Hire a Software Developer in the Philippines.

We recruit software developers. It is a way to add build capacity without waiting out a local senior search that can eat two quarters. Day to day they ship features against your requirements, triage and fix bugs, review other people's code, and take part in releases rather than handing work over a wall.

We replace any hire inside 90 days
01 · The role

What a software developer actually owns

  • Feature development against product requirements
  • Bug triage, reproduction, and fixes
  • Code review and technical documentation
  • Test coverage for the code they ship
  • Deployment and release participation
02 · The screen

What we test before you meet anyone

  • A live session reading and modifying an unfamiliar codebase, not a blank-page exercise
  • How they explain a trade-off they made and later regretted
  • Their debugging method on a failure they cannot immediately reproduce
  • Code review behaviour, tested with a deliberately flawed pull request

Where software developer searches usually go wrong.

Take-home tests are now trivially completed with AI, so a clean submission proves very little. Plenty of candidates produce flawless work offline and then cannot explain a decision inside it, or reason about code they did not write.

03 · What happens next

Tell us about the role.

Send a short brief and we will tell you whether this is a search worth running before anyone pays anything.

To start
Send a brief

A short description of the role. We come back on whether we can fill it, and what it would take.

To delivery
10 business days

From approved brief to the candidates worth meeting, screened and interviewed.

After placement
90 days

Replacement search at no additional charge if the hire does not hold.

10 business days is what we aim for rather than a promise. Senior, specialist, and confidential searches often run longer. We tell you what to expect for your role once we have seen the brief.

05 · Questions

Before you send the brief.

How do you screen software developers?
Every software developer search runs the same checks before anyone reaches you. A live session reading and modifying an unfamiliar codebase, not a blank-page exercise. How they explain a trade-off they made and later regretted. Their debugging method on a failure they cannot immediately reproduce. Code review behaviour, tested with a deliberately flawed pull request. You see the notes from each one alongside the candidates we recommend.
Why is it hard to hire a software developer?
Take-home tests are now trivially completed with AI, so a clean submission proves very little. Plenty of candidates produce flawless work offline and then cannot explain a decision inside it, or reason about code they did not write.
What does a software developer in the Philippines typically own?
A placed software developer normally takes on the following. Feature development against product requirements. Bug triage, reproduction, and fixes. Code review and technical documentation. Test coverage for the code they ship. Deployment and release participation. Scope is set in the brief, so if your version of the role is narrower or broader, say so and we recruit to that.
How does hiring a software developer through HireTalent.ph work?
Send us a brief describing the role. We come back with whether it is a search we can run, who we would be looking for, and what it would take. Nothing is owed while we work that out.
How long does the search take, and what if the hire does not work out?
We aim to present the most qualified candidates within 10 business days of an approved brief. Senior, specialist, and confidential searches often take longer, and we tell you what to expect for your role once we have seen the brief. If the placement leaves, doesn't start, or isn't the right fit inside 90 days, we rerun the full search at no additional charge, same scope and same point of contact.

Ready to hand off this software developer search?

Send a short brief. We come back on whether we can fill it and what it would take.