Extended Development Teams in London

Usually 2-3 weeks from agreement to first day. We match skills to your needs, handle background checks and onboarding documentation, then integrate them into your processes. Speed depends on your onboarding complexity, but we aim to get people productive fast. There's no multi-month recruitment cycle.

You can adjust headcount, skills mix, or duration with 30 days' notice. If a project accelerates, you can add capacity. If priorities shift, you can reduce it. You pay only for the seats you use, so there's no penalty for being flexible. This is why extended teams work better than permanent hiring for variable workloads.

They report to you. Your engineering manager or tech lead directs their day-to-day work, sets technical standards, and owns code review. Evolved Ideas handles payroll, benefits, and compliance. From a working perspective, they are part of your team.

Yes. A common pattern is adding 1-2 engineers to maintain an older system while core staff focus on new products. Or splitting a team: some augmented staff handle bug fixes and security patches while your internal team builds new features. Extended teams work well for unglamorous but critical work.

A London developer costs roughly 50-70k salary plus 20-30% overhead (pension, tax, recruitment). Our extended team model is typically 30-40% lower through nearshore delivery (UK, Spain, or Ukraine talent) without losing timezone alignment or quality. You also skip recruitment fees, onboarding costs, and exit costs if the role ends.

Extended team members follow your definition of done, code standards, and review process. We pair them with your senior engineers on day one so they absorb your architecture and patterns. We run background checks and technical assessments before match. Our Centre of Excellence sets baseline security, scalability, and testing standards across all engagements.