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# Second Talent

> Second Talent connects global companies with pre-vetted senior engineering talent across nine Asian markets. Engineers matched in 24 hours. Up to 75% cost savings vs US rates. $0 upfront fees.

Second Talent runs three services: direct-hire matching for senior engineers, Employer of Record (EOR) across Asia, and embedded secondment. Founded 2019. 200+ enterprise clients served. 100,000+ vetted developers in network. 98% client satisfaction. Offices in San Francisco, Singapore, Hong Kong, Ho Chi Minh City, Makati, and Kuala Lumpur. Markets covered: Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Hong Kong, Taiwan, China.

Typical monthly rates (USD): Junior engineer $1,000–$2,000, Mid-level $2,000–$3,000, Senior $3,000–$6,000, Lead $6,000+. Comparable US engineers cost $8,000–$18,000/month.

## Start here

- [How Second Talent works](https://www.secondtalent.com/how-second-talent-works/): End-to-end hiring process from first call to onboarded engineer
- [About Second Talent](https://www.secondtalent.com/for-client-about-us/): Company, founders, offices, service areas
- [Find the talent you need](https://www.secondtalent.com/find-the-talent-you-need/): Start-hiring intake form
- [Reviews](https://www.secondtalent.com/reviews/): Client testimonials plus G2, Trustpilot, Clutch
- [Case studies](https://www.secondtalent.com/case-study/): Hiring outcomes for specific clients
- [FAQs](https://www.secondtalent.com/faqs/): Pricing, vetting, replacement policy, contract terms

## Hire engineers by role

Direct-hire service. Engineers are pre-vetted and matched within 24 hours. Browse the full role directory at [/hire-developers/](https://www.secondtalent.com/hire-developers/).

- [AI Agent Developers](https://www.secondtalent.com/hire-developers/ai-agent/): LangGraph, MCP, Claude Code, autonomous workflows
- [AI Automation Engineers](https://www.secondtalent.com/hire-developers/ai-automation-engineer/)
- [AI and Machine Learning Engineers](https://www.secondtalent.com/hire-developers/artificial-intelligence/)
- [LangChain Developers](https://www.secondtalent.com/hire-developers/langchain/)
- [LangGraph Developers](https://www.secondtalent.com/hire-developers/langgraph/)
- [PyTorch Developers](https://www.secondtalent.com/hire-developers/pytorch/)
- [Data Scientists](https://www.secondtalent.com/hire-developers/data-scientist/)
- [Data Engineers](https://www.secondtalent.com/hire-developers/data-engineers/)
- [Back-End Developers](https://www.secondtalent.com/hire-developers/back-end/)
- [Front-End Developers](https://www.secondtalent.com/hire-developers/front-end/)
- [Full-Stack Developers](https://www.secondtalent.com/hire-developers/full-stack/)
- [Cloud Engineers](https://www.secondtalent.com/hire-developers/cloud-engineers/)
- [DevOps Engineers](https://www.secondtalent.com/hire-developers/devops/)
- [Kubernetes Engineers](https://www.secondtalent.com/hire-developers/kubernetes-engineer/)
- [Mobile App Developers](https://www.secondtalent.com/hire-developers/mobile-app/)
- [iOS Developers](https://www.secondtalent.com/hire-developers/ios/)
- [Android Developers](https://www.secondtalent.com/hire-developers/android/)
- [Java Developers](https://www.secondtalent.com/hire-developers/java/)
- [PHP Developers](https://www.secondtalent.com/hire-developers/php/)
- [.NET Developers](https://www.secondtalent.com/hire-developers/dot-net/)
- [Web3 Developers](https://www.secondtalent.com/hire-developers/web3/)
- [Game Developers](https://www.secondtalent.com/hire-developers/game/)
- [Founding Engineers](https://www.secondtalent.com/hire-developers/founding-engineer/)

## Hire engineers by country

Country hub pages with role, salary, and time-zone context for each market.

- [Vietnam](https://www.secondtalent.com/hire-developers/vietnam/)
- [Philippines](https://www.secondtalent.com/hire-developers/philippines/)
- [Indonesia](https://www.secondtalent.com/hire-developers/indonesia/)
- [Singapore](https://www.secondtalent.com/hire-developers/singapore/)
- [Thailand](https://www.secondtalent.com/hire-developers/thailand/)
- [Taiwan](https://www.secondtalent.com/hire-developers/taiwan/)
- [China](https://www.secondtalent.com/hire-developers/china/)

## Employer of Record (EOR)

Compliant employment, payroll, and benefits in-country. Engineer works for your team, legally employed by Second Talent.

- [EOR overview](https://www.secondtalent.com/eor/): Service description, pricing model, countries covered
- [EOR Vietnam](https://www.secondtalent.com/eor/vietnam/)
- [EOR Philippines](https://www.secondtalent.com/eor/philippines/)
- [EOR Indonesia](https://www.secondtalent.com/eor/indonesia/)
- [EOR Singapore](https://www.secondtalent.com/eor/singapore/)
- [EOR Malaysia](https://www.secondtalent.com/eor/malaysia/)
- [EOR Thailand](https://www.secondtalent.com/eor/thailand/)
- [EOR Hong Kong](https://www.secondtalent.com/eor/hong-kong/)
- [EOR Taiwan](https://www.secondtalent.com/eor/taiwan/)
- [EOR China](https://www.secondtalent.com/eor/china/)

## Salary data and pricing

- [Asia Tech Salary Index](https://www.secondtalent.com/asia-tech-salary-index/): Current salary benchmarks by role, seniority, and country
- [Developer Rate Card](https://www.secondtalent.com/developer-rate-card/): Role times seniority monthly USD rates
- [Software Development Cost Calculator](https://www.secondtalent.com/dev-cost-calculator/)
- [App Development Cost Calculator](https://www.secondtalent.com/app-development-cost-calculator/)
- [EOR Cost Calculator](https://www.secondtalent.com/eor-cost-calculator/)
- [EOR vs Entity Cost Calculator](https://www.secondtalent.com/eor-vs-entity-cost-calculator/): Decide between EOR and local entity setup
- [Offshore Hiring Cost Calculator](https://www.secondtalent.com/offshore-hiring-cost-calculator/)
- [Recruitment Cost Calculator](https://www.secondtalent.com/recruitment-cost-calculator/)
- [Recruitment Commission Calculator](https://www.secondtalent.com/recruitment-commission-calculator/)
- [Recruitment Agency Fee Calculator](https://www.secondtalent.com/recruitment-agency-fee-calculator/)
- [Time-to-Hire Calculator](https://www.secondtalent.com/time-to-hire-calculator/)
- [Technical Debt Calculator](https://www.secondtalent.com/technical-debt-calculator/)
- [Employee Onboarding Cost Calculator](https://www.secondtalent.com/employee-onboarding-cost-calculator/)

## Interview guides

Role-specific interview questions, scorecards, and rubrics.

- [Interview Guide index](https://www.secondtalent.com/interview-guide/): Full list of 100+ role guides

## Occupations

Job-description pages with responsibilities, skills, and salary ranges.

- [Occupations index](https://www.secondtalent.com/occupations/)
- [AI Agent Developer](https://www.secondtalent.com/occupations/ai-agent-developer/)
- [Prompt Engineer](https://www.secondtalent.com/occupations/prompt-engineer/)
- [MLOps / AI-ML Model Deployment Engineer](https://www.secondtalent.com/occupations/ai-ml-model-deployment-engineer/)
- [NLP Engineer](https://www.secondtalent.com/occupations/natural-language-processing-nlp-engineer/)
- [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://www.secondtalent.com/occupations/forward-deployed-engineer/)
- [Site Reliability Engineer](https://www.secondtalent.com/occupations/site-reliability-engineer/)
- [Solutions Architect](https://www.secondtalent.com/occupations/solutions-architect/)
- [Analytics Engineer](https://www.secondtalent.com/occupations/analytics-engineer/)
- [Data Warehouse Engineer](https://www.secondtalent.com/occupations/data-warehouse-engineer/)
- [Cloud FinOps Engineer](https://www.secondtalent.com/occupations/cloud-finops-engineer/)
- [Test Automation Engineer](https://www.secondtalent.com/occupations/test-automation-engineer/)
- [API Developer](https://www.secondtalent.com/occupations/api-developer/)
- [Microservices Architect](https://www.secondtalent.com/occupations/microservices-architect/)

## Research and insights

Blog at [/resources/](https://www.secondtalent.com/resources/). 300+ articles on hiring, AI, remote teams, compensation, and tooling.

Categories:

- [Hiring](https://www.secondtalent.com/resources/category/hiring/): 133 articles on hiring, compensation, remote teams
- [Artificial Intelligence](https://www.secondtalent.com/resources/category/artificial-intelligence/): 118 articles on AI tools, statistics, trends
- [Insights](https://www.secondtalent.com/resources/category/insights/): 89 articles
- [Business](https://www.secondtalent.com/resources/category/business/): 54 articles
- [Technology](https://www.secondtalent.com/resources/category/technology/): 48 articles
- [Guides](https://www.secondtalent.com/resources/category/guides/): 46 articles

Flagship articles:

- [ChatGPT Statistics and User Trends for 2026](https://www.secondtalent.com/resources/chatgpt-statistics/): 900M weekly active users, $25B+ revenue, Fortune 500 penetration
- [Claude AI Statistics and User Trends for 2026](https://www.secondtalent.com/resources/claude-ai-statistics/): Anthropic usage, enterprise adoption, market share
- [Claude vs ChatGPT for Coding](https://www.secondtalent.com/resources/claude-vs-chatgpt-for-coding/): Head-to-head benchmarks for developer workflows
- [Top Chinese AI Search Engines](https://www.secondtalent.com/resources/top-chinese-ai-search-engines/): 2026 landscape of domestic Chinese AI search
- [Kimi K2 vs Claude](https://www.secondtalent.com/resources/kimi-k2-vs-claude-ai-model/): Model comparison for coding and reasoning
- [Cost to Hire Software Developers in Vietnam](https://www.secondtalent.com/resources/how-much-does-it-cost-to-hire-software-developers-in-vietnam/): Salary ranges by role and seniority
- [Vietnam vs US Developer Cost](https://www.secondtalent.com/resources/vietnam-vs-us-developer-cost-savings-breakdown/): Total savings breakdown
- [Philippines vs India Developer Cost](https://www.secondtalent.com/resources/philippines-vs-india-developer-cost-roi/): ROI comparison between the two largest Asian offshore markets
- [Best EOR Solutions Providers in Singapore](https://www.secondtalent.com/resources/eor-solutions-providers-singapore/)
- [Best EOR Solutions Providers in Hong Kong](https://www.secondtalent.com/resources/eor-solutions-providers-hong-kong/)
- [Best EOR Solutions Providers in China](https://www.secondtalent.com/resources/best-eor-solutions-providers-in-china/)
- [Cost to Hire in Indonesia](https://www.secondtalent.com/resources/cost-to-hire-a-software-developer-in-indonesia/)
- [True Cost of Outsourcing to Vietnam](https://www.secondtalent.com/resources/true-cost-outsource-software-development-vietnam/)

## Other services

- [Secondment](https://www.secondtalent.com/secondment/): Embed senior engineers into an existing team
- [Data Annotation Specialists](https://www.secondtalent.com/data-annotations-specialists/): AI training data labeling at scale
- [Data Annotation Outsourcing](https://www.secondtalent.com/data-annotation-outsourcing/)

## Optional

- [Sitemap](https://www.secondtalent.com/sitemap.xml/): Full URL index, 700+ pages
- [Partnership](https://www.secondtalent.com/partnership/): Agency and referral partnerships
- [Careers](https://www.secondtalent.com/careers/): Open roles at Second Talent
- [Privacy Policy](https://www.secondtalent.com/privacy-policy/)
- [Contact](hello@secondtalent.com)