Your next engineering office, open in six months.

AphraDev builds offshore development offices for funded startups: the legal entity, the office, and your first 5-15 engineers at $30-70K each instead of $160-200K. Not contractors, not outsourcing: you own the entity and employ the team. We set it up with you, on the ground.

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Stop choosing between growth and runway.

Every funded startup hits the same wall: the roadmap needs more engineers than the runway can carry. An offshore office you own changes the arithmetic without changing your standards.

Line item	US-only hiring	With an offshore office
Cost per engineer	$160,000-200,000	$30,000-70,000
Talent pool	Fierce competition for domestic talent	Global pools: Poland, Mexico, India, Philippines & more
Runway	Closing fast, forcing tough decisions	Typically 12+ months longer
Growth vs. profitability	Pick one	Scale engineering while controlling costs

Worked example
A typical 15-engineer team costs $2.0M/year in the US. The same team in an office you own offshore: about $750K/year. The savings start the day they're hired.

One route, four fares.

Every engagement runs the same route: assess, implement, optimize. Board where it suits you: strategic guidance only, expert direction while your team executes, or a turnkey office we build end to end.

Discovery & Strategy

Find out if offshore is right for you, before you commit.

Readiness assessment, location deep dives, half-day leadership strategy workshops, and a go/no-go decision framework. 2-3 weeks.

from $7,500 Credits 100% toward implementation

Guided Implementation

Expert direction, your execution. You keep ownership of every step.

Playbooks & project plan, weekly guidance calls, vetted legal and vendor referrals, hiring frameworks, cultural integration, and 60-day post-launch support. 12-24 weeks.

$25,000-50,000 cut 6-9 months off self-managed

Full Implementation

Turnkey offshore office, zero learning curve. Engineers productive in week one.

Everything, done for you: legal entity setup, office and infrastructure, recruiting and hiring your first 5-15 engineers, onboarding and cultural integration, 3-5 site visits, and 90-day post-launch support. 24-28 weeks.

$75,000-150,000 + results-based incentive

Ongoing Optimization

Sustain performance and scale with confidence to 50+ engineers.

Continuous recruiting pipeline, local HR and compliance, performance optimization, leadership development, quarterly site visits, and expansion support. Monthly.

$8,000-15,000 per month

Full implementation: typical 26-week schedule

Foundation & planning readiness, locations, project plan

Legal & entity setup entity, tax, employment agreements

Infrastructure & operations office, IT, HR systems, benefits

Hiring & integration recruiting your first 5-15 engineers

Handoff & optimization leadership coaching, 90-day support

Two ways companies fly with us.

Ready to scale

You raised a Series A or B and need to triple engineering capacity without burning the round in 18 months.

70engineers on one roadmap: 30 US plus 40 offshore
+133%more capacity for roughly 30% more spend
2-3xmore features shipped per quarter, so milestones come faster
12+ moadditional runway before you need to raise again

Extend your runway

Business is stable, but you need more time to hit the next milestone. Bridge rounds mean dilution; a smaller team slows you down.

40engineers total: 30 US plus 10 offshore who replace planned US hires
-30%engineering cost vs. an all-US team
Upvelocity maintained or increased, with no layoffs
$0dilution: reach profitability without a bridge round

Built by founders who've done this. A lot.

Fifteen-plus years building distributed teams across Eastern Europe, Asia, and Latin America, for our own startups and for companies like Meta, LinkedIn, and Pokemon Go. We've scratch-built offices on three continents. We know exactly what works, and we'll tell you when it won't.

Andrew

Engineering

Fifteen years of engineering leadership as CTO at multiple Bay Area startups, with roles at Meta and infrastructure launches including Pokemon Go. He has personally hired hundreds of engineers and shipped systems that handled billions of requests.

Amber

Operations & Legal

Fifteen years across engineering, operations, and law. Scaled a 100+ person distributed team from startup to $3M ARR in one year. She handles the entity setup, compliance, and people operations that make an offshore office actually work.

An engineering-first team out of Meta, LinkedIn, Pokemon Go, and One Medical. We understand tech stacks, hiring bars, and remote development workflows.

They handled everything. Six months later, we had 12 engineers in Poland producing the same quality as our SF team.

Michael R., CTO, e-commerce platform (Series A)

We extended our runway by 18 months without laying anyone off. The offshore team integrated seamlessly with our US engineers.

Sarah K., VP Engineering, B2B SaaS (Series B)

The readiness assessment alone was worth 10x the cost. It saved us from making expensive mistakes.

Kevin P., CEO, developer-tools startup

Why technology leaders choose AphraDev

Your office, your employees

Not contractors. Not outsourcing. You own the entity and directly employ your engineers, so the team is yours from day one.

Multi-region expertise

Offices opened on three continents. Objective advice, not a sales pitch for a premade solution.

Legal & compliance handled

Entity setup, employment law, IP protection, and tax compliance, done right the first time.

Engineering first

Operated by engineers from Meta, LinkedIn, Pokemon Go, and One Medical. We speak tech stack and hiring bar.

Transparent pricing

Fixed-fee services. No hidden costs. Clear ROI from day one.

Career paths for your US team

Senior engineers become technical leaders, mentors, and architects: the advancement that keeps your best people. Clients typically cut senior attrition by about 40%.

24/7 operations

Distribute on-call globally. Overnight incidents land in someone's daytime, which means less burnout and faster response.

Process excellence

Documentation and onboarding improvements that benefit every future hire, not just the offshore team.

Straight answers

How long does it take to set up an offshore office?

From decision to operating office: 5-6 months. From assessment to first hire: 3-4 months. Self-managed, the same journey typically takes 9-18 months.

What locations do you recommend?

We're location-agnostic. Depending on your time-zone needs, budget, and hiring profile, we typically evaluate Poland, Romania, Argentina, Mexico, India, Vietnam, and the Philippines, and we'll tell you when a location doesn't fit.

How much do offshore engineers really cost?

$30,000-70,000 fully loaded in Asia, Latin America, or Eastern Europe, versus $160,000-200,000 for comparable US engineers. We benchmark compensation by skill set for each location during Discovery.

Why not just hire contractors?

Contractors optimize for billable hours, not your roadmap. An office you own gives you employees who are invested in your product, a consistent quality bar, IP protection, and a team that compounds knowledge instead of rotating it away.

What if we've never managed a distributed team?

That's what Guided and Full Implementation are for: proven playbooks, communication protocols, and manager training. Your team learns to run a distributed operation while we set it up.

What happens after setup?

The office is yours: entity, employees, everything. Most clients keep us on for Ongoing Optimization (recruiting pipeline, local HR, scaling guidance), but there's no lock-in.

Start with a free assessment.

Not sure offshore is right for you? Book a 30-minute call. We'll give you honest guidance, even if that means offshore isn't the right move yet. No sales pitch. Just expert advice from founders who've been there.

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