You just decide
what to build
We place an AI-Critical engineer within your Slack, standups, and GitHub in just three weeks. From day one, your code remains in your repository. We handle onboarding, sprint execution, and standups, so you can stay fully focused on building your product.
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Still interviewing?
his platform was already live
A US founder building an AI-enabled platform for the carwash industry. He skipped the 4 to 6 month local hiring cycle and embedded one engineer from us in 3 weeks. Six months later: paying customers, 23K+ daily transactions per client, zero downtime.
TRUSTED BY FOUNDERS BUILDING
Same budget
4× the runway
A senior engineer hired locally costs more than salary. It also costs months before a single line of code ships. The founder velocity engine compresses that timeline and extends runway on the same budget.
Local Hire
The Founder Velocity Engine
Five guarantees
Every trigger is written
Most vendors promise things will go well. We tell you exactly what happens when something doesn't. Each guarantee below names the day and the number.
Performance, in writing.
Raise an issue in writing. Within 24 hours we acknowledge it. Within 72 hours we send a written plan. Within 14 days it's resolved, or your engineer is replaced free, automatically. No back-and-forth, no 'give it another sprint.'
Day One certainty.
What if your matched engineer backs out before starting? We have backup candidates ready, also pre-vetted. New engineer confirmed within 24 hours. New start date within 5 to 7 business days. Your timeline doesn't blow up.
The code is yours, forever.
Your engineer commits to your GitHub from Day 1. Your credentials, your repo, your control. Fire us tomorrow and the code still ships on Monday. Written confirmation at signing.
You see exactly what's being built.
Every working day, your engineer posts a written Slack update: shipped, planned, blocked. Standups every other day, on video. Weekly timesheets, line by line. If updates go silent for 2 days, your CSM is on it before you ask.
Complete freedom to exit.
Raise to Series A and want to hire direct? Pivoting? Shutting down? Every exit is written into the contract before you sign. Month-to-month. No lock. No penalty.
You stay in decision mode
We run everything else
Most engagements move from first call to first commit in 3 weeks. Here's exactly what happens, step by step.
Share what you're building.
A 15-minute call. You tell us what you're building. We turn it into the brief. No formal job description needed.
We source. We screen.
We run the search. You get a shortlist within 5 to 7 business days. No HR back-and-forth, no resume floods.
We vet. You interview.
Each candidate clears 4 filters before you meet them: skills, coding challenge, interview, background check. You meet the final 2. You pick.
We handle the back office.
Contract, NDA, payroll, compliance. We run all of it. You add the engineer to Slack and GitHub. Your onboarding effort: about 2 hours, total.
Engineer starts. Code starts shipping.
Day 1: written confirmation the code is yours. First week: first commit, daily Slack updates, first standup. Month-to-month after that. No lock, no penalty for leaving.
While most founders were still interviewing, his platform was live.
While most founders were still interviewing, his platform was live.
A US founder building an AI-enabled SaaS platform for the carwash industry. Deep domain expertise, no in-house engineering, narrow window before the first client expected a working product.
He skipped the 4 to 6 month local hiring cycle. Embedded one engineer from us in 3 weeks. Six months later: paying customers, 23,000+ daily transactions per client, zero downtime.
300 applications
1 engineer on your team
Every engineer clears 4 filters before you see a single resume. No wasted interviews, no wasted weeks.
Initial Screening
Resume review, skills match, and relevance filter. Most are out at this stage.
Technical Assessment
A real-world coding challenge. We watch how they think through it, not just whether they finish.
Interview (Technical + Culture)
Technical depth, communication clarity, and how they handle ambiguity. Remote-async readiness is a filter, not an afterthought.
Background Verification
Employment history confirmed. References called. Criminal and professional records cleared.
On your team in 3 weeks
The 1 engineer who cleared all 4 filters. Embedded in your Slack, your standups, your GitHub.
Initial Screening
Resume review, skills match, and relevance filter. Most are out at this stage.
Technical Assessment
A real-world coding challenge. We watch how they think through it, not just whether they finish.
Interview (Technical + Culture)
Technical depth, communication clarity, and how they handle ambiguity. Remote-async readiness is a filter, not an afterthought.
Background Verification
Employment history confirmed. References called. Criminal and professional records cleared.
On your team in 3 weeks
The 1 engineer who cleared all 4 filters. Embedded in your Slack, your standups, your GitHub.
Most candidates don't make it. Here's why.
- Strong on paper, weak in code review
- Shipped fast in their last role but couldn't explain their decisions
- Comfortable with AI-assisted output, not with the architecture behind it
- Communication that doesn't clear the async bar
Engineering roles
One embedded model
Each role goes through the same 4-filter vetting. AI-Critical standard, Code Independence from Day 1, Management-Zero after Week 1. The role changes. The model doesn't.
AI Engineer
LLM workflows, RAG pipelines, model integration, custom inference.
Senior Full-Stack Engineer
Architecture-grade builds. Production systems. Founder's right hand on technical decisions.
Associate Full-Stack Engineer
Ships features. Pairs well with senior or solo on smaller builds.
Mobile App Engineer
iOS, Android, React Native. Native and cross-platform builds.
DevOps Engineer
Cloud, CI/CD, infrastructure, security, scale.
AI Consultant
Strategic AI guidance. Architecture decisions, model selection, build versus buy calls.
Who actually
shows up
AI Engineer
Namsukh — 3+ yrs experience
Ship production AI features, not just demos.
LLM workflows, RAG pipelines, and model integrations. Builds AI features that survive contact with real users, not just polished POCs.
What founders say after
hiring offshore
“Enlighten schola understood our requirements in very limited time and able to provide high quality candidates. Thanks Vijay and his team for supporting our growth.”
Deepak Goyal
Co-founder, Optiwise
The questions founders
ask in week one
Is the engineer dedicated to us, full-time?
Yes. Each engineer we place works exclusively for one client. No moonlighting, no shared projects, no hidden second engagements. Daily Slack updates and weekly timesheets show what they shipped, every working day.
What if we want to hire the engineer directly later?
That's allowed and expected. Many founders raise a Series A and convert the engineer to a direct hire. We work that scenario into the contract before you sign.
Are we locked into a long-term contract?
Month-to-month. No lock-in. Full exit terms (Series A direct hire, pivot, shutdown) are written into the contract before you sign. If we're not working out, you leave.
How do we know the engineer isn't just running AI tools to fake productivity?
We call it AI-Critical. The engineer uses AI to ship faster, but every architecture decision is human-reviewed, every test is honestly written, and every code path can be defended. Your CTO can audit the rubric we evaluate against.
What do you actually need from us to get started?
A 15-minute call to describe what you're building. We turn that into the brief. No formal job description needed. From there, we run vetting in the background while you keep working on product.
Will the engineer flag bad ideas, or just ship them?
Your engineer flags it before writing the code. You can override us, but you'll know what you're overriding. Silent compliance isn't a feature.
Let's talk about your team.
Book 30 minutes. We'll walk through your hiring needs, show you how the process works, and give you honest advice on whether offshore hiring makes sense for you right now.