Pre-vetted back-end developers in the language you use, who join your team and work to your standards. Nearshore on UK hours or onshore. Daily or hourly rates, no minimum term.
A back-end developer builds the parts of software that users don’t see: the services, data and integrations that make an application work.
On a delivery team, a back-end developer typically:
Our back-end developers work in the language your systems use. If you already know yours, see our Python, Java, PHP or Ruby on Rails developers. For an overview of the software, data and AI engineers we supply, see Software, Data & AI Engineers.
Back-end developers make the difference when the systems behind your product can’t keep up with what’s being built on top of them.
Back-end work varies with the system and the language. These are some of the profiles we supply:
If you need a different mix, tell us what the work involves and we’ll match profiles to it.
One back-end developer or a whole team, for as long as the work runs. You can start part-time, for example three days a week moving to five, and scale down with two weeks notice.
Most work nearshore in Central and Eastern Europe on UK hours, so they’re online when your team is. Where a client needs people on site, developers can work onshore in the UK. For US work, developers in LATAM work US hours.
When you hire backend developers through Brightbox, they join your team as associates. They work under your brand and your direction, and we handle the rest.
Time and materials, billed on time you’ve signed off.
No minimum headcount.
Two weeks notice to scale down, either way.
Not the months a permanent hire takes.
If someone isn’t the right fit, we replace them and carry our cost during the handover.
Everything they build is yours.
A management layer around every engagement, so you’re not the one carrying a bad fit.
Our people work under your brand, and we never approach your clients.
Profiles against your brief, usually within a day.
We’re investing in technology to keep improving how quickly and accurately we match people to your brief.
Each engagement starts from what you need shipped, and by when.
One back-end developer or a whole team, scaled up or down with two weeks notice.
Product companies, consultancies and systems integrators use Brightbox to add delivery capacity when the work lands.
Back-end developers are on daily or hourly rates, which depend on seniority, language and where they work from. Ask and we’ll send a rate card, usually within hours.
Usually within days, rather than the months a permanent hire takes.
Python, Java, PHP, Ruby on Rails, Node.js, .NET, Go and others. Tell us your stack and we’ll match developers with experience in it.
A back-end developer focuses on the services and data behind your product. A full-stack developer works across the back end and the front end. If your systems run on one language, a specialist in it brings the most depth. If you’re not sure, tell us about the work and we’ll suggest the right profile.
Yes. They can design, build and document APIs for your web and mobile apps, and for partners who connect to your platform.
Yes. They join your team and work in your repositories, tools and release processes, including on older systems.
Yes. Most work remotely, nearshore in Central and Eastern Europe on UK hours, so they’re online when your team is. Where a client needs people on site, developers can work onshore.
Yes. There’s no minimum term, and you can scale down with two weeks notice. Engagements shorter than about six weeks rarely work, because onboarding takes too much of the time.
You do. Everything they build is yours.
We’ve worked both inside and outside IR35, and we work with a partner to help with status determinations when needed.
Send us a short brief. We’ll come back with profiles and rates, usually within a day.
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