A senior developer on your US hours, without months of hiring.
The US-Hours Senior Seat: six-step vetted engineers from Kosovo and Albania, under a US contract. Most roles can start within a few weeks of the intro call.
All the upside of hiring abroad. None of the overhead.
What you skip
- Benefits, health insurance and payroll taxes
- Recruiting and placement fees
- Foreign contracts, tax forms and local compliance paperwork
- International wires and currency conversion
- Months of searching and interviewing
Every placement includes:
- The Private Shortlist. Vetted profiles with completed scorecards, shared only with you under NDA.
- The 30-Minute Intro. You interview and choose before anything is signed. We aim to set the intro up within 2 business days.
- Start-Ready Setup. Hours, tools, and the NDA are arranged before they start.
- A dedicated account manager. One person for the engagement, and a monthly quality check-in.
- US Contract & IP Protection. US-law MSA, NDA and IP assignment with Stackstone LLC.
- The 30-Day Right-Fit Guarantee. If it's not the right fit in the first 30 days, we'll find a replacement at no extra cost.
Six-step vetting
01 CV, GitHub and portfolio screen
We read the CV, GitHub, and portfolio.
02 20-minute English and soft-skills call
Scored, with the camera on.
03 90-minute timed coding test
A timed test on the stack they claim.
04 60-minute live technical interview
With a senior engineer.
05 Paid 4–8 hour task
Paid work, scored before an introduction.
06 Reference checks
Plus internet and backup power.
You get the scorecard.
The basics
Works like a US hire, without the US hiring hassle.
Your IP, protected under US law
You contract with Stackstone LLC, a US company. Every engineer signs an NDA and an IP assignment, so the code is yours.
Online when your team is
8:00 AM–4:00 PM ET, your hours, not theirs. Standups, Slack and code reviews happen in real time. Your Order Form sets the exact hours.
14:00–22:00 local time (8:00 AM–4:00 PM ET)
No placement fees, no payroll headaches
One monthly USD invoice covers everything. No placement fee, no benefits load, no foreign payroll. Month-to-month.
Cost
A US hire, a senior seat, and a mid-level seat.
Typical US developer, fully loadedEstimate
about $14,700/mo
Senior engineer (5+ years)
— from $10,400/mo
Mid-level engineer (2–5 years)
— from $7,200/mo
Estimate.
How it works
Three steps.
- Step 01
Tell us who you need
- Step 02
Meet vetted matches
- Step 03
Start in weeks, not months
Who it's for
Agencies, SaaS, and eight stacks.
For agencies
White-label senior developers for agency overflow.
US digital and web agencies with 5–50 staff.
For SaaS
Fill your open engineering roles in weeks, not months.
Small SaaS and software firms with 5–100 staff.
Guarantee
The 30-Day Right-Fit Guarantee
If it's not the right fit in the first 30 days, we'll find a replacement at no extra cost. Tell us in writing within 30 days of the start date.
We aim to present replacement candidates within 7 business days; this is a target, not a deadline. You interview and choose the replacement. You don't pay for the gap: fees pause until the replacement starts.
If you haven't accepted a replacement within 15 business days, you can end the engagement without notice-period fees, and we refund any prepaid, unused fees.
One replacement at no extra cost per engagement. The guarantee doesn't apply if the issue comes from missing access on your side, a change in role or scope not agreed in a new Order Form, or a breach of the agreement. Conditions apply. The signed MSA controls.
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