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Hire a dedicated development team,
not a marketplace listing.
TrustChange stands up a named-engineer squad of EU-based fintech and crypto developers under your process and your merge button. You keep the roadmap; we bring the depth — matching, custody, payments, AML and mobile — plus a delivery lead who stays accountable for cadence, cover and quality. This is a hire dedicated development team service, not a listing platform and not a body-shop.
- EU-based engineers
- GDPR-aware contracts
- MiCA-ready architecture
- PSD2-aware delivery
What "hire a dedicated team" means here
Hire dedicated development team services, not a hiring platform
Most searches for dedicated development team hiring platforms surface marketplaces that list individual contractors and leave the delivery risk with you. TrustChange works the other way. Hiring a dedicated development team from us means one team, one delivery lead, one accountable contract — with engineers who already work together and have shipped regulated fintech and crypto systems in the EU before.
Prefer one senior into an existing squad? See nearshore staff augmentation. Fixed date and price? See fixed-scope product build. Deciding what to build at all? Start with CTO advisory.
Team shapes
Three shapes when you hire a dedicated software development team
One squad is not the answer for every roadmap. We size the team to the work: a small senior squad, a full product squad or a coordinated multi-squad programme.
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Small senior squad
Three to five named engineers, one TrustChange delivery lead. Best when you have a working codebase and need depth in one or two domains — matching engine, custody, AML rules, payments.
- 3–5 engineers + lead
- Your sprints, your review
- Scale up or down monthly
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Full product squad
Six to ten named engineers across backend, frontend, mobile, QA and DevOps, with an EM and a TrustChange delivery lead. Best when a whole product is being built or reworked.
- 6–10 engineers + EM + lead
- Cross-functional coverage
- Own a whole product surface
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Multi-squad programme
Two or more squads coordinated under a shared architecture and release cadence. Best when a bank, EMI or exchange runs several parallel streams that must stay coherent.
- 2+ squads coordinated
- Shared architecture
- Programme-level cadence
Skills on the bench
Roles you can hire on one dedicated squad
Fintech and digital-asset work fails on the seams. So a hire dedicated fintech developers engagement staffs the seams: chain, ledger, payments, mobile and the rules that bind them.
For platform view: fintech infrastructure. For payment-rail depth: payment gateway engineering. For custody: wallet and custody engineering.
| Role | Focus |
|---|---|
| Backend engineers | Ledgers, matching, APIs, queues and event-driven services under load Double-entry ledgers, idempotent postings, replayable event logs. |
| Blockchain engineers | Node ops, MPC/HSM signing, chain adapters and on-chain integrations EVM, UTXO, Solana; hot / warm / cold custody tiers. |
| Payments engineers | Card, SEPA, open banking and PSP integrations with reconciliation PSD2-aware flows, retries that never mint money twice. |
| Compliance engineers | KYC, sanctions, transaction monitoring, Travel Rule and evidence trails Rules turned into code and audit output, not slide decks. |
| Mobile & web engineers | iOS, Android and web surfaces for wallet, banking and dashboard apps Biometrics, secure-enclave storage, mobile store review discipline. |
| Security & DevOps | Key handling, secrets, CI/CD, observability and 24/7 on-call Runbooks, change-managed deployments and post-incident write-ups. |
| QA & release | Automated regression, settlement suites and release readiness Money paths get replay tests; nothing ships on a hunch. |
| EM / delivery lead | Sprint cadence, planning, hiring bar and stakeholder reporting A single named accountable contact beyond the engineers. |
Hiring path
From brief to a shipping squad
Hiring dedicated development team engagements should not take a quarter. Five steps, in this order — most squads move from brief to first shipped change in four to six weeks.
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Brief
Days 1–3
You send the stack, the roadmap and the shape of squad you need. We agree the roles, the seniority bar and the target start date.
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Shortlist
Within 2 weeks
You meet vetted, EU-based candidates. You run your own interview loop with your own bar and your own tasks — no engineer joins your squad without written approval.
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Contracts
In parallel
EU-standard contracts with IP assigned to you from day one, GDPR-aware processing terms and named engineers on the schedule. No agency layer between you and the work.
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Onboarding
First 2 weeks
Access, context and a first small shipped change. A TrustChange delivery lead handles the paperwork side so the engineers can focus on the code.
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Steady state
Ongoing
The squad works in your sprints, your tools and your review process. Monthly review of output and fit; scale up or down on 30 days.
Comparison
Dedicated development team for hire, compared to the other shapes
Hire dedicated development team engagements are one of four ways to buy engineering from TrustChange. Here is how they differ in ownership, billing and the kind of work each one is built for.
| Model | Who directs the work | Billing unit | Best when |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hire a dedicated development teamthis page | Shared: your product lead + our delivery lead | Per engineer, monthly | You need a standing squad against a long roadmap |
| Staff augmentation | Your team lead | Per engineer, monthly | One skill gap inside an existing squad |
| Fixed-scope build | TrustChange | Per milestone | Scope is settled and the date matters most |
| CTO advisory | Your founders | Per advisory block | Architecture and hiring calls before you build |
Questions
FAQ: hire a dedicated development team
Six answers up front on scope, ramp time, fintech depth, marketplace comparison, controls and fit. Bring the rest to the call.
Delivery patterns and evidence: how we deliver. Related specialised builds: crypto software development company, banking software development company.
What does it mean to hire a dedicated development team at TrustChange?
You get a named squad of EU-based senior engineers plus a TrustChange delivery lead, working inside your sprints, on your repositories and under your review process. Contracts assign the IP to you from day one and use GDPR-aware terms. This is not a marketplace or a listing platform — every engineer is on our team, vetted for seniority and domain, and no one joins your squad without your written approval.
How fast can we hire a dedicated software development team and get shipping?
Most squads start meeting shortlisted candidates within two weeks of a brief and are shipping first changes inside four to six weeks. Common backend and blockchain profiles move faster than niche compliance or custody ones. If a whole product squad is needed rather than a small senior team, plan for six to eight weeks to full ramp — driven by your interview cadence more than ours.
Can we hire dedicated fintech developers with digital-asset depth?
Yes — that is the core of what TrustChange does. Every engineer on a fintech or digital-asset squad has shipped exchange, wallet, payment or compliance work under EU regulatory expectations before. If you also need bank-style rails, we blend fintech engineers with card, SEPA and open-banking specialists on the same squad. Hire dedicated app development team profiles (iOS, Android, web) plug into the same delivery process.
How is your model different from dedicated development team hiring platforms?
Marketplaces and hiring platforms surface individual contractors and leave you to run vetting, contracts, delivery and quality. TrustChange is a hire dedicated development team provider that assigns engineers who already work together, adds a named delivery lead, and stands behind the delivery — replacements, cover, cadence and the audit trail. You keep the roadmap and the merge button; we keep the squad accountable.
How are MiCA, PSD2, AML/Travel Rule and GDPR handled in the squad's delivery?
TrustChange is an engineering partner, not a law firm — your legal advisers and MLRO set the policy, the squad ships the controls and the evidence. That means KYC/KYB and screening in onboarding flows, PSD2-aware payment paths, Travel Rule data on crypto legs and GDPR-aware storage. Nothing about licences, opinions or supervisor approvals is claimed on your behalf.
What happens if a person on the squad is the wrong fit?
Tell us in the first month. We replace the engineer at our cost and carry the handover — that is part of the deal. Beyond the first month, the same cover applies for holiday and sickness, and we run a monthly review of output and fit with you. You can also scale the squad up or down on thirty days' notice as the roadmap changes.
Book a discovery call to hire a dedicated development team
Send the roles, the stack, the roadmap and the target start date. We come back with a shortlist plan, a costed squad and an onboarding schedule. No demo theatre.