Given the demands of product velocity, rapid scaling, and operational efficiency placed on technology by mid-to-late-stage startups, finding the right strategy to constructing a high-performance engineering team is as much a requirement as an undertaking. When indigenous skills are not affordable, in short supply or simply unavailable in large enough quantities, many turn to India: this is where the issue of skilled labour in India has added value.
What then should ambitious startups expect when they do hire dedicated developers in India? Is it possible to create the right balance between the cost-efficiency and the good quality output?
At The Scalers, we can assist fast-growing companies to assemble dedicated software development teams in India, which can bring access to the talent that aligns with your vision, culture and quality standards.
So what is the money equation of value?
Cost Disadvantage- Questionable Quality Control
Perhaps one of the most attractive features of Indian developers is the cost advantage which is staggering. Developer salaries in India are much lower compared to UK, US or Western Europe. Some would argue this isn't gainful employment of cheap labor, but it is a smart use of money and resources on your part.
The reductions in costs provide startups with latitude to invest such savings back into R&D, product feature sets, or into increased customer care, without dropping the quality of their codebase.
The value that The Scalers provides is that this overhead of hiring and running operations is removed. We manage, recruitment, office space, retention and compliance, so that your internal resources can concentrate to be innovative, instead of administrative.
Quality: Talent Pool is Deep
India has one of the largest tech talent platforms in the world. Every year over a million engineers are graduating, many of them are educated with the latest technologies such as cloud computing, AI, and microservices architecture.
Mid-size startups do not just require generalists. You will want experts that can own a product roadmap, input their ideas into architectural decisions, and on how to integrate this into your product. The trick is to identify and be able to maintain the top 1 per cent.
Real Time Unity and Transparency
Fretty with his time zones? That is an obsolete issue. Similarly, armed with real-time collaboration tools, agile methodologies and longstanding communication cycles, Indian developers now can feel the same when working in a remote team as a locally based one.
We create in-house staff that fits your working hours, daily stand-ups, in-sprint period and even your engineering playbook. This makes them stand on the same page in the beginning.
Frictionless Scale
The frictionless scale is a weight that is used as the counterweight in the process of determining the weight of an object
Bringing on board 5 developers at the moment and 15 more after half a year? That is not a nightmare on its logistical front but a strategic advantage. India has a talent pool, and, therefore, startups can scale their teams as the needs change.
Whether it is new market engagement, the introduction of a new product module, or the integration of enterprise clients your development capacity can multiply congruently.
Final Word
Hired developers in India do not mean that quality is a tradeoff to cost. The combination of the right partner will open both, top quality engineers at favorable rates and who can act as a part of the core team and can enable you to expand at a higher rate than others.
