For scale-ups, 20 to 250 people
Grow the team without growing the overhead.
Add specialists to a team that already works. Your satellite office in India, up and running in about three weeks, on one invoice.
$0 until you hire. No lock-in.
- The SoTalented Office Guarantee
- 50%+ less than hiring locally
- Scale up or down anytime
Most founders try to piece it together. You do not have to.
The four usual routes
Upwork freelancers. Ghost mid-sprint. No continuity, no office, no accountability.
Your own Indian subsidiary. Months of setup. Lawyers. Ongoing compliance. Fixed overhead.
EOR-only platforms. You still find the talent. You still manage them. No office.
Recruitment agencies. One-shot placement, then you are alone on day two.
Or set up your satellite office
Dedicated professionals in a premium SoTalented Satellite Office in India, not at home.
Talent sourcing, payroll, compliance, equipment, IT, all handled. 42 touchpoints.
One invoice per person. Scale up or down anytime.
The SoTalented Office Guarantee. Not working out? We replace them, free.
What changes in your next six months.
Four things that are different once your satellite office is open.
Speed
Add specialists in weeks
About three weeks from a signed engagement to someone working, instead of another long hiring cycle.
Focus
Keep your hiring team on the hires only you can make
Sourcing, screening, contracts, payroll and HR for these seats are ours.
Cost
The same budget, a bigger team
50%+ less than hiring locally, with salary, office, equipment and compliance in one price.
Growth
Grow one seat at a time
Start with one or two people. Add more when it works. Same office, same invoice, 30 days notice to scale down.
You manage the work. We handle everything else.
Your job is four things. Behind them sit 42 touchpoints, 42 specific jobs from finding the person to their last day, and we run them.
You
Four things
- Write the brief with us
- Interview the shortlist
- Approve the hire
- Manage the work
SoTalented, across 5 phases and 42 touchpoints
Everything else
Find, Set up, Run, Grow, Exit.
- Sourcing, screening and the technical assessment
- Background verification, references, contracts, NDAs and IP assignment
- Desk, equipment, software licences and security access
- Office rent, connectivity, IT maintenance, security and reception
- Payroll, benefits, compliance, leave and one monthly invoice
- Performance reviews, salary benchmarking, learning and promotion
- Exit interview, knowledge transfer, asset recovery and final settlement
Your first hire is working in about three weeks.
Here is exactly what happens after you say yes, week by week.
Week one
We find them
- We do
- Write the job description, source, screen and run the technical assessment.
- You do
- Brief us on the role and sign the brief.
Week two
You choose
- We do
- Check English and time zone, then run background verification, references and the offer.
- You do
- Interview a shortlist that has already passed the assessment, and choose.
Week three
They start
- We do
- Contracts, benefits, desk, equipment and software access, all in place.
- You do
- Welcome them.
Day one
They start.
You start paying here. Until then, you pay nothing.
Start with one person.
You pay nothing until your first hire starts.
Your team, one seat bigger.
No new department and no new process. Each seat joins a team you already run, in your standups and your tools. We run the office around them.
First
One specialist
In the seat your local search has not filled. A DevOps engineer, say, or a data engineer.
Then
A second seat
On the same team, once the first one is working.
Later
More seats, or fewer
Add as the work grows. Scale down with 30 days notice.
That is your India office growing. Same office, same invoice, 30 days notice to scale down.
Use cases
Or start from what you need done.
Nobody arrives looking for an office. They arrive with one seat that has been open too long.
Deploys that do not wait for one person
CI/CD, infrastructure as code, logging and alerts, owned by someone whose whole job it is.
DevOps engineer$2,800 to $4,200 a month, all-in
See the role: DevOps engineerPipelines your dashboards can trust
Ingestion, warehouse and monitoring designed end to end, so analysis stops starting with a cleanup.
Data engineer$3,000 to $4,500 a month, all-in
See the role: Data engineerThe backlog your core team never reaches
Internal tools, integrations and the features that keep sliding to next sprint, owned end to end.
Full-stack developer$2,800 to $4,200 a month, all-in
See the role: Full-stack developerRelease on schedule, tested
Automated regression written in-sprint with your developers, in Playwright, Cypress or Selenium.
QA engineer$2,200 to $3,200 a month, all-in
See the role: QA engineerReporting leadership does not wait for
Stripe, CRM and product data in one view. Cohorts, funnels and retention, built once and kept current.
Data analyst$2,200 to $3,200 a month, all-in
See the role: Data analystPaid channels with a full-time owner
Google, Meta and LinkedIn run independently, with spend moved to what performs.
Paid media buyer$2,200 to $3,200 a month, all-in
See the role: Paid media buyer
Ready to add the first seat?
Tell us the role. You pay nothing until they start.
The SoTalented Office Guarantee
Hire with confidence. The risk is ours.
Four promises behind every person who joins your office.
Right person
What if they are not the right fit?
We replace them inside 30 days, free.
No questions asked. Tell us it is not working, and the replacement is on us.
Right office
Where will they actually work?
In a premium SoTalented Satellite Office in India.
WeWork-grade workspace in Bangalore or Jaipur, with reliable internet, power backup, IT support and security in place.
Right management
Who looks after them once they start?
We do, across 42 touchpoints.
You interview and approve. Payroll, HR, reviews, growth and a clean exit are ours.
Right terms
What am I signing up for?
Nothing, until your first hire starts.
Then one invoice a month, no long-term contract, and 30 days notice to scale down.
Can we add to a team that already has its own process?
Yes. That is what it is built for. Each person joins your standups, works in your tools and takes direction from your team lead. We run everything around the work: the office, payroll, HR and compliance.
Is SoTalented a staffing agency?
No. A staffing agency places someone and moves on. We set up and run your satellite office in India. We find the person, give them a desk in a premium SoTalented Satellite Office, employ them, and run the 42 touchpoints that come after. You manage the work. Everything else is ours.
What does it actually cost?
Every seat is priced per person, per month, and includes salary, benefits, payroll, compliance, the office, IT and equipment. A mid-level DevOps engineer is $2,800 to $4,200 a month. A mid-level data analyst is $2,200 to $3,200. One invoice for all of it.
How long before someone starts?
About three weeks from a signed engagement. You pay nothing until they start.
Who employs them, legally?
We do. SoTalented Labs India Private Limited is the employer of record. Employment contracts, NDAs, IP assignment and Indian compliance sit with us.
What if the person is not the right fit?
The SoTalented Office Guarantee covers it. We replace them inside 30 days, no questions asked, and the replacement costs you nothing.
How do I know the work is getting done?
The same way you know with the rest of your team, because you manage the work: your standups, your tools, your reviews. Around that, they work from a premium SoTalented Satellite Office with local supervision and HR oversight, and you get a monthly operations report.
Where do they actually work?
From a premium SoTalented Satellite Office in Bangalore or Jaipur. A professional workspace with reliable internet, power backup, IT support and security in place. Not from home.
Do they work my hours?
Yes. Your team works in your time zone, so their day lines up with yours.
Build the company you set out to build.
Your satellite office in India, up and running in about three weeks. You pay nothing until your first hire starts.