DOSSIER · ENGINEERINGSAMPLE
Software8 yrs+ · senior
Senior Full-Stack Engineer
GMT+2 · full CET overlap
€18–24/hrMatched to your hours
52°N 4°E Remote talent · One channel
The shortest route between your team and world-class remote talent.
Pre-vetted engineers, support agents, assistants and marketers — working your hours, at a fraction of local cost. Shortlist in 14 days. First month free.
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Strait at a glance
Founded 2026 · AmsterdamTalent sourced & vetted in EgyptBuilt for teams in NL · BE · LUFully remote, your hours
01 What we do
Four crafts. One channel.
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Software development
Front-end, back-end, mobile and full-stack engineers who ship from day one.
Customer support
24/7 agents across live chat, email and help desk — your customers never wait.
Virtual assistants
Admin, research and operations handled, so you can run the business.
Digital marketing
SEO, paid and content specialists who grow the numbers that matter.
02 The crossing
Brief to hire, in five steps.
Step 01
Chart the role
One call maps the role — skills, seniority, culture and the hours you need covered.
Same-day responseStep 02
Source & vet
We headhunt, screen, interview and test the craft. Only the top 3% of applicants clear the channel.
Top 3% onlyStep 03
Meet your shortlist
We present two or three finalists. You interview them and make the final call yourself.
2–3 candidates, no noiseStep 04
Hire & onboard
Pick your hire and start — the first month is free, with weekly check-ins.
First month freeStep 05
Ongoing support
Check-ins for the life of the placement, a consultant on call, and our guarantee.
90-day guarantee70%
Lower cost than an equivalent local hire
14d
Target time to your first shortlist
3%
Our bar — only the top 3% of applicants pass
1mo
First month free on every hire — zero upfront
03 The talent we channel
Every candidate, as a clear dossier.
We're newly launched, so rather than parade names we haven't placed, here's the format every finalist arrives in — anonymised until you're ready to meet them: craft, skills, timezone overlap and rate.
DOSSIER · SUPPORTSAMPLE
Customer support6 yrs+ · SaaS
Customer Support Lead
GMT+2 · 24/7 rotation
€9–13/hrMatched to your hours
DOSSIER · MARKETINGSAMPLE
Digital marketing7 yrs+ · agency
Digital Marketing Specialist
GMT+2 · full overlap
€10–15/hrMatched to your hours
Get them by email — no call, no commitment.
04 Why Strait
Hire smarter. Grow faster.
Top talent, lower costs
Skilled professionals at a fraction of in-house cost.
Pay only for hours worked
Billed for actual work, never idle time. Holidays and leave are tracked transparently and only billed if agreed in advance.
Zero admin burden
Payroll, compliance and contracts handled.
Pre-vetted professionals
Screened, tested and ready from day one.
What are you hiring for?
Risk-free
Your first hire — first month free.
No upfront cost, no commitment. Experience the quality of the channel firsthand — and only continue if it works for you.
05 Why Egypt
Egyptian talent.
Amsterdam rhythm.
We source and vet every Strait professional in Egypt — a deep, young talent pool with near-perfect timezone overlap for European teams, strong English, and a fraction of the local cost.
120,000
STEM graduates a year
Among the world's largest talent pipelines
1 hour
Timezone overlap
EET sits one hour ahead of CET
3,400+
Vetted professionals
Ranked, ready and in the channel
6 days
Median time to shortlist
From signed brief to first dossier
06 Equipped to deliver
Set up to work remotely — from day one.
Every Strait professional plugs straight into your team with the hardware, connectivity and software to deliver. No “getting set up” week, no surprise gaps.
Business-grade hardware
A current, company-spec laptop with the RAM and screen the craft needs — provided or fully reimbursed.
ProvidedBacked-up connectivity
A fibre primary line with 4G/5G failover, so a dropped connection never costs you a working day.
RedundantYour software stack
Slack, Teams, Jira, Figma, GitHub, Zendesk — they arrive set up in the tools you already run.
Pre-configuredCalls that just work
HD webcam, noise-cancelling headset and a quiet, well-lit space for stand-ups and client calls.
Camera-readySecured endpoints
Disk encryption, managed antivirus, automatic patching and a password manager on every machine.
Locked downPower & workspace
UPS battery backup and an ergonomic home-office setup keep the day steady through outages.
Always on07 Run the numbers
See what you'd save.
A rough, honest estimate — typical Benelux salaries versus Strait's billed rate. Your real quote depends on the brief.
CraftSoftware
SeniorityMid
Team size2 hires
What's included60% lower rate
Payroll, compliance, equipment and a free first month are already baked into the Strait figure.
Estimated monthly cost
Equivalent local hires€15,000
Through Strait€6,000
€108,000 /yr
Saved versus hiring them locally — about 60% lower, every month.
Indicative only · full-time equivalent · excludes recruiter fees you'd pay elsewhere
08 Stay in the loop
A client portal that keeps you in the know.
Hiring through Strait isn't handing off into a black box. Every client gets a private portal to follow each role in real time — from the first shortlist to the monthly invoice.
- One dashboardEvery open role and its live stage, in one place.
- Shortlists side by sideCompare finalists, read full dossiers, approve with a click.
- Your consultant on the lineMessage the team and get answers without chasing email.
- Transparent billingHours logged and invoices itemised — no surprises, ever.
09Security & trust
Big-company security, without the theatre.
We're early-stage, so we won't wave an ISO badge we haven't earned yet. Instead, here's exactly how we handle your data, access and people — in plain language.
GDPR-aligned · data stays in the EUEncryption everywhere
Data is encrypted in transit (TLS) and at rest; every device uses full-disk encryption as standard.
Least-privilege access
People see only what their role needs. Access is granted per engagement and revoked the day it ends.
Signed NDAs & contracts
Every client engagement and every professional is covered by a mutual NDA and a written contract.
Your data, your control
We store the minimum we need, never sell it, and delete it on request — managed from your portal.
Vetted, identified people
Identity, references and right-to-work are verified before anyone is allowed into the channel.
A clear incident process
If something goes wrong, you get a named contact and a written response — never silence.
10 Our promise
We're new — and that works in your favour.
No back catalogue of logos yet. Just a sharp focus on the handful of clients we take on now, and terms that put the risk on us, not you.
Founder-led attention
You work directly with the people who built Strait — not a junior account manager three steps removed.
Skin in the game
First month free and a 90-day guarantee. We only win when the hire actually sticks.
Transparent by default
Real rates, hours logged, no recruiter mark-up games — all visible in your portal.
11 Questions
The short answers.
Your first month with a Strait hire is free — no upfront cost, no commitment. Experience the quality firsthand and only continue if it works for you.
Zero upfront costs and transparent pricing. You only pay for actual hours worked, invoiced monthly — typically around 70% less than an equivalent local hire.
We promptly find a suitable replacement at no additional cost — backed by our 90-day guarantee.
No. Full-time, part-time or project-based — hiring stays flexible and on-demand, without long-term commitments.
Your next great hire is one channel away.
Shortlist in 14 days. The first month is free. No commitments.