EOR India, ODC and CoE setup for global teams. Lionforce launches offshore expansion services in 2 to 8 weeks. Compliance, payroll, office and IT handled.
Lionforce helps global companies expand into India through three operating models: Employer of Record (EOR) for fast hiring without an entity, Offshore Development Centre (ODC) for dedicated teams, and Centre of Excellence (CoE) for premium multi-discipline delivery hubs. We have placed 500+ engineers, designers, marketers and operations professionals in India for clients across the USA, UK, EU, MENA, Singapore and Australia.
Hire developers, designers, marketers and ops staff in India without setting up an entity. We become the legal employer in India while you direct the day-to-day work. We handle payroll, tax, PF, ESI, gratuity, insurance, equipment, office space, IT setup and HR support. Live team in 2 to 4 weeks. No long-term lock-in. Cancel any time with 30 to 90 days notice depending on role seniority.
Dedicated India engineering team of 5 to 50+ people, co-branded as your team. Lionforce runs HR, retention, infrastructure, security and quality. You own the roadmap, technical direction, hiring approvals and culture. ODC is typically 30 to 40 percent cheaper than EOR once you cross 8 to 10 hires because the per-head margin drops. Live ODC in 8 to 12 weeks.
Premium India delivery centre for global enterprises: 25 to 500 people, multi-discipline (engineering, design, data, ops), with senior tech leadership, dedicated client success and bespoke compliance frameworks. CoE is ideal for global capability centres, innovation hubs and product engineering hubs. Setup timeline: 12 to 24 weeks depending on scale.
Save 40 to 60 percent versus US or EU hiring at senior levels, 50 to 70 percent at mid levels. Avoid 6 to 12 months of entity setup, tax registration, statutory compliance and HR build-out. Transparent pricing from $25 to $80 per hour depending on seniority and skill, all-inclusive of employment costs and Lionforce service fee.
Software engineers (full-stack, backend, frontend, mobile, DevOps, SRE), AI/ML engineers, data engineers and scientists, UX and UI designers, product managers, QA engineers, instructional designers, digital marketers, content writers, sales development representatives, customer success managers, finance and HR professionals.
Provident Fund, Employees State Insurance, gratuity, professional tax, income tax (TDS), GST registration where required, Shops and Establishments Act registration, statutory leave management, maternity benefits, sexual harassment policy compliance (POSH), data protection (DPDPA) and labour law compliance. Audited annually by Big 4 tax advisors.
13 years of India operations experience. 500+ placements. 98 percent retention rate on EOR placements, industry average is 78 percent. Senior India leadership embedded in every engagement. No quality compromise - we benchmark salaries at 65 to 80 percent of home-country rates to attract senior talent, not bottom-of-market hiring.
Most India teams go live in 2-8 weeks. EOR (Employer of Record) is fastest at 2-4 weeks because we use our existing legal entity. ODC (Offshore Development Center) takes 4-6 weeks. A full Center of Excellence (COE) takes 6-8 weeks.
EOR (Employer of Record) means we legally employ your India staff while they work for you, ideal for 1-20 hires. ODC (Offshore Development Center) is a dedicated team housed in our infrastructure, typically 10-50 hires. COE (Center of Excellence) is a fully custom-branded India operation with 50+ employees, your own infrastructure, and complete control.
Companies typically save 50-65% on total cost. A senior software engineer who costs $180,000 fully loaded in the US runs about $55,000-$75,000 fully loaded through our India EOR, including salary, benefits, infrastructure, and our service fee.
You retain 100% IP ownership. Every employee signs an IP assignment clause in their contract that transfers all work product, code, designs, and inventions directly to your company. We never claim any IP rights.
EOR includes hiring and onboarding, payroll processing, statutory benefits (PF, ESI, gratuity), health insurance, equipment provisioning, IT and security infrastructure, HR support, compliance with Indian labor law, and monthly reporting. You only manage day-to-day work.
Yes. Most clients start with EOR for speed, then convert employees to their own India entity once they hit 20-50 hires. Lionforce supports the transition at no penalty, including transferring contracts, PF accounts, and statutory liabilities.
We hire across Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune, Mumbai, Delhi-NCR, Kochi, and Coimbatore. We also support remote-first roles anywhere in India. City choice depends on the talent profile. Bangalore for senior software, Chennai for fintech and embedded, Pune for product engineering.
Global EOR platforms are designed for one-off hires across 100+ countries. Lionforce is an India specialist with on-ground operations, deeper compliance expertise, and a hands-on hiring partner instead of a self-service portal. We also offer ODC and COE models that global platforms do not support.
Yes. We are fully compliant with the Code on Wages, Industrial Relations Code, Social Security Code, the Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023, and all state-level Shops and Establishments Acts. Annual third-party audits are available on request.
There is no minimum. We work with companies hiring their first India employee through to teams of 200+. Pricing is per-employee with no setup fees and no annual commitments.