US salaries eating the runway before product-market fit? Developers in Indonesia, including Jakarta engineers from a fast-growing startup ecosystem, ship with AI agents and cost 50-70% less.
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92 %
talent retention rate
4.9
avg client rating
200 +
teams building with us
Results our clients achieved.
$200K
saved in hiring costs
A social polling platform that needed two senior engineers in place within weeks of launch.
$27M
Series A raised
An industrial AI company that filled three briefs from one pipeline, then raised a $27M Series A.
8
engineers hired
The freight company behind the internet's first load board, adding capacity outside the US.
14
developers hired
A global real-estate coaching company that built its first engineering function from zero.
70%
productivity boost
A Web3 education platform that hired ten engineers to accelerate its product roadmap.
$1.5B
acquisition outcome
A machine-learning car marketplace that grew its Taiwan team and was acquired by Carro.
70%
labor cost saved
A luxury jewelry retailer with 870 stores across Asia, staffing its e-commerce push.
70%
efficiency gain
A digital health platform that moved delivery to Vietnam and Malaysia without slowing down.
50%
productivity uplift
A Bitcoin restaking platform that added frontend and design capacity as it scaled.
3
role types staffed
A luxury retail group in Asia that stood up a Vietnam tech team in two months.
3 days
to first SDR hire
An omnichannel chat platform that built its lead generation team out of Indonesia.
2 mo
hiring time saved
A blockchain wellness platform that hired the lead engineer anchoring its offshore team.
Vetted on agentic workflows and matched to your stack before you see a résumé.
Builds production AI features and LLM-powered apps for fast-growing SaaS teams.
Senior AI Engineer · 5+ Years
Jakarta, Indonesia
Dewi recruits machine learning and data engineering talent for fast-growing teams. She blends technical screening with AI sourcing to shortlist quickly without losing quality.
AI/ML Technical Recruiter · 6+ Years
Jakarta, Indonesia
Budi is a Unity game developer who has shipped hyper-casual and idle titles with 50M+ downloads. He has worked with Agate and Touchten-style studios on full-cycle mobile production and LiveOps.
Dedicated Unity Game Developer · 7+ Years
Jakarta, Indonesia
Bayu is a recruiting specialist focused on technical hiring across Southeast Asia. He uses AI sourcing and screening to deliver shortlists fast for engineering and AI roles.
AI Recruiting Specialist · 6+ Years
Jakarta, Indonesia
Rizky builds agentic coding tasks and reviews every step a coding agent takes. He has written test-graded environments for multi-file bug fixes and refactors.
Dedicated Coding AI Trainer · 9+ Years
Jakarta, Indonesia
Vetted talent, lower costs, a clear process.
No office overhead, no traditional employee expenses.
Solves complex problems with 5x productivity.
4-6 hours of overlap to stay aligned.
Verified tests & interviews, and background checks.
Feedback from teams who hired through us.
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.
Head of Portfolio (raised US$100m)
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.
Co-Founder (acquired by Carro)
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.
Co-founder (#1 US Real Estate Coach)
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.
Co-founder & CTO
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.
Director of IT (10,000+ employees)
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.
Co-founder (raised US$5m)
Wherever your team sits, hire remote Developers in Indonesia through Second Talent, with dedicated pre-vetted talent and compliant employment handled for you.
Most US clients hiring Developers in Indonesia start with one engineer and scale to a 3–5 person team within the first quarter.
European teams hiring Developers in Indonesia typically replace 3–4 senior open roles with one Second Talent engagement.
Australian teams hiring Developers in Indonesia get the closest time-zone alignment of any offshore destination.
Hire in 3 steps, not 3 months.
Share what to ship, automate, or scale. Plus stack, budget, and timezone overlap.
6–8 pre-vetted Developers fluent in Claude Code and modern AI stacks. Interview the ones you like.
We handle contracts, payroll, and equipment. Your Developer ships real output within the first week.
Everything you need to know about employment laws, payroll, and compliance when hiring developers in Indonesia.
Indonesia has the largest internet population in the region and the widest gap between the talent it needs and the talent it produces. That combination sets both the opportunity and the price.
Digital economy size, the largest in the region
Projected digital talent shortfall by 2030
EF English score, 80th of 123 countries
Monthly starting point for a senior engineer through us
Government estimates put the need at around nine million digital workers by 2030 against roughly three million being produced, a gap near six million. More than 600,000 technology roles were open in 2025, with full stack and backend developers the most requested. Demand for AI skills rose 148 percent between 2023 and 2025. Strong mid-level engineers get hired quickly here, so a slow interview process loses them.
Indonesia scored 471 in the 2025 EF English Proficiency Index, 80th of 123 and below the 488 global average. Individual engineers in the export-facing tech scene are often far stronger than that number implies, which is exactly why you screen the person rather than the market. Written collaboration is usually the safer default.
Jakarta is the centre of capital, corporate work and the highest rates. Bandung has a strong university pipeline and design-led product teams. Surabaya and Yogyakarta are smaller but real, and remote hiring puts them 15 to 25 percent below Jakarta for the same seniority.
Sources: Indonesian government digital talent projections, 2026; EF English Proficiency Index 2025; published market reports on open technology roles.
40 hours/week. Either 7 hrs/day (6 days) or 8 hrs/day (5 days).
150% first hour, 200% subsequent hours. Max 4 hrs/day, 18 hrs/week.
Only for permanent (PKWTT) contracts. Max 3 months. Not allowed for fixed-term.
30 days (general practice). Specific terms per employment agreement.
Up to 9 months (severance) + 10 months (service pay). Depends on cause.
Payroll, taxes, social contributions, leave tracking, contracts, and compliance in Indonesia. You focus on building your product.
Pricing
Per full-time engineer, with vetting, employment, equipment, a dedicated partner and a replacement guarantee included. No upfront fees: you pay only when you hire.
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