Dedicated Developer
A full time Node.js developer embedded in your team. Works in your tools, follows your processes and attends your meetings.
Best for Long term ownership of Node.js services and APIs
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Node.js Development, Accelerated with AI
Code Generation and Review
Our developers use Claude Code to write, refactor and review Node.js code. It helps them spot common mistakes, weak error handling and security issues while the code is being written, not after a release.
Test Generation
Claude Code drafts unit, integration and API contract tests for Node.js services, and engineers review each test like any other code before it joins the suite.
Faster Debugging and Research
AI helps our developers compare npm packages, trace performance bottlenecks and debug complex async flows, so they spend less time searching and more time fixing the problem.
Faster Feature Development
Claude Code handles scaffolding and boilerplate such as routes, validation and data access code, so our engineers spend more time on business logic and features reach a pull request sooner.
What Our Developers Build
REST and GraphQL APIs
Scalable, well-documented APIs using Express.js, NestJS, or Fastify. Clean endpoint design, versioning, rate limiting, and authentication built in from the start.
Real-Time Applications
Chat systems, live dashboards, collaborative tools, and notification engines using WebSocket, Socket.io, and Server-Sent Events. Built for low latency and high concurrency.
Microservices and Event-Driven Architecture
Independently deployable services communicating through message queues (RabbitMQ, SQS, Kafka). Designed for teams that need to scale features independently.
Third-Party Integrations and Middleware
Connect your application to payment gateways, CRMs, ERPs, and external APIs. Custom middleware for data transformation, logging, and error handling.
Serverless Functions and Cloud Infrastructure
Lightweight, cost efficient functions on AWS Lambda, Cloud Run functions, or Azure Functions. Ideal for background processing, webhooks, and scheduled tasks.
Backend for Mobile and SaaS Products
Production-grade Node.js backends that power mobile apps and SaaS platforms. Multi-tenant architecture, subscription management, and role-based access control.
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
Extended Team
Multiple Node.js developers (and other roles as needed) working as a seamless extension of your in house team. Shared project management and reporting.
Best for Building a backend platform end to end with a lead
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Project Based
Defined scope, timeline and deliverables. Fixed milestones with clear acceptance criteria. We own delivery from requirements to deployment.
Best for Proofs of concept and MVP backends built in Node.js
Book a ConsultationEngagement 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 Node.js developer rates, published
$25 to $50 per hour
Dedicated Node.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.
See all engagement models and hire pricingOur Work
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EducationBuilt 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
Made vehicle onboarding 40 percent faster on a Node.js and Postgres platform
Centralised platform replacing manual fleet operations
Vehicle onboarding, driver allocation, and maintenance schedules
Real time tracking on React, Node.js, Postgres, and AWS
Onboarding 40 percent faster for the operations team
40%
Faster vehicle onboarding
Node.js
Production backend
Real time
Fleet tracking
Built new functionality and enhanced an online dispute resolution platform in Australia, with a Node.js back end on Microsoft Azure
A build enhancement engagement on an existing platform
Node.js back end hosted on Microsoft Azure
Front end built entirely in Angular (TypeScript)
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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. Cloud hosting, managed databases such as Postgres and Redis, and queue services such as SQS are billed separately by your cloud provider.
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