A back-end team dedicated to your product
We put together a back-end team that works on your product alone, at your pace and on your priorities, with code and decisions recorded in your repository.
Who it's for
For companies with a growing product and more back-end work than the current team can handle.
What it solves
- The back-end backlog grows faster than the team can deliver.
- Hiring and training developers takes time the product does not have.
- A different supplier on every project leaves knowledge scattered and without an owner.
- The product team spends its days explaining the same context to new people.
What we do
- Team make-up
- How many people and which profiles, decided with you based on the work there is.
- How it is managed
- Who prioritises, who approves and how the team organises itself, agreed at the start.
- Product priorities
- What to build stays your company's decision; the team takes care of how to build it.
- Delivery rhythm
- Short cycles, demos of what is finished and a work board everyone can see.
- Engineering standards
- Code review, automated tests and recorded technical decisions from the start.
- Knowledge that stays
- Documentation and decisions in your repository, so nothing depends on a single person.
What you get
- A proposal for the team's make-up and way of working
- A work board and demo cadence agreed with you
- Code, tests and documentation in your company's repository
- A record of technical decisions, with the reason for each
- A handover plan, should your company decide to bring the work in-house
How we do it
First conversation
Product, backlog, current team and what it is missing.
Team format
Make-up, management and rituals proposed and adjusted with you.
Onboarding
Access, product context and small first deliveries to build momentum.
Delivery cycles
Planning with your product team, then delivery and a demo every cycle.
Format review
From time to time, the team's size and make-up are reviewed.
Technology examples
- Git
- GitHub
- GitLab
- Jira
- OpenAPI
- ADR
Related services
FAQ
How many people would the team have?
It depends on the volume and type of work. The make-up is proposed after the first conversation and can change as the product requires.
Who manages the team day to day?
That is agreed at the start. One option is for your company to decide what to build and for Balkan to handle technical coordination; the final arrangement depends on your product and team.
What if we only need to strengthen our own team?
That is also possible: people from Balkan join your team and follow your management. A dedicated team makes sense when you want part of the work run by a team with its own organisation.
Can we start small?
Yes. Starting with a smaller team and a well-defined part of the product helps settle the format before growing.
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