Your own offshore Symfony development

Better than outsourcing or hiring offshore Symfony developers — build your own offshore development center with Alcor and get:

  • Valley-grade team of 20+ senior developers in 3 months 
  • Up to 40% cost savings compared to traditional outsourcers 
  • No buy-out cost — it’s your offshore Symfony developers
  • Employer of Record service – our compliant employment solution 
  • No intermediary in Symfony development management

    Your own offshore software team in a month

    We also offer a custom-built solution for your needs — your own software R&D center


    Your Own Offshore Symfony Developers in a Team of

    5 in a month
    20+ in 3 months
    100+ in 1 year

    Can an Offshore Provider Offer

    2.5 years

    average tenure of developers

    Cultural alignment

    with your company values

    Pricing transparency

    no hidden or buy-out fees

    Legal & compliance

    and other needed operational support

    Exceptional dedication

    it’s literally your own team

    Long-term partnership

    shared responsibility & commitment

    Key Things about Offshoring Symfony development

    Why big tech offshore Symfony development
    Top countries to offshore Symfony development
    What is an offshore Symfony development center?
    Comparison with alternatives

    Why big tech offshore Symfony development

    The appeal behind hiring offshore Symfony developers lies in 2 main drivers that propel tech companies forward: huge talent pools and slashed costs. Thus, technology giants tap into million-sized pools with coders of diverse tech stacks. That, in turn, helps them build products faster and scale while reducing costs due to a stark contrast between software engineers’ salaries from the US and other countries. For instance, offshore Symfony development helps you save from 30% to 70%: just choose to hire coders in LatAm or EE over the US.

    Top countries to offshore Symfony development

    Latin American and Eastern European markets are treasure troves for building an offshore Symfony development team. Both pools amount to 3.5 million devs—2 from LatAm and 1.5 from EE, respectively—who demonstrate impressive Symfony programming ​​skills. Some countries in these regions rank among the top 30 countries with high levels of English proficiency.

    The prime locations where we at Alcor hire dedicated offshore Symfony developers include Mexico, Chile, Colombia, Argentina, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, and Ukraine. The respective tech markets show consistent growth and demonstrate a shared work ethic and cultural proximity.

    What is an offshore Symfony development center?

    An offshore Symfony development center is your dedicated remote office with a team of software engineers. Usually, tech product companies establish such centers in a foreign location with an abundance of talent and lower labor costs. Imagine it as an extended piece of your in-house puzzle: a reliable provider helps you with an office space, procures tech equipment, and provides benefits for your team. All this possible without setting up your legal entity abroad, just as we did for Ledger, Grammarly, ThredUp, and others.

    Comparison with alternatives

    In comparison with IT outsourcing, where you have an outsourced project via a third party with no direct control over the team, your own software R&D center allows you to fill the expertise gap, scale fast in a chosen location, and have the whole software team work on your behalf from the start without any buy-out fees.

    Your Own Offshore Symfony Team is Better than Third-party

    Alcor is an all-in-one place to establish and run a turnkey software R&D center:

    • Employer of Record support — no need to set up your legal entity
    • From 0 to 100 software developers in one key talent pool
    • Establish your corporate culture with your own team. 
No intermediary
    • No buy-out or other hidden fees
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    Offshore Software Development vs Own R&D Center

    Offshoring software development

    1. Cloudy pricing With outsourcers, the markup for your vendor’s service might exceed a Symfony developer’s salary by 50%.
    2. Temporary fix Offshore development teams are loyal as long as the contract lasts and won’t go the extra mile to ensure your product’s long-term success.
    3. Your provider comes first An external Symfony development team will report only to your vendor, treating you as the “secondary” employer.
    4. IP rights transfer complexities When you engage a offshore development service company, the IP rights of your product initially belong to the outsourcing team. So think ahead about the safe transferring of them to you later.
    5. Barrier to investment attraction Engaging with a offshore development partner means that you delegate your core competencies to developers who will leave your team for good. Not exactly the investor’s dream.

    Software Development Center

    1. Maximized cost savings Your own software R&D team costs 40% less than an outsourced team. Because you get no buy-out fees & markups.
    2. Long-term commitment Product development and a sense of ownership attract professional developers as bees to honey. Hence, more loyalty.
    3. Direct control over development You get your team of offshore Symfony developers for ideation, innovation, and growth—without intermediaries.
    4. Intellectual property under control With direct agreements, you fully own your product and its source code, keeping unique engineering expertise in-house.
    5. Easy investment attraction After establishing your own R&D center, you will boost your internal software development capabilities and become more attractive to investors.

    Companies Scaling with Alcor

    Alcor is a reliable partner that meets our hiring needs. We finally hired experienced software engineers in Eastern Europe with strong tech skills and business acumen. Account Managers are awesome!

    Andrii Akselrod CTO People.ai

    With Alcor’s all-in-one solution, we got a software R&D office with 15 senior PHP devs and a compliant operational coverage. I really appreciated their transparent pricing structure and deep expertise.

    Boris Glants CTO Tonic Health

    We interviewed a lot of EoR platforms and companies, but Alcor was the only one that provides a combo package of EoR and Recruting offerings. Alcor helped us build a full stack team in 1.5 month.

    Dmitrii Iermiichuk Head of Engineering Gotransverse

    We wanted to switch from our outsourcing provider, and Alcor has become really game-changing for us. Within a mere 6 months, we got a fully-fledged team of 30 engineers in our own R&D office.

    Elena Leonova Director of Product Management BigСommerce

    Alcor’s R&D solution eclipses full-cycle recruitment, EOR service, and operational support for our offshore team. Their ‘all-in-one place’ approach is far more cost-effective than I could’ve imagined.

    Farhad Shamshirzan
    Farhad Shamshirzan Director of Software Engineering Certent

    I value their commitment to going the extra mile. We evolved from an outstaff project into an independent company, and Alcor’s support was crucial. They hired and ondoarded 15+ professionals for us.

    Grigoriy Didorenko Research and Development Director BIScience

    Thanks to Alcor, we hired four engineers and a designer that strengthened our team. Beside stellar recruitment, Alcor flawlessly handled our payroll. Their approach was seamless and swift.

    Kirill Latish Head of Engineering & Communications Velory

    Alcor closed our 4 QA positions in a month and more than doubled the team in a year! We chose Alcor because of their communication style, cost, scope of services, and ideas to help us be successful.

    Vitalii Belelia Production Management & App Support Manager Ledger

    FAQ

    1. Is it cheaper to offshore Symfony development?

    Yes, and with Alcor, you can save from 30% to 70% while scaling your company at the same time. Here’s what makes it possible: the difference in salaries & taxes and the 360-degree Alcor’s dedicated offshore Symfony development center model.

    In the US, a senior software developer earns up to $180,000 a year, while Latin American and Eastern European software engineering experts make $42,500 and $83,500, respectively. The regional taxation policies also offer tax reduction policies — like in Mexico, Colombia, and Argentina — and lower tax rates. Lastly, Alcor’s approach goes beyond finding coders. We get you a team that’s yours from day one — cut costs by not paying buy-out fees!

    2. What are the benefits of building an offshore Symfony development center with Alcor?

    Alcor is not just a regular provider of remote offshore Symfony developers. We’re much more: your tech recruitment and EOR in one place! Our Employer of Record solution takes your mind off accounting & payroll, taxes, and legal matters, plus 100% compliance and our shared experience in navigating new labor markets. With tech recruitment, you get offshore Symfony developers for hire according to your requirements: 15% of Alcor’s vacancies are closed from the first CV, so you won’t wait long.

    If you want to pump it up, opt for our R&D offshore Symfony development services: full operational support, office lease, and equipment procurement. All that comes with the guarantee to hire from 0 to 100 programmers in a year and a 3-month warranty for free candidate substitution. Worried we’d miss the deadlines? We hire free of charge in that case!

    3. How fast can Alcor build an offshore Symfony development company? 

    We pride ourselves on expeditious recruitment — stellar quality within tight timeframes. Alcor’s average time to close a vacancy for an offshore Symfony development company is 2-6 weeks. In just 1 day of our cooperation, you’ll get blind CVS. In the next 5 days, we’ll start sending you engineers’ pre-vetted CVs. Then, we promise 5 offshore Symfony programmers for hire within a month and 100 within a year.

    4. Can you headhunt C-level management?

    That’s an ace up our sleeve. We’ve amassed 8 years of experience on the tech market and have access to an internal network of hundreds of thousands of candidates! That’s why, C-level management positions, such as CTO, CIO, CMO, CFO, and others, come to our recruiters as easy as pie. Our clients attest to it: we hired the Head of R&D for Sift, an online fraud detection application development firm, from the second CV. Other successful cases include the Director of Engineering for Dotmatics and the Deployment Lead for Ledger. 

    5. What about payroll, accounting, and office lease?

    If you hire offshore Symfony developers with Alcor, there’s no need to establish your legal entity in a target location. With our comprehensive EoR support, we take care of all the nuts and bolts for your offshore Symfony development team. It includes the employment of software engineers, monthly payroll management, tax payments, compliance with all local laws, and even more. With our turnkey solution, you can be assured — we guarantee 100% compliance while handling all the paperwork.

    Finally, if you want to pump it up, opt for our R&D services with full operational support, office lease, and equipment procurement.

    6. What else does Alcor’s offshore Symfony center include?

    On top of an R&D office with full operational support at its highest? Depends on your request!

    Let us tell you about Dotmatics, a US scientific software company with a goal to hire offshore Symfony developers, 30+ within a year. The tech stack varied: Node.js, Java, React, JavaScript, AWS, Cypress. We filled most roles with the 1st candidate, and not only that — we presented such a top-tier Back-End Developer that he joined the team as a Full Stack Java Engineer. Result? 30 skilled devs in a fully compliant R&D with back-office support in a year!

    Bonus: we even help devise stock option plans for your new employees, just as we did for ThredUP and Sift.

    Alcor shines bright among other offshore Symfony development providers, and our clients confirm that: in 2023, we got 100% client retention rate. Coming from industries like cryptocurrency, online fraud detection, machine learning software, etc., they agree on one thing — Alcor’s service is wow. We’ve worked with Sift, Ledger, People.ai, Tonic Health, and counting. You’re welcome to join!