Dev Team, Inc

A mixed model of US leads and global engineers

Dev Team, Inc is a US firm that builds web, mobile, decentralized and big data software. Its projects often run on cloud platforms and include UX design. The core of its approach is a blended arrangement. US-based leads steer each project, and a worldwide pool of engineers fills the other roles. The firm says this lets clients work with people in the same time zone and speaking the same language, and it presents the approach as a way to combine lower cost with direct communication.

The company describes its model as an answer to the usual problems of offshore development: time zone gaps, language and culture barriers, costly miscommunication and legal complications. Its methodology, which it calls Mixed, combines onshore and offshore people to avoid those issues, and it follows an agile process designed to prevent misunderstanding and unneeded features.

Web, mobile, blockchain and augmented reality

Custom web applications and APIs are built from idea to production, with back-end work in the stack the client needs, including Haskell. Mobile apps are built natively with Swift and Kotlin, or cross-platform with Xamarin and React Native. Decentralized applications combine a web or mobile front end with smart contracts on platforms such as Cardano and Ethereum, and the firm says it has experience with tokens and NFTs. Augmented reality work covers complex enterprise applications for Microsoft HoloLens and mobile apps built with Unity3D and ARKit or ARCore.

Data work and cloud migration

The firm also converts raw data into business value with data mining and decision making algorithms, and it plans the deployment or migration of company infrastructure to Amazon AWS or Microsoft Azure. Its design work focuses on user experience, covering usability, branding and interface functionality. Quality assurance specialists check that the final product is stable and working as expected.

Consulting with the chief executive and a public community

The firm offers consulting in more than one form. One is free one-to-one consultation with its chief executive, online or in person, where clients can ask about a software project and discuss future collaboration. The other is a community that answers questions by direct message and in episodes of a vlog and podcast. The site describes a company that wants its advice to be open to anyone with a question.

Trial period, in-house teams and portfolio

Dev Team offers a trial period, during which a client can test the work before committing to a longer engagement. The firm also helps clients open in-house offshore offices in Eastern Europe, including help with hiring and the legal structure, after which the client manages its own team. Its site says its portfolio of more than twenty projects is verified by Clutch. The company describes itself as a service business in which people care about the projects because they are their own.