Dedicated development
teams in India
A senior team that works only on your product, led by its own team lead. You own the roadmap; the team owns the delivery.
One team,
only on your product.
A dedicated development team is a standing group of TechMaven engineers who work on your product and nothing else, for as long as the product needs them. You set the priorities and own the roadmap. The team's own lead plans the work, runs delivery and answers for the result.
It suits products that will keep evolving for years, where priorities move and a fixed specification would be out of date before it was signed. What it needs from you is a product owner who can make decisions. We are a studio of around 50 senior-led engineers in Kochi, India, with 98 percent annual engineer retention, so the team that learns your product in the first month is still on it years later.
A team that stays and delivers
The same people, year after year
Annual engineer retention is 98 percent and average tenure is more than four years. Product knowledge stays in the team instead of walking out with each departure.
A lead who owns delivery
You decide what matters next. The team lead turns that into a plan, keeps the work moving, and tells you early when something is at risk.
Two-week increments, in writing
Work ships in two-week increments with written status, so you always know what was done, what is next, and what changed.
Working hours that overlap
Kochi is GMT+5:30: four to six hours of overlap with EU teams, full overlap with APAC, and two to three hours with the US East Coast morning.
Your code, your IP
Code and IP belong to you by default in our master services agreement. We sign an NDA before discovery and support escrow and on-premise repositories when needed.
Engineers who run live products
Our engineers also build and run four SaaS products of our own in production, so the team brings operating habits, not just build habits.
Who is on your team.
Every team is shaped around the product, not a template. These are the roles a team draws on; you agree the mix with us before the pilot starts and adjust it as the product changes.
Team lead
A senior engineer who plans the work with your product owner, reviews the code, and is your single point of contact.
Product engineers
Full-stack web, backend, and mobile engineers (iOS, Android, Flutter, React Native) matched to your stack.
QA
Testing built into each increment, so releases are checked before they reach your users, not after.
Design
Product and interface design when the roadmap needs it, working alongside the engineers rather than handing over files.
DevOps
Infrastructure, CI/CD and monitoring, so the team that builds the product also keeps it running.
AI
LLM integration, retrieval and evaluation when your product calls for it. See AI agent and LLM development.
Dedicated team, augmentation, or a fixed scope.
Choose a dedicated team
When the product will evolve for years and you want a team that owns delivery. You set priorities; the team lead runs the work. Priced on time and materials, per team.
Choose staff augmentation
When you already have engineering leadership and need more senior capacity. Engineers join your team and you direct them day to day. See staff augmentation.
Choose a fixed-scope project
When you can write down exactly what you need and it will not change. You agree a specification and a price up front.
Many companies move between models: a fixed-scope first release often becomes a dedicated team once the product is live. Our guide to staff augmentation vs outsourcing vs a dedicated team compares all three in detail.
How a dedicated team starts.
Tell us about the product
Write to us with what you are building, the stack, and where the roadmap is heading. Engineering leadership replies in writing within one business day.
Meet the team lead
You talk to the lead and engineers who would work on your product from the first call. There is no sales layer in between.
Run a paid pilot
Four to eight weeks of real work with a real deliverable, so both sides can judge the fit before committing to a longer engagement.
Carry on as your team
If the pilot works, the same people continue as your standing team, and the shape of the team changes as your product does.
Questions about dedicated teams.
How is a dedicated team priced?
On time and materials, per team. We quote after a discovery conversation about the product, the roles it needs and the expected duration, not from a per-hour rate card. A senior engineer in India costs 40 to 60 percent less than the equivalent in the US, UK, or Australia.
How is a dedicated team different from staff augmentation?
With staff augmentation, our engineers join your team and you direct them day to day. A dedicated team comes with its own team lead who plans and runs delivery, while you set the priorities. This comparison explains when each model fits.
What do we need on our side?
A product owner who can make decisions: someone who owns the roadmap, sets priorities and accepts the work. You do not need your own engineering manager; the team lead covers day-to-day delivery.
Will the same engineers stay with us?
That is the point of how we work. Annual engineer retention is 98 percent and average engineer tenure is more than four years, so the people who learn your product are the people who keep working on it.
Who owns the code?
You do. Code and IP belong to the client by default in our master services agreement. We sign an NDA before discovery on any project that needs one, and we support escrow arrangements and on-premise repositories for sensitive engagements.
How long is the pilot?
Most long-term clients begin with a four-to-eight-week paid pilot with a real deliverable. That is long enough to see real code, real communication and a change of plan or two before either side commits to more.
Which time zones can you work with?
Kochi is GMT+5:30. That gives four to six hours of working overlap with EU teams every day, full overlap with APAC, and two to three hours of morning overlap with the US East Coast.