem built on modern architecture.

Contractor Mobile App

Cross-platform with geo-filtered job searches and intelligent push notifications.

Agency Web Platform

AI match scoring and talent-forecasting dashboards replacing scattered spreadsheets.

Integration Layer

Twilio for communication, GetStream for activity feeds, Google Maps API for radius-based sourcing.

Compliance Engine

Safety certifications verified automatically before matches proceed.

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Results

What shipped.

1,000+

Contractors Onboarded

16

Recruitment Agencies

100%

Uptime From Day One

  • Onboarded 1,000+ contractors and 16 agencies in the initial release.
  • Replaced fragmented legacy systems with a unified platform.
  • Automated workflows reducing agency administrative burden.
  • Contractors gained instant access to skills-matched, location-filtered opportunities.
  • Established scalable playbook adaptable to compliance-intensive sectors like aviation and energy.

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