8-hour timezone lag
Your developer starts when your day ends. Slack threads stall overnight, reviews slip, and standups become 7am calls nobody wants.
Senior engineers · Matched in 48 hours
Hire the engineer your startup actually needs — in 48 hours, not three months.
Engineering-led bench for US and UK startups. Senior Go, Node, and React developers in your timezone — vetted on real code, with DevOps and security support on every engagement.
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7-day free trial on every engagement
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Free DevOps & dedicated Cyber Security officer
Your match pipeline
From brief to interview-ready candidates
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Vetted
Engineer-reviewed stack & production work samples
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Matched
Shortlist delivered within 48 hours
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Interview
2–3 candidates ready — your timezone
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Why offshore hiring keeps failing
You've tried it before. Here is why it didn't work.
The issue is rarely talent availability — it is the model. No real timezone overlap, no engineer-grade vetting, and no one accountable after the contract is signed. We built CoreBench after living both sides of that failure.
Vetted by a recruiter, not an engineer
Keyword matching cannot tell production Go from tutorial Go. You often discover the gap weeks after onboarding — when it is expensive to fix.
No accountability after placement
Traditional agencies invoice at hire. Replacement, quality, and ongoing support become your problem — not theirs.
The fix
CoreBench fixes all three.
Engineers vet engineers. Timezone overlap is mandatory. You pay only after a 30-day proof period — with replacement and bundled DevOps and security support.
See the full process →What's included
Every hire ships with a full support stack — not just a résumé.
Most agencies charge extra for DevOps, security, or quality oversight. CoreBench bundles it into every permanent and hourly engagement so your team scales with guardrails from day one.
Free DevOps support
Infrastructure guidance and deployment help throughout the engagement.
Dedicated Cyber Security officer
Security review and best practices — included, not an upsell.
Weekly code reviews
Our founding engineer reviews output to keep quality high.
Monthly check-ins
You, your developer, and CoreBench align on progress and blockers.
7-day free trial
Evaluate fit on real work before you commit long term.
30-day replacement guarantee
If the match is wrong, we replace at no additional cost.
The process
From brief to first day of work — usually in 48 hours.
We do not spin up a search when you reach out. We match from a live bench of engineers who are already reviewed, timezone-aligned, and ready to interview.
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Send us the brief
Share the role, stack, and timezone overlap you need — a 15-minute call or a written note works.
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We match from the bench
No job boards. We reach vetted engineers who already fit your requirements and availability.
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Meet 2–3 candidates
Within 48 hours you get profiles, code samples, and short async intros — not ten-round loops.
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They start. You pay CoreBench.
You select from a shortlist; the engineer joins your workflow while CoreBench engages and supervises them. Start with a 7-day trial, then pay CoreBench per your engagement terms.
“Most clients have a developer in Slack within 72 hours of reaching out. The longest match took five days — for a niche distributed systems role.”
Why CoreBench
What makes us different from every other option you've tried.
Founders come to us after recruiter fatigue, timezone pain, or a bad offshore hire. These four principles are how we rebuild trust in remote engineering.
Vetting
Reviewed by an engineer. Not a recruiter.
Our founder is a Toptal-vetted senior engineer with production Go, Node, and React experience. Senior means an engineering judgement — not a keyword on a CV.
Timezone
Your timezone. Not approximately yours.
Every developer works synchronously with your team. Standups, Slack, and PR reviews happen in real time — overlap is a hard requirement in our bench.
Risk
Low risk to start.
No retainer before a match. New engagements include a 7-day trial, and permanent engagements include a 30-day replacement guarantee if the fit is wrong.
Speed
A bench, not a search.
We maintain a live pool of vetted engineers. When you reach out, we match — we do not start a multi-week search from scratch.
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Social proof
Built for founders who've been burned before.
We work with early-stage and growth startups that need senior capacity without recruiter roulette. Here's what clients say after the first match.
“We had three senior candidates in under 48 hours — all actually in our timezone. The code samples were real production work, not take-home theater.”
Sarah K.
CTO, Series A fintech · London
“The weekly code reviews caught issues our team would have missed in month two. DevOps support on day one saved us a week of infra wrangling.”
James M.
Founder, B2B SaaS · Austin
“No upfront fee meant we could trial properly. After the first week we knew we had the right engineer — the 30-day model aligned incentives perfectly.”
Priya N.
VP Engineering, healthtech · NYC
Pricing
Simple, transparent pricing
Two ways to work with CoreBench — full-time placement or flexible hours. Every option includes engineer-led vetting, timezone sync, and our bundled DevOps and security support.
Permanent hire
Full-time senior engineers matched to your stack. Transparent tiered pricing by experience level — DevOps, security officer, and guarantees included.
See full pricing →Hourly / purchase hours
Flexible hour blocks for spikes, audits, or part-time capacity. Same vetting and bundled support as permanent placements.
See hourly options →Not sure which model fits? We'll recommend one on a 20-minute call.
Talk through optionsQuestions
Frequently asked questions
Recruiters start searching after you ask — posting jobs, screening CVs, and sending profiles weeks later. CoreBench matches from a pre-vetted bench on US or UK timezone. You meet 2–3 candidates within 48 hours, choose from the shortlist, and pay CoreBench (not the engineer directly) after your 7-day trial on new engagements.
Still have questions?
Chat with usReady to hire
Your next senior engineer is already vetted. Let us match you.
Send a brief or book a short call. We will tell you within the day whether we have someone on the bench who fits your stack and timezone.
- ✓Fee charged only after day 30 — zero upfront cost
- ✓30-day replacement guarantee on every placement
- ✓20-minute discovery call — no pitch, no pressure