Dedicated development team
The offshore team you stop having to babysit
No rotating cast, no dark hours, no re-explaining your codebase every month. Hire a dedicated team, vetted to US standards, that works only on your product, in your process and your timezone. You interview and choose them; we handle contracts, HR, and free replacements.
In short
A dedicated development team is a group of Grape5 engineers who work only on your product, in your tools and process, like an extension of your own staff.
You interview and pick them, they stay with you sprint after sprint, and we handle contracts, HR and replacements so you can focus on shipping.
Dedicated team with Grape5's three pillars of success
- 2 to 3 weeks
- Hiring time
- Zero
- Recruitment costs
- Free
- Hassle-free replacement
When a dedicated team is the right call
A dedicated team pays off when the work is ongoing and you want to own the roadmap:
- You have a product to build and evolve for months or years, not a one-off task.
- You want to run your own standups, sprints and code review, and just need the people in them.
- Institutional knowledge matters: you can’t afford to re-explain the domain every few weeks.
- You’re scaling faster than local hiring can keep up, and want a bench you can grow from.
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.
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.
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. |
In-house teams vs Dedicated outsourcing teams
In-house teams
- Costs
- Monthly salary for the team.
- Dedicated resources
- Time-consuming & not cost-effective.
- Best for
- Medium to large organizations with long-term engagement.
- Engagement
- Comes with commitment baggage, 1 to 2 years on average.
- Monitoring & management
- You monitor & maximize performance against expected results & schedules.
Dedicated outsourcing teams
- Costs
- Based on time & material.
- Dedicated resources
- Scalable, anytime, any day.
- Best for
- All types of companies who want to optimize costs & efficiency.
- Engagement
- De-allocate or release resources when there are no projects; hire back anytime.
- Monitoring & management
- Only involved in solution scoping, clarifying issues & feedback.
| In-house teams | Dedicated outsourcing teams | |
|---|---|---|
| Costs | Monthly salary for the team. | Based on time & material. |
| Dedicated resources | Time-consuming & not cost-effective. | Scalable, anytime, any day. |
| Best for | Medium to large organizations with long-term engagement. | All types of companies who want to optimize costs & efficiency. |
| Engagement | Comes with commitment baggage, 1 to 2 years on average. | De-allocate or release resources when there are no projects; hire back anytime. |
| Monitoring & management | You monitor & maximize performance against expected results & schedules. | Only involved in solution scoping, clarifying issues & feedback. |
Where we’re not a fit
When a dedicated team isn’t worth it
We’ll tell you if the model is wrong for you. Skip a dedicated team when:
- The work is a few days of a single specialist, staff augmentation or a one-off is cheaper.
- The scope is fixed and you’d rather buy an outcome than manage a team, take the fixed-scope route instead.
- You can’t commit any timezone overlap or product context, embedded engineers need both to do their best work.
Dedicated team, common questions
You do. The team follows your standups, sprints, tools and code review, we stay in the background handling employment, HR, payroll and replacements.
Yes. We shortlist from our vetted bench and you interview the finalists. You hire the specific people, not an anonymous pod.
Most teams are shortlisted within days and productive in two to three weeks, because we staff from an existing bench rather than recruiting each role from scratch.
Scale up by adding vetted engineers from the bench, or scale down at the agreed notice. You’re not locked into a fixed headcount for years.
We replace them from the bench, usually within days and at no extra cost, and help the new engineer get up to speed.
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Not sure this is the right model?
Tell us the goal, the stack and the timeline. We’ll recommend the engagement that actually fits, dedicated team, staff augmentation or a fixed-scope build, and a plan to start in 2 to 3 weeks.