What the candidate tells us
This is free after you sign up and sign the Arca.ph Client Agreement. It is the resume, expected compensation, where they live, working hours and time overlap, screening answers, and the AI video interview.
Hiring
How to hire remote developers without a staffing agency or recruiter
How to hire remote developers without a staffing agency or recruiter: sign up free, let Arca.ph score every candidate against your job, and interview the people at the top. Arca.ph moves that shortlist through your hiring steps quickly, at very little cost compared with a monthly staffing markup or a recruiter fee. You pay the developer directly, and you pay Arca.ph a one-time 15% fee of first-year pay.
How to hire developers for a startup
How to hire developers for a startup takes eight steps. Arca.ph is a marketplace of vetted remote software engineers from around the world. It scores the candidates and moves the top people through the steps. You still interview and choose who to hire.
- Sign up free. Create an account and sign the Arca.ph Client Agreement. Profiles are free to view.
- Write the job. List the skills you need, how experienced the person should be, the expected compensation, and the hours you need to overlap with your team.
- Let Arca.ph score the candidates. Arca.ph scores every profile against that job and ranks them. An AI assistant you already use, such as Grok, Claude, or ChatGPT, can search and sort the same network. You choose who to meet (How it works).
- Read what the candidate tells us. This part is free. You can read the resume, expected compensation, where they live, the hours they can work and how those hours overlap your team, screening answers, and a written transcript of a video interview with an AI interviewer.
- Ask for an introduction. Arca.ph contacts a developer only when you ask. If the developer says yes, that is an introduction.
- Order Proctored tests. This is what the candidate shows us, and Proctored tests are paid. A real person watches each Proctored test. Order a Proctored coding test with no AI, and a Proctored English test, for the people you want to check (Proctored tests).
- Interview. You talk with the developer and decide if the person fits the job.
- Hire and pay once. On the marketplace, if you hire someone Arca.ph introduced within 1 year of the introduction, you pay a one-time 15% fee of first-year pay. You arrange the contract and pay with the developer. If the hire does not work out, there is a 3-month free replacement (Success fee vs hourly markup).
No AI assistant? You can still read every profile and follow the same steps.
Free to read, paid to prove
What the candidate shows us
This is paid. A real person watches each Proctored test, including a Proctored coding test with no AI and a Proctored English test. You pay for the Proctored tests you order.
One fee, not a monthly markup
A staffing firm adds a markup every month the developer stays. A recruiter charges a fee to place someone. Arca.ph charges neither a monthly markup nor a recruiter fee.
What the candidate tells us is free. Proctored tests are paid. On the marketplace, if you hire someone Arca.ph introduced within 1 year of the introduction, you pay a one-time 15% fee of first-year pay. There is a 3-month free replacement. See Success fee vs hourly markup for how that fee compares with a monthly markup.
Create your account and start looking. Profiles are free to view once you sign up and sign the Arca.ph Client Agreement.
FAQ
How do I hire a developer without a staffing agency or recruiter?
Sign up free on Arca.ph. It scores every candidate against your job and ranks them. Read what each candidate tells us, order Proctored tests for the people you like, then interview and hire. You pay the developer directly. You pay Arca.ph one fee of 15% of first-year pay, once, instead of a monthly staffing markup or a recruiter fee.
How do I hire developers for a startup?
Write the must-haves, the expected compensation, and the hours you need to overlap. Arca.ph scores the network against that job so you only meet the top few. Candidate data is free. Proctored tests are paid. On the marketplace, you pay one fee of 15% of first-year pay, once, only if you hire someone Arca.ph introduced within 1 year.
What does Arca.ph charge instead of a recruiter fee?
On the marketplace, profiles are free to view once you sign up and sign the Arca.ph Client Agreement. You pay for the Proctored tests you order. If you hire someone Arca.ph introduced within 1 year of the introduction, you pay one fee of 15% of first-year pay, once. A free replacement applies for 3 months.
What can I see before I pay for a test?
What the candidate tells us is free. That includes the resume, expected compensation, where they live, the hours they can work and how those hours overlap your team, screening answers, and a written transcript of a video interview with an AI interviewer. What the candidate shows us comes from Proctored tests, and you pay for the tests you order.
What is a Proctored test?
A Proctored test is a test a real person watches, with the screen recorded and a second camera on the candidate. It is what the candidate shows us, not what they tell us. You can order a Proctored coding test with no AI, a Proctored English test, and other Proctored tests. You pay for the tests you order.
What if the hire does not work out?
If the hire does not work out, Arca.ph finds you a replacement for free within 3 months. You still read the new profile, order any Proctored tests you want, and run the interview. The marketplace fee stays one fee of 15% of first-year pay, paid once, when you hire someone Arca.ph introduced.
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