FAQ

What startups ask before bringing us in:

• Have you worked with funded startups at my stage?

  Yes. We've worked with dozens of funded startups from early Seed through later rounds, helping them turn MVPs into real products, ship roadmap-critical features, and improve reliability. We also support 40+ B2B software companies in the BDev Ventures portfolio (several acquired). When it comes to custom software development, we're very familiar with the product and milestone pressure funded startups operate under.
• How senior are the people who'd be on my project?

  You'll get a senior team. Most of our engineers have 8–10+ years of experience and have already shipped multiple complex products. We rigorously vet their technical expertise and only hire the top 1%, so the people you see on your project are used to owning real work. In practice, that means you get top performers who work in your tech stack, make sound technical decisions, and move work forward without needing step-by-step direction from your team.
• How do you plug into our team day-to-day?

  We work inside your existing setup. This means our software developers join your communication channels, project management tools, and repos. They also attend your standups, code reviews, and other key touchpoints. Think of us as an extension of your team, not a separate vendor.
  Because we're nearshore, we overlap core working hours, so questions, reviews, and decisions can happen in real time.
• Can you work in our existing stack and codebase, or do you always push for a rebuild?

  We work in your existing tech stack and codebase by default. Our engineers cover 100+ technologies and programming languages, so most of the time it's about improving what you have (cleaning up hot spots, adding tests, modernizing where it makes sense) rather than pushing a rewrite.
  We'll only recommend a rebuild if the current system truly can't support your goals, and if we do, we'll be clear about why and what the tradeoffs are.
• How fast can you get a team live and productive?

  We typically assemble and onboard a team in 2–4 weeks. Because they're senior, they often start making useful commits in the first week. Full productivity depends on the complexity of your project, but clients tell us we onboard faster than most vendors and in-house hires.
• What does your team composition look like for a typical startup engagement?

  We start from your goals and gaps, then put together a team with the right mix of skills, instead of forcing a fixed template. We can fill any role across the SDLC: backend and frontend engineers, tech leads, QA, DevOps, UX/UI designers, project managers, and roles like data or prompt engineers. As your needs change, we can adjust the mix by adding or dialing back skills without you having to reorg or re-hire.
• Who owns the IP and code?

  You do. Whether you're augmenting your team with our engineers or outsourcing software development end to end, All code, IP, and related assets we build for you belong to your company, as specified in the contract.
• Do you support agile development practices?

  We're a big fan of Agile software development. In fact, we use Agile methodologies with most of our clients. That said, we always align to your way of working—be it Scrum, Kanban, or a hybrid approach—rather than forcing a new process. If you already have a defined workflow, we plug into it. If not, we can help you set up something simple that fits your team size and roadmap.
• How do you handle idea validation so we don't overbuild before we have real user feedback?

  We start by making the idea and success criteria explicit, then decide what level of validation makes sense for your stage and timeline. That can include light market research, quick prototypes, or small experiments with real users so you get early user feedback before we commit to a full build. We instrument features with analytics, collect qualitative feedback, and, when needed, support user acceptance testing with your team or pilot customers to confirm the solution fits real workflows. The goal is simple: use idea validation and data to decide whether to scale up, adjust, or drop a feature, instead of guessing after months of development.
• What's your software development process when working with startups?

  When we do software development for startups, work follows either a staff augmentation (or dedicated teams) or end-to-end outsourcing model.
  In staff augmentation, our engineers join your team, use your tools, and follow your normal cadence—picking up tickets, opening PRs, joining standups, and shipping in short iterations. When outsourcing a defined project, we set clear goals and milestones, then run a small senior squad that handles day-to-day delivery with regular demos and check-ins.
  In both cases, we stick to standard best practices: code review, comprehensive testing, and CI/CD. So you get steady, visible progress.
• What's your approach to security, compliance, and data privacy for early-stage products?

  We take security seriously from the start, even for early-stage products. We follow standard best practices: role-based access control, secure secrets management, HTTPS everywhere, least-privilege access, audit-friendly logging, and encryption for sensitive data in transit and at rest.
  We've also worked with hundreds of companies in highly regulated industries. So if you have specific needs (like SOC 2 prep, HIPAA alignment, or GDPR-related requirements), we know how to design the architecture and processes with those in mind so you don't have to redo core pieces later.
• Can you support AI/ML work or just "normal" app development?

  Yes. We're actively working on dozens of AI projects right now for both startups and larger companies. We can support the full AI lifecycle, LLM apps and agents, LLM fine-tuning, RAG systems, data pipelines, MLOps, and evaluation. And we can staff the roles you need for that work (data scientists, AI/ML engineers, prompt engineers, etc.) alongside standard product and platform engineers.
• What's better about working with BairesDev versus other offshore vendors?

  As a startup software development company, BairesDev is built for how funded startups actually work. We've built products for dozens of startups and invested in dozens more, so we're used to MVPs, tight timelines, and milestone pressure.
  You get the top 1%: high quality, senior LATAM engineers who ship reliable software without a lot of supervision. We're nearshore with U.S. time-zone overlap, so standups, reviews, and decisions happen in real time. Plus, with 500+ active clients across industries, you can trust we're a partner who can grow with you.