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Hire a Dedicated Development Team That Works as Your Own

A dedicated development team isn't a batch of resumes handed off to a project manager you'll never meet. It's a group of engineers who join your standups, use your tools, and stay on your roadmap for as long as you need them — scaling up or down monthly instead of locking you into a headcount you can't adjust.

Dedicated TeamEmbedded EngineersMonthly ScalingNDA-First48h Proposal
$287,500
true first-year cost of a $150k in-house developer once fees, ramp-up and lost productivity are counted
Full Scale
30–50%
lower cost of a dedicated senior team vs an equivalent in-house US hire — with faster ramp-up
Full Scale

Why hire a dedicated development team through Smerdoff

A dedicated team only works if it actually behaves like an extension of yours — not a vendor you have to manage from a distance.

Embedded in your workflow, not ours

Your Slack, your Jira, your standups, your sprint cadence — the team plugs into how you already work instead of forcing a new process on you.

Vetted engineers, not a resume pile

Every developer on the team has passed a technical vetting process before you ever see a profile — no interviewing your way through a stack of unqualified candidates.

Scale up or down monthly

Add engineers when the roadmap grows, release them when it doesn't — without severance, notice periods, or a fixed annual contract.

Consistent team, not rotating contractors

The same engineers stay on your project month over month, building product context instead of re-explaining the codebase to someone new every quarter.

NDA and IP protection built in

Your code, data, and product roadmap stay yours — signed before any technical discussion starts.

What's included with a dedicated team engagement

A dedicated team is more than headcount — here's what comes with it.

Team composition proposal

A defined mix of roles — frontend, backend, QA, DevOps — matched to your roadmap, not a generic bundle.

Direct daily communication

You talk to the engineers building your product, not a relay through a single account manager.

Flexible monthly scaling

Add or remove engineers at the start of any month as scope changes, without renegotiating a contract.

Your tools and process

The team works inside your existing stack, ticketing system, and code review process from day one.

Transparent monthly reporting

Clear visibility into hours, velocity, and output — no black-box billing.

FAQ

Staff augmentation adds individual engineers to your existing team and structure. A dedicated team is a standalone unit — often with its own lead and QA — that owns a defined slice of the roadmap end to end, while still reporting into your process.

It depends on team size and the seniority mix you need — a two-person team costs far less than a five-person team with a dedicated QA and DevOps engineer. We give a fixed monthly rate based on the roles you actually need after a short scoping call.

Most teams are proposed within 48 hours of the scoping call and can start within one to two weeks, once the role mix and rate are confirmed.

You do. The team follows your product priorities, sprint planning, and code review process. We handle staffing, replacements, and HR — you keep full control over what gets built.

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Request team composition & monthly rate

Tell us your roadmap and team gaps — we'll propose the right team composition and a fixed monthly rate within 48 hours.