For startups and solo founders
Your only developer just left
Start sourcing now, from candidates who pass a technical assessment before you meet them.
- The SoTalented Office Guarantee
- Works in your time zone
- $0 until you hire
Sound familiar.
- The person who knew the codebase is serving notice.
- Nothing is written down, and the roadmap just stopped.
- A local search could take longer than their notice period.
For example
Say the engineer who built the product hands in their notice next month. The roadmap stops, and so does your sleep.
Start sourcing now. Every candidate passes a technical assessment and an English and time zone check before you meet them, and the replacement can be working about 3 weeks from a signed engagement. Use what’s left of the notice period for a handover.
And because the seat now sits in an office we run, with HR and our side of the management, the next departure is a process, not a crisis.
What you’d set up.
Every seat is dedicated to your company and never shared. Prices are per person, per month, all-inclusive, and differ by level.
Full-stack developer
from $2,000 a month
What they’ll own
- Takes a ticket from design to deployed, UI through API and database
- Builds internal tools and integrates third-party services
- Maintains production and fixes bugs across the codebase
- Works in your repositories, your sprints and your code reviews
- Flags risk early, not at the deadline
Start with one seat and add the next when it’s working. $0 until your first hire starts, and 30 days notice to scale down.
What’s inside every seatYour replacement 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.
A recruiter, or a seat in your office.
Both find the person. Only one stays involved after they start.
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Works only for you
A real office to work fromOnly with SoTalented
Payroll and compliance
Looked after once they start
One invoice
Replaced if the fit is wrong
Time to someone working
Finds and vets the person
Works only for you
A real office to work fromOnly with SoTalented
Payroll and compliance
Looked after once they start
One invoice
Replaced if the fit is wrong
Time to someone working
Finds and vets the person
Works only for you
A real office to work fromOnly with SoTalented
Payroll and compliance
Looked after once they start
One invoice
Replaced if the fit is wrong
Time to someone working
Finds and vets the person
Works only for you
A real office to work fromOnly with SoTalented
Payroll and compliance
Looked after once they start
One invoice
Replaced if the fit is wrong
Time to someone working
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 the new hire overlap with the one who’s leaving?
That depends on the dates. Sourcing starts on a signed engagement, so the sooner you start, the more of the notice period you can use for handover.
What if the replacement isn’t right?
We replace them inside 30 days, free.
Who owns the code?
You do. IP assignment is signed before day one.
What does a seat cost?
It depends on the role and the level. Every price is all-inclusive: salary, benefits, payroll, compliance, office, IT and equipment, on one invoice. Each role’s bands are on its page.
Can I start with one seat?
Yes. You pay nothing until your first hire starts, add seats when it works, and give 30 days notice to scale down.
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You know what you want built. You don’t know how to judge who should build it.
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Start with one seat.
Tell us your situation on a call. We’ll tell you honestly whether a satellite office fits it, and what it would cost.