Dedicated Developer
A Next.js developer works exclusively on your project, integrated with the tools and workflows of your team.
Best for Long term Next.js app ownership and design system work
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Next.js Development, Accelerated with AI
Rendering Choices per Route
AI helps our engineers weigh static, server and incremental rendering for each route, based on how often its content changes and whether search engines need to read it, and the engineer makes the final call.
SEO Checks Before Release
AI helps engineers check pages for missing metadata, structured data errors, heading order and unoptimized images before a senior developer reviews the release.
Performance Checks
AI helps engineers read build output, bundle size reports and Lighthouse results across releases, so the team can find and fix a slower page early.
Faster Route Handler Development
Claude Code drafts routine Route Handlers, Server Actions and Proxy code, so our engineers spend more time on product logic and review every change before it merges.
What Our Next.js Developers Build
Server-Rendered Web Applications
SEO-critical applications with server-side rendering. Product pages, content platforms, and marketing sites that need fast first-paint and search visibility.
Full-Stack Next.js Applications
End to end applications using Route Handlers, Server Actions, and Proxy (formerly Middleware). Authentication, database operations, and business logic in a single Next.js project.
Static Site Generation
Content-heavy sites with thousands of pages generated at build time. Blogs, documentation sites, and product catalogs with incremental static regeneration.
Globally Cached Applications
Applications deployed to Vercel or similar platforms, with static and ISR pages cached on a global CDN close to your users.
E-Commerce with Next.js
Headless commerce frontends powered by Shopify, Medusa, or custom backends. Fast product pages with dynamic pricing and real-time inventory.
Migration to Next.js
Migrate existing React SPAs or legacy frontends to Next.js for improved SEO, performance, and developer experience without rewriting business logic.
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
Managed Team
We assemble and manage a Next.js team with a tech lead, handling delivery end to end against your requirements.
Best for Parallel feature delivery across a Next.js product
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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 built in Next.js
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- 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 Next.js developer rates, published
$25 to $50 per hour
Dedicated Next.js 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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Talk to an ExpertFrequently Asked Questions
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 scope. Next.js itself is free and open source under the MIT license, so the other cost to plan for is hosting, which Vercel or your own cloud provider bills separately based on your plan and usage.
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