Senior software engineers
TypeScript, Python, PHP, Go. Web, mobile, backend, full-stack.
IT staff augmentation in Afghanistan — senior Kabul engineers, your team.
Embed senior Afghan engineers, architects, and PMs with your team — international or in-country. Cost-effective compared to US / EU rates, senior-grade quality from NETLINKS' Kabul bench. ISO-certified delivery.
20 yrs
Enterprise IT delivery from Kabul
Multi-vendor
Oracle / Dell / Cisco / Sophos / Symantec / Odoo partner
ISO 12207 + 27001
Certified delivery + infosec
Delivered from Kabul
senior Kabul engineers, your team — delivered by senior teams based in Kabul, governed under ISO 12207 and ISO 27001. Twenty years of enterprise delivery in Afghanistan, including the 500,000-employee national-government Odoo HR rollout and Jobs.af. Engagements run from our Kabul office with regional support in Dubai and India.
- 500,000-employee Odoo HR engagement for a national government
- Jobs.af — Afghanistan's largest job-hunting platform — built by NETLINKS
- Clients include Da Afghanistan Bank, Afghanistan Payments System, AKDN, World Bank, UNDP
Afghan engineering bench at competitive rates with senior governance.
International clients (US, UK, Europe, GCC) looking for offshore engineering at competitive rates often consider Afghan engineers. The challenge: most Afghan freelance / contracting markets have variable quality and no senior oversight. Engaging individual Afghan contractors directly can be a coin-flip.
NETLINKS' staff augmentation solves that: senior Kabul-based engineers from our vetted bench, US / EU governance through our regional offices, replacement guarantee at our cost if performance issues surface, and Dari / Pashto / English language flexibility for client teams that need it.
Pricing: senior Afghan engineers (TypeScript, Python, Odoo, mobile) $4-10K/month per engineer depending on seniority and specialization. Specialist roles (architects, AI / mobile / Odoo senior) higher. Engagements monthly, 30-day notice, minimum 3-month typical. ISO 12207 + ISO 27001 governance at the group level.
— What we embed
Roles we place.
Senior Odoo developers
Certified Odoo Python engineers — modules, customization, integration.
AI / ML engineers
LLM workflows, retrieval systems, AI observability.
DevOps / SRE
Kubernetes, AWS / Azure, observability, CI/CD.
Mobile engineers
iOS, Android, React Native, Flutter.
Designers, PMs, architects
Senior UX / product, technical PMs, enterprise architects.
— Questions
Afghan staff augmentation — questions we hear.
How is this different from hiring Afghan freelancers directly?
Freelance market has variable quality and no oversight. NETLINKS bench is vetted, has 12+ months of NETLINKS history before placement, gets ongoing senior architectural support, and is backed by replacement guarantee at our cost if issues surface.
What's the cost compared to US / EU rates?
Senior Afghan engineers typically 30-50% of equivalent US senior rates, 40-60% of EU rates. Cost-effective for international clients without sacrificing senior-grade quality.
How do international clients work with the Afghan team?
Standard pattern: client has a US / EU / GCC technical lead, NETLINKS provides senior Afghan engineers reporting into that structure. Daily standups in client time zone, code review and architecture decisions made jointly. Time-zone overlap with EU and Middle East is good; US clients get overnight-team handoffs.
What about IP, NDA, contracts?
Mutual NDA + IP-assignment agreements upfront. NETLINKS group-entity (US / UAE / Afghanistan) signs depending on client preference and tax / compliance considerations.
Where is your team based?
NETLINKS Plaza, Street 6, Lane 3, Shar-e-naw, Kabul. Phone: 077-302-0101. Senior architects and engineers based in Kabul.
How do I get started?
30-min discovery → scoped proposal → engagement.
Scope an Afghan staff aug engagement with senior engineers.
30-min discovery → role spec + team composition → vetted candidates → engagement letter.
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