Hire in Lagos: staffing & recruitment
To hire developers in Lagos, companies can recruit from Africa's largest technology talent pool or extend a team with offshore engineers from India through staff augmentation. Lagos is the continent's leading fintech and startup hub, with deep product and engineering talent that often works remotely for global employers. Pitch N Hire helps Lagos teams recruit locally and run hiring on its ATS.
The Lagos hiring market
Lagos is the commercial and technology capital of Nigeria and the beating heart of African tech, home to the fintech ecosystem that produced payments companies such as Flutterwave and Paystack and a dense cluster of startups, venture funds and engineering hubs like Yaba. Demand for backend, mobile and payments engineers is fierce, and because many developers work remotely for overseas firms, local employers compete hard on pay, growth and speed of hiring.
Developer talent in Lagos
Lagos talent runs deep in fintech and payments engineering, backend (Node.js, Python, Go), mobile and product, with a large self-taught and bootcamp-trained cohort alongside university graduates. Many senior engineers already work remote-first for international employers, which raises the bar and the price for local hires — so Lagos companies value fast, structured recruitment and, at times, offshore capacity to keep delivery on track.
Lagos commands Nigeria's highest developer pay, and senior remote engineers are frequently paid in US dollars to match international remote offers, while mid-level local salaries often fall in the region of ₦6m–₦18m a year depending on skill and employer. To manage blended cost or add niche skills quickly, some Lagos teams pair local hires with offshore India-based engineers sourced through PNH.
Building an offshore team from Lagos
For Lagos founders scaling delivery, PNH can supply an offshore pod alongside local recruitment: vetted India-based engineers employed through its Employer of Record, working with strong daily overlap to WAT — India runs about four and a half hours ahead, so mornings in Lagos meet afternoons in India — expanding capacity without adding to premium local salary budgets.
Lagos is the birthplace of Nigeria's fintech giants — Flutterwave and Paystack among them — and the Yaba district is often called the country's tech corridor, concentrating startups, hubs and payments engineering talent.
How to hire developers in Lagos: step by step
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Decide local vs offshore for each Lagos role
Split your roles into those that must be on-site in Lagos and those an offshore engineer can own. Pitch N Hire can recruit the local roles and augment the rest with vetted India-based talent. -
Define the skills and seniority
Write a clear brief — stack, seniority, and the outcomes each hire must deliver — so sourcing is targeted and every shortlisted candidate is genuinely qualified for your Lagos team. -
Source and vet candidates
PNH sources from its India talent pool for augmentation, or runs local recruitment for Lagos roles, screening every candidate with structured interviews and skills assessments. -
Interview and select
You interview your shortlist with structured scorecards and make every hiring decision — PNH surfaces qualified people; you choose who joins. -
Onboard compliantly and scale
Offshore hires are employed through PNH's India Employer of Record and onboarded into your tools and sprints, so your Lagos team gains capacity in weeks — then scales up or down as needed.
Services for Lagos companies
Roles companies hire in Lagos
Whether you recruit locally or build an offshore team, Pitch N Hire helps Lagos companies hire across the full engineering stack and the roles around it:
Why Lagos companies hire with Pitch N Hire
Vetted talent, fast
Matched shortlists from a pre-vetted India talent pool in days — far quicker than a local Lagos permanent hire.
You stay in control
You interview and choose every person; PNH surfaces qualified candidates and handles the operational load.
Compliance handled
Offshore hires are employed through PNH's India Employer of Record — payroll, tax and compliance taken care of.
Lower blended cost
Building part of your Lagos team offshore keeps comparable seniority at a lower total cost.
Local + offshore
Recruit for on-site roles and augment with offshore engineers — one partner for both motions.
One platform
The ATS and interview software keep sourcing, interviewing and decisions joined-up as you scale.
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