How To Hire Top Remote Talent for your Software Development Project

Hiring remote talent is usually the best way to fire up your software development project and get your software built to budget and schedule. With COVID-19 making business remote in 2020 and the start of 2021, many companies are realising that working with offshore remote workers is cheaper and more productive than hiring team members in their own countries.

But how can companies find the remote talent to help them build their software? We’re taking a look at how you can find remote talent to build your software application.

Be Aware Of Where Your Project Is At In Its Lifecycle

When working with remote workers, it’s important to be clear on what work needs to be done and the required timelines. When it comes to software development, there is a life cycle that is commonly followed that remote workers can easily and seamlessly fit in on.

When building your software, you will usually work through six to eight steps. Sometimes different project managers will remove steps to speed up the process but they normally occur as the following:

  • Planning
  • Requirements
  • Design
  • Build
  • Document
  • Test
  • Deploy
  • Maintain

When Should Remote Workers Be Used In Software Development?

There is no rule as to when remote workers should be used and in which stage. However, normally what will happen is planning and requirements will be set out by the businesses with help from an innovation house like ENO8. Working with experts will ensure that your software is created to spec, and suits a specific purpose. You can then present these innovative software plans to remote workers who will have a clear vision and can create what you’re looking for.

The next stages of Design, Build, Document, Test, Deploy and Maintain are all suitable to be outsourced to remote workers. This can speed up the process and fill in talent gaps where your business doesn’t have the skills and capabilities.

How To Hire Remote Talent For Your Software Development Project

  • Find Remote Talent With BorderlessMind

Finding remote talent via BorderlessMind offers the chance to engage with top talent from across the globe. If you’re looking for a holistic partner, then the BorderlessMind will be a great fit to find remote workers for your software development project.

The BM team takes the stress out of finding and managing remote talent, so that you can smash through your projects and create software that resonates with your business goals.

When you work with BorderlessMind, you gain access to the top 5% of talent who go through a stringent vetting process to make it onto our platform. This means that by the time you are connected with the talent pool, you know that they have been hand picked. 

We connect businesses with the best professionals, such as developers (software, mobile, web), software testers, IT, cloud, UX UI designers, digital marketing experts, and back office skilled resources. BorderlessMind offers a risk-free way to build remote teams rapidly.

  • Referrals

Normally we would recommend remote working sites like UpWork, Fiverr, The Dots etc. However for software development often the process is more technical and more collaborative. For this reason, we would not recommend trusting anyone with your software ideas and company data.

Instead, opt for the old fashion referral method that will ensure you work with software developers who have been tried and tested before. This is especially important if you don’t know much about software development or don’t have the resources within your team to communicate effectively with software developers from the off. You need to work with people who understand your capabilities and come via a reputable and trusted source.

A great way to find referred software developers is to reach out to your LinkedIn network and ask whether anyone knows any great developers you can work with. You’ll likely find that a whole host of people reach out, offering their recommendations for potentially great software developers you can work with!

  • Forums that specialise in software development

Forums are the perfect halfway point between job sites and social media, and offer the chance for you to connect with talent on a human level. Most forums will have a community job section, where people can add their live roles or offer their skills.

Some of the software developer forums that you might want to take a look at are:

Disclaimer with forums: Be aware that the downsides are that you can be sifting through talent for an age looking for the right people. Plus, because of its unfiltered nature you could me susceptible to fraudsters or people who don’t have the skills they say they do. Use forums to do your research, but be aware that working with remote talent from these forums can be more unpredictable than other methods.

  • LinkedIn 

LinkedIn can be a great way to reach out to remote talent and find the people you’re looking for to help you with your software development. One thing to note with LinkedIn, is that it is crucial to be specific. With so many people on the site, it’s crucial that you specify the exact skills, timelines and expectations so that you don’t get a million people applying to a remote role that aren’t what you’re looking for.

However, if you use LinkedIn correctly, you’ll find that there is an array of remote talent just waiting for work. Plus, if you have a LinkedIn recruiter, you’ll be able to see who is open for work and message them directly. This offers a great opportunity for businesses to get their recruiter hats on and seek out the top talent and connect with them personally – talk about cutting the middleman!

That said, LinkedIn can sometimes be a waste of time if you don’t know exactly what you’re looking for. If software development isn’t your area of expertise then it will be difficult for you to connect with someone on LinkedIn and accurately describe what you’re looking for. That’s why it’s often to work with a company like BorderlessMind who sift through endless numbers of applications for you, saving you the time and effort.

Are You Ready To Hire A Remote Software Development Team?

If the answer is yes you’re in the right place! With experts in software development on hand, and the project managers to help you run your remote project seamlessly, BorderlessMind is the perfect partner for any software development project.

We have the top 5% of talent on our books, all of whom go through a stringent checking process to meet our requirements. We not only match for skills and technical capabilities, but for personality fit and ethos too. This means that your software development team becomes an extension of your business and you can really trust the work that goes into building your amazing new software.

Our online tool allows you to find the talent for you today. Simply fill in your details over on our online client form and we will be able to start sourcing talent for you straight away.

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