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- Vetted engineers — technical screening and a practical exercise before you see a profile
- You interview and choose; nobody joins without your approval
- Working hours overlap with your team, with clear daily communication
- NDA and full IP assignment to your company
- Monthly terms with a trial period and free replacement if the fit is wrong
Roles and seniority
| Level | What they do |
|---|---|
| Mid-level | Ships complete features across the stack |
| Senior | Designs features end to end, including data and infrastructure |
| Lead | Owns architecture and guides the team |
Skills matrix
Ways to engage
| Model | How it works | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| Full-time dedicated | One engineer, 40 hours a week on your work | Ongoing product development |
| Part-time | 20 hours a week | Maintenance and smaller roadmaps |
| Team | Several engineers with a lead | New products and workstreams |
Rates depend on seniority and engagement length. Share your requirements and you will receive a written rate card within one business day. See also staff augmentation and dedicated teams.
What a great full-stack developer looks like
Great full-stack developers can take a feature from idea to production: designing the database change, building the API, implementing the interface and deploying it. Their value lies in seeing the whole picture — how a front-end decision affects the API, or how a schema choice affects performance. They are not necessarily the deepest specialist in every layer, but they know their limits and when to bring in a specialist. They communicate well and are comfortable owning work end to end.
Questions we ask in technical interviews
Every candidate is assessed on fundamentals and on judgement. Typical topics include:
- Walk us through how you would build a feature that lets users export a report as CSV.
- How do you decide what logic belongs in the front end versus the back end?
- How do you handle authentication between a single-page app and an API?
- How do you approach database migrations on a live system?
- How do you test a feature across the whole stack?
Typical projects for full-stack developers
- Building an MVP end to end with a small team
- Adding complete features to an existing product
- Creating internal tools and admin panels
- Maintaining a product after the original team has moved on
- Prototyping new product ideas quickly
Full-stack engineers are especially effective in early-stage products and small teams, where one person owning a feature end to end avoids hand-offs.
Where a full-stack developer adds the most value
A full-stack developer is most valuable when one person can carry a feature from the database to the screen without hand-offs. That matters most in small teams, early products and internal tools, where waiting for a separate front-end and back-end engineer to coordinate slows everything down. A good full-stack engineer can design a table, write the API that serves it, build the form that edits it and deploy the change, all in the same day.
Full-stack does not mean equally expert in everything. Most strong full-stack developers lean towards either the front end or the back end. When you hire, decide which side of your product carries more risk and pick someone whose stronger side matches it. A data-heavy platform needs someone who is careful with schemas and queries; a consumer app needs someone with a sharp eye for interaction and performance in the browser.
Common full-stack combinations
| Stack | Typical strengths | Good fit for |
|---|---|---|
| Next.js + Node.js + PostgreSQL | One language end to end, fast iteration | SaaS products, dashboards, startups |
| Laravel + Vue or React | Productive framework with built-in auth, queues and jobs | Business applications, portals, marketplaces |
| Django or FastAPI + React | Python data and AI libraries close to the web app | AI features, analytics-heavy products |
| .NET + React or Angular | Enterprise tooling and Microsoft integration | Internal systems in Microsoft-centred organisations |
We match developers to the stack you already run rather than asking you to change it.
Red flags when hiring full-stack developers
- Every past project used a different stack, with no depth in any of them
- Cannot explain how data flows from the database to the page in their own work
- Treats testing, migrations or deployment as someone else’s job
- No opinion on when to split a feature into front-end and back-end work
- Builds everything from scratch rather than using proven libraries and services
A sample scope for a full-stack hire
Writing a short brief before you engage anyone makes it easier to find the right person and to judge their first month. A useful brief for a full-stack role usually covers:
- The product — what it does, who uses it and the current stage (prototype, live, scaling)
- The stack — languages, frameworks, database, hosting and any parts you want to change
- First outcomes — two or three features or fixes you expect in the first six weeks
- Team context — who reviews code, who sets priorities and who handles design
- Working hours — the overlap you need for stand-ups, reviews and releases
If you are not sure whether one full-stack developer or a small team is right, read outsourcing vs staff augmentation or ask us for a recommendation.
Measuring a full-stack developer’s first quarter
Judge a new full-stack developer on outcomes rather than hours. By the end of the first quarter you should see complete features shipped end to end, pull requests that are small and easy to review, tests added alongside new code and fewer questions about how the system fits together. If the developer is still asking others to finish the database or deployment side of their features, the role may need a more specialised hire instead.
Onboarding timeline
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RequestDay 1
You share the role, skills and start date.
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ProfilesWithin 48 hours
Shortlisted candidates with relevant experience.
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InterviewsDays 3–5
You interview and select.
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StartWeek 2
Access, onboarding and first tasks in your tools.
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