Skilled Talent, Swiftly Deployed
Hire offshore developers you never have to gamble on
You have tried the freelancers who vanish and the shops that hand you a rotating cast. Grape5 is the other kind of offshore: engineers we vet, embed in your team, and replace for free if the fit is wrong. Your first vetted profiles land in days.
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In short
Grape5 gives US companies a real offshore engineering team without the freelancer lottery.
Every engineer is pre-vetted to US standards, dedicated to your product, and managed by us, embedded in your tools and your timezone. Hire them as a dedicated team, as staff augmentation, or for a fixed-scope build, with your first vetted profiles in days.
You have been here before
You need to ship, and the roles have been open for months. A senior engineer in your city costs a fortune, and even then it is weeks of interviews before anyone writes a line of code.
So you try a freelancer, and they go quiet mid-sprint. You try an offshore shop, and a rotating cast churns through your codebase, never quite learning it, shipping while you sleep and leaving the questions for morning. Every option feels like a bet against your own roadmap, and when it slips, you are the one covering the gap at 11pm.
There is a calmer way to do this.
A Rorko Group company
A vetted bench, not a free-for-all
Grape5 is part of the Rorko Group and has been building software teams since 2011. The engineers you hire are pre-vetted by our senior engineers, dedicated to your product, and backed by us, so the person you interview is the person who ships, and they stay with your product instead of churning between gigs.
That is the whole point: vetting we stand behind, a bench we can pull a replacement from, and continuity you can plan around.
Why teams stop gambling and stay
Vetted and backed, not left to you.
Every engineer is pre-vetted by our senior engineers, dedicated to your work, and managed by Grape5, not a contractor you chase across five clients.
The person you interview is the person who ships.
No bait and switch, no anonymous pod. You pick them, and they stay with your product long enough to actually understand it.
Vetted by engineers, not a keyword filter.
A senior Grape5 engineer screens live code, system design, and communication before a single profile reaches you.
Your hours, your tools, your standups.
At least four hours of daily overlap with US working time, inside your process, so problems get solved the same day instead of the next.
If the fit is wrong, we fix it free.
A replacement from the bench, usually within days, so a bad match never becomes a hole you have to hire around.
- 2011
- Building software teams since
- 2 to 3 weeks
- To your team’s first day
- 4h+
- Daily overlap with US hours
- Free
- Replacement if the fit is wrong
Choose your engagement model
Grape5 vs a freelancer marketplace
Grape5
- Who the engineer works for
- Vetted, dedicated, and backed by Grape5 for your engagement.
- Vetting
- Screened by our own senior engineers, code, system design and communication, before you ever meet them.
- Timezone
- 4+ hours of daily overlap with your US working hours, in your tools and standups.
- If it isn't working
- We replace them from the bench, usually within days, at no extra cost.
- Continuity
- The same team, retained and growing with your product.
A freelancer marketplace
- Who the engineer works for
- An independent contractor juggling several clients at once.
- Vetting
- Self-reported skills, a résumé and a star rating.
- Timezone
- Whatever hours the contractor decides to keep.
- If it isn't working
- You re-post the role and start the search from scratch.
- Continuity
- Churn between contracts, the context leaves when they do.
| Grape5 | A freelancer marketplace | |
|---|---|---|
| Who the engineer works for | Vetted, dedicated, and backed by Grape5 for your engagement. | An independent contractor juggling several clients at once. |
| Vetting | Screened by our own senior engineers, code, system design and communication, before you ever meet them. | Self-reported skills, a résumé and a star rating. |
| Timezone | 4+ hours of daily overlap with your US working hours, in your tools and standups. | Whatever hours the contractor decides to keep. |
| If it isn't working | We replace them from the bench, usually within days, at no extra cost. | You re-post the role and start the search from scratch. |
| Continuity | The same team, retained and growing with your product. | Churn between contracts, the context leaves when they do. |
Grape5 vs a typical offshore shop
Grape5
- Who you actually get
- A senior engineer we vetted and dedicated to you, the person you interview is the person who ships.
- Who owns the work
- We vet, dedicate, manage, and back them, so the outcome is ours to stand behind with you.
- Continuity
- They stay with your product and learn it, so context compounds instead of resetting.
- Vetting
- A senior engineer runs a live code and system-design screen, no take-home theater, no proxies.
- If it isn't working
- We replace them from the bench, usually within days, at no extra cost.
A typical offshore shop
- Who you actually get
- A polished lead sells the deal, then a junior you never met inherits your codebase.
- Who owns the work
- The shop bills hours and owns no outcome, quality is left for you to catch.
- Continuity
- A rotating cast churns between clients and relearns nothing, you re-onboard every quarter.
- Vetting
- A résumé, a keyword match, and sometimes a stand-in on the interview call.
- If it isn't working
- You chase an account manager, or start the whole search over.
| Grape5 | A typical offshore shop | |
|---|---|---|
| Who you actually get | A senior engineer we vetted and dedicated to you, the person you interview is the person who ships. | A polished lead sells the deal, then a junior you never met inherits your codebase. |
| Who owns the work | We vet, dedicate, manage, and back them, so the outcome is ours to stand behind with you. | The shop bills hours and owns no outcome, quality is left for you to catch. |
| Continuity | They stay with your product and learn it, so context compounds instead of resetting. | A rotating cast churns between clients and relearns nothing, you re-onboard every quarter. |
| Vetting | A senior engineer runs a live code and system-design screen, no take-home theater, no proxies. | A résumé, a keyword match, and sometimes a stand-in on the interview call. |
| If it isn't working | We replace them from the bench, usually within days, at no extra cost. | You chase an account manager, or start the whole search over. |
How we vet
You meet people who have already shipped it
Every engineer is screened by a senior Grape5 engineer before they reach your shortlist, a live code and system-design session, not a take-home you can game or a proxy on a call. We also check how they write and reason in English, because that is what remote work actually runs on.
How we vet
From role spec to shipping, in five steps
- 01
Role spec → shortlist
You send the role and stack. We match from our vetted bench and shortlist people who have shipped it before.
- 02
Technical screen
A senior Grape5 engineer runs a live code and system-design screen, no take-home theater, no proxies.
- 03
Communication check
We check written and spoken English and how they reason out loud, the skills remote collaboration depends on.
- 04
You interview and decide
You meet the finalists and make the call. You hire the person, not a black box.
- 05
Onboard in your tools
They join your standups, repos and board in your timezone overlap, contributing in the first weeks, not the first quarter.
Your talent stack, on Grape5
Pre-vetted engineers across every stack, pick a category and hire in weeks.
What you get
You get
You don't deal with
Where we’re not a fit
When Grape5 isn’t the right call
We would rather point you elsewhere than sell you the wrong thing. Grape5 probably isn’t your best option when:
- You need one developer for a few days. Our model is built for committed, ongoing work, a marketplace will serve a quick one-off better.
- The only thing that matters is the lowest possible rate. We compete on vetted quality and retention, not on being the cheapest bid.
- There can be no timezone overlap or context-sharing at all. Embedded engineers need a few shared hours and real access to do their best work.
If that’s not you, the rest of this page is worth your time.
Questions US teams ask us
Most roles are shortlisted within days and start in two to three weeks, because we hire from an vetted bench instead of recruiting each role from scratch.
No. Every engineer is pre-vetted by our senior engineers, dedicated to your work, and managed by Grape5, not a contractor splitting the week across several clients that you have to manage yourself.
At least four hours of daily overlap with US working hours, spent in your tools, standups and code review, not a status email at the end of your day.
We replace them from the bench, usually within days and at no extra cost, so a bad match never becomes your problem to re-hire around.
No. The right number depends on the role, seniority and engagement model, and a rate card would only mislead. Tell us what you need and we’ll scope it quickly and transparently.
Tell us the role. Get vetted profiles.
Send us the stack and seniority you need. We’ll come back with a shortlist of pre-vetted engineers who have shipped it, and a plan to start in two to three weeks.