Dedicated Teams
A software team we build, run, then hand to you
You want your own engineering team in India without setting up a company around it first. Brihat recruits the team, runs it for an agreed period, then moves the engineers onto your payroll.
The three stages
- 01Build. We recruit to the hiring bar you set, and you approve every offer before it goes out.
- 02Operate. The team works for you under a service agreement. Statutory set-up runs under Brihat's licence, so you need no company of your own. Brihat manages the team.
- 03Transfer. Employment moves to you, with the retention terms agreed at signing.
The length of the operate period is agreed at the start of the engagement.
What the first contract fixes
Four things are fixed in the first contract.
- The date the team transfers.
- The price of the transfer.
- The mechanism
how employment moves to you.
- Retention terms
agreed before signing, for the people who move.
During the operate period
The team ships to your repositories and works to the service levels in the contract. You read a written status each fortnight. Scope changes are priced in writing before work starts.
What to settle before signing
- Your hiring bar
the skills, seniority and interview steps every recruit clears.
- Service levels the team works to while Brihat runs it.
- Retention terms for the people who move.
- Repositories
the code is yours, from the first commit.
If plans change
You can carry on as a standard dedicated engagement, with no penalty. The reverse also works: an offshore delivery centre you already run with us can convert to this model.
Who it suits
A company that expects to keep an engineering team in India for years and wants it on its own books in the end gets the most from this model. For a shorter need, a pod or team augmentation is simpler. The article on build-operate-transfer, step by step goes through a full cycle.
Questions buyers ask
A vendor builds and runs a team for you for an agreed period, then transfers it to your company. For software, the engineers join your payroll on a date and at a price set at the start.
It is agreed at the start of the engagement and written into the contract.
The idea is the same, but here the asset is a team of engineers and what moves is the employment of the engineers.
The transfer price is fixed in the first contract. We quote it after we understand the team you want.
More in Dedicated Teams
Tell us the team you would want on your own books.
Tell us what you want to build.
The first call is 45 minutes with an architect, usually the founder. It is free, and we will sign an NDA first if you ask.