# The global engineering talent market is broken. I'm trying to fix it

darilian newyork — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 21:24:52 +0000

Two facts that shouldn't coexist:

US companies have 400K+ unfilled engineering roles across software, semiconductors, biotech, and robotics.
Asia-Pacific has millions of world-class engineers with no structured path to work for those companies.

The visa system wasn't designed for remote work. Cross-border employment is a legal maze. And nobody is bridging the cultural communication gap between East Asian and US workplace norms.

I know this gap firsthand — I work between the US and South Korea and research cross-cultural organizational behavior in multinational companies. The mismatch isn't about talent. It's about infrastructure.

That's why I'm building Darilian (https://darilian.com) — a managed remote staffing platform connecting APAC engineers to US companies.

What we do differently:

Vet for async work readiness, not just coding skills
Handle cross-border employment end-to-end (contracts, payroll, compliance via EOR)
Cover hard-to-fill industries beyond software: semiconductor design, biotech, EV/battery, robotics
Engineers keep 100% of their salary — employers pay the fee

Currently serving: South Korea, Taiwan, India, China, Hong Kong, Vietnam.

We're pre-launch and the waitlist is open. But more than signups, I'm looking for honest feedback from this community.

What would make this work for you — or not?

DEV Community: darilian newyork

# The global engineering talent market is broken. I'm trying to fix it