Parvessh Agarwal
Founder & CEO
An entrepreneur at heart. He links business analysis, strategy, clear goals and ROI to practical technology.
LinkedIn →Hire full-stack developers
who build whole features, from database to screen.
A dedicated full-stack developer, or a small team, who covers both the screens and the server side. They pick up a ticket when the design arrives. Then they carry it through the API, the database and the release without passing it on twice. Each one is vetted on a real codebase before they touch yours. They work inside your repo and your stand-ups, and you can scale up or down monthly without a hiring cycle. You interview the actual developer before anything is signed, and can walk through their real code under NDA on request.
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What you get
Hiring a full-stack developer through PixelCrayons gets you a vetted engineer inside your codebase. They carry each feature across the screens and the server side. That runs from React or Next.js through the API and database to releases through your own CI/CD. A named coordinator and escalation contact back them. You interview the developer first and scale monthly.
- Vetted on live codebasesEvery developer has shipped features under our delivery standards, with code reviewed weekly, before yours.
- Cover when your developer is on leaveA named coordinator, an escalation contact and a second full-stack developer briefed on your codebase.
- Working inside your teamThey work in your repo, stand-ups and tools, inside your sprint routines, not someone else's queue.
Our work
See what we've built
and the results it brought.
Real projects for real clients, with results we can show.
2004
Established
500+
Agencies served
4,500+
Projects delivered
340%
Revenue growth · 7 months
eCommerce
+127%
Organic traffic · 5 months
SaaS
85%
Faster delivery · backlog cleared
via agency partner
Technologies we work with
- Commerce and web
- Shopify
- WooCommerce
- Magento
- WordPress
- Webflow
- Next.js
- Marketing
- Google Ads
- Meta Ads
- GA4
- Klaviyo
- Cloud
- AWS
- Microsoft Azure
- Google Cloud
- AI models
- OpenAI
- Anthropic
- Google Gemini
- Build and deploy
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Terraform
- GitHub Actions
- CRM and automation
- HubSpot
- Salesforce
- Zapier
- n8n
Product names and marks are trademarks of their owners. Naming a technology means our teams build with it. It does not mean a partnership, certification or endorsement.
Monthly rate for this hire
From $3,200per month, 160 hoursSenior specialists from $4,000, quoted per person.
Direct prices for brands and companies buying for themselves.
What they cover
Full-stack skills
that ship whole features, start to finish.
Their job is the whole feature, planned, built and shipped by one person who can explain every part. This is not a frontend developer who struggles through an API. Nor is it a backend engineer who only puts up with React.
Frontend
- React and Next.js: App Router, server components, and choosing where pages render
- TypeScript across the whole stack, not just the frontend
- State management: Redux, Zustand, React Query, and when to skip a library entirely
- Components that still work well after a second developer changes them
- Accessibility and working in every browser from the start, not as a final check
Backend
- Node.js and Python service development
- REST and GraphQL API design
- Database design in SQL and NoSQL: structure, indexes and safe changes
- Login and permissions: sessions, tokens and role-based access
- Caching and queues for the tasks that should run in the background
Releases, review and ownership
- CI/CD pipelines and careful release habits
- Code review as a habit, not a gate before release
- Working inside existing code and its rules, not a rewrite
- Owning a feature from the design file to the live site
- Estimates that hold, and saying early when they will not
In practice
What owning a feature
asks of one person.
Full-stack is a working habit more than a skills list. Here is how it shows up.
A week spent on one feature, end to end
A normal week is one or two features carried from database to screen. Monday might be a database change. Tuesday is the API route and its input checks. Wednesday is the React screen with its loading and error states. Thursday brings tests and a preview release for review. The value is in how the parts fit. The developer who wrote the API knows exactly what data the component expects. So nobody waits days for someone else to add a field. Expect product questions too. They can see where a small change in requirements spreads through every part.
What to listen for in the interview
Ask them to walk through a feature they shipped, starting from the database. A strong candidate explains the database choice, the API design, the caching choice and the screen states. They also say which part they would do differently now. Ask where they split server and browser rendering in Next.js, and why. Ask what they check before merging a database change into a shared branch. Weak answers go deep on one part and skim the rest. You are hiring for good judgement across the stack, not someone who has touched everything once.
Where full-stack hires go wrong
The usual mistake is spreading one person too thin. Give a full-stack developer the frontend backlog, the backend backlog and the on-call rota. They will switch tasks all day and finish little. The second mistake is uneven depth. Someone strong in React but shaky on database design ships features that work today. Those features struggle once the tables grow. Brief by feature, not by layer, and give them one priority at a time. Ask a specialist to review the part of your code that carries the most risk. A developer who owns a whole feature needs the freedom to make small calls without waiting on several approvals.
What to prepare, and when to hire someone else
Before day one, have a local setup that runs with one command. Add sample test data, and preview releases linked to pull requests. Name who signs off on product choices and design handovers. Then be honest about fit. Sometimes one part is the whole problem: a slow database, a complex payments setup or a large design system. Then a specialist will go deeper than a generalist. Full-stack pays off when your backlog is made of complete features. It suits you if you would rather one person own each one than pass work along on every ticket.
How it works
How hiring works,
from brief to first day.
Start
Brief and a call
We sign an NDA and you tell us about the codebase, the tools you use and the gap.
Once the brief is complete
Proposal and interview
We confirm when your proposal will arrive and put forward the developer whose track record fits. You interview them on the database, the API and the frontend before anything is signed.
Your decision
You sign off
You confirm the scope, the payment and the access we need. Nothing starts before this.
Typically 2 to 3 business days later
The developer starts
You grant repo access. They review the rules your code follows and join your stand-ups.
Every month
Scale up or down
Bring in a second developer when the feature backlog grows, and drop back when it shrinks. You can resize monthly, with no hiring decision.
You make requests, give approvals and see the weekly review in your Prism workspace. Each decision is written down with the result it was meant to bring. See how Prism runs the work →
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Meet the people who will do the work before you sign
Why through us
Why hire through us:
the developer and the cover behind them.
Hiring a developer gets you their skills. Hiring dedicated full-stack developers through a company that delivers this work every day keeps your feature backlog moving. It keeps moving even when the person who owns it is out.
Vetted on live codebases
Every developer in our team has shipped features before yours. That work met our own delivery standards, with code reviewed weekly. You will see the same review standard. A whiteboard test does not show whether someone can own a feature from ticket to release. The features they have really shipped do, so we ask about those.
Cover when your developer is on leave
You have a named coordinator, an escalation contact and a second full-stack developer, already named. The second developer is briefed on your code from day one. They follow the setup notes and decision log the first developer keeps. If the first developer is on leave or moves on, the second picks up the feature without a slow start. You get a developer plus the review process that checks their work.
Working inside your team
They work in your repo and stand-ups, your tools, and your email domain if you want. Dedicated here means working inside your sprint routines. They never pick tickets from someone else's queue.
Quality checks you can see
You get a weekly written review in Prism, tied to the sprint. Pull requests are reviewed against a written standard, and every release can be traced. If you ever question what a month paid for, the sprint reviews and release log already show it.
Side by side
Hiring on your own,
compared with hiring through us.
An in-house hire is still right when owning features is a permanent, full-time job central to your business. We will say so when it is. This is for every other case.
| Hiring it yourself | Through PixelCrayons | |
|---|---|---|
| Time to a productive developer | A full recruiting cycle: sourcing, interviews, notice periods, onboarding | Eligible work can typically start two to three business days after scope, payment and required access are confirmed |
| Vetting | CV screening and a take-home test: you find out the truth on the job | A track record on real features under our own standards, reviewed weekly |
| Management work | All yours: goals, reviews, career growth, leave cover | A named PM and escalation path are included; you set the feature priorities, not the admin |
| Scaling | A new hiring cycle either way: months to grow, severance to shrink | Resize monthly: add a developer before a bigger backlog, step down once it clears |
| Risk when it doesn't work | A wrong hire slows the team until it is spotted, leaves code to redo, then a difficult exit | If the fit is wrong, we propose someone else; leaving takes a handover call, not a negotiation |
Who is accountable
The people responsible
for your work.
Saundaraya Gupta
Technical Manager
Brings technical work, client updates and project management together, so work moves smoothly from brief to launch.
LinkedIn →Every engagement
A named coordinator and escalation contact
Know who coordinates your engagement, who owns the work and how to escalate an issue.
All engagements. Roles may be combined and vary with your engagement.
Before you sign
Our commitments
Each one says where it applies and links to its full terms.
14-Day Risk-Free Trial
For eligible managed specialists. Up to 14 calendar days or 80 logged working hours, whichever comes first. End within the trial and pay nothing for eligible trial hours. Continue beyond it and those hours are billed at the agreed rate. Unpaid trial work remains ours if you stop.
Eligible managed-specialist roles only, one trial per customer. Not offered for AI, chatbot, prompt, automation, API-integration or QA work. Brand and graphic designers, brand strategists, video editors, content writers, copywriters and content marketers start with a paid pilot.
Full termsTime-zone overlap
At least four hours a day inside your core working hours. Two hours plus a daily written handover for the US West Coast.
Managed specialists only; not a staffing promise for project teams.
Full termsClear IP & Ownership Terms
Your materials remain yours. Bespoke deliverable rights, licences and handover are agreed before work starts.
All engagements.
Full termsClear Delivery & Escalation Ownership
Know who coordinates your engagement, who owns the work and how to escalate an issue.
All engagements. Roles may be combined and vary with your engagement.
Full termsWhy not just hire a freelancer?
A freelancer can be the right choice for a single, well-defined task. We are set up for work that needs an accountable team: a named coordinator, delivery reviewed by QA and a senior lead before release, and continuity arrangements written into the engagement. Confidentiality, ownership and escalation terms are agreed in writing before work starts.
How does time-zone overlap work?
Your engineers work at least four hours a day inside your core working hours. We set the window with you before the engagement starts and hold it for as long as the engagement runs. For the US West Coast the live overlap is two hours each morning, with a written handover at the end of every Indian day. We do not run night shifts: engineers who work nights leave quickly, and keeping the same people on your team matters more to us than a longer overlap.
Can we try you before we commit?
For eligible managed specialists, yes: up to 14 calendar days or 80 logged working hours, whichever comes first. Stop within it and eligible trial hours are free; continue and they're billed at the agreed rate. Unpaid trial work stays ours. Project work and other roles get a paid pilot with scope, acceptance criteria, duration and fee agreed first.
What if we want to stop?
Cancellation, notice and any renewal terms are written into your proposal or statement of work before you accept it. If an engagement ends early, we hand over completed, paid-for work and list any unfinished work separately. For an eligible specialist trial, you can stop within the trial window and pay nothing for eligible trial hours.
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How we vet
How we vet a full-stack developer
and what to ask them.
You are hiring for good judgement across the stack, not someone who has touched everything once. Each stage tests whether the developer can carry one feature from database to screen.
- 01Shortlist on real featuresWe put forward the developer whose track record on real features fits your codebase, tools and gap. That work met our own standards and was reviewed weekly. No generic CVs.
- 02Walk through a feature from the database upAsk them to explain one they shipped. A strong candidate explains the database choice, the API design, the caching choice and the screen states. They say which part they would do differently now. Weak answers go deep on one part and skim the rest.
- 03Ask where one part ends and the next beginsAsk where they split server and browser rendering in Next.js, and why. Ask what they check before merging a database change into a shared branch.
- 04The trial: one feature built end to endIf you take the trial, it runs on a scope agreed before it starts. Brief it by feature, not by layer, with one priority at a time. Then judge how the parts fit. Do the API and the screen work together without waiting on someone else?
Questions
Frequently
asked.
Eligible work can typically start two to three business days after scope, payment and required access are confirmed. Once we have a complete brief, we confirm when your proposal will arrive. You interview the developer before anything is signed. Expect the first few days to go on learning your code's rules before shipping.
It is short and done in order. First the NDA, then repo and environment access. Next they review how your system is built and write a summary of what they found. The first sprint's priorities are agreed before anything ships. They join your stand-ups from week one and settle in through your sprint process.
Every pull request is reviewed against a written standard before it reaches you. The weekly review in Prism covers what shipped, what is in progress and what is blocked. It shows sprint progress next to the real code changes, not a vague status line. If you run your own review process, they work inside it. If you do not have one yet, we bring ours.
Yes, one is the normal start: a single full-stack developer handles most feature backlogs comfortably. A second person, such as a backend specialist or a QA engineer, joins when the scope needs it. The monthly resize works both ways. One well-kept feature backlog seldom needs a full team.
Tell us early and we will put forward a different full-stack developer. The new developer gets the system notes, decisions and open threads. So a switch costs days, not a restart. If you need a fixed-scope project rather than a person, we will point you there. The proposal names the backup developer and says whether their cover is in the monthly rate.
Yes. React on the frontend, Node.js services behind it and NoSQL database design are all part of this role. So a MERN codebase (MongoDB, Express, React and Node.js) is a normal fit. The developer carries a feature through every part, from the component to the database and the release. You can walk through their real code under NDA before anything is signed.
Interview your full-stack developer
before you sign anything.
Tell us about the codebase and the gap, then meet the actual developer before anything is signed. If you really need a project rather than a person, we will say so on the first call.
Interview before signing · Scale monthly
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