Dedicated Backend Developer — 20 hours/week
Half a developer extra, all year long: double your team's capacity without doubling the budget.
Weekly hours
20 hours (about 4 hours a day).
Recommended duration
At least 6 months to guarantee continuity.
Price range
Around €4,000/month.
Typical stack
Node.js, Java, .NET, Python (defined based on your project).
When a half-time dedicated Backend fits
Your roadmap is full but the in-house team is already maxed out.
You need someone driving new backend features continuously, not one-off tasks.
You want to ship APIs, integrations and microservices faster without growing headcount.
You want to test a new product or line of business without hiring full-time yet.
What they do for your project
Senior backend developer (5+ years) in the stack you already use in-house.
How you track work and hours
Always-on dashboard
Live weekly and monthly hour totals, tasks covered with links to your ticketing issues, and work broken down by category (new features, bugfix, refactoring, support).
Periodic check-in
The Italian technical lead runs a periodic check-in with you to align on priorities and make sure the value delivered is clear and measurable.
Other on-demand roles
Round out the team with other specialist profiles, available on the same on-demand model.
Ship faster with a half-time dedicated developer
Fully embedded in your team (joins dailies, follows your processes). No long-term commitment: scale the engagement up or down as project needs change, without HR overhead.