Dedicated team: a standing team built around your product
You own the product direction and you know what you want built, but you do not have the bandwidth to manage engineering day to day. We assemble a standing team with a tech lead and run the delivery process for you.
The facts
- Minimum
- 3 seats
- Commitment
- Typically 6 months
- Billing
- Monthly, per seat
- Runs the day
- A Folowise tech lead
Who owns what
What you own, and what we own
You own
- Product direction and priorities
- Accepting the work delivered
- Approving every member who joins the team
Folowise owns
- Team composition and technical leadership
- Delivery process: planning, standups, reviews, releases
- The quality bar and engineering review
- Hiring, retention, and cover during leave
A typical shape
- Tech lead1
- Backend engineer2
- Frontend engineer1
- Mobile engineer1
- QA1
- DevOps, part time1
Before the contract
The responsibility matrix
This table is the contract before the contract. If we later disagree about who was supposed to do something, we come back here.
| The question | Staff augmentation | Dedicated team | Managed team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Who decides what gets built | You | You | Folowise |
| Who sets sprint priorities | You | Shared | Folowise |
| Who runs the daily standup | You | Folowise | Folowise |
| Who reviews the code | You | Folowise | Folowise |
| Who sets the quality bar | You | Shared | Folowise |
| Who formally employs the engineer | Folowise | Folowise | Folowise |
| Who handles payroll and HR | Folowise | Folowise | Folowise |
| Who does the final interview | You | You | Shared |
| Who replaces someone who leaves | Folowise | Folowise | Folowise |
| Who is accountable for the deadline | You | Shared | Folowise |
| Who owns the code and the IP | You | You | You |
Packages on this model
Ready shapes to start from
- We recruit for it4.5 seats
Full mobile app team
Android, iOS, backend and QA. Everything needed to launch an app and keep it alive.
- 1Android engineer
- 1iOS engineer
- 1Backend engineer
- 1Automation QA engineer
- ½UI/UX designer
9,050 – 10,425JODPer month at these settings · 720h · 12.50 – 14.50 JOD/h
- We recruit for it3 seats
Android team
Two Android engineers and QA. For a large Android app or fast growth.
- 2Android engineer
- 1Automation QA engineer
5,700 – 6,575JODPer month at these settings · 480h · 11.75 – 13.75 JOD/h
- We recruit for it3 seats
iOS team
Two iOS engineers and QA. Swift, SwiftUI and a regular release cycle.
- 2iOS engineer
- 1Automation QA engineer
5,850 – 6,750JODPer month at these settings · 480h · 12.00 – 14.25 JOD/h
Next step
Tell us what you are trying to ship
Not the headcount. Tell us the product, the date, and what team you have today, and we will propose the shape. If we think what you need is not more engineers, we will say so on the first call.
Typical response within one business day · everything you share is treated as confidential