US technology employers have an average arbitrage opportunity of 50%-75% for key talent markets, varying based on location.
We believe talent has no zip code. It is equally distributed worldwide but has several elevating factors like STEM education, foreign tech capital in the local market, English education, etc.
While the average software engineer base pay is $115K/year in the Bay Area, this amount can afford a Chief Software Architect with over 15 years of software engineering experience plus engineering management and software architecture knowledge in key markets such as Brazil, Argentina, Russia, Romania, Ukraine, Hungary, Belarus, India, Pakistan, or Egypt.
These profiles are fluent in English, while hidden talent has evident remote working experience as a cultural bonus. Unfortunately, location becomes a considerable scale blocker for many US companies. Exceptionly is built to eliminate risks and help you scale up.