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AI, ML, data and full-stack engineers in the Philippines, working the full British day. Embedded full time in your team on rolling monthly contracts.
- Works full UK office hours
- English is an official language
- 20+ years of tech delivery
Built for UK teams
Built for British teams.
Engineers who work your day, write and speak fluent English, and stay with your team for years.
Your working hours
The UK working day
Full UK daytime schedules, every day: stand-ups, sprints and pairing in real time, not handovers across a time gap.
English speaking
Native level
English is an official language, taught from primary school and used in business by default. Second in Asia on the EF English Proficiency Index.
Seniority
5+ years minimum
We do not place juniors. Every engineer has shipped production software at scale and passes a senior interview on your stack.
Retention
97% stay 2+ years
The model is built to keep engineers, not churn them, so you are not re-hiring the same seat every six months.
Customer story · 90 sec
"They feel like part of our team."
Marcus Kilgour, CTO at Salmon Software, on hiring engineers via Cloud Employee - and why the model has worked.
Marcus Kilgour · CTO, Salmon SoftwareBuilt on the ground in three regions.
Financial district · Largest concentration
Second-largest tech ecosystem
Government-incentivised tech zone
How we keep your engineer
Compliantly employed.
Yours, for the long run.
The hidden cost of cheap Philippine outsourcing is churn. We employ engineers compliantly, pay them properly, train them and support them, so they stay with your team for years rather than months.
Employer of record in the Philippines
We are the legal employer. Local contracts, tax, SSS, PhilHealth, Pag-IBIG and 13th month pay are handled in-country, and because the engineer is our employee rather than your contractor, UK IR35 status questions do not arise.
L&D budget for every placed engineer
Conferences, certifications and courses, funded every year. We invest in your engineer because you do.
Health insurance and wellbeing
Above-market HMO cover, mental health support, and annual leave that lines up with your team's.
24/7 office access in every region
For engineers who prefer an office: power, fibre, security and coffee, all covered.
Support teams on the ground
HR, payroll and engineering managers in the Philippines itself, not a hotline in another country.
What's included
You get the engineer. We handle everything else.
Run your team. Ship your product.
- Direct your engineer's day-to-day work
- Bring them into your stand-ups and Slack
- Treat them exactly like a full-time hire
The full operational stack.
- Source and vet the engineer, free if you do not hire
- Employ them locally with full benefits and private healthcare
- Run payroll, tax and compliance across the Philippines
- Provide a UK-based account manager as your point of contact
- Replace the engineer at no cost if it is not working
- Fund their training, performance and long-term retention
- Carry liability insurance plus IP and data protection on every contract
One monthly fee. No set-up costs, no placement fees, and 30 days' notice on a rolling contract.
Where we are on the ground
Makati is our heart in the Philippines.
Our biggest region · MakatiOur largest team. Heavy in full-stack, backend, and fintech.
Makati is the financial and tech centre of the Philippines. Our largest concentration of engineers is here - full-stack, backend, .NET, fintech, and mobile specialisms run deep.
Also on the ground in
Cebu
Second-largest tech ecosystem · mobile and SaaS
Clark
Modern tech zone with government incentives
Did you know
English is one of the official languages of the Philippines - used in school, business, and government. Filipino engineers grow up consuming Western media, working with Western teams, and writing in English by default.
Sources: Philippine Constitution 1987 · EF English Proficiency Index 2025 · IBPAP industry data
What role are you hiring for?
Pick one to start - you'll see matching engineers at the end.
- 300+ teams built
- 97% stay 2+ years
- Replace if it isn't working
Philippines · FAQ
Questions UK and Australian CTOs ask about hiring in the Philippines.
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Open chat01Will they really work UK hours, and is that sustainable?
Our engineers are hired specifically for UK schedules and paid a premium for them. Shift patterns are written into their contracts, and we monitor workload and wellbeing so the arrangement holds for years, not weeks.
02How good is their English, honestly?
English is an official language of the Philippines and the default language of business and higher education. Every engineer is interviewed for written and spoken fluency before you ever meet them.
03Who handles Filipino employment law and compliance?
We do, as the legal employer of record. Local contracts, tax, SSS, PhilHealth, Pag-IBIG and 13th month pay are all run by our in-country team, and you receive a single monthly invoice.
04Are most Filipino developers junior or BPO-trained?
Not the ones we place. We do not put forward juniors or generalist BPO staff: every engineer has five or more years shipping production software and passes a senior technical interview on your stack.
05Can we visit our engineers in the Philippines?
Yes. We have offices in Makati, Cebu and Clark, and we regularly host clients on site to meet their teams in person.
06What about typhoons, power cuts and infrastructure?
Our offices run on backup power and redundant fibre, and engineers can move to an office or co-working space at any time. Continuity is part of what you are paying for.
07Where do IP protection and data privacy stand?
Your IP is yours. Contracts assign all work product to you, engineers sign NDAs, and every contract carries liability insurance plus IP and data protection.
08What does a Philippines developer cost compared with a UK hire?
Typically 50-75% less all-in. Rates run $35-80 per hour depending on seniority, billed as one monthly fee that covers salary, benefits, compliance and support, with no placement charges.
09Is there a minimum number of engineers to hire?
No. Plenty of clients start with one engineer and grow from there; a single hire gets the same vetting, support and UK-based account management as a whole team.
10How fast can a larger team be built?
Given clear requirements, very fast: we recently built a 28-person technical team for a UK company inside a month. The shortlist-in-7-days rhythm holds at team scale.