Usage-Based Hiring

Lutfal and Champa and their team (Remote Programmer) in Kolkata have been working with me since 2003.

Andrew R. Taylor

I personally went to India to visit Lutfal and his team in 2007 to start off our project and they made me feel very welcome. I was impressed by their set-up and professionalism. I would highly recommend Remote Programmer to anyone.

Martin J Smith

We have used Remote Programmer for last 13 years (as on Jan 2020) and have always been impressed by the quality of the service they provide. We have a fairly complex website with more than 500 MySQL tables which requires a lot of work on an ongoing basis so we opted to use dedicated resources from them. It is a great value for money.

Martin Gibbons

https://www.peoplemaps.com/

From insightfulness to exquisiteness, RP proved to be an excellent partner on all aspects. Flexible work schemes, dedicated developers plus an advisory role indirectly.

Mohammed Moulay

We worked with Remote Programmer for several years and they provided great service.

Developers are reliable and supported by a flexible, capable and collaborative management team as needed.

Ian Gordon

Usage-Based Hiring Model

In usage-based hiring,  you simply pay for hours of a resource. The resource can be a developer, a designer, a tester, a server administrator, a scrum master, or anyone who can work for you. There is no monthly commitment required. As you go. Billing will be done as per the actual hours used.

Software development is teamwork. You need many experts to develop a quality application.  You will need them in short term only.  And usage-based hiring model is excellent for hiring these shared resources like designers, testers, scrum masters, data entry operators, etc.

However, this is too inefficient for hiring long term resources like developers where knowledge transfer is too important. You should preferably hire them on dedicated basis for best result.

Highlights

Basic Contract

You can avail of resources on an SOS basis. We will make them available on an availability basis. You will agree to pay on hourly rates. Billing will be done as per actual hours spent.  

Work  Place

RP Office at Kolkata, India

Development Team

No fixed team. No guarantee that the same developer will work next time.

Communication

Skype, Slack, Email, Phone, etc

Availability As per schedule
Techniques / Models Agile
Project Management Tool Jira / A4W (Our own System) / Anything else you prefer
Billing Monthly / Periodically
Advance to start As per deal

Key Benefits

  • The best option to hire shared experts at minimum cost
  • No monthly commitment.  You can stop work at any moment.
  • Full freedom to change. No restriction in making changes or improvements.
  • We line up all types of  software development experts for you
  • Your ideas, developed codebase will be your own intellectual property.
  • A Scrum Master will be assigned to monitor his works and help him to sort out any problem related to set up, project management, technology, etc.  
  • The team will be consisting of many shared experts and will be used on an SOS basis
  • We will provide you access to our Agile Product / Project / Test management tool - free
  • You will enjoy lifetime use/edit/resell licenses for code originally written by us  
  • We will ensure the right  code quality, right architecture, and the right processes
  • Long term support assurance - we have clients of  more than 12 years
  • 100% ethical practices - zero risk that roots from dishonesty
  • You will benefit from years of  knowledgebase (since 1999)

When to Hire on Usage-based Hiring Model

You should use this model for hiring short term resources. Here are some situation you can go for usage-based hiring

  1. You have hired a dedicated developer but you need help from other experts on an SOS basis - for example, from a designer’s service, testing services, etc.
  2. Availing ongoing help from the scrum master for a project where you do not need a  dedicated scrum master
  3. Ongoing support works that include routine or simple development tasks. Like web master’s services
     

Usage-Based Hiring  - How does it work?

Usage based hiring is recommended only with other hiring models. Say you have hired one or more dedicated / part dedicated developers but  suddenly you need  help from a creative dsigners (or say load tester). It is quite that   a developer will not be able to help you much, even they do, it will be a compromise. So to adhere to quality you should  hire a creative designer  ( or load tester ) in short ter,  get the job done and leave him. We will bill you for the actual hours only.  Maximum quality without hitting your budget.

How does it cost?

The rates vary from resource to resource. It normally depends on the type of resources, experience, and skill level. Here is an approximate picture.

Rate Chart:  Hourly Rates

Resource Type 

Approx Experience

Hourly ($)

Web Developer 
(For  E-Com & Generic  Websites using PHP)
2-6 Yrs 7-12
Web Designer
( Photoshop, HTML & CSS)
4-8 Yrs 9-12
Backend API Developer 
(PHP/Node.js)
3-7 Yrs  10-14
Front End Web Developer
(React/Angular/Vue)
3-7 Yrs 10-14
Mobile App Developer
(React Native)
3-6 Yrs 10-15
Full-Stack Developer
(React + PHP/Node.js
5-10 Yrs 12-15
Routine Tester 3-8 Yrs 10-14
Load & Security Tester 3-10 Yrs 10-14
Test Analyst 7-15 Yrs 12-15
System Architect 10-15 Yrs 15
Scrum Master 10-15 Yrs 15
Server Administrator 10-15 Yrs 15
Database Administrator 10-15 Yrs 15
Data Entry Operator 4-15 Yrs 4-7

Note ** -  Cost will vary  with the technology, skill level, and order volume

Why hire an Offshore Developer?

  1. Reduced Cost - If you are from a country where the cost of labor is significantly higher than in India, with us,  you are likely to get better developers at 1/5th (or even less) price.
  2. Reduced Headache - Running an in-house team does not only add 5 times but a lot of headaches too.  Here you will not have to bother about the recruitment, HR activities, operational processes, office management, hardware, and software, etc. You can simply concentrate on your project only. 
  3. Expert Overnight - It takes years to build an organizational knowledge base over the software development process for an organization. We are in the industry for over 20 years. The moment you choose us as your development partner you can claim that your team is backed up with 20 years of experience.  
  4. Ready Platform -  We will give you free access to our end-to-end software development cum agile team management platform. There you can see the full picture of the team activity or project development progress or software documentation required for future maintenance. 

Why not  Hire a Freelancer?

Freelancer hiring often looks lucrative. But you may have to spend a lot of time getting reliability from a freelancer because of some inherent problems. Here are those.

  1. Uncertain -   Most freelancer works fulltime somewhere and you do not know when he will be suddenly off to save his permanent job. You do not know when he/she will leave.  If you hire him/her even dedicated, there is every chance he will have to continue to support other clients. You do not know when he will get a better deal and leave you.
  2. Unsafe - Your codes, data privacy, and IP rights may not be in a safe hand.  There is a possibility that your code / IP rights are being re-used in other projects, particularly when a freelancer leaves.  You can never catch a freelancer.  An ethical company never does it who thinks long term. Employees working for a company do not dare to do it because of legal action.
  3. Limited Talent -  Software development is teamwork. Building a professional application that will provide value to its customers requires many experts. An architect, analyst, server admin, designer, developer, test analyst, etc. It is never possible to get someone with the skills required to play all these roles. So other than developer skill you will have to compromise. With a company like us, you can hire them on an SOS basis and pay only for limited hours. In fact, for the smaller issue, the help comes absolutely free.
  4. Dead End -  With a freelancer, your growth option is a dead end. Initially, you may start with something small a developer might be apparently sufficient for you, but soon your application may become bigger and more complex. You may need help from experts or new resources. A freelancer will pull you back.
  5. No Organisational Tracking - We have an organizational tracking system. We will do the activity tracking, work tracking on your behalf, and rectify in the background to yield greater output. If you hire a freelancer you might have to hire another manager (or spend a lot of time of yours) to track him.
  6. No Organisational Knowledbease - We are in web application development since 1999.  We have several people who are in the organization for more than 14 years. We know more than a freelancer what works and what does not work. You will lack it when you hire a freelancer.
  7. Knowledge Transfer Crisis - A developer may leave. Whether you hire from us or hire a freelancer.  And the worst situation normally comes when he/she leaves. When a freelancer leaves you to have to manage the knowledge transfer yourself. It may not be possible for you.  But we will easily manage it. The scrum master will have a high-level knowledge of the system.  Plus we have a standard documentation process to transfer it to a new developer.