Technology
Software Development Cost Reduction With South African Developers
Scout Outsource assembled a dedicated South African software development team for a technology client, embedded in the client's existing sprint process and tooling, at materially lower cost than contractor rates.
The challenge
Development capacity was the constraint on the roadmap, but contractor rates made scaling the team unaffordable.
What we did
Scout assembled a dedicated South African development team working the client's business day, embedded into their existing sprint process and tooling.
Outcomes
- Development capacity increased without contractor rates
- Full overlap with the client's working day
- Team embedded in the client's own delivery process
Common questions
Why South Africa for software development?
Language and availability. South African developers are English first-language and work your business day in full, so stand-ups, pairing and same-day code review all work normally, at rates well below contractor equivalents.
How do you stop an outsourced development team becoming a silo?
By embedding it in the client's own process rather than running a parallel one. The team works in the client's backlog, sprint ceremonies, repository and code review workflow, reports to the client's product owner, and is measured on the same delivery metrics as in-house engineers.
Can an outsourced development team scale up and down?
Yes. Capacity is contracted rather than hired, so the team scales with the roadmap instead of with a recruitment cycle, and there is no redundancy exposure when a programme ends or priorities move.
Next step
Tell us what solution you're looking for.
We'll scope it, quote it, and say plainly if a smaller piece of work would solve the problem instead.