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YouTeam - A fast and easy way to hire software engineers

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YouTeam is a marketplace of hundreds of software agencies that share information about engineers working for them, so that you could seamlessly select your contractors and hire them for your project. Simply search for a technology, browse available profiles, book interviews with desired specialists and meet their agencies in a matter of minutes.

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Anton Mishchenko
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Hi everyone! Some time ago, in one of my previous startups I was tasked with scaling our development team by a couple of specialists. First, I childishly dreamt of an in-house hire as a perfect solution. As you can imagine, finding a permanent senior engineer for a small London-based startup on a budget is sort of mission impossible. So then I went on freelance platforms. After much trialling and testing I figured the whole "freelancer setup" won't work for a long term engagement I needed to form. So I turned to nearshore outsourcing. I was lucky enough to have some contacts in the market but even that didn't help much. Only after weeks and weeks of negotiation, waiting, delays, more negotiation and more waiting my team was finally formed and we could get down to work. Thankfully I had no further issues and they turned out to be great guys. We all have heard plenty of stories saying otherwise. Why does it have to be so hard with outsourcing? What if I just had access to hundreds of profiles of available specialists working in these agencies and ready to start work ASAP? What If I could simply book an interview, where I’d meet this specialist and the agency she works in - and make my decision in hours or days instead of months? What if I could then sign a direct contract but pay safely and securely with a money-back guarantee? I wish I had all of that, but I didn’t. That’s why me and my colleagues decided to build it :) Meet YouTeam - the simplest way to hire a software engineer. Welcome to the world of no-bullsh*t outsourcing. Please help us become better by sharing your feedback about the platform, the model or anything else. We are here to answer all of your questions!
Yura Krisarchuk
Great solution! I think it is the nice product for startups
Anton Mishchenko
Maker
@yuriy_krisarchuk thanks for your comment. Spot on, tech startups are our target early adopter audience as they (we) often have burning development needs to be addressed on a tight budget and in ever-changing conditions. In this instance in-house hire often becomes too expensive and almost "too permanent". Freelancers - too short-term and not "dedicated" enough due to the very nature of their operations. We believe this specific pain can be addressed with outsourcing, but the whole process of finding the right specialist and agency is really painful. That's exactly what we are changing :)
Mariia Ryfiak

Interview the candidates or send tech assignments with free assistance from your YouTeam advisor. Hire only select app development companies.

Pros:

Fast and easy way to hire software developers

Cons:

Upwork

Andrey Nikishaev
Nice thing, will definitely try it out in my current project)
Anton Mishchenko
Maker
@creotiv thanks Andrey! We are running a small promo for Hunters, where you can get 20 development hours for free if you book an interview with an engineer today :)
Lisa Dziuba
congrats on the launch! How is your solution better, comparing to others on the market?
Anton Mishchenko
Maker
@lisadziuba Hi Lisa! Thanks for your question. In simple terms, YouTeam combines safety of in-house recruitment with flexibility of freelance hiring and convenience / price of outsourcing. The client has a direct engagement with the dedicated specialist. The contract between the sides is also direct, so no middlemen are involved. YouTeam acts as a payment processor that protects the transaction and governs the relationship between two sides. While maintaining the level of collaboration that can be compared to your permanent full-time staff the whole thing is as flexible as a freelancer portal - engineer profiles are accessible and searchable, and the team is assembled in hours, not months. Last but not least, the costs associated with our solution are much more in line with those in outsourcing, making YouTeam a much more affordable solution than in-house hiring. Of course each of the aforementioned types of engagement have their own pros and cons - we use a little table, which you are more than welcomed to look at if you want to dig deeper into the differences: http://bit.ly/YTcomparison.
Pavlo Pedenko
Huh, congrats on the launch. But at the moment is really unclear to me: what is the difference between this and Upwork for instance?
Anton Mishchenko
Maker
@graver_ua Hi Pavlo! Thanks for your message. Actually we wrote a whole blog post about this - feel free to check it out and let us know your thoughts: https://youteam.co.uk/blog/upwor.... In short, we provide the same level of specialist transparency and flexibility Upwork does, but for a much-much more dedicated and professional work setup. All that with rates somewhat similar to those on Upwork ;) As you know, sometimes having a bunch of freelancers is not enough no matter how experienced they may be. Outsourcing is great when you need a more "professional" setup. Another organisation manages operational, financial and legal affairs of specialists, while client is enjoying a full-time dedicated access to them for a an agreed period of time. Finding such engineers and identifying reliable partners is a pain as is establishing a trusted relationship, and that's exactly where we can help.
Mariia Tintul
The project gives the industry new and interesting opportunities! Being one of the current partners I can definitely say - it's a great team to work with! The product already has quite a set for a convenient and easy cooperation, and I heard there are even more plans to the future improvements! Great idea, new opportunities for network expansion, expert collaborative environment. Go Youteam!
Anton Mishchenko
Maker
@mariia_tintul Hi Mariia! Thank you for the comment and for working with us :) Indeed, we're implementing a whole new bunch of features for vendors in the coming weeks. Should there be any questions Sofia, myself and the team are happy to discuss. Thanks!
Mariia Ryfiak
Brilliant platform to hire software developers
Anton Mishchenko
Maker
@mariia_riphyak Thank you Mariia - we love you too! :)
Andriy Rohalya

In general we are happy with such collaboration

Pros:

We got really interesting costumers using this system

Cons:

Not a small fee

Ruslan
Congratulations to the YouTeam. I was lucky enough to start beta testing YouTeam this past summer, while I was launching my analytics platform. They have scaled my team from 4 to 10 people in 3 month. I'm excited that you finally launched platform, forward to hearing from all of you soon!
Anton Mishchenko
Maker
@ruslannaz Thanks for spotting us here, Ruslan! Anything we can do or help with - just hit us!
Anton Mishchenko
Maker
@ruslannaz also we are running a small promo for Hunters, where everyone gets 20 development hours for free if they book an interview with an engineer today :)
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