What a Full Stack Developer does on an outsourced software development team.

Skills and scope are agreed before delivery starts, so the first sprint is productive rather than a ramp-up month. The work runs to the same backlog, the same repositories and the same definition of done as your own team's. Full stack JavaScript and Python are the two most common combinations we assign. Full stack JavaScript and Python are the two most common combinations we assign.

Full Stack Developer skills and technology we assign for

  • Owning features end to end, including the schema change, the API and the interface.

  • Moving between frontend and backend work as the sprint demands, without waiting on another specialist.

  • Prototyping and validating ideas quickly before committing a larger team to them.

  • Setting up the local development environment so a new contributor is productive in a day, not a week.

  • Handling the deployment of their own work rather than passing it to another team.

Seniority levels we assign.

Mid to senior most often. Full stack work at junior level tends to produce breadth without depth in either direction. Seniority is one of the inputs in how the monthly fee is built.

When a Full Stack Developer is the right assignment.

Best value on smaller teams. Larger roadmaps usually split into dedicated backend and frontend capacity. On an ongoing roadmap this role is most often assigned alongside a Backend Developer or a Frontend Developer. All 4 roles in this service line can sit on the same agreement, and capacity moves between them at the monthly cycle rather than requiring a new contract. This capacity is assigned under outsource software development services rather than sold as a separate engagement.

160 h
Typical monthly capacity for this role
Fixed
Monthly price, unaffected by leave or holidays
4–6 weeks
From signed scope to delivery starting
Monthly
Cycle to raise or lower committed hours

Questions about assigning a Full Stack Developer.

Is a full stack developer worth it over two specialists?

On a small team, usually yes. Above roughly four engineers, split capacity into dedicated backend and frontend tends to produce better work.

Which stack combinations do you assign most?

TypeScript across the stack with Node and React, and Python with React, are the two most common.

Assign a Full Stack Developer to your roadmap.

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