Distributed Team

Remote developers on a project by project basis

Clients who need more development capacity can turn to Distributed Team, which supplies remote developers. It says it draws on skilled specialists from many places, and that its aim is to help clients ramp up their development resources.

How a search begins

The process starts with the client explaining the project requirements and the job details for each vacant position. The firm then carries out the research needed to find candidates for those roles, and it says it will tailor the search to the particular project.

CVs and interviews before any hire

Candidates are sent to the client as CVs with detailed information on education, experience, tech stack and previous projects. The client goes through the CVs, chooses who to interview and then decides who to hire. The firm says this keeps the choice in the client's hands at every stage.

Long-term engagements

Long-term work is billed on the specialist's time. The client may pay a sum up front or set up recurring monthly payments, which lets a developer work on a long project without interruption. The firm says its cost calculator is used to set the best price possible for these engagements.

Short-term projects on time and materials

For short-term work the firm uses time and materials billing, under which billing follows the hours the hired team logs on software development rather than a fixed scope. The firm describes this as a model for projects where the work is clearly defined but its length is not.

Developer skills across the stack

The developers the firm supplies work in back-end, front-end, database and infrastructure roles. Each developer is described to the client in terms of their stack and their earlier projects, so that a client can match skills to the job before any interview takes place.

Transparency as a stated principle

The firm says it set out to create a more open way of hiring developers, with transparent processes and clear pricing policies. It places weight on honesty about who the specialists are and on remaining open with clients throughout a project.