Hire dedicated backend developers who design for load, not just for launch.
Add specialists who build the APIs, services and data layers that still hold up after the traffic graph stops looking flat.
What a dedicated Backend Developer actually does.
Backend work rarely fails on day one — it fails three months later, under load nobody load-tested for. A dedicated backend developer designs with that in mind: sensible data models, services that degrade gracefully, and APIs that don't need a rewrite the first time a new client integrates.
They work inside your existing architecture, not around it, and they're just as comfortable extending a legacy service as building a new one from a clean slate.
- Design and build APIs, services and data models that scale
- Optimise queries and infrastructure as load actually grows
- Write the kind of integration tests that catch regressions early
- Document services well enough that someone else could own them
What you get that a normal hire doesn't.
None of this is exotic — it's just what falls out of working with people who only work for you.
Cut hiring overhead
Skip the interview loops, job ads and onboarding admin. You pay for time spent building, not time spent recruiting.
Move at hiring speed, not search speed
Plug in vetted specialists in weeks rather than the months a typical search takes — and start the sprint, not the shortlist.
Keep your hands on the wheel
The team reports into your structure and your tools. You set the priorities day to day — we never get between you and the work.
Built around your way of working
We adapt to your culture, your ceremonies and your tooling, instead of asking your business to adapt to ours.
Quality that's already proven
Every specialist on the roster has shipped production work before they ever join your project — there's no "ramping into the craft."
Support that doesn't end at launch
Keep the same engineers on call for maintenance and iteration after go-live, so context never has to be rebuilt from scratch.
Pick the shape that fits the gap.
Most clients start with one of these two models, then adjust as the project finds its rhythm.
Team Augmentation
Add a backend developer to take ownership of a service or integration your in-house team doesn't have spare capacity for.
Dedicated Teams
Build a backend-focused pod for a migration, a new platform, or a service that needs to be designed right the first time.
What a backend developer typically brings.
Every engagement is matched to your stack — this is the toolkit most clients ask for.
Roles that pair well with backend developers.
From first message to first stand-up.
Five steps, in order — nothing skipped, nothing dragged out longer than it needs to be.
Reach out
Tell us about the gap a backend developer would fill on your team.
Talk it through
A short call to understand scope, stack and timeline — no sales deck required.
Share your requirements
We turn the conversation into a written brief you can sanity-check.
Get an estimate
Team shape, cost and timeline, with no obligation attached.
Start building
Onboarding begins and your backend developer joins your stand-up, on your tools.
Distance shouldn't mean distance.
Three habits we never skip, no matter how comfortable a project gets.
Daily video stand-ups
Cameras on, not just chat. Seeing each other and the whiteboard keeps small misunderstandings from becoming big ones.
Async status updates
A short written update lands in your inbox every day, even in weeks with no call scheduled at all.
Recorded sprint demos
Every demo is recorded, so a missed call never has to mean a missed update on what shipped.
It usually stops feeling "outsourced" fast.
They write code like they're going to be the ones maintaining it in two years — which, as it turns out, they still are.
We stopped thinking of them as "the outsourced team" after about a month. They're just on the team.
The daily updates meant I never had to chase anyone for a status. That alone was worth the switch.
Ramp-up was faster than hiring a single contractor would've been, for several times the headcount.
Before you ask, we probably already have.
How experienced are your dedicated backend developers?
Backend developers on the roster typically have 4+ years designing production services and data layers, including experience scaling systems past their original assumptions.
Can I review or interview the backend developer before they start?
Yes — we'll share a profile and you're welcome to run your own technical conversation before they join your team. If it's ever not the right fit once work is underway, we'll swap them out at no extra cost to you.
Can backend developers work with our existing database and infrastructure?
Yes — they're matched to your stack and brought up to speed on your existing schema and infrastructure before they touch production.
How is pricing structured for a dedicated backend developer?
A flat monthly rate scoped to the seniority and skill you need. No recruitment fees, no bench charges, and no surprise add-ons partway through the engagement.
Ready to add a dedicated backend developer who just gets on with it?
Tell us what you're building — we'll come back with a team shape and an estimate, not a sales pitch.