How DapuStor built compliant global hiring quickly with Deel

DapuStor provides enterprise SSDs for large data centers worldwide, with full-stack, in-house capabilities that few competitors can match. As the company continued to grow and compete more actively in the global AI storage market, its HR team international hiring relied heavily on manual processes.

Where DapuStor had entities, it hired directly. Everywhere else, contractors filled the gap—managed through spreadsheets, offline trackers, and a domestic HR team fielding every contract revision, tax filing, and renewal deadline on its own. Every new international hire started the same way: two weeks of legal research, just to figure out what was allowed. Keeping pace with country-specific compliance requirements required significant internal resources.

"Compliance is the most basic bottom line, and once it's breached, it can trigger many subsequent issues." — Fu Yuan, Recruiter, DapuStor

DapuStor didn't want a vendor reading from a script. It wanted a partner who understood where the business was going, not just what an EOR does.

Deel’s EOR became DapuStor's legal employer of record in markets where it had no entity of its own, handling contracts, social insurance, and tax compliance directly with each new hire—no local counsel required. Deel’s Contractor solution brought its contractor relationships in from the spreadsheets, giving DapuStor one system to manage both employees and contractors instead of two disconnected processes. Chinese-language support closed the loop, giving DapuStor's domestic HR team a direct line to Deel without waiting on time zones.

The difference showed up in the conversations, too. Instead of a standard product pitch, Deel's team came in with real context on DapuStor's expansion stage and lessons from other companies making the same leap.

"We needed a partner who would grow with us, not just a tool. Deel understands our stage and is committed to evolving alongside our business as a long-term strategic partner." — Fu Yuan, Recruiter, DapuStor

DapuStor's HR team used to own every contract template, every payroll reconciliation, every compliance question—country by country. Now the platform owns the paperwork: salary structures, tax documentation, and compliance requirements are all one login away, and employees handle their own payslips and expense reimbursements.

The two weeks of legal research once required for every new hire is gone. A new EOR employee can be onboarded in as fast as 3 days once a candidate accepts an offer, and a new contractor can be onboarded in under an hour. That's time DapuStor's HR team has redirected toward talent acquisition, employee engagement, and building out its global workforce strategy instead of chasing down local regulations.

The shift showed up clearest under pressure. When an EOR employee needed to be let go during a trial period, Deel's local legal team stepped in with direct, compliant termination guidance.

"Without this platform, we would have been quite hesitant—unsure if we might breach compliance regulations. But with Deel, they essentially confirmed everything for us." — Fu Yuan, Recruiter, DapuStor

The next market is already covered

As DapuStor expands its business and gains momentum, its international team continues to grow. With Deel’s EOR and Contractor already in place, DapuStor doesn't need to solve compliance from scratch every time it enters a new market—as its global employment needs evolve, the path to direct employment is already built in.