7 reasons you should hire full-stack developers offshore today

Teri Chong
Teri Chong
September 29, 2018

Seven reasons to hire full-stack developers offshore

So we’ve already covered why you should offshore and how to maintain a healthy relationship with your remote teams. This time, we’re zooming in on why you should consider hiring full-stack developers offshore. If you’re new tech business, you’d know that full-stack developers are an essential to every tech lineup. Besides ploughing the land of web development, full-stack developers are versatile tech ninjas that conjure amazing web applications and products in a blink of an eye.

In a previous article, we broke down the myths of offshoring remote teams. One of the greatest push factors for offshoring remote teams is the huge talent pool lying dormant across borders. Tech talent is prolific offshore, so why not cast your net wide? Here’s seven reasons that’ll take you to offshore heaven!

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It’s mightily cost-effective

These days, more and more companies are hiring full-stack developers offshore in order to cut costs. Young companies especially cannot afford to hire developers for every layer of development, hence hiring a full-stack developer is your best bet! We all know offshoring your business will help to cut costs as a whole. Salary rates differ from market to market; hiring offshore can cut employment costs while promising the same capabilities.

Dive into a limitless talent pool

We aren’t saying that tech talent is super limited in your own country, but you have to admit that nothing beats having the whole world to choose from. There might be a myriad of frontend and backend developers to choose from in your city, but to find a pool of fullstack developers? Now that’s tricky in a small city like Singapore.

Offshoring full-stack developers is a practical move for smaller businesses who want to not only save costs, but also tap into the depths of various talent pools. Although there are many amazing full-stack developers available locally, you might not be able to find one best suited to your needs. Tapping into offshore talent pools can help increase the chances of finding someone who fits the needs and profile of your company. It’ll be a shame if the limitless talent pool offshore remain untapped! So we highly encourage you to dip your toes into the deep end.

Talent that’s just as good as going local

If your local market is mired in competitive salaries, finding a stellar full-stack developer might be quite a feat. But hope is not lost! Our answer would be to look overseas.

Of course, you might wonder if hiring full-stack developers offshore might have you compromising on quality. That’s a huge myth! Hiring offshore workers not only cut down their costs, but hiring close to home also allowed for the ease of communication. If you ask us, that’s a win for both parties.

Scale your team faster

Offshoring in general is a cost-effective and relatively safe route to take when scaling your business. Hiring full-stack developers helps you to maintain and control business growth. Sometimes biting off more than you can chew is a death sentence in the tech world. Taking calculated steps to build high performing offshore teams can help your business scale up at a comfortable pace.

This method focuses on output and performance, integral for any young business. In order to roll out your product sooner, offshoring will ensure that you hire the right candidate faster. After all, productivity is one of the biggest possible benefits to offshoring.

Create a more diverse team culture

All around the world! Offshoring your full-stack developers is sure to bring new perspectives to your company. Hiring from all over the world provides you the opportunity to not only expand your network, but also your business’s exposure to different cultures.

Having a diverse team can enhance team culture through celebrations, sharing of stories and effective communication. Moreover, diversifying your team will also help the business learn how to adapt to the preferences of different markets, as well as expand target audiences. The most important thing however, is the empathy and understanding cultivated between various team members. This priceless interpersonal skill is sure to follow you and your team throughout their careers, and is something only offshoring could open the doors to!

Ramp up the responsiveness and efficiency of your team

Face it, you’ll be operating on different time zones. But that doesn’t mean all hope is lost! On the contrary, offshoring your full-stack developers could increase communication between your team. The differences in time zones will see your employees rising up to take more responsibility, and shorten work hours in order to facilitate better workflow.

Many business with remote teams set up efficient communication lines. To beef up responsiveness, try your hand at communication channels like Slack, or monitoring workflow on Trello or Hubspot. These are some tools that we use at Glints to make scheduling and communication crystal clear.

Flexibility and freedom is the key to productivity

Otherwise, why offshore? Hiring full-stack developers offshore will undoubtedly give your team more flexibility in work hours. Although this may come as a worry to some employers, giving your team freedom in their working hours will help to lower stress levels, and encourage productivity. Productivity will be easy to come by as long as everyone on board has a firm grasp of their tasks and schedule.

Having employees from all parts of the world also means that your clients will always have someone ready to answer their questions. Not to mention, there will also be people working round the clock on your products. Hence, offshoring full-stack developers is just the first step to possibly offshoring your whole team!

Explore opportunities off the coast

Offshoring talent has become a goldmine for business looking to expand at a lower cost, especially tech companies. Whether you’re looking for a software manager or a full-stack developer, offshoring as become the new in thing when it comes to searching for talent. So if a new frontier is on the cards for your sassy startup, plunge into the world of offshoring and you might just discover a few treasures.

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