For US companies
TrueLeaf Tech partners with US product teams, startups, and enterprises that need senior software engineers — without the six-month hiring process, the benefits overhead, or the $200k+ annual cost of a US-based hire. Our engineers in India and Dubai integrate into your team, work in your codebase, and ship software you're proud of.
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Our US office — Washington State
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The honest case for offshore engineering
Hiring senior engineers in the US costs around $8,000–$12,000 per month per engineer — before benefits, equity, and recruiting fees. Most US startups and growing product teams can't sustain that at the pace they need to ship. Offshore development solves this — but only when the team is genuinely senior, genuinely accountable, and genuinely integrated into how you work.
The average US engineering hire takes 3–6 months from job posting to productive code. Our team can have an engineer integrated into your codebase within a week of our first conversation. When your roadmap can't wait for recruiting, we're the faster path.
Our engineers have the same technical depth as equivalent US hires — most have 7+ years of experience on production systems. The cost difference comes from India's lower cost of living, not from hiring less experienced people. You keep the quality and reclaim the budget for other growth priorities.
We don't treat offshore work as a separate quality tier. Every pull request is reviewed. Every deploy runs through CI. Every engineer is expected to write code that their teammates — including yours — can understand and maintain. We've been building software this way for nine years.
Our Issaquah, Washington office (near Seattle) means we can meet in person when it matters — for critical architecture sessions, quarterly reviews, or when you just want to look someone in the eye. We're not just a name on a contract; we're a real team with a real US presence.
How it works
Day 1
We learn about your stack, your team, and what you need built. No pitch. No deck. Just an honest conversation about whether we're a good fit for your specific situation.
Day 2–3
Based on your stack and the work, we suggest specific engineers from our team — with their backgrounds, GitHub profiles, and relevant experience. You interview them directly. You decide.
Day 4–7
Once agreed, your new engineer joins your standup, gets access to your tools, and starts contributing. No waiting period, no onboarding bureaucracy. We've done this enough times to make the start smooth.
Frequently asked questions
We maintain a 2–3 hour overlap window daily with US teams — typically early morning US time / evening India time. Outside that window, we use async communication (Slack, GitHub, Loom) effectively. Most clients tell us they stop thinking about the time zone difference within a month.
You do. Always. Every engagement includes a standard IP assignment agreement. The code we write belongs to you from the first commit. We have no interest in retaining rights to client work.
Yes, with a transition fee. We're transparent about this from the start. If an engagement goes well and you want to bring an engineer onto your payroll, we can facilitate that — we'd rather a good outcome than a contractual cage.
We'll replace them. No argument, no penalty. This happens rarely — we're careful about matching engineers to teams — but when it does, we fix it fast. A bad fit that drags on costs everyone.
Yes — and it's a good fit because startups need to move fast without burning their runway on US-rate engineers for every role. We've worked with seed-stage founders building their first product and Series B teams scaling existing platforms. The work is similar; the urgency just varies.
Let's build
Tell us what you're building. We reply within one business day.