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AdobeMixCare HealthLacosteManevaTom FerryYusen LogisticsNeopets

50–70%

payroll savings compared to U.S.

24hours

to get matched

92%

talent retention rate

Top 1%

AI-native talent

200+

teams building with us

Results from teams that hired with us

Faster hires, lower burn, more shipped.

Anketa

$200K

saved in hiring costs

A social polling platform that hired 2 senior engineers in 24 days on average, weeks after launch.

Maneva

$27M

Series A raised

An industrial AI company that hired 6 specialists across 3 roles from one pipeline, then raised its Series A.

Truckstop

8

engineers hired

The freight company behind the internet's first load board, adding data, full-stack and mobile engineers in 22 days on average.

Tom Ferry

14

developers hired

A real-estate coaching company that built its first engineering team in Vietnam, across 5 role types, at 60 to 70% less than US hiring.

Open Campus

70%

productivity boost

A Web3 education platform that hired 10 engineers in Vietnam in two months to speed up its roadmap.

Beyond Cars

$1.5B

acquisition outcome

A machine-learning car marketplace that grew its Taiwan engineering team 70%, entered 3 new markets and was acquired by Carro.

Chow Sang Sang

70%

labor cost saved

A luxury jeweler with 870 stores across Asia that staffed its e-commerce push from Malaysia and lifted efficiency 30%.

Mixcare Health

70%

efficiency gain

A digital health platform that hired 5 developers and ops staff across Vietnam and Malaysia without slowing delivery.

SatLayer

50%

productivity uplift

A Bitcoin restaking platform that grew its team 20% with frontend and product hires and lifted technical capability 40%.

Lane Crawford Joyce

3

role types staffed

A luxury retail group that stood up a 10-engineer team in Vietnam in two months and doubled its development speed.

imBee

3 days

to first SDR hire

An omnichannel chat platform that built a team of 3 SDRs in Indonesia to drive lead generation.

WELL3

2 mo

hiring time saved

A blockchain wellness platform that hired the lead engineer in Hong Kong to anchor its offshore team.

How Second Talent works

  1. 1

    Tell us what you are building

    Share what you need to ship, your stack, budget and time zone.

  2. 2

    Meet your shortlist

    Pre-vetted developers who ship with AI agents, matched to your role. Interview the ones you like.

  3. 3

    Ship from week one

    We handle contracts, payroll and compliance, so your developer starts shipping in the first week.

How Second Talent works

Agent-ready talent at $103K a year less.

Vetted on agentic workflows and matched to your stack before you see a résumé.

Built for AI-first teams

Engineers who build with AI agents every day, vetted on the tools your team already uses.

Agent-native by default

Ships with Claude Code, Cursor and AI agents from week one, not after an onboarding course.

Vetted on AI tooling

An AI tooling test sits beside live technical interviews, so you see how they work with agents before you hire.

Top 1% AI-native talent

AI engineers, LLM and NLP engineers, machine learning engineers and AI agent developers.

From prototype to production

Forward deployed engineers and Claude Code developers who take AI features live inside your product.

Trusted by teams that ship fast

Founders and engineering leaders on hiring with Second Talent.

Partnering with Second Talent has been a game-changer for our tech expansion.

Their ability to source top-tier talent from Vietnam helped us scale rapidly while maintaining quality. Their pre-vetted candidates integrated seamlessly, and their account management ensured smooth onboarding.

Tom F.

Tom F.

Co-founder (#1 US Real Estate Coach)

Tom Ferry

Second Talent played a key role in our tech expansion, quickly providing high-quality frontend talent that integrated seamlessly into our projects.

Their pre-vetted candidates, smooth onboarding process, and excellent support helped us build a strong, cost-effective team that drives our success.

Marco A.

Marco A.

Co-founder & CTO

Finno

Thanks to Second Talent, Open Campus quickly built a skilled tech team of 10 within two months, boosting productivity by 70% and accelerating our Web3 platform's development.

This success has strengthened our role in decentralized education and fueled our market expansion, highlighting our leadership in Web3 innovation.

Jonah L.

Jonah L.

Head of Portfolio (raised US$100m)

Animoca Brands

Second Talent helped Beyond Cars (acquired by Carro) swiftly build a top-tier tech team in just a month, accelerating our platform's development and boosting productivity.

This success allowed us to expand into new markets, ultimately leading to our acquisition by a major automotive e-commerce company.

Garry Y.

Garry Y.

Co-Founder (acquired by Carro)

Carro

Second Talent built our team of pre-vetted engineers who made our hiring decisions straightforward.

Once onboarded, our tech team saw a significant boost in productivity and development speed. Their excellent account management and responsive customer service also ensured smooth handling of all post-onboarding HR matters.

Jack N.

Jack N.

Director of IT (10,000+ employees)

Lane Crawford

Second Talent helped us rapidly scale by sourcing top-quality SDR talent from Indonesia.

Their pre-screened candidates fit perfectly, and their smooth onboarding and support built a strong, cost-effective team that helped to test and experiment sales with another market.

Leo W.

Leo W.

Co-founder (raised US$5m)

imbee

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