Companies in Berlin, Germany that want to employ engineering talent in India without opening a local entity can use Pitch N Hire as their Employer of Record. PNH legally employs each hire on your behalf and manages payroll, tax, benefits and statutory compliance, so a Berlin business can build a compliant offshore team quickly and focus on the work rather than the paperwork.
An Employer of Record (EOR) is a company that legally employs workers on your behalf in a country where you have no entity, taking on payroll, tax withholding, benefits, contracts and statutory compliance while the worker delivers under your day-to-day direction. Pitch N Hire's EOR strength is India: it lets a business anywhere hire and retain Indian engineering talent compliantly — with correct employment contracts, payroll and provident-fund/tax handling — without registering an Indian subsidiary. This removes the cost, delay and legal risk of setting up a foreign entity, and pairs naturally with staff augmentation when you want PNH to both source and employ your offshore team.
You identify the person you want to employ in India — either someone Pitch N Hire sourced for you, or a candidate you found yourself who you want employed compliantly.
PNH issues a locally-compliant Indian employment contract with the correct terms, benefits and statutory entitlements, so the engagement is legally sound from day one.
The employee is onboarded onto PNH's Indian payroll, with tax, provident fund and benefits configured correctly — no Indian entity or local finance function needed on your side.
The employee works under your day-to-day direction, in your tools and process, while PNH remains the legal employer of record for compliance purposes.
PNH runs monthly payroll, tax filings, statutory contributions and HR administration, and keeps everything compliant as regulations change — you get a report, not a paperwork burden.
As your Employer of Record in India, Pitch N Hire takes on the full employment burden:
Berlin is Germany's undisputed startup hub and one of Europe's leading venture ecosystems, home to unicorns and scale-ups across fintech, mobility, e-commerce, health-tech and enterprise SaaS. Its international, English-speaking scene attracts developers from across the EU and beyond, yet funding-driven hiring waves regularly outstrip the local supply of senior product and platform engineers, keeping competition and time-to-hire high.
Berlin's talent pool is young, international and product-minded, with deep strength in JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Go, cloud-native and modern data stacks, plus a strong design and product-management community. Because so many engineers are drawn to well-funded startups, senior backend and platform specialists are fiercely contested and can be slow to secure, which is why many Berlin teams blend in offshore engineers for capacity.
Berlin developer pay is high for Germany though below top US and London levels — senior software engineers frequently in the region of €70k–€95k plus roughly 20% employer social contributions. Offshore augmentation from India typically delivers comparable seniority at a materially lower blended rate, which is why cost-aware Berlin startups run hybrid local-plus-offshore teams.
For Berlin founders and engineering leads, an offshore pod is often the fastest route to added capacity: PNH sources and vets India-based engineers, overlaps several working hours with CET for daily standups, and handles employment and compliance through its Employer of Record, so there is no German entity, payroll setup or Betriebsrat obligation to manage.
You can engage Pitch N Hire in whichever way fits your Berlin team's stage and workload — and mix them as you scale:
A pre-screened India talent pool means matched shortlists in days, not the months a local permanent hire can take.
You interview and choose every person; Pitch N Hire surfaces qualified candidates and handles the operational load.
Offshore hires are employed through PNH's India Employer of Record — payroll, tax and statutory compliance are taken care of.
Building part of your team offshore keeps comparable seniority on the roster at a lower total cost than local-only hiring.
Engineers work on overlapping working hours and inside your tools and sprints — collaboration, not black-box outsourcing.
Staffing, recruitment, EOR and the ATS/interview software come from one provider, so hiring stays joined-up as you scale.
Staffing and recruitment services, the applicant tracking software, and hiring resources — all in one place.
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