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What is a dedicated developer?
A dedicated developer is an engineer who works full time on one client's product and nowhere else, as part of that client's team. At Wild.Codes the developer works at least 160 hours a month on your work, takes tasks from your tracker and follows your engineering rules, while the engineer stays on our contract and we handle payroll, compliance and PTO. You pay one monthly rate per engineer, with no placement fee.
How does a dedicated developer work inside your team?
The developer joins your repositories, your task tracker, your CI/CD pipeline and your chat, and takes part in standups, planning and code review like anyone else on the team. Your tech lead or engineering manager sets priorities and reviews the work, and the engineer reports to them. We stay in the background for the contract, payroll and replacement.
Your own rules apply as they would to an engineer on your payroll: branch protection and merge checks, coding standards, the release process, on-call if your team runs one, and the access and security policies you set.
How do you hire a dedicated developer through Wild.Codes?
Describe the role and you see pre-selected engineers from our ready pool who are free today, each with a monthly rate. If one fits, request an interview. If not, confirm the role and the full search starts: our headhunter agent searches further, every engineer on the shortlist records a timed video interview for your role, and a talent manager signs off the shortlist. On subscription, the first shortlist lands within 47 hours after you confirm the role.
You still run your own interview before anyone starts. Because the recorded interview comes first, your interview time goes to fewer people: on subscription, clients interviewed a median of 2 of our engineers per hire. How the checks work: vetting process.
What is included in the monthly rate?
The monthly rate covers the engineer's full-time work and the employment around it: payroll, contracts, compliance and paid time off are handled by us, under one B2B contract with you. It is billed monthly per engineer, with nothing added on top and no placement fee. If an engineer does not work out, replacement is included for as long as the engagement runs.
Rates on subscription run from $6,400 to $9,600 a month per engineer, all-in, and each profile shows its own rate before you interview. Compare the first-year cost with other options in the team cost calculator.
Dedicated developers or staff augmentation: what is the difference?
Staff augmentation is the wider term for adding outside engineers to an existing team, often for a fixed period and often billed by the hour. A dedicated developer is one form of it with tighter terms: full time on your product only, priced as a monthly rate per engineer, with no end date set in advance. You end the engagement with 15 days' notice, or with one day's notice in the first week.
If you are comparing models, these pages cover the definitions: team augmentation and freelance vs dedicated developers.
| Dedicated developer on Wild.Codes subscription | Freelancer | Permanent hire through Wild.Codes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Works on | your product only, full time | several clients, hours vary | your product only |
| Contract and payroll | one B2B contract with Wild.Codes; we handle payroll, compliance and PTO | a contract with each freelancer | your own employee, directly or through your employer of record |
| Price | $6,400-$9,600 a month per engineer, all-in | set by the freelancer | 12% of annual salary, $2,000 minimum, paid on the start date |
| If it does not work out | lifetime replacement; one day's notice in the first week | find someone new | one free replacement within 60 days |
Can you hire a dedicated development team?
Yes, one engineer at a time, with each person full time on your product and working under your own tech lead. Many of our clients start with one engineer and add a second or third as the roadmap grows; each new role goes through the same matches, interview and shortlist steps. Subscription does not cover fixed-price projects or delivery owned by us, so the team needs a technical owner on your side.
For a team built around one stack, the team pages go deeper: backend team, frontend team, full-stack team, DevOps team, AI team.
How do you scale a dedicated team up or down?
To add an engineer, you open a new role on the same account: you see pre-selected matches at once, and the full search runs for that role if none fits. To scale down, you give 15 days' notice for the engineer whose work is ending, so there is time to hand over code, access and open tasks. The other engineers on the team continue as before.
There is no long-term contract to renegotiate when the roadmap changes, and no minimum team size. More on planning capacity: how clients scale dev teams up or down.
When is a permanent hire a better fit than a dedicated developer?
Choose a permanent hire when you want the engineer on your own payroll, directly or through your employer of record, and you plan to keep them for years. The fee is a one-time 12% of annual salary, with a $2,000 minimum, paid on the start date, and one free replacement within 60 days. First vetted candidates arrive within 5 workdays of the search starting.
A dedicated developer fits better when you need someone full time but do not want to set up employment in the engineer's country, or when the need is real but its length is uncertain. Subscription engineers still tend to stay: about 1.5 years with a client on average. Both terms side by side: pricing.
Where are Wild.Codes dedicated developers based?
Subscription engineers come mainly from Eastern Europe and Latin America, from our network of 15,000+ engineers. Eastern Europe overlaps well with European working hours and partly with the US East Coast; Latin America shares most of the US working day. Most engineers in the ready pool are senior and lead engineers.
Region pages with time-zone tables and country notes: Eastern Europe, Latin America.
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