Software Engineer Secondments: 50% HR Overhead Reduction

A multinational financial services firm needed 8 senior software engineers for a 6-month core banking migration project. The project was time-sensitive and technically demanding. Hiring permanently was not justified for fixed-term work. But managing contractors directly meant taking on payroll, employment compliance, and HR administration in a market where they had no existing HR infrastructure. Previous attempts to hire contractors directly had created compliance exposure they were not willing to repeat.

Strivolabs provided 8 senior engineers on secondment contracts, acting as Employer of Record for the full engagement. We sourced and placed each engineer, handled all payroll processing, tax compliance, employment contracts, onboarding, and ongoing HR administration. The client's engineering leads had full day-to-day oversight of the team and their work. We handled everything else. The engineers were embedded directly in the client's office from day one.

The project was delivered on schedule. HR overhead was reduced by 50% compared to the client's previous approach to similar engagements. The client's leadership spent zero hours on compliance or HR admin for the full six months. Two of the seconded engineers were subsequently offered and accepted permanent positions with the client.