11 Best Companies to Hire Offshore Developers in 2026

By Charmaine Tsang, VP of Demand Generation September 30, 2026 13 min read

Hire offshore developers, 2026, by Second Talent.

TL;DR: N-iX is the strongest all-round pick, with 2,400+ engineers across Eastern Europe and India and roles filled in 3 to 4 weeks. Second Talent (our own service) employs engineers from nine Asian markets at $23 to $39 an hour, billed monthly, and 1840 & Company adds nearshore Latin American engineers alongside offshore hires. Brain Station 23, Devsinc, Arbisoft and Calcey open up Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

Ukraine exported $6.66 billion of computer services in 2025, 3.3% more than in 2024, through a fourth year of war.

Offshore development has spread well past the usual names: Dhaka, Lahore and Colombo now sell engineering time to US and European clients, and the firms that place those developers compete on vetting and retention as much as on rate.

The 11 Companies Compared

Company	Offshore base	What you get	Published price
1. N-iX	Ukraine, Poland, Romania, India	Team extension or managed team	Not published
2. Second Talent	Nine Asian markets	Vetted engineer employed for you	$23 to $39 an hour, billed monthly
3. 1840 & Company	Latin America, Southeast Asia, Africa, Eastern Europe	Dedicated engineer you manage, employed for you	Not published; no upfront fees
4. Beetroot	Ukraine, Poland, Bulgaria, Vietnam	Dedicated team of 5 to 20	Not published
5. Brain Station 23	Bangladesh	Staff augmentation	Not published; 2-week money-back
6. Devsinc	Pakistan	Engineers embedded in your team	Not published
7. Glints TalentHub	Southeast Asia	Recruitment plus employer of record	EOR from S$399 a month
8. Arbisoft	Pakistan	Dedicated teams and project delivery	Not published
9. MicroSourcing	Philippines	Dedicated staff in its offices	Not published
10. Calcey	Sri Lanka	Managed remote teams	Not published
11. Hire Offshore	Vietnam, Philippines, India	Vetted developer employed for you	$2,499 to $5,999 a month

What decides the choice

1N-iX says 96.5% of its new engineers pass probation, and Brain Station 23 reports 88%+ employee retention.
2Glints TalentHub adds a one-time fee of 18% of first-year salary for recruitment on top of its monthly EOR rate.
3Brain Station 23 offers a 2-week money-back guarantee: if you are not satisfied after two weeks, you do not pay.
4Calcey merged with Surge Global in July 2025 to form Short Circuit, so check which entity signs your contract.

We ranked them by fit for a US, UK or Australian team hiring developers offshore: how much of the hiring and employment each firm handles, what it publishes about vetting and price, and how long its engineers stay.

I work at Second Talent, and Hire Offshore at #11 is our brand too, so weigh both entries with that in mind.

1. N-iX

2,400+ engineers96.5% pass probation3 to 4 weeks to fill a role

N-iX team extension page headed Team Extension: AI-enhanced engineering with measurable outcomes, above client logos including Bosch, Siemens, eBay and Inditex.

N-iX fits a funded company that needs several senior engineers in Eastern Europe and wants a large vendor behind them.

Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Malta, it employs 2,400+ engineers across 10 countries, with its main centers in Lviv, Kyiv, Poland, Romania and Bengaluru. Clients include Bosch, Siemens, eBay, Inditex and AutoScout24.

Its team extension service is recruitment at scale: 70+ recruiters, a database of 500,000+ candidates and 80 to 100 positions closed a month. It says a role takes 3 to 4 weeks to fill and 96.5% of new engineers pass probation.

It holds ISO 27001 and ISO 9001, and sells an AI engineering framework it calls APEX.

Proportional circles of engineers and experts on staff as each firm states it: N-iX 2,400+, Devsinc 1,200+, Brain Station 23 850+, Arbisoft 750+, Calcey 200+.

Headcount is where the firms here differ most, from N-iX's 2,400+ down to Calcey's 200+, so ask any vendor how many engineers it has in your stack, not in total.

Best for: mid-size and enterprise teams hiring several engineers into an existing product.
Watch out: its largest centers are in Ukraine, so ask how it covers wartime disruption.
What you pay: not published; quoted per team.

2. Second Talent

100,000+ pre-vetted engineers6 to 8 candidates in 24 hours92% retention

Second Talent's Hire Developers in Southeast Asia page: pre-vetted developers matched in 24 hours at 50-70% below US salaries, no cost until you hire.

Second Talent is for a team that wants engineers from across Asia rather than from one country.

We source and vet engineers in nine Asian markets, including Vietnam, the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia, then employ them through our own entities, so you need no local company.

A brief turns into 6 to 8 pre-vetted candidates within 24 hours, and most clients have an engineer working within one to two weeks.

Vetting runs in four stages: a technical assessment, a test of how the engineer works with AI tools such as Claude Code, Cursor and Copilot, an English check at C1 or above, and a behavioral interview.

Engineers overlap 4 to 6 hours with a US workday, and we have placed 8,000+ of them with 200+ companies.

US senior engineer, all-in

$13,000 to $25,000 a month
You run payroll, benefits and equipment

Through Second Talent

$3,599 to $5,999 a month, or $23 to $39 an hour
Payroll, compliance and equipment included

Source: https://www.secondtalent.com/pricing/, September 2026.

Our offshore developer rates by country show where each market sits, and how Second Talent works covers the process step by step.

Best for: teams that want full-time engineers from Asia, employed and managed for them.
Watch out: the bench is engineering-heavy; design and operations roles are a smaller pool.
What you pay: $23 to $39 an hour per engineer, billed monthly, with a 90-day replacement guarantee.

3. 1840 & Company

Founded 2014 in Kansas3 to 5 days to vetted candidatesNo upfront fees

1840 & Company global staffing page headed Nearshore & Offshore Staffing Solutions, saying it helps U.S. companies hire full-time, remote talent that it vets, employs and pays, managed directly by the client.

1840 & Company fits a US team that wants to choose between nearshore and offshore developers without switching vendors.

Founded in 2014 and based in Overland Park, Kansas, it sources engineers in Latin America, Southeast Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe, so a team can hire in Mexico or Colombia for real-time overlap with a US workday, or further offshore when rate matters more.

Its nearshore and offshore staffing model places dedicated, full-time engineers inside your team: you set priorities and manage performance, while 1840 handles sourcing, payroll, compliance and admin.

Vetted candidates arrive in 3 to 5 days, most hires start within two weeks, and there are no upfront fees: you pay a monthly cost per dedicated role once a hire is made.

Best for: US teams that want developers in their own time zone, or a mix of nearshore and offshore hires.
Watch out: developer rates are not published, so ask for a quote by role and country.
What you pay: not published; no upfront fees.

4. Beetroot

5 to 20 developers, average team3 to 6 weeks to launchISO 27001 certified

Beetroot's Dedicated Development Team Services page, with Clutch, ISO 27001, GDPR and AWS partner badges.

Beetroot is for a company that wants a whole dedicated team rather than individual hires.

Swedish-founded and 14 years old, it builds teams in Poland, Ukraine, Bulgaria and Vietnam, and takes care of recruitment, HR, operations and retention while the team works in your processes.

Its dedicated team page puts the average team at 5 to 20 developers and the target engagement at a year or more.

Launch takes 3 to 6 weeks, longer than the individual-hire firms on this list, because Beetroot assembles and onboards the team as a unit.

Range chart of weeks from brief to a working team, vendor-stated: Second Talent 1 to 2, Glints TalentHub 3 to 4, N-iX 3 to 4 to fill a role, Beetroot 3 to 6 to launch a team.

It holds ISO 27001 certification from Bureau Veritas, is an AWS Advanced Tier partner, and reports a consultant happiness score of 96 out of 100.

Best for: product companies that want a stable team of 5 or more for a year or longer.
Watch out: it positions itself as nearshore for European clients, so US teams get a morning overlap only.
What you pay: not published; depends on team size, seniority and stack.

5. Brain Station 23

850+ in-house staff3 to 5 days to curated CVs88%+ retention

Brain Station 23 staff augmentation page headed IT Staff Augmentation. Scale with Speed, offering offshore talent with onshore account management.

Brain Station 23 is the pick for a team curious about Bangladesh.

Founded in Dhaka in 2006, it has 850+ in-house staff and runs account management from the US, the UAE, Germany and Malaysia, so you deal with a local contact while the engineers sit in Dhaka.

Its staff augmentation page promises curated CVs in 3 to 5 days, onboarding in under two weeks and a 2-week money-back guarantee.

It holds CMMI Level 3 and ISO 27001, reports 88%+ employee retention, and cites a team of 40+ engineers kept on one Fortune 100 pharma account for 72 months.

Bangladesh is still a small exporter of software services: its ICT service exports reached $724.6 million in the 2024-25 fiscal year, well short of a $5 billion target.

Best for: teams that want offshore staff with a fast start and a trial they can walk away from.
Watch out: it quotes 800+, 850+ and 900+ staff on different pages, so ask for current headcount.
What you pay: not published; it claims savings of up to 60% for fully remote teams.

6. Devsinc

1,200+ global experts3,000+ projects delivered23+ countries served

Devsinc staff augmentation page headed Your Engineering and AI Team, Embedded, listing 1,200+ global experts, 3,000+ projects delivered and 23+ countries served.

Devsinc suits a team that wants Pakistani engineers embedded in its own workflow. Founded in Lahore in 2008, it opened an Islamabad center in 2022 and sells through offices in San Jose, the UAE, Saudi Arabia and the UK.

Its staff augmentation page offers vetted engineers and AI specialists who join your team from the first day, so the decisions and the knowledge stay with you.

It lists 1,200+ experts and 3,000+ delivered projects, holds ISO 9001 and ISO 27001, and names Nestle, Under Armour and Bestseller among its clients. Onboarding typically takes a few weeks.

Best for: teams that want to manage Pakistani engineers directly inside their own workflow.
Watch out: it is a broad software house, and its staff augmentation page states no trial or replacement guarantee.
What you pay: not published.

7. Glints TalentHub

14M+ candidate network~1 week to a shortlist94% employee retention

Glints TalentHub page headed Employer of Record and Recruitment for Global Hiring, citing a 14M+ candidate network, a shortlist in about a week and 94% employee retention.

Glints TalentHub is for a company that wants to recruit in Southeast Asia and have someone else employ the hire.

Glints, founded in Singapore in 2013, recruits from a network of 14M+ candidates and then employs the hire through its own employer of record. It says a shortlist takes about a week and a new hire starts 3 to 4 weeks after the brief.

It is the only firm here that publishes its prices in full, on its pricing page:

S$150

PEO, per employee a month, from

S$399

Employer of record, per employee a month, from

18%

Recruitment fee, one-time, of first-year salary

Source: talenthub.glints.com/pricing, September 2026.

Its hiring covers support and finance roles as well as engineering, so ask for developer-specific shortlists and interview panels.

Best for: teams that want recruitment and employment from one Southeast Asian provider with published prices.
Watch out: a general recruiter rather than a developer specialist; vetting depth varies by role.
What you pay: EOR from S$399 a month plus an 18% one-time recruitment fee.

8. Arbisoft

Since 2007 in Lahore750+ experts3,000+ Open edX pull requests

Arbisoft homepage headed We Leverage Open Source, engineering software solutions since 2007, with client logos including MIT, Careem, KAYAK and The World Bank.

Arbisoft fits a team that wants a senior, open-source-literate engineering partner in Pakistan.

Based in Lahore since 2007, with centers in Islamabad and Karachi and sales offices in Plano, Berlin, Riyadh and Doha, it has been an Open edX partner since 2013 and has contributed 3,000+ pull requests to the platform.

KAYAK co-founder Paul English is quoted on its homepage.

Engagements start with a 2 to 4 week discovery period, and its teams keep working hours that overlap North America and Europe. It holds ISO 27001, ISO 9001 and ISO 27701, and its awards page counts 750+ experts.

Best for: product teams that want a long-term engineering partner rather than individual hires.
Watch out: dedicated teams and augmentation appear only as contact-form options; its site leads with project delivery.
What you pay: not published.

9. MicroSourcing

8,000+ profiles hired13 delivery centersUp to 70% savings claimed

MicroSourcing's Outsource Web Developers page, offering web developers to support the development and maintenance of websites and web applications.

MicroSourcing suits a company that wants developers working from a secure office in the Philippines alongside other offshore staff.

Founded in 2006 and owned by Probe Group since 2020, it runs 13 delivery centers in the Philippines and Colombia and says it has hired for 8,000+ unique job profiles from a pool of 200,000+ job-ready candidates.

Its web developer page sets out three tiers: junior (1 to 2 years), intermediate (2 to 4) and senior (4+), and claims savings of up to 70% on employment costs.

Development is one of more than 16 role categories, so MicroSourcing makes most sense when developers are part of a wider offshore team.

Best for: companies building a mixed offshore team, developers included, in managed offices.
Watch out: no published vetting stages or time-to-hire for developers.
What you pay: not published.

10. Calcey

200+ people in ColomboNPS 78ISO 27001:2022

Calcey homepage: We are Calcey. We build the world's finest custom software.

Calcey is for a company that wants a small, selective team in Sri Lanka.

The Colombo firm runs dedicated, managed remote teams for clients including PayPal, Upflex and Stampen Media, screens the clients it takes on, and reports an NPS of 78. It gained ISO 27001:2022 certification in May 2025.

In July 2025 it merged with Surge Global in a $40 million transaction to form Short Circuit, a group of 500+ staff across Sri Lanka, India, Qatar and Singapore. Ask which entity will hold your contract and staff.

Best for: teams that value a boutique partner and a small, senior team.
Watch out: the merger is recent and the brand's future inside Short Circuit is not yet clear.
What you pay: not published.

11. Hire Offshore

6 to 8 candidates in 24 hours2 weeks to hire90-day replacement

Hire Offshore homepage: Hire offshore developers in 2 weeks, with full-time engineers from Vietnam, the Philippines and India at $2,499 to $5,999 a month all-in.

Hire Offshore is for a team that wants full-time developers from Vietnam, the Philippines or India and nowhere else. It is a Second Talent brand, so this is our second entry on the list; weigh it the way you weighed the first.

It sources, vets and employs the developer, runs payroll and supplies equipment, so you need no local entity.

A brief returns 6 to 8 vetted developers within 24 hours, and the site puts the whole hire at two weeks from the first call.

Vetting is three checks: a technical assessment matched to the stack, an English check at C1 or above, and a behavioral interview. The developer signs an NDA and an IP assignment in your favor, and the contract rolls monthly.

Pricing is one range for all three countries: $2,499 to $5,999 a month per developer, all-in, which the site works out to about $14 to $35 an hour. The monthly plan carries no placement or setup fee.

Best for: teams that have already chosen Vietnam, the Philippines or India and want one fixed monthly fee.
Watch out: three countries only; for other Asian markets, Second Talent at #2 covers nine.
What you pay: $2,499 to $5,999 a month per developer, all-in, with a 90-day replacement guarantee.

Hire Offshore Developers from Asia

If you want full-time engineers from Asia without setting up an entity, tell us the role and stack. We send 6 to 8 pre-vetted candidates within 24 hours and employ the engineer for you.

For single-country options, see our lists of offshore staffing companies in the Philippines and in Vietnam, or get a shortlist in 24 hours.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the difference between an offshore development company and a freelance marketplace?

An offshore development company places a developer who works for you full-time, usually employed by the company in their own country.

A freelance marketplace connects you with contractors you manage and pay yourself, often for shorter projects.

Which country is cheapest for offshore developers?

Of the markets we track, India and the Philippines have the lowest rates, with mid-level developers from about $20 to $58 an hour. Our offshore rates by country cover 16 markets.

Do I need a local entity to hire an offshore developer?

No. Every firm on this list employs the developers itself: Second Talent, Hire Offshore, Glints TalentHub and MicroSourcing as dedicated staff for you, the software houses as their own engineers whose time you contract.

For a direct hire abroad, an employer of record takes the employer role instead.

How is offshore different from nearshore?

Nearshore means a nearby time zone, such as Latin America for US teams. Offshore usually means Asia or Eastern Europe: lower rates, less overlap. Our nearshore versus offshore comparison sets out the trade-off.

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Charmaine Tsang

Charmaine Tsang is VP of Demand Generation at Second Talent, where she connects engineering and hiring leaders with AI-native tech talent across nine APAC markets. A Y Combinator alum, she writes on global hiring, building remote teams and what it actually costs to staff engineering offshore. Second Talent is rated #1 in Global Hiring on G2, with 200+ companies served and 8,000+ engineers placed.