Offshore development center, run as your extension.
We recruit, employ and support a dedicated offshore development team. You keep the roadmap, the architecture and the reporting line.
What you get
- Senior, pre-vetted engineers embedded in 10 days or less
- You interview and choose every engineer on the team
- Recruitment, employment, payroll and facilities handled by us
- Individual NDAs per engineer and IP assigned to you
- Your tools, your workflow, your reporting line
What an offshore development center actually is
An offshore development center is a dedicated engineering team in another country that works only on your product. We handle the parts that slow companies down when they try offshore outsourcing alone: sourcing candidates, employing them locally, payroll, equipment, office space and retention. You keep everything that decides the product: roadmap, architecture, priorities, code review and release. The team joins your standups and reports to your leads, so it behaves like the rest of your engineering organisation rather than a supplier working to a fixed scope. Founded in 2019 in Yerevan, we run this model with offices in Newark, Yerevan and Hong Kong.
If you only need one or two specialists rather than a standing team, start with IT staff augmentation instead.
What we run, and what you keep
We handle the operations
Recruitment, local employment, contracts, payroll, equipment, office space and the retention work that keeps a team together over years. You never open an entity or run a local HR function.
You keep the engineering decisions
Roadmap, architecture, sprint priorities, code review and release stay with your leads. Nothing is delegated to an account manager, and engineers take direction from you directly.
We keep the engagement healthy
A regular check-in on our side catches friction early, covers workload and growth, and handles replacements if a role changes. You interview and approve every person before they join.
From brief to a working offshore development team
Brief
A 30-minute call to map the team you need: roles, stack, seniority mix, time zone overlap, and which roles to fill first.
Shortlist
We send CVs of the actual engineers who would join your center, role by role, so the team can start before every seat is filled.
Interviews
You run your interview process and choose. Nobody joins the center without your approval, and we coordinate scheduling on our side.
Embedded
Contracting, NDAs and access, then the first engineers are in your standups and your repo in 10 days or less. The team grows from there.
When an offshore development center beats the alternatives
The honest test is how long the work lasts and how much continuity it needs. A center earns its setup when a product area needs the same people for years. For a gap of a few months, individual engineers are the simpler answer.
| Factor | Offshore development center | Individual augmentation | In-house team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time to productive | First engineers in 10 days or less, team grows role by role | 10 days or less per engineer | Months per hire, plus notice periods |
| Team size | A standing squad that keeps growing with the product | One to a few specialists | Whatever headcount you can approve and fill |
| Who manages delivery | You do, through your own leads | You do, directly | You do |
| Recruitment overhead | Ours, continuously, including replacements | Ours, per role | Yours, including sourcing and employer branding |
| Scaling up or down | Add or release roles as the roadmap changes | Fastest to stop, per engineer | Slow in both directions |
| Best for | A long-lived product area that needs the same people | A specific skill gap or a burst of capacity | Roles that must sit in your market or office |
Common questions
What is an offshore development center?
An offshore development center is a dedicated team of engineers in another country who work only on your product. We recruit them, employ them, and handle payroll, facilities and retention. You set the roadmap, the architecture and the priorities, and the team reports to your leads. It is a long-running extension of your engineering organisation rather than a vendor delivering a scope.
How long does it take to set up an offshore development center?
The first engineers are usually embedded in 10 days or less, and the team grows from there role by role. We do not wait until every seat is filled before anyone starts. You interview and choose every engineer, so the pace also depends on how quickly your team can run interviews.
Who manages the offshore development team day to day?
You do. The team works in your tools, your workflow and your reporting line, and takes direction from your leads. We stay responsible for employment, contracts, payroll, equipment and retention, and we keep a regular check-in to catch friction early.
How much does an offshore development center cost?
Cost depends on team size, seniority and the stack you need, so we answer it properly on the first call once we know the roles. There are no separate recruitment fees for each hire. What is predictable is that you carry no local entity, payroll or facilities overhead in our locations.
Who owns the code and the IP?
You do. All work product and IP is assigned to you under a written agreement, and every engineer signs an individual NDA before they see anything. Engineers work inside your security perimeter using your access controls and your repositories.
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