Built for the way
work actually happens.
Rosta started with a simple observation: last-minute shift cover is broken, and the people who suffer most are the workers and managers trying to make it work.
Our story
Hospitality, healthcare, retail, events: every sector runs on shift workers. And every sector has the same problem. Someone calls in sick at 6am, a manager spends the next hour on the phone, and by the time a replacement is found the shift has already started short-staffed.
Rosta was founded to fix that. We built a platform that fills shifts automatically in under 60 seconds, using a reliability engine that puts the most dependable workers first and gives everyone a fair shot.
We are a small team working out of Brisbane, Australia. We care deeply about the workers who use the platform and the businesses that depend on them.
The team
Olivia Moore
Founder and CEO · Melbourne
Olivia built her career in cybersecurity operations across Commonwealth Bank, Thales, and CitiPower. Earlier roles in NSW Police Force communications and AV events put her inside shift-based workforces for years. She founded Rosta to build the coordination tool that was always missing.
James Brine
Co-Founder and CTO · Perth
James led security operations at every level: SOC Manager and Director of CTI and R&D at Tesserent, Head of DFIR at ctrl:cyber, and founder of his own practice. Managing 24/7 international SOC teams made the workforce coordination problem very concrete. He joined Rosta to engineer the solution.
What we believe
Reliability over promises
We measure everything. The SURE score engine tracks worker reliability with proportional fairness, so the workers who show up get rewarded and those who need improvement get a path back.
Transparency at every step
Workers know exactly why they received an offer and what their standing is. Managers see real data, not guesses. No black boxes.
Worker respect
Shift workers deserve the same quality tools that enterprise HR teams get. We build for the person accepting a shift on their phone at 6am, not just the manager at a desk.
Speed that actually matters
Sixty seconds is not a marketing number. It is the difference between a shift being filled before service starts and a manager calling around in a panic.