Hire full-stack developers

Hire Full-Stack Developers Who Ship Whole Features

RED SAG provides dedicated full-stack developers from Tamil Nadu, India, to startups, product teams and agencies in the USA, UK, Australia, Canada and India. One developer takes a feature from database table to API to screen, which is often the fastest way for a small team to move without coordinating separate front-end and back-end hires. One remote full-stack developer who joins your stand-ups is usually easier to manage than two part-time specialists.

Full-stack means different things in different companies, so we match on your actual stack. The combinations we staff most are MERN (MongoDB, Express, React, Node.js), Next.js with a Node.js API, Laravel with Vue or React, and Django with React. Every developer has a stronger side, and we tell you which it is instead of claiming equal depth everywhere.

Hire dedicated full-stack developers full time, part time or by the hour, or give us a defined MVP or module at a fixed price. You can begin with a one-week paid pilot on a real ticket that touches both ends of your product, which shows quickly how the developer works across layers.

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What they build

What our full-stack developers build for you

MVPs for early-stage products

A first working version with sign-up, core workflow, admin panel and payments, built on a conventional stack that the next developers you hire will recognise straight away.

Complete features across layers

A new module such as invoicing or team permissions, from schema changes and migrations through API endpoints to the screens, with tests at each level.

Internal tools and back-office systems

Order management, approvals, reporting and CRUD-heavy admin areas for operations teams, where speed of delivery matters more than a separate front-end specialist.

Customer portals

Logged-in areas where customers view orders, invoices, documents and support tickets, connected to your existing ERP, CRM or accounting system.

Integrations with a user interface

Features that pair a third-party API with screens: connecting a payment provider, a shipping service or Google and Microsoft calendars, with settings pages and error states.

Maintenance of small products

Keeping an existing web app healthy with framework upgrades, security patches, bug fixes and small improvements, without needing two part-time specialists.

Full-stack developer writing code on a laptop, seen over the shoulder

Skills

Full-Stack skills and ecosystem

JavaScript stacks

MERN (MongoDB, Express, React, Node.js)
Next.js with Node.js / NestJS
TypeScript
Prisma
Mongoose

PHP stack

Laravel
Vue 3
Inertia.js
Livewire
Eloquent
Laravel Sanctum

Python stack

Django
Django REST Framework
React
Celery
PostgreSQL

Front-end

React
Vue
Tailwind CSS
TanStack Query
Pinia
React Hook Form

Data and infrastructure

PostgreSQL
MySQL
MongoDB
Redis
Docker
AWS (EC2, S3, RDS)
Nginx

Testing and delivery

Jest
Pytest
PHPUnit / Pest
Playwright
GitHub Actions
Sentry

Seniority

Junior, mid-level or senior

Pick the level that matches the work. Many teams pair one senior developer with a junior or mid-level developer to keep costs down without losing review quality.

Junior

1–3 years

Delivers small end-to-end tasks in one stack, following patterns already set in the codebase.

Add a field or small feature through database, API and UI
Build admin CRUD screens with validation on both sides
Write tests for the code they change
Fix bugs that cross front-end and back-end

Mid-level

3–6 years

Owns complete features and makes design decisions across the stack.

Design data models and API contracts for new modules
Build the front-end and back-end of a feature without hand-offs
Integrate payment, email and third-party services
Deploy changes and watch them in production

Senior

6+ years

Can act as the lead developer on a small product and make architecture calls.

Choose the stack and structure for a new product or MVP
Plan hosting, CI/CD, backups and monitoring
Balance scope against deadlines with founders or product owners
Review others' code and set standards for a growing team

Quality

Common Full-Stack problems our developers avoid

Validation only in the browser

When one person writes both sides, it is tempting to validate a form in the UI and trust the API. Our developers validate on the server every time and share schemas where the stack allows it.

Business logic in controllers or components

Rules scattered between React components, controllers and database triggers become impossible to change safely. We keep business logic in a service layer that can be tested on its own.

Choosing MongoDB for relational data

MERN is popular, but orders, invoices and permissions are relational. A good full-stack developer says so early and suggests PostgreSQL where joins and transactions matter, rather than working around it later.

Spreading too thin

A developer who is shallow in every layer ships features that half work. We tell you which side each developer is strongest in, and bring in a specialist when a problem needs deeper expertise.

Engagement

Ways to hire

Four ways to work with our full-stack developers, and when each one makes sense for Full-Stack work.

Full-time dedicated developer

One developer works only on your product, around 160 hours a month, inside your tools and sprint rhythm.

Best for startups and small teams that want one developer to carry the product forward feature by feature, week after week.

Fixed monthly fee, invoiced monthly

Part-time dedicated developer

The same developer every week for about 80 hours a month, usually half days or agreed days.

Suits a live product with modest change: a few features a month, upgrades and support across both ends.

Fixed monthly fee for the agreed hours

Hourly

Pay only for tracked hours against tickets you raise. Hours and task notes are shared with every invoice.

Useful for fixing bugs that cross layers, adding a small integration, or getting a stalled project running again.

Tracked hours, invoiced monthly

Fixed-price project

A written scope, a fixed quote and milestones. We carry the estimate risk; changes are quoted before they are built.

Works for a scoped MVP, a customer portal or a new module with agreed screens and data.

Milestone payments against an agreed scope

Rates

Indicative rates for full-stack developers

Rates by seniority for hourly, part-time and full-time dedicated work. Choose the currency you pay in.

Indicative rates by seniority and engagement model
Seniority	Hourlytracked hours	Part-time dedicatedabout 80 hours a month	Full-time dedicatedabout 160 hours a month
Junior1–3 years	$15–19/hour₹450–600/hour	$1,000–1,300/month₹40,000–50,000/month	$1,700–2,200/month₹65,000–85,000/month
Mid-level3–6 years	$19–24/hour₹600–850/hour	$1,300–1,650/month₹55,000–70,000/month	$2,200–2,800/month₹90,000–1.2 lakh/month
Senior6+ years	$24–30/hour₹850–1,150/hour	$1,650–2,050/month₹75,000–95,000/month	$2,800–3,500/month₹1.3–1.7 lakh/month

Indicative rates, before any applicable taxes. The exact figure depends on the developer we assign, the skills your project needs and the length of the engagement, and is agreed in writing before work starts. Fixed-price projects are quoted per scope.

Vetting

How we vet and assign full-stack developers

Technical interview

A senior engineer on our side interviews every developer on the stack you are hiring for, covering the topics listed on this page, before they are put forward to any client.

Review of real work

We read code the developer has written, from our own projects or their earlier work, looking at structure, naming, tests and how they handle errors, not just whether it runs.

Practical trial task

A short task in the same stack, done in a real repository and reviewed like a pull request. It shows how someone works, asks questions and writes up what they did.

Matched to your brief

We put forward the developer whose experience fits your product and time zone, share a short profile, and you interview them yourself before anything is signed.

What the Full-Stack interview covers

Designing a data model and API for a feature described in plain language
Where validation, authorisation and business rules belong in a layered app
Front-end state and data fetching in the stack you are hiring for
Database indexing, transactions and migrations on a live system
Deploying, logging and debugging a change that fails in production

The trial task

Build a small feature end to end in the stack you are hiring for, such as a team invitation flow: a table and migration, API endpoints with validation and permission checks, the screens to send and accept invites, an email sent from a background job, and tests on both sides. We review it as a pull request and ask the developer to explain their design choices.

Onboarding

How onboarding works

01
Call and NDA
A short call about your product, stack and team. We sign your NDA, or ours, before you share code, designs or business details.
02
Profile and interview
We share the profile of the developer we recommend and you interview them. A match usually takes about a week, depending on availability.
03
Contract and IP
The contract assigns all code and work product to you once invoices are paid, and sets out rates, hours, notice and confidentiality.
04
Access through your tools
You invite the developer to your GitHub or GitLab, Jira or Linear, and Slack or Teams. You control access and can revoke it at any time.
05
Updates you can rely on
A written update at the end of every working day, a weekly summary with hours, what shipped and what is blocked, and a demo when you want one.

The developer's first week

Run the whole stack locally and trace one user journey from screen to database and back
Review how the app is deployed, where logs live and how the database is backed up
Ship one small real ticket that touches both front-end and back-end
Write a short note on architecture, dependency and security risks, with suggested priorities

Time zones

Working hours overlap

Our team is in India (IST, UTC+5:30). These are the overlap windows we plan around; the exact hours are agreed in the contract.

United Kingdom

Our normal day (9:00–18:00 IST) covers roughly 9:00 am to 12:30 pm in London in winter and 9:00 am to 1:30 pm in summer. A developer working 11:00–20:00 IST can cover until about 2:30 pm GMT.

USA and Canada (Eastern)

On a shifted schedule the developer is online for about 9:00 am to noon Eastern (New York, Toronto), enough for stand-up, reviews and questions. Work carries on overnight and is ready in your morning.

USA and Canada (Pacific)

For California or Vancouver we agree a fixed early window, typically 7:00–9:00 am Pacific, plus written hand-offs at the end of your day. We are open that overlap is shorter here.

Australia

India is 4.5 to 5.5 hours behind Sydney and Melbourne, so our normal day overlaps your afternoon, roughly 1:30–5:30 pm AEST. Perth overlaps from about 11:30 am onwards.

Low-risk start

Try before you commit

Start with a one-week paid pilot

Before committing to a month, you can start with a one-week paid pilot. The developer works on a real ticket from your backlog, in your repository and tools, with the same daily updates as a normal engagement. At the end you decide whether to continue, change developer or stop. The pilot is billed at the hourly rate for the hours worked, and the code is yours.

Replacement if it is not a fit

If the developer is not the right fit, tell us and we will replace the developer at no extra charge. The new developer is briefed from the shared notes and tickets, and we overlap the hand-over where we can so you do not lose momentum.

FAQ

Hiring full-stack developers: questions

How much does it cost to hire a full-stack developer from India?

Indicatively, a full-time dedicated full-stack developer from RED SAG costs about $1,700–3,500 a month depending on seniority, and hourly work runs about $15–30 an hour. The rates table on this page shows GBP, AUD, CAD and INR ranges as well. The exact rate is agreed in writing before work begins.

Which full-stack combinations do you offer?

The combinations we staff most are MERN, Next.js with a Node.js or NestJS API, Laravel with Vue or React, and Django with React. If your product uses a different mix, tell us on the first call and we will say honestly whether we have someone whose experience matches it.

Is one full-stack developer enough, or do we need separate specialists?

For an MVP, an internal tool or a product in steady maintenance, one full-stack developer is often the most efficient choice. As the product grows, heavy front-end work or complex back-end scaling usually benefits from specialists. We will tell you when we think you have reached that point.

Can a full-stack developer build our MVP from scratch?

A senior full-stack developer can, working with you on scope and priorities. For an MVP with a firm deadline and a fixed budget, a fixed-price project with a written scope may suit you better than a monthly hire, because it puts the estimate risk on us.

How quickly can a full-stack developer start?

Usually within a week of our first call, depending on availability and on how closely your stack matches the developer's experience. Uncommon combinations can take a little longer to match well, and we will tell you that up front rather than guess.

What if the full-stack developer is not the right fit?

Tell us what is not working and we will replace the developer at no extra charge, perhaps with someone stronger on the side of the stack you need most. The one-week paid pilot also lets you judge the fit on a real ticket before committing to a month.

Who owns the code a full-stack developer writes?

You do. The contract assigns all code and work product to you once invoices are paid, and the developer commits to your own repository from the first day. Hosting, domains and third-party accounts should be in your name too, and we will help set them up that way.

Can we hire MERN stack developers specifically?

Yes. MERN (MongoDB, Express, React and Node.js) is one of the combinations we staff most. We check that a MERN developer knows when MongoDB fits the data and when a relational database would serve you better, because that choice is hard to undo later.

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