A US SaaS startup built an 8-person India engineering team in 90 days — with no local entity
A Series B B2B SaaS company (US-headquartered, ~60 employees) needed to open an engineering hub in Bengaluru without waiting months to incorporate. Here’s how Neeva Technologies got their first hire under contract in under a week, and eight engineers onboarded within the quarter.
Client details in this case study are anonymized at the customer’s request; the timeline and outcomes reflect the actual engagement.
Results at a glance
Challenge and solution
The challenge
The company had identified strong senior engineering candidates in Bengaluru but had no legal way to employ them. Incorporating a Private Limited entity would take 4–6 months and require a local director, a registered office, and ongoing statutory filings the team had no bandwidth to manage. Competing offers meant every week of delay risked losing candidates.
The solution
Neeva Technologies became the legal Employer of Record for each hire. Offer letters and compliant employment contracts were issued within days, PF/ESI enrollment and payroll were configured before day one, and the client retained full day-to-day management of the team through their own reporting lines — with none of the entity or compliance overhead.
From decision to a full engineering pod in one quarter
- First engineer signed and onboarded within 6 business days of kickoff
- Eight engineers hired and onboarded across two hiring rounds within 90 days
- Zero entity registration cost or multi-month incorporation delay
- PF, ESI, and gratuity compliance in place from each employee’s first day
Customer testimonial
“We hired our first two India engineers within a week of deciding to expand. Neeva Technologies handled the contracts, payroll, and compliance — we just focused on the onboarding calls. It was genuinely that simple.”
Series A/B — US-headquartered, ~60-person company
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