Start with a free technical scoping call. We discuss your product, your current back-end stack, the systems or services you need to build or improve, your scaling requirements, and your security obligations. We then match you with a pre-vetted developer whose language experience, architectural approach, and working style align with your team and system requirements. Most clients are matched and contributing code within days of that first conversation.

A back-end developer specialises exclusively in server-side systems — APIs, databases, business logic, infrastructure, and security. A full stack developer covers both front end and back end but typically with less depth in either. If your primary engineering challenge is system scalability, API performance, database architecture, security hardening, or microservices design — and your front end is already capable — a dedicated back-end developer delivers more architectural depth and system reliability per hour than a generalist full stack hire.

Our developers cover Node.js with NestJS or Express, Python with Django or FastAPI, Java with Spring Boot, Go, and PHP with Laravel as primary specialisations. We also cover .NET, Ruby on Rails, and Kotlin. Framework depth, database experience, and cloud platform familiarity are all confirmed during the scoping call before matching — not after.

Most clients begin within a few days of completing the initial requirements discussion. We maintain a pool of vetted, available back-end developers at all times — there is no cold recruitment process when you contact us.

Significantly. Senior back-end developers in the Netherlands typically command €70,000–€100,000+ per year in base salary, plus employer NI contributions, equipment, benefits, and in many cases equity expectations. Our flexible plans deliver a fraction of that total investment — with no long-term employment commitment, no recruitment fees, and no infrastructure overhead.

Before any engagement begins, we execute a data processing agreement (DPA) and NDA with your organisation. Back-end developers are briefed on your data handling policies and apply GDPR-compliant engineering practices throughout the build — including data minimisation, encryption at rest and in transit, access control implementation, audit logging, and right-to-erasure API endpoint design. For regulated industries, developers are additionally assessed on sector-specific compliance requirements before placement.

You do — entirely. All intellectual property produced during the engagement — source code, API documentation, database schemas, infrastructure configurations, and architectural decision records — belongs to your organisation. This is contractually guaranteed before any work begins.

We offer a 14-day satisfaction guarantee. If the match is not right — for technical depth, architectural approach, code quality, or team integration — we replace the developer at no additional cost, or issue a full refund within the guarantee window. Stack fit, system complexity, and working style are all assessed during the matching process, but our guarantee is unconditional regardless.

Yes. During onboarding the developer reviews your existing codebase, understands your architectural decisions and technical debt landscape, and integrates into your current development workflow — including your branching strategy, deployment pipeline, monitoring setup, and infrastructure conventions. They extend and improve what exists. Rebuilds are only scoped when the existing system genuinely cannot support the growth requirements — and that assessment is made transparently, not unilaterally.

Yes. Many clients begin with a single back-end developer and expand their server-side engineering capacity as the product and team scales — adding a DevOps engineer, a database specialist, a security engineer, or additional API developers through the same managed engagement model. We make that transition seamless and cost-predictable at every stage of your architecture journey.