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Dedicated Developers

Dedicated developers who join your team

Full-time engineers working in your repository, your process and your ceremonies, reporting to your leads.

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At a glance

Managed by
You
Commitment
Monthly, typically three months minimum
Best for
A team that needs specific skills and already has engineering management in place.

Good fit

When this model works well

  • You have engineering leadership with capacity to direct work
  • You need specific skills faster than hiring can deliver them
  • You want maximum control over how the work happens
  • Your process, standards and backlog are already established

Poor fit

When something else fits better

  • You have no engineering management capacity — a managed delivery pod fits better
  • You need an outcome owned end to end rather than capacity added to your team
  • The work is under four weeks; onboarding overhead would dominate

How it works

What actually happens

  • You define the role

    Stack, seniority, domain and time zone overlap. We shortlist against those requirements rather than against who is on the bench.

  • You interview and choose

    Every candidate goes through your interview process. We never place anyone you have not approved.

  • We onboard, you direct

    Structured onboarding gets the first pull request merged within days; after that they take direction from your leads like any team member.

  • We stay behind them

    Technical support, code review and career development from our practice leads at no additional cost to you.

What is included

Everything in this model

Individual engineers who join your team full time, work in your repository and your process, and report to your leads. You direct the work day to day.

  • Full-time engineers matched to your stack and domain
  • Your tooling, ceremonies and definition of done
  • Structured onboarding with a defined first contribution
  • Technical backup from our practice leads at no extra cost
  • Defined replacement policy with an overlap period

Onboarding

How people get productive

The same structured onboarding applies across every model.

  1. Day 0 — Access and environment

    Accounts, repository access, local environment running and first build green before the engagement formally starts.

  2. Day 1 — Context

    Product walkthrough, architecture overview, and an introduction to the people they will work with most.

  3. Days 2–3 — Paired first change

    A small change made in a pair with one of your engineers. It surfaces process gaps immediately and gets the first pull request merged.

  4. Week 1 — Scoped first task

    A defined, low-risk task completed independently and reviewed through your normal process.

  5. Weeks 2–4 — Full contribution

    Standard sprint work, participating in your ceremonies and review process like any other team member.

  6. Day 30 — Review checkpoint

    A structured conversation with you about fit, throughput and anything that needs adjusting. Raised early, not at renewal.

Compare

The other models

  • Team Extension

    Scaling an existing team quickly while keeping product direction fully in-house.

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  • Managed Delivery Pods

    Owning an outcome end to end when you do not have management capacity to spare.

    Read more

  • Offshore Development Centre

    Building a durable long-term engineering capability outside your home market.

    Read more

Questions

Questions about hiring through Xalicon

Matching and your interviews usually take one to two weeks, with onboarding beginning immediately after. Scarcer specialisms take longer, and we give you a realistic lead time at the point you ask rather than after you have committed.

Dedicated Developers

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We reply within one business day with realistic availability and lead times.

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