PROCESS OVERVIEW

THREE
STEPS.
SEVEN
DAYS.

No recruiter middlemen. No CV piles. No 6-week hiring loops.
One call, a match in 48 hours, and your engineer is in your Slack this week.

// YOUR HIRING TIMELINE
DAY 0
Intake call — 30 min
DAY 1–2
Candidates matched
from vetted bench
DAY 3–4
Intro calls — 45 min each
you decide
DAY 5–7
Engineer onboards
DAY 7+
They're shipping 🚀
THE PROCESS

HOW STAFFD WORKS

Every step is designed to remove friction from your side and put the work on ours.

01
DAY ZERO // 30 MINUTES
TELL US WHAT YOU NEED

One call. You tell us your stack, your stage, what needs to get shipped, and what kind of person you want working in your codebase. We ask real questions — not checkbox questions. What's broken? What's slowing you down? What's the one thing that needs to ship this quarter?

The more honest you are about your actual problems, the better the match we'll make.

Stack deep-dive
Culture + async setup
Timezone requirements
Scope & deliverables
02
DAY 1–2 // 48 HOURS
WE MATCH FROM OUR BENCH

We go into our pre-vetted pool and pull 2–3 engineers who match your exact requirements — not whoever's available, whoever fits. You receive a profile pack: technical background, GitHub link, recorded assessment, communication sample, and a one-paragraph note on why we think they're right for you.

You don't see a CV pile. You see the answer.

GitHub + project review
Recorded tech assessment
Communication sample
Stack-match score
03
DAY 3–4 // ONE CALL EACH
YOU MEET. YOU DECIDE.

One intro call per engineer — 45 minutes. Ask them anything. Technical deep-dives, how they think through problems, how they handle disagreements. This is your call, not ours.

If you say yes: they start this week. If none of them click: we go back to the bench and find more. No pressure. No pitch. No invoice until you're happy.

You run the interview
No hidden placements
Full veto power
04
DAY 5–7 // THEY'RE IN YOUR SLACK
THEY START. YOU SHIP.

Onboarding is handled. Contracts, NDAs, payment infrastructure — all sorted by us. Your engineer shows up on day one ready to work, not figuring out their tax status.

And the 7-day replacement guarantee kicks in from this moment. If anything's off in the first week — technical fit, communication, work style — we replace them for free. No questions. No invoice.

Contracts handled
NDAs sorted
7-day guarantee active
No payment until satisfied
COMMON QUESTIONS

THINGS FOUNDERS ASK

What happens if the engineer isn't a good fit?+
If it's within the first 7 days, we replace them for free — no questions, no invoice. After 7 days, we still help you find a replacement, but the engagement terms apply. We'd rather fix it fast than lose you as a client.
Do I need to sign a long-term contract?+
No minimums, no lock-ins. You hire on a rolling monthly basis. Scale up or scale down with 2 weeks notice. We're confident enough in our engineers that we don't need contracts to keep you.
What time zone do the engineers work in?+
Pakistan is UTC+5. Our engineers are flexible — the standard engagement includes 4–6 hours of overlap with US East Coast hours. For async-first teams (which most seed-stage startups are) this is a non-issue. We confirm overlap requirements on the intake call.
How does payment work?+
You pay us a flat monthly rate — all-inclusive, no surprise invoices. No recruiter fee upfront. No percentage of salary. Just a clean monthly number that covers everything. Payment starts only after you've approved the hire.
Can I hire the engineer full-time later?+
Yes. If you want to bring them on as a full-time employee after working together, we charge a one-time conversion fee. This is significantly cheaper than a traditional recruiter placement fee and we'll help facilitate the transition.
What stacks do your engineers cover?+
Full-stack (React + Node most common), Python/Django, React Native, iOS/Android, DevOps/AWS, QA, and Data Engineering. If you need something specific, tell us on the intake call and we'll confirm before you proceed. We won't fake it if we don't have the right person.

YOUR ENGINEER
IS ALREADY VETTED.

The only question is how long you want to wait before they're in your codebase.

BOOK A 20-MIN CALL → SEE THE VETTING PROCESS
NO COMMITMENT · NO PITCH DECK · JUST TELL US WHAT YOU NEED
97
THE FILTER

WE REJECT
97% OF
APPLICANTS.

"Pre-vetted" means nothing without proof. Here's the exact four-stage process every engineer on our bench has survived — with real pass rates at every stage.

Most fail on communication, not code.

3
OUT OF 100
MAKE IT THROUGH
APPLICANT FUNNEL

WHERE THEY DROP OFF

Every bar below represents real applicants at each stage. Watch what 100 engineers become.

Applications received 100engineers
pass rate — —
↓
Stage 1 — CV + GitHub 30pass
pass rate 30% — 70 rejected for no real shipped code
↓
Stage 2 — Communication 12pass
pass rate 40% — most fail here, not on code
↓
Stage 3 — Tech Assessment 6pass
pass rate 50% — real-world problems, not leetcode
↓
Stage 4 — Live Coding 3on bench
pass rate ~60% — on your bench, ready to deploy
01
STAGE ONE · ASYNC
CV + GITHUB AUDIT
We manually review every application — not an ATS, a human. We're looking for real shipped code in production environments. GitHub commit history, live projects, LinkedIn timeline, and public contributions. If we can't see evidence they've built something real for a real user, they don't proceed. No exceptions for impressive CVs.
GitHub commit depth Live production projects Employment timeline Code quality signals
30%
PASS RATE
70 REJECTED
02
STAGE TWO · LIVE CALL · 45 MIN
COMMUNICATION INTERVIEW
This kills more candidates than the coding test. A 45-minute live call focused entirely on English fluency and professional communication quality. Can they explain a technical decision to a non-technical founder? Can they push back on a bad idea without offending? Can they write a coherent async Slack message? Most fail here. We're building teams that work with US founders, and communication is non-negotiable.
English fluency Async writing test Disagreement handling Technical explanation
40%
OF STAGE 1
18 REJECTED
03
STAGE THREE · ASYNC · 3 HOURS
TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT
Stack-specific written test. Not LeetCode puzzles — those test interview prep, not engineering ability. We send real-world scenarios: a broken React component to debug and explain, a Node API endpoint to optimise, a production bug to trace. Scored against a rubric by our senior engineers. Reasoning process matters as much as the final answer.
Real-world scenarios Stack-specific problems Reasoning scored No LeetCode
50%
OF STAGE 2
6 REJECTED
04
STAGE FOUR · LIVE · 60 MIN
LIVE CODING INTERVIEW
60 minutes, live, with a senior engineer. Build something from scratch under real conditions. We watch how they think when they get stuck — do they ask smart questions or go silent? Do they communicate their reasoning or just type? How do they respond to a wrong-turn correction mid-session? Output matters, but process matters more. This is the final filter.
Build from scratch Real-time problem solving Stuck-handling scored Communication under pressure
~60%
OF STAGE 3
3 REJECTED
EVALUATION CRITERIA

WHAT GETS SOMEONE ON THE BENCH

⚡
SHIPS, DOESN'T JUST TALKS
We look for engineers with deployed code — live apps, real users, production systems. Anyone can talk about architecture. Show us what you've shipped.
🗣
COMMUNICATES LIKE A PEER
Your engineer will be in your Slack, on your standups, and pushing back on your product decisions. Communication quality is weighted as heavily as technical skill.
🔍
DEBUGS UNDER PRESSURE
Startups break things constantly. We test how engineers handle unfamiliar problems — do they get methodical or do they freeze? Only engineers who get methodical make the bench.
🏗
OWNS THEIR WORK
We screen for engineers who think about outcomes, not tasks. The difference between "I built what was asked" and "I noticed X was going to break and fixed it proactively."
⚙️
ASYNC-NATIVE
Most seed-stage teams are async by default. Engineers must be able to write clearly, unblock themselves, and communicate progress without needing hand-holding on timezone overlap.
📐
STACK DEPTH, NOT BREADTH
We match on stack specifically. A great React engineer who's mediocre at Python stays in the React pool. No generalists padded as specialists. You get what you asked for.
COMMON FAILURE MODES

WHY MOST GET REJECTED

01
No real shipped code
GitHub full of tutorial repos and bootcamp projects. Impressive LinkedIn, nothing in production. We see this constantly. If you can't show us code that real users have touched, the conversation ends at Stage 1.
02
Can't explain their own work
They built something real but can't explain why they made the architectural decisions they made. This is a communication problem and a thinking problem simultaneously. Both are disqualifying.
03
Goes silent when stuck
In the live coding interview, some engineers hit a wall and just... stop talking. In a remote startup environment, going silent is the worst possible response to a problem. We need people who narrate their thinking out loud.
04
Writes vague async updates
The async writing test asks for a Slack-style update on a delayed feature. Most write "still working on it, will update soon." We need engineers who write "blocked on X, tried Y, need Z to unblock, can resolve by Thursday." Night and day.
AFTER ALL THIS — WE STILL GUARANTEE IT.
Even after four stages of vetting, fit isn't 100% predictable. Team chemistry, working style, specific stack nuances — sometimes it just doesn't click. That's why every placement comes with a 7-day replacement guarantee. If it's not working in the first week, we replace them for free. No invoice. No questions. The vetting gives you 97% confidence. The guarantee covers the other 3%.
7
DAY
GUARANTEE

READY TO MEET
YOUR NEXT HIRE?

Every engineer you'll meet has survived all four stages. One call is all it takes.

BOOK A 20-MIN CALL → SEE HOW IT WORKS
NO RECRUITER FEES · NO LONG-TERM CONTRACTS · 7-DAY GUARANTEE