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Hauer Power/Nearshore/Dedicated Development Team Poland
Dedicated Team Service

Dedicated Development Team in Poland for US Companies

3 to 15 senior Polish engineers assigned exclusively to your product. Month-to-month engagement, 30-day scale-down notice, full team operational in 4 to 6 weeks. EU GDPR jurisdiction, no Schrems II risk, US East Coast timezone overlap of 3 to 5 hours daily.

15+
Years in business
200+
Projects delivered
94%
Client retention
EU
GDPR jurisdiction
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01 [In short]

What we deliver as a dedicated team

A full engineering team running your product end to end. Senior Polish engineers (5 plus years), tech lead, optional PM and QA, all reporting to your engineering or product manager. We handle HR, benefits, laptops, tools and tax compliance. You manage scope, priorities and code review. Average client tenure with us is 18 months across active engagements, with retention high enough that team composition stays stable through the lifetime of the relationship.

Dedicated Polish development team
02 [Dedicated team vs other models]

When dedicated team is the right call (and when it is not)

ModelTeam sizeWho managesCommitmentBest for
Dedicated team (us)3 to 15You set strategy, our tech lead executesMonth-to-month, 30-day noticeLong-term product ownership
Staff augmentation1 to 3You manage dailyWeek-to-weekFilling capability gaps
Project-based agency3 to 8Agency PMFixed scope, fixed priceDefined deliverable, no scope drift
Freelancer (Toptal, Upwork)1You manageHourly, no SLAOne-off task, prototype, side fix

Honest take: if you have a defined product roadmap and need consistent throughput for 6 plus months, dedicated team wins. If you need 1 specialist for a 6-week task, hire staff augmentation. If you have a fixed scope MVP, see MVP development.

03 [Who picks Poland for dedicated teams]

5 typical clients we run dedicated teams for

Pattern across recent engagements: post-Series A US/UK companies scaling product and engineering, plus EU enterprises moving from in-house to nearshore. Tenure averages 18 months.

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US Series A SaaS

Scaling product and engineering capacity

5-person team adds 3 to 5 senior backend and full-stack engineers to internal team of 4. Typical engagement: 18 to 24 months, $50 to $75k monthly burn. Our role: backend velocity, less hiring overhead.

UK Fintech mid-stage

Adding regulated capacity to internal team

3 senior backend engineers for PSD2, KYC and payment integration work. PCI scope reduced through tokenization architecture we deliver. 12-month engagement, $30 to $40k monthly.

German enterprise R&D

Outsourced product engineering

8-person dedicated team owning a B2B product line end to end. Tech lead, 4 senior, 2 mid, 1 PM, 1 QA. 24-month rolling engagement, $70 to $90k monthly.

US healthcare provider

HIPAA-compliant patient platform

4-person team building EHR-integrated patient portal. FHIR, BAA, audit logs from day 1. Compliance overhead built into rate. See our healthcare nearshore page.

US e-commerce platform

Re-platforming legacy stack

6-person team rewriting legacy Magento monolith into modern headless setup over 12 months. Co-existing with legacy via API layer until full cutover. Typical $55 to $75k monthly.

04 [Team composition options]

5 typical team configurations we set up

Lean team
3 people
  • 1 senior full-stack engineer
  • 1 senior backend engineer
  • 1 PM (part-time tech-lead role)
Standard team
5 people
  • 2 senior engineers
  • 1 mid-level engineer
  • 1 PM
  • 1 QA engineer
Scale-up team
8 people
  • 1 staff architect
  • 4 senior engineers
  • 2 mid-level engineers
  • 1 PM
Enterprise team
12+ people
  • 1 tech lead
  • 2 pods of 4 senior engineers each
  • 1 PM, 1 QA, 1 DevOps
Custom mix
Any size
  • You define the role mix
  • We propose specific candidates
  • You interview and approve
Need a full team in 4 to 6 weeks?

Senior Polish engineers. Month to month, 30 day notice. We assemble, you approve.

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05 [Cost scenarios]

3 dedicated team budget scenarios for 2026

All-inclusive monthly rates (HR, benefits, laptop, tools, our margin). For deep-dive on rate drivers, stack premiums and TCO multipliers, see our cost of hiring Polish developers guide.

3-person lean team

2 senior engineers + 1 PM. Right for early-stage SaaS adding capacity to small internal team or solo founder shipping product.

$25 to $40k / month
US equivalent: $70 to $110k / month

5-person standard team

2 senior + 1 mid + 1 PM + 1 QA. Right for mid-market B2B product running 2-week sprints with stable roadmap.

$45 to $75k / month
US equivalent: $130 to $200k / month

8-person scale-up team

1 architect + 4 senior + 2 mid + 1 PM. Right for Series B+ SaaS or enterprise product line owned end to end.

$80 to $130k / month
US equivalent: $230 to $360k / month

Typical savings vs comparable US team: 50 to 65 percent. For 12-month engagement on a 5-person team, that translates to $300,000 to $750,000 in savings without quality compromise, assuming you pick a vetted partner.

06 [Setup process]

From scoping call to first productive sprint in 4 to 6 weeks

Day 0, free

Scoping call (45 min)

What you are building, what stack you run, what gap you need filled, what timeline pressure exists. If we are not the right fit we say so and recommend an alternative.

Week 1

Technical discovery and proposal

Senior architect plus PM spend 3 to 5 days reviewing your code, infrastructure and team. Deliverable: written proposal with team composition, rates, timeline and risks.

Week 2

Contracts and team assembly

MSA plus SOW plus DPA signed. We propose 2 to 3 candidates per role. You interview, you pick. Nobody joins your team without your green light.

Week 3

Sprint 0, onboarding

Access provisioned, dev environment running, codebase walkthrough, first tickets assigned. Pairing with your team to absorb context. No feature work yet.

Week 4 to 6

First productive sprint

2-week sprints, daily standups in your Slack, bi-weekly demos with stakeholders, sprint retros. Monthly business review with leadership covering velocity, quality, budget, next-quarter roadmap.

Ongoing

Scale up, scale down, replace

30-day notice for scale-down. 2 to 3 weeks for scale-up. Engineer replacement at no charge if performance issue. We earn renewal every month through delivery.

07 [Real client work]

Recent dedicated team engagements

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Long-term dedicated team engagement
In practice

What an 18-month dedicated engagement actually looks like

A 5-person team running a US client's product end to end. Tech lead from us, PM and 3 senior engineers, monthly business review with their head of product. We do not insert agency layers, the team reports to your engineering manager.

Average tenure across our active engagements is 18 months. Renewal earned every month through delivery, never through lock-in clauses.

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07b [Choosing your nearshore destination]

Why we keep recommending Poland (but here is the honest comparison)

A dedicated team is a multi-year commitment. Picking the wrong country is expensive: re-onboarding, legal rework, timezone friction. These six head-to-head comparisons cover the destinations US, UK and EU buyers most often weigh against Poland.

North America
Poland vs Mexico

Same-timezone US match vs EU GDPR coverage. When 8-hour US overlap matters more than depth.

Iberia EU
Poland vs Portugal

Both EU, both C1 English. Where Portuguese English polish wins, where Polish depth wins.

CEE intra
Poland vs Czech Republic

Same timezone, same EU framework. Polish AAA gaming and AI vs Czech DACH alignment.

CEE rate gap
Poland vs Romania

Romania 15 to 25% cheaper at senior tier. When the saving justifies a 3x smaller pool.

War-time risk
Poland vs Ukraine

Pre-2022 Ukraine was the standard CEE pick. Operational risk math in 2026.

Offshore alternative
Poland vs India

40 to 60% cost gap. When Polish overlap and retention compound to lower 12-month TCO.

08 [FAQ]

Dedicated team FAQ

Dedicated team means 3 to 15 engineers assigned exclusively to your product, working as one unit with PM and tech lead, reporting to you on a monthly cadence. Staff augmentation means 1 to 3 individual engineers embedded in your existing team, working under your day-to-day management. Dedicated team is for end-to-end product ownership, staff augmentation is for filling specific capability gaps. See staff augmentation.

Month-to-month with 30-day notice for scale-down. Typical engagements run 6 to 24 months but you are not locked in. We earn renewal every month through delivery. Average client tenure with us is 18 months across 8 active engagements.

Yes. Scale-down with 30-day notice on any engineer. Scale-up takes 2 to 3 weeks for additional engineers from our pre-vetted pool, or 4 to 6 weeks if you need a specialized stack we have to recruit for.

You do. The dedicated team includes a tech lead and optional PM who handle internal coordination, but they report to your engineering manager or product manager. We do not insert a layer of agency management between you and the engineers.

Tell us. We replace within 2 to 3 weeks at no charge if the engineer is underperforming or is not the right fit. Engineer transitions include 1 to 2 week handover paid at standard rate, no separate fee.

Per engineer monthly rate, all-inclusive (HR, benefits, laptop, tools, our margin). Senior Polish engineer $9,500 to $13,500 per month. Mid-level $7,000 to $9,500. PM $7,000 to $10,000. Architect $13,000 to $17,000. No hidden fees, no setup fee, no exit fee. See cost of hiring Polish developers.

Mateusz Hauer
Mateusz Hauer
CEO, Hauer Power

Tell me what you want to build. We will map your roadmap, target stack and team shape, then send a written proposal within 5 working days.

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