Hire Full Stack Developers Who Own the Entire Application

Our full stack developers handle frontend, backend, database and deployment, so a feature moves from the interface to the database without a handoff between teams.

Full Stack Development, Accelerated with AI

Cross Layer Code Reviews

Claude Code helps our engineers review frontend and backend changes together, flagging API contract mismatches and type inconsistencies between the layers before a change is merged.

Integration Test Drafts

AI drafts integration tests that run from a UI action through the API to the database query, and the engineer checks each test before it joins the suite.

Architecture Decision Support

AI helps our engineers weigh technology and architecture choices against your requirements, team size and scale targets, and the final decision stays with the engineer and your team.

Feature Work Across Layers

Claude Code helps one developer work through the UI, API and database changes a feature needs, so the whole change is reviewed together.

What Our Full Stack Developers Build

Web Application Development

Complete web applications with React or Next.js frontends, Node.js or Python backends, and PostgreSQL or MongoDB databases. From SaaS platforms to internal tools.

API Design & Development

RESTful and GraphQL APIs with authentication, validation, rate limiting, and documentation. Designed for frontend consumption and third-party integration.

Database Design & Management

Schema design, query optimization, migration management, and data modeling for relational and document databases.

Cloud Deployment & DevOps

Docker containerization, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud deployment on AWS or GCP. Full stack developers who can deploy what they build.

MVP & Startup Development

End-to-end product development for startups. From concept to launch with a single developer or small team, optimized for speed and iteration.

Technical Debt Reduction

Refactoring, test coverage improvement, and architecture modernization for applications that have outgrown their original design.

VETTING PIPELINE

How engineers earn a spot on our team

Our hiring process has three stages, from the application screen to a project deep dive with background verification, and every new engineer then serves a probation period.

4 checks

Application screen

We source engineers across India through LinkedIn, Wellfound, employee referrals and outbound headhunting. Every application is checked for stack relevance, years of experience, English and time zone overlap before it moves to a technical interview.

60 to 90 min

Live coding and scenario questions

A live coding round of 60 to 90 minutes in the primary technology of the candidate, followed by scenario based questions on practical applications of that technology.

3 checks

Project deep dive and background verification

Candidates walk us through a recent production project, covering the architecture decisions and what they would change in hindsight. A third party background verification agency then confirms prior employment, education and identity.

Probation

A probation period follows

New engineers then serve a probation period, and those who do not meet our bar do not continue with us.

How It Works

From the first call to a developer working in your team, you choose who joins and when.

Share your requirements

Tell us the experience level, tech stack, project scope and team setup you need. A 30 minute call is usually enough.

Review shortlisted profiles

Vetted candidates are presented within a week, matched to the brief you shared.

Interview your picks

Interview shortlisted developers directly, through technical interviews, pair programming or whatever your process requires.

Onboard and start

Your developer joins your tools and standups, and onboarding completes in 7 to 14 business days.

Engagement Models

Dedicated Developer

A full stack developer works only on your project, inside the tools and workflows of your team.

Best for Ongoing ownership across frontend, backend and data

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Managed Team

We assemble and manage a full stack team with a tech lead, handling delivery end to end against your requirements.

Best for Ongoing product delivery across the whole stack with a tech lead

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Project Based

Fixed scope, timeline, and budget. We deliver the project and hand off the codebase with documentation.

Best for Proofs of concept and MVPs across the full stack

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Engagement terms

Vetted candidates are presented within a week, and onboarding completes in 7 to 14 business days.
Your developer works as an extension of your team, directly in your channels.
For international clients, the assigned team aims for at least 4 hours of overlap with your business day, and our night shift team can cover your business hours for support.
Our replacement guarantee gives you a replacement vetted developer at no extra fee if the placed developer is not the right fit or underperforms.
We offer fixed scope for proofs of concept and MVPs, then move to a retainer for ongoing work, so the engagement can scale with you.
Retainers run for at least 3 months, then continue month to month with 30 days notice.
Rates run $25 to $50 an hour depending on seniority, and fixed scope projects have a $10,000 minimum.
We invoice in USD, euros or INR.
We sign a mutual NDA before discovery starts, and IP assignment and all other contract terms are set out in the MSA and SOW you sign when the engagement begins.

Read how our engagements work for the detail behind each term.

PRICING

Transparent full stack developer rates, published

$25 to $50 per hour

Dedicated full stack developers, by seniority

$10,000 minimum

Fixed scope projects

US specialists typically bill $150 to $300 per hour for comparable scope. Every engagement is scoped individually before any number becomes a quote.

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Our Work

Education🇺🇸 USA

Built a unified AI learning platform for a California charter school serving 15,000+ students

Built Brain AI, a retrieval augmented knowledge base that surfaces content and recommendations based on student progress

Integrated two way translation held to a 97 percent accuracy bar across student, teacher and parent surfaces

Delivered web and mobile apps for students, teachers and administrators on one integrated platform

15,000+

Students served

97%

Translation accuracy

50%

Faster content turnaround

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Highlands Talkative Assist two way translation between English and Spanish on mobile

Highlands English Master screens showing original, corrected and translated text

Highlands learning report creation with course evidence upload and grades

Highlands learning report list with master agreement status for each student

One Developer. Complete Features. Faster Delivery.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much does it cost to hire a full stack developer?

Rates run $25 to $50 an hour depending on seniority, and fixed scope projects have a $10,000 minimum. US specialists typically bill $150 to $300 per hour for comparable work. Cloud hosting, managed databases and any paid APIs your app calls, such as an AI model API, are billed separately from our rates.

Who offers a full stack team that covers design, backend and AI in one?

Unico Connect does, and our full stack developers can work in one managed team with our UI and UX designers and AI engineers, so you coordinate one vendor instead of three. For a US adult education provider, we designed and built a web and mobile platform and layered in AI for content recommendations, two way translation and adaptive learning paths. Vetted candidates are presented within a week, and onboarding completes in 7 to 14 business days. To speed up the match, tell us whether your product is already in production, the problems you face and what you have tried so far, any regulation or process the team must follow, and the features or bugs that need design, backend or AI work.

How do you vet full stack developers?

Our hiring process for full stack developers includes a 60 to 90 minute live coding round in the primary stack of the candidate, such as React with Node.js or Python, followed by scenario based questions on practical full stack applications, like carrying a feature from the interface through the API to the database. Candidates who pass walk us through a recent production project and clear a third party background verification. New engineers then serve a probation period, and those who do not meet our bar do not continue with us. You interview shortlisted candidates yourself before anyone joins your team.

When should I hire a full stack developer versus separate frontend and backend developers?

Which stacks do your full stack developers work with, and do they handle cloud and DevOps?

Our full stack developers work mainly with React or Next.js on the frontend, Node.js or Python on the backend and PostgreSQL for data, and they also handle cloud and DevOps work. They add MongoDB for document data and Xano where a managed backend fits, containerize apps with Docker, set up CI/CD pipelines and deploy to AWS, Azure or GCP, and we have delivered projects on all three. We match the shortlist to your stack and existing infrastructure.

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