Hire senior full-stack developers, matched in days.
Experienced engineers who were writing production code long before AI — and who now use it to move faster. They work in your time zone and behave like part of your team, backed by Qilin Lab rather than a freelancer marketplace.
We'll send a shortlist and pricing within one business day.
From brief to shipping, in about a week.
No sales maze. Tell us what you need and we do the matching — you only meet developers who already passed our bar.
Tell us what you need
Share your stack, the work, and how many developers. Two minutes is enough.
Get a shortlist
We match vetted developers to your brief and send a shortlist to review.
~48 hoursInterview & pick
Meet the shortlist, ask anything, and choose the engineer who fits.
Start risk-free
Begin with a 3-day trial. Keep them only if you're happy.
pay only if you continueSenior, vetted, and ready to ship.
Every developer clears a multi-stage review of real engineering skill and clear English before they reach you.
Representative of the engineers we match — real profiles are shared on your shortlist.
Senior engineers who also happen to be good with AI.
AI has made it easy for almost anyone to look like a developer. Everyone we place was already a senior engineer before that wave — and they treat AI the way a craftsman treats a power tool: it speeds up the routine work, it never makes the decisions.
Most applicants don't make it past the technical stage.
The honest comparison.
How hiring through Qilin stacks up against the other ways teams get developers.
| Qilin Lab | Freelance sites | In-house hire | Big agencies | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vetted for skill + English | ✓ multi-stage | ✗ self-listed | ✓ but slow | ✓ |
| Time to first developer | ~1 week | days, risky | 2–3 months | several weeks |
| Risk-free trial | ✓ 3-day | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ rare |
| Senior engineers, AI-fluent | ✓ | varies | varies | ✗ rare |
| Works in your time zone | ✓ | varies | ✓ | sometimes |
| Commitment | month-to-month | per project | full-time salary | long contracts |
| Starting cost | from $1,500/mo | low, variable | US salary + overhead | $$$ |
One monthly rate per developer.
Predictable, no upfront cost, and a fraction of hiring the same seniority locally. Final rate depends on seniority and stack — we confirm it on your shortlist.
Full-time, dedicated to your team, in your time zone.
- ✓ One senior, vetted engineer, full-time on your work
- ✓ Matched to your stack and time zone
- ✓ 3-day risk-free trial — pay only if you keep them
- ✓ Replacement guarantee if the fit isn't right
- ✓ Month-to-month — scale up or down anytime
Building a team?
Need several developers, or a lead plus a squad? We'll assemble a team and a blended rate that fits the roadmap.
- ✓ Multiple developers, coordinated as one team
- ✓ Optional tech lead to run delivery
- ✓ Volume pricing across the team
- ✓ One point of contact at Qilin
Teams that trust Qilin's engineers.
"The Qilin developer felt like part of our team from week one. They owned the work the way we own our product, not like a contractor waiting on tickets."
Jaskaran KamboCEO, Spend The Bits"They put a senior full-stack engineer on our real-time portfolio app who was shipping from day one. It felt like hiring in-house, without the months of hiring."
Henry AnnHead of Americas, Allindex AG"The developer we brought on through Qilin was beyond our expectations. Genuinely senior, a clear communicator, and everything they shipped was high quality."
Abhishek KariwalCEO, ThinkFirst EducationBefore you hire.
How do you vet developers?
A multi-stage review: a real coding assessment, then a live interview covering both engineering and communication. Only the developers who clear it reach your shortlist.
What does the risk-free trial cover?
Start with a developer for 3 days. If it's not working, you don't continue and you don't pay for it — we'll match someone else or part ways cleanly.
Are these “AI developers”?
No — and it is worth being clear about it. They are senior engineers who also use AI well. Since AI arrived, plenty of people can call themselves developers, so we hire for real engineering experience first and treat AI fluency as an added skill. The tools take the repetitive work off their plate, which means more gets shipped each week — but an experienced human still owns the architecture and every call that matters.
Which time zones do you cover?
Developers are matched to overlap with your working hours, so stand-ups and reviews happen live, not overnight.
How does billing work?
One clear monthly rate per developer, from $1,500, with no upfront cost. Month-to-month — scale up or down as the work changes.
How fast can someone start?
A matched shortlist in about 48 hours, and a developer in your team in roughly a week from your brief.
Tell us what you're building.
Get a shortlist of vetted, senior developers and a clear quote — within one business day.
Request developers →We'll send a shortlist and pricing within one business day.