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Software projects are knowledge-intensive undertakings wherein a deep understanding is important to produce meaningful results. Introducing team members with little or no understanding can pose a serious risk to project execution.

Team members have human problems, e.g., they might have to take unplanned leaves for many unavoidable reasons. To ensure our clients’ projects remain unaffected, we depute “shadow engineers”.

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Factors To Consider While Assigning Shadow Developers

The number of shadow programmers assigned per project depends on the below 3 major factors. As per standard industry practice, our recommended ratio is 2:1, which means two core engineers will have one shadow engineer.

Project Requirements

The role of project requirements is important when hiring a shadow engineer. The requirements should be realistic that require a shadow engineer to provide meaningful feedback.

Number Of Core Engineers

This factor ensures that the company has enough resources and personnel to handle critical projects. If one or more core engineers are unavailable, the shadow engineer would be available.

Complexity Of The Project

As a project becomes more complex, its inherent risks also increase. To help manage these risks, companies will bring on a shadow engineer to work alongside the core team.

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Why Do You Need Shadow Developers?

Shadow developers refer to employees who develop or use technology solutions without the explicit approval or involvement of the IT department. There are a few major reasons to hire Shadow specialists on your team:

Get A Second Set Of Eyes

Having another developer review your code can help catch bugs and potential problems you may have missed.

Speed Up Development Time

Having another developer working on the project in parallel can help speed up the development process.

To Fill In When Someone Is Unavailable

If someone on the team is out sick or on vacation, having a shadow developer can help ensure that work still gets done.

To Learn New Technologies

A good shadow developer will be willing and able to learn new technologies quickly and integrate them into the project.

Serve As BackUp Developers

They serve as a backup for your main development staff in the event of illness or vacation time.

Help Create Clean Faultless Code

They can also help you test new features and functionality before they're released to the public by making sure that the code is clean and performance is optimum.

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How We Ensure Code Quality

At the core of our development process, we prioritize code quality, implementing stringent testing, detailed reviews, and industry-best practices to deliver software that excels in both functionality and longevity.

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Upholding Coding Best Practices

  • Using descriptive variable names and in-code comments for better readability and maintainability.
  • Comprehensive documentation for every codebase, ensuring clarity and ease of future updates.

Unit Testing

  • Integrating continuous integration tools to automatically run unit tests on new code submissions, ensuring immediate feedback on code integrity.
  • Utilizing test-driven development (TDD) practices to encourage the creation of tests before writing code, leading to more robust and error-free components.

Code Review Practices

  • Incorporating automated code scanning tools to detect vulnerabilities and code smells before manual review, streamlining the review process.
  • Establishing a peer review culture where developers are encouraged to provide constructive feedback, promoting knowledge sharing and collaborative improvement.

Code Quality Metrics

  • Adopting complexity metrics to identify overly complex code that may be harder to maintain and test, aiming for simplicity and readability.
  • Tracking technical debt metrics to quantify the cost of rework associated with quick fixes versus proper solutions, guiding towards long-term code health.

Why Hire Shadow Developers From ValueCoders?

Companies hire shadow specialists from us, as we have a track record of satisfactory project delivery for all kinds of projects. We provide dedicated shadow engineers with a proactive software development and strategy approach. Here are some of our core benefits:

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  • Zero hiring fee, quick onboarding
  • Comprehensive code documentation
  • Adherence to data security practices
  • Language/time-zone compatible staff
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From startups to big enterprises, development

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From startups to big enterprises, development

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From startups to big enterprises, development

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From startups to big enterprises, development

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How We Hire Developers?

With a five-step hiring process in place, we are committed to onboarding
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Hire Developers from ValueCoders?

Take a look at the simple and straightforward process to hire software developers from ValueCoders.

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STEP 1

Inquiry

We assess project alignment for potential collaboration.

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Developer Selection

We select developers from our tech pool as per project needs.

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Integration

Upon ETA approval, developers start with direct task assignment.

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Scaling

Modify team size as needed, aided by an account manager.

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Steps Of Hiring Shadow Specialists In India

We follow a simple hiring process for shadow development specialists, as mentioned here:

Our resource management team identifies suitable engineers based on project technology and domain identification.

We deploy Shadow engineer(s) for a project, first as a standby option, and later on, we include them in the project as per the need to scale or if a core engineer steps out for any reason. We do this at no additional cost to you and ensure to familiarize our shadow engineers with:

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  • Longer Turnaround For Onboarding
  • Difference In Timezone
  • Nightmarish Coordination
  • Miscommunication Due To Language And Cultural Barriers
  • Delayed Delivery

The project lead/tech manager/developer identifies the modules where the shadow engineer can be aligned.

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The project objectives.

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The coding standards technologies being used.

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The tasks assigned & the status of ongoing tasks.

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The milestones targeted, and the delivery schedule.

FAQs

What is the qualification you look for hire shadow developer?

For hire shadow expert, we test them on several levels: aptitude test, logical reasoning (technical round), overall communication and presenting skills, and academic strength. They are provided with the right work experience before deploying as shadow engineers.

Why do you offer shadow engineers for hire?

What we can control is ensuring the best work environment for our employees. We have received the award for ‘Great Place to Work’ back to back the second time. That speaks a volume about our employee policies, work-life balance, healthy work environment, and employee engagement practices. Yet, we must acknowledge the real “ground level” issues and address them head-on.

Won't it increase my planned budget if I hire best Shadow specialists from ValueCoders?

We deploy the shadow experts at no additional cost to you. So, don’t worry; you would only pay for the actual number of engineers working on your project.

How do you manage these shadow engineers?

The project lead/manager would keep the shadow engineers in the loop regarding ongoing tasks. It is the project manager’s job to keep the shadow engineers updated and ready.

Won't keeping shadow engineers in the loop slow down the overall productivity?

No, it would do the reverse. It will give you a backup plan if anything goes south. For any unavoidable reasons, if the full-time engineer has to take leave, your project won’t suffer at all. Shadow engineers will ensure the project is delivered on time and help in keeping up the overall operational efficiency.

What is a shadow resource?

A Shadow resource is a developer who follows the progress of a project from start to finish. When the need for an additional developer arises, he can fill in while another shadows him as he prepares to take over when needed again. The shadow resource keeps a project’s status up-to-date and participates in critical communications.

If you are not charging me for the shadow engineers, are you paying the cost out of your pocket?

We miss no chance to bring great talent on board; we provide proper training as we have a regular in-flow of new projects waiting for excellent teams of engineers.

What Our Clients Have to Say About Us

We are grateful for our clients’ trust in us, and we take great pride in delivering quality solutions that exceed their expectations. Here is what some of them have to say about us:

The Project managers took a lot of time to understand our project before coming up with a contract or what they thought we needed. I had the reassurance from the start that the project managers knew what type of project I wanted and what my needs were. That is reassuring, and that's why we chose ValueCoders.

James Kelly
Co-founder, Miracle Choice

The team at ValueCoder has provided us with exceptional services in creating this one-of-a-kind portal, and it has been a fantastic experience. I was particularly impressed by how efficiently and quickly the team always came up with creative solutions to provide us with all the functionalities within the portal we had requested.

Judith Mueller
Executive Director, Mueller Health Foundation

ValueCoders had great technical expertise, both in front-end and back-end development. Other project management was well organized. Account management was friendly and always available. I would give ValueCoders ten out of ten!

Kris Bruynson
Director, Storloft

Huge thank you to ValueCoders; they have been a massive help in enabling us to start developing our project within a few weeks, so it's been great! There have been two small bumps in the road, but overall, It's been a fantastic service. I have already recommended it to one of my friends.

Mohammed Mirza
Director, LOCALMASTERCHEFS LTD
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