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Hire Offshore Development Team

With growing development costs and the need for fast time to market, hiring an offshore development team can be the optimal solution.

Get personalized feedback on whether your business can benefit from offshore hiring, you can book a call with our co-founder, Jeroen.

Offshore development allows you to pick talent that fits your needs. You can scale up and down easily and quickly without worrying about additional overheads.

This article explains everything you need to know about hiring an offshore development team. So let’s get started.

Reasons to hire Offshore Development Team

For many software companies, hiring an offshore development team is the most reliable and economical way to get their product in front of customers and grow the business.

Here are some of the major reasons why you should hire an offshore team for your business:

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Checklist to hire Offshore Development Team

With so many offshore development companies available, it can be challenging to choose the right partner. Business owners need strategies for both broadening their available talent pool and narrowing it down to the best ones.

To help you, we have created a checklist that you should use to evaluate every offshore partner:

1. Company Background and Reputation

☐ Check the company’s experience in similar domains.

☐ Review their testimonials and case studies to ensure that they align with your needs.

☐ Ask for client references if possible.

☐ Verify whether they have expertise in the technologies you require.

☐ Understand their development process.

☐ Confirm if they are proficient in your preferred language.

☐ Check for tools they use for communication.

☐ Review their working hours and see how they overlap with yours.

☐ Confirm if you are getting a dedicated project manager.

☐ Understand their project management methodologies (Scrum, Agile, etc.)

☐ Clarify how often and in what format you want to receive progress updates.

☐ Get detailed information about their pricing models, including any hidden charges.

☐ Ensure your budget covers their pricing.

☐ Verify their data privacy practices and compliances.

☐ Don’t forget to ask for NDAs.

☐ Confirm if you are getting a dedicated QA for your project.

☐ Understand their testing process and how they measure quality.

☐ Ensure they have the capacity to scale the development team up or down based on your project needs.

☐ Communicate your requirements in case of changing project specifications.

☐ Understand the local law before signing any contract.

☐ Communicate the ownership of the code and other deliverables.

☐ Get detailed information about maintenance and support after the launch.

☐ Ask if they provide training for your team.

You can add other points to your checklists based on your project. However, make sure you take the time to vet each development partner properly and choose the one that aligns with your goal.

Before going to the checklist, you should have clear documentation of what you want to build – project requirements.

Be clear on what you want, and do some research on your own. This will help you properly communicate your needs to offshore partners.

When to hire Offshore Development Team?

Based on the requirements, companies can hire offshore teams for different reasons under different scenarios. Here are some scenarios when you should hire an offshore team.

Top Countries to hire Offshore Development Team

Each country has its own advantages and disadvantages when it comes to providing offshore development services. The best one depends on your business needs.

Here’s a list of top countries to hire an offshore development team:

🇮🇳 India

Timezone: UTC +5:30

Hourly Rates: < $25 – $50 

Offers a vast pool of talent due to a large population

🇳🇵Nepal

Timezone: UTC +5:45

Hourly Rates: < $25 – $40

Low labor cost – resulting in an affordable development team

🇵🇭 Philippines

Timezone: UTC +8:00

Hourly Rates: < $25 – $50 

Large population speaks English, making communication effective

🇧🇷 Brazil

Timezone: UTC -3:00

Hourly Rates: < $30 – $55

Known for having vast pool of talented Junior Developers

🇦🇷 Argentina

Timezone: UTC -3:00

Hourly Rates: < $30 – $55

Very little time difference with Eastern and Central United States

🇺🇦 Ukraine

Timezones: UTC +2, +3

Hourly Rates: $30 – $55

Has a long history of being an offshore development hub

Build an Offshore Development Team from Proshore

With our previous offshore/nearshore model for software development, we didn’t always have consistency. We didn’t always get a group per se. They were more like individual contributors. There wasn’t always a team. It was a disjointed approach.
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Chief Technology Officer (CTO)​

Proshore allows you to build your own development team from a pool of 4500+ vetted developers. Our decade-long experience in agile development ensures time zones won’t be a problem – but rather an advantage with prolonged development.

We hire, train, and manage your offshore development team so they are “ready-to-code” from day one. Additionally, our developers are working or have worked across industries from SaaS to eCommerce, collaborating with companies in the US, EU, and AUS.

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Without compromising on timezone, budget, and quality.