For companies whose feature development has stalled with no one left to write the code
You know exactly what to build and what to fix, but there is no developer to implement it. Here is how to move product development forward without waiting on a hire.
Most people searching "developer shortage" are not stuck on infrastructure or operations — product feature development itself has stopped. The requirements are clear; there is simply no one to write the code.
The backlog just keeps growing
Features to build and bugs to fix are clearly listed, but with no one to pick them up, the list only gets longer.
Competitors keep shipping
You want to respond to the market, but with no developer, your release cycle is visibly falling behind competitors.
One outside contractor carries everything
You depend on a single freelancer, and releases stop whenever that one person is unavailable.
The hiring market favors candidates
Experienced-hire recruiting is a candidate's market, putting smaller and regional companies at a disadvantage from the applicant-pool stage.
A full-time hire does not match variable workload
Hire for peak season and you are overstaffed off-peak; hire for off-peak and you are short at peak.
No one to own technical decisions
Even with someone who can write code, development drifts without someone to decide what to build and how.
AI multi-agents handle implementation while human FDEs own design decisions and review — securing development capacity without a hire.
We start with your backlog
Accumulated requests and bugs are organized as giip issues and moved into implementation by priority.
Design and technical choices included
Beyond writing code, human FDEs own the technical judgment of what to build and how.
Scales with your workload
Capacity flexes with peak and off-peak demand — none of the fixed-cost rigidity of a full-time hire.
Carries through to post-release operations
Not build-and-done — the same team handles monitoring and bug response after deployment too.
Before you hand off development
- Are the features to build and bugs to fix already listed?
- Is there anyone currently able to make technical and architecture decisions?
- Are you dependent on one single person (e.g. a freelancer)?
- Is it decided who owns operations and maintenance after release?
- Does your development workload swing significantly between peak and off-peak?
Frequently asked questions
Can you work with an existing codebase?
Yes. We investigate the existing code and understand the structure first — this does not need to be a greenfield build.
How is this different from a development resource shortage?
Developer shortage means effectively no one can write code; development resource shortage means you have developers but not enough hands. If you already have a few engineers and need to scale up, see that page instead.
Can we start without a requirements document?
Yes. "We need this feature" is enough to start — we help organize the requirements together.
How to keep developing and operating systems with no engineers on staff
Request a free consult Development resource shortageFor teams with engineers on staff whose hands still cannot keep up with the roadmap
Request a free consult Development outsourcingFor those looking for someone to build it for us
Request a free consultStart by telling us about your stalled backlog
No requirements document needed. We organize from what you want to do right now.