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- Startup
- Solo founder
- Engineering
Your only developer just left
Everything depended on one person, and now they’ve handed in their notice.
For example Say the engineer who knew the codebase leaves next month. We start sourcing now, from candidates who pass a technical assessment before you meet them, and the replacement can be working about 3 weeks from a signed engagement.
Read the use case: Your only developer just leftWhat you’d set up
- Startup
- Agency
- Across the business
Profitable, but at capacity
You’re bootstrapped, the work is there, and every new hire comes out of this month’s cash.
For example Say you’re turning down projects or pushing features back a quarter because a local hire would eat the margin. Add seats one at a time, pay nothing until each person starts, and scale down on 30 days notice.
Read the use case: Profitable, but at capacityWhat you’d set up
- Any role
- Startup
- Growing company
- Engineering
The role that’s been open too long
The role has been open for months, and two of your engineers are covering it.
For example Say a backend role has been open since spring. Fill it in your satellite office about 3 weeks from a signed engagement, from a shortlist that has already passed a technical assessment.
Read the use case: The role that’s been open too longWhat you’d set up
- Any company
- Across the business
An India office, without opening one
You like the idea of a team in India. Not setting up a legal entity, a lease, payroll and HR to get one.
For example Say you’re a 30-person software company that has looked at opening in India twice and stopped at the paperwork both times. You pick the seats. We set up the office, employ the team and run the 42 touchpoints around them. You manage the work.
Read the use case: An India office, without opening oneWhat you’d set up
- Any role
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- Startup
- Solo founder
- Engineering
Your only developer just left
Everything depended on one person, and now they’ve handed in their notice.
For example Say the engineer who knew the codebase leaves next month. We start sourcing now, from candidates who pass a technical assessment before you meet them, and the replacement can be working about 3 weeks from a signed engagement.
Read the use case: Your only developer just leftWhat you’d set up
- Startup
- Agency
- Across the business
Profitable, but at capacity
You’re bootstrapped, the work is there, and every new hire comes out of this month’s cash.
For example Say you’re turning down projects or pushing features back a quarter because a local hire would eat the margin. Add seats one at a time, pay nothing until each person starts, and scale down on 30 days notice.
Read the use case: Profitable, but at capacityWhat you’d set up
- Any role
- Startup
- Growing company
- Engineering
The role that’s been open too long
The role has been open for months, and two of your engineers are covering it.
For example Say a backend role has been open since spring. Fill it in your satellite office about 3 weeks from a signed engagement, from a shortlist that has already passed a technical assessment.
Read the use case: The role that’s been open too longWhat you’d set up
- Any company
- Across the business
An India office, without opening one
You like the idea of a team in India. Not setting up a legal entity, a lease, payroll and HR to get one.
For example Say you’re a 30-person software company that has looked at opening in India twice and stopped at the paperwork both times. You pick the seats. We set up the office, employ the team and run the 42 touchpoints around them. You manage the work.
Read the use case: An India office, without opening oneWhat you’d set up
- Any role
- Startup
- Growing company
- Engineering
Extend your runway without cutting the team
You’ve just raised, or the board wants a longer runway, and the roadmap still needs more engineers.
For example Say the plan needs three more engineers and the board is asking about burn. Add them in your satellite office instead of locally, and the same budget covers more months without cutting anyone you already have.
Read the use case: Extend your runway without cutting the teamWhat you’d set up
- Startup
- Solo founder
- Agency
- Engineering
Turn three freelancers into one team
Design, front end and content each sit with a different freelancer or vendor, on separate invoices, and nobody owns the whole.
For example Say you have three freelancers on three invoices, and when one goes quiet before a launch there is nobody to call. Replace them with people dedicated to your company, working from one office, on one invoice.
Read the use case: Turn three freelancers into one teamWhat you’d set up
- Startup
- Engineering
Get the founders out of QA and support
Your CTO still tests every release, and your CEO still answers the tickets.
For example Say you’re a six-person SaaS team and Sunday night is when releases get tested. Two seats take testing and the support queue off the founders’ desks, with bugs logged where your developers will see them.
Read the use case: Get the founders out of QA and supportWhat you’d set up
- Startup
- Growing company
- Engineering
Grow one developer into a product pod
Your first hire is working. Now they need testing and design around them.
For example Say your developer has shipped for six months and is also the tester and the designer. Add QA and a designer in the same office, and you have a product function, not three separate hires.
Read the use case: Grow one developer into a product podWhat you’d set up
- Full-stack developer
- QA engineer
- Product designer
- Startup
- Sales and marketing
Run outbound without the founder doing it
Every deal so far came from your own network, and the network is running out.
For example Say the product works and the founders still source every lead themselves. An SDR and a content writer give you outbound and something worth reading, owned by people whose whole job it is.
Read the use case: Run outbound without the founder doing itWhat you’d set up
- Startup
- Growing company
- Solo founder
- Design and content
Content that ships every week without you writing it
You know you should publish. It’s the first thing to slip every week.
For example Say the blog was last updated in spring and social is whatever the founder posts on a Friday. A writer, a social media manager and a designer in your satellite office keep a steady schedule in your voice, with you approving instead of writing.
Read the use case: Content that ships every week without you writing itWhat you’d set up
- Startup
- Growing company
- Engineering
Answer the board without building the spreadsheet
Every board meeting starts with someone pulling numbers out of four tools by hand.
For example Say your board wants cohorts and retention, and the numbers live in Stripe, your CRM and the product database. A data analyst brings them into one view and keeps it current.
Read the use case: Answer the board without building the spreadsheetWhat you’d set up
- Growing company
- Engineering
A specialist you can’t justify locally
You need a DevOps or data engineer, just not at a local senior salary.
For example Say deploys wait on one person and every analysis starts with cleaning the data. Add the specialist your team keeps working around, as one seat in your satellite office.
Read the use case: A specialist you can’t justify locallyWhat you’d set up
- Startup
- Growing company
- Engineering
Add AI capacity without a senior hire
The roadmap now has AI features in it, and nobody on the team has built one.
For example Say you want an AI feature in the product and clean data underneath it, and a senior ML hire locally isn’t in the budget. An AI/ML engineer and a data engineer in your satellite office build it alongside your team, and you manage the work.
Read the use case: Add AI capacity without a senior hireWhat you’d set up
- Growing company
- Across the business
Grow output when headcount is capped
Local hiring is frozen for the year, and the work keeps growing anyway.
For example Say finance has capped local headcount and the roadmap hasn’t shrunk. Seats in your satellite office cost up to 50% less than local hires, all-inclusive, on one invoice, and grow one at a time.
Read the use case: Grow output when headcount is cappedWhat you’d set up
- Any role
- Startup
- Growing company
- Sales and marketing
Bring agency work into your own team
You pay an agency every month for work you’d rather own.
For example Say paid media and SEO sit with an agency, a markup sits on your ad spend, and every change waits for their next sprint. Bring the work into your satellite office, with people who work only on your accounts.
Read the use case: Bring agency work into your own teamWhat you’d set up
- Growing company
- Engineering
The backlog your team never reaches
Internal tools and integrations keep sliding to next sprint.
For example Say the admin panel, the CRM sync and the reporting export have sat at the bottom of the backlog for a year. One developer owns them end to end, and your core team stays on the product.
Read the use case: The backlog your team never reachesWhat you’d set up
- Startup
- Growing company
- Sales and marketing
A CRM your reports can trust
Duplicates, stale contacts and a pipeline report nobody believes.
For example Say every forecast starts with someone fixing the CRM by hand the night before. A CRM specialist cleans the data, sets the rules that keep it clean, and builds the reports your team actually uses.
Read the use case: A CRM your reports can trustWhat you’d set up
- Startup
- Growing company
- Engineering
Release on schedule, tested
Testing happens in the last two days of the sprint, by whoever has time.
For example Say releases slip because developers test their own work at the end. A QA engineer writes automated regression during the sprint, in Playwright, Cypress or Selenium, alongside your developers, and signs off each release.
Read the use case: Release on schedule, testedWhat you’d set up
- Startup
- Growing company
- Customer support
Support that keeps pace with customers
New customers bring tickets faster than you can hire for them.
For example Say the queue keeps growing and your product team answers the overflow. Support reps work inside your help desk and tools, in your time zone, and log bugs where your team will see them.
Read the use case: Support that keeps pace with customersWhat you’d set up
- Agency
- Design and content
Say yes to the work you’re turning down
Clients are asking for more than your studio can produce.
For example Say you’re a ten-person agency turning down a retainer a month for lack of production capacity. Add designers, editors and writers who work only for you, keep more of each retainer, and keep the client relationship where it is.
Read the use case: Say yes to the work you’re turning downWhat you’d set up
- Agency
- Sales and marketing
Production that shows up the week you need it
Your freelance bench is talented, and unavailable the week of the deadline.
For example Say a launch is due Friday and your best freelancer stopped replying on Tuesday. Dedicated people work only for you, from an office every working day, with HR oversight and management check-ins on our side.
Read the use case: Production that shows up the week you need itWhat you’d set up
- Solo founder
- Engineering
A developer you don’t have to vet yourself
You know what you want built. You don’t know how to judge who should build it.
For example Say you’ve hired two developers off a marketplace and neither worked out. Every candidate passes a technical assessment before you meet them, and if the hire isn’t right, we replace them inside 30 days.
Read the use case: A developer you don’t have to vet yourselfWhat you’d set up
- Startup
- Solo founder
- Agency
- Finance and admin
Get your inbox and calendar back
Mornings go on email before you reach the work only you can do.
For example Say a day a week disappears into scheduling, travel and follow-ups. An executive assistant runs the inbox and calendar, books the travel, preps your meetings and decides what reaches you.
Read the use case: Get your inbox and calendar backWhat you’d set up
- Startup
- Growing company
- Solo founder
- Finance and admin
A finance function before you need a CFO
You’re past the founder doing the books, and nowhere near needing a CFO.
For example Say month-end close takes two weeks and the founder still approves every invoice. A bookkeeper and an accountant handle invoicing, reconciliations, the monthly close and reporting, and your external accountant gets clean books.
Read the use case: A finance function before you need a CFOWhat you’d set up
- Startup
- Solo founder
- Agency
- Finance and admin
Books that stay current without you
Bookkeeping happens in one long weekend a quarter.
For example Say invoices, receipts and reconciliations pile up until your accountant asks for them. A bookkeeper keeps transactions, invoicing and a monthly P&L current.
Read the use case: Books that stay current without youWhat you’d set up
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- One invoice, $0 until you hire
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
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.
What is a use case?
A situation you might be in, and the seats you’d set up in your satellite office to deal with it. It’s a starting point for the conversation, not a fixed package.
My situation isn’t listed. Can you still help?
Yes. Every role sits inside your satellite office, so the list is a set of examples, not a menu. Tell us what you need done and we’ll tell you whether it fits.
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.
How soon can someone start?
About 3 weeks from a signed engagement to someone working.
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.
Not seeing your situation? Tell us about it.
Every role sits inside your satellite office. We’ll tell you honestly whether it fits, and what it would cost.