Why Redian, and why this shape of team
You've landed here because you need React and full-stack developers for a team based in or serving London, UK, and you're weighing whether to hire locally, use a marketplace, or engage a delivery partner. This page explains how Redian Software delivers exactly that engagement — onsite, React and full-stack developers, aligned to London business hours (GMT / BST), on a commercial model that scales from a single engineer to a full offshore cell.
React & Full Stack Developers — what our engineers actually do
Redian's product-engineering practice fields React, Next.js and full-stack engineers who ship customer-facing web apps end-to-end — front-end in TypeScript React (Next.js 15 App Router by default), API layer in Node.js or Java (Kotlin on Spring for our BFSI clients), Postgres or MongoDB, background jobs, auth, observability, cloud deployment, CI/CD and the boring-but-critical infra work that keeps a product up at 3am.
We staff at three seniorities: mid-level engineers (3–5 yrs, execute features, own a slice of the codebase, write tests and pair with a senior), senior engineers (5–8 yrs, own subsystems, lead code review, mentor mids, take on-call rotation), and staff engineers / tech leads (8+ yrs, own architecture, cross-team design, hiring calibration, customer-facing engineering conversations). A common engagement is 4–8 engineers with a fractional tech lead — sized to your sprint velocity, not a fixed template.
The London context
London is a demanding tech market — high salary floors, an IR35-flavoured contractor scene that makes flexible ramping expensive, and buyers whose procurement rigour (DPA, ICO alignment, DPIAs, SOC 2 questionnaires, penetration-test evidence) is a filter, not an afterthought. Whether you're a fintech scale-up in Shoreditch, a City-based bank digital-transformation team, a public-sector supplier navigating the G-Cloud framework, or an insurance broker running a legacy CRM migration, the bar is: senior engineers, defensible security posture, and delivery that lands without escalation.
Redian ships into the UK market with UK-timezone overlap — our India delivery bench opens the working day at UK 07:30 GMT and stays live until UK 12:30 GMT, which is the entire London morning. Standups, code review, incident response and demos happen inside that overlap; anything after your lunch is asynchronous, with a written handover you can read the next morning. We staff engineers who have delivered under UK data-protection expectations and are comfortable with your procurement team.
Onsite engagement — the mechanics
Onsite engagement — engineers work from your office. For clients whose delivery model needs on-the-ground presence — regulator-mandated data controls, hands-on hardware, in-room collaboration with an internal team, or simply a leadership preference — Redian deploys engineers to your location on a per-diem or medium-term contract. We handle visa, work-permit, accommodation and travel logistics from our side; you provide the desk, badging, and access to the systems the engineer will touch.
How the commercials work. Onsite carries a different rate card than remote — day-rate is higher to cover the engineer's living cost and per-diem, and minimum engagement length is usually 3 months to make the mobilisation worthwhile for both sides. We can also blend the models: a small onsite core (2–3 engineers) plus a larger remote build team, so you get the trust of physical presence without the cost of an all-onsite ramp.
Commercials and how to start
Rates depend on the exact seniority mix and length of engagement, but as a rule: a onsite React and full-stack developer from Redian lands well below the loaded cost of the equivalent local hire in London, without dropping seniority. Minimum engagement is one month for remote, three months for onsite. Rate card, sample CVs of currently-available engineers, and reference clients in your industry — happy to send those on the first call, subject to NDA.
How the first two weeks look: we scope the roles, seniority mix and start date on a 30-minute discovery call. We share 3–5 CVs matched to the brief within 3 business days. You interview shortlist candidates directly. The chosen engineer(s) start inside 1–2 weeks (3–6 weeks if onsite mobilisation is needed), on your tools, in your workflow, with named Redian consultant oversight.
No lock-in, no minimum quarter. If an engineer isn't a fit inside the first two weeks, we swap them, no charge. If you need to scale up or down mid-engagement, we do it — that flexibility is the whole point of engaging a partner instead of hiring FTEs.