A four-step gauntlet, and 1 in 9 gets through
Every professional passes an English assessment, a hands-on skills test, a portfolio and reference check, and a paid trial task before they ever reach you. Roughly 11% of applicants make it onto the platform. You meet the people who cleared the bar, not the people who applied.
Real overlap with your workday
Talent sits in GMT+2/+3, which means 4 to 7 hours of genuine overlap with US time zones and a full working day with Europe and the Gulf. You get standups, same-day replies, and async that actually moves — not a handoff to the other side of the planet.
A fraction of US agency rates
A senior developer runs about $21/hr all in here versus $80–150 through a Western agency. That's not a discount on quality — it's the cost of living in Ramallah versus San Francisco. You pay for the work, not the overhead, the rent, or the account manager's markup.
Every hire funds a household, not a charity
Unemployment among skilled young Palestinians is brutally high, and the talent is real and underused. When you hire here, you're paying a fair market wage for excellent work that happens to also keep a family stable and rooted at home. It's a good business decision first. The rest follows.
Every hire funds a household, not a charity.
It’s a good business decision first — a fair market wage for excellent work that also keeps a family stable and rooted at home. The rest follows.