Node.js Developers in the UK

For most business-to-business services supplied from outside the UK, the reverse charge applies: you account for the VAT in your own return rather than paying it to us, and it is typically neutral if you are fully recoverable. Our invoices state the position clearly so your accountant is not guessing. If your situation is unusual, for example partial exemption, we would rather your accountant confirms the treatment before we invoice than after.

We build to it rather than claiming a certificate. In practice that means data minimisation designed in rather than bolted on, a documented lawful basis for each processing activity, retention periods that actually delete, subject access and erasure handled as features rather than manual database work, and hosting in a region you approve. Where we process personal data on your behalf we sign a processor agreement setting out exactly that.

Yes, and it is scoped from the start because retrofitting accessibility is considerably more expensive than building it in. We work to WCAG 2.2 AA, test with a screen reader rather than relying on an automated scan, and produce the accessibility statement the regulations require. Automated tools catch perhaps a third of real issues, which is why the manual pass is not optional.

We are happy to contract under English law with the courts of England and Wales, and most UK clients prefer that. IR35 does not apply to us: it governs individuals working through an intermediary, and you are engaging a company for a defined deliverable rather than a person for their time. Your accountant will want to see that the contract reflects that, and ours does.

Senior Node.js developer and agency rates in India run roughly 500 to 4,000 rupees per hour depending on seniority and scope. For a dedicated developer we work on a monthly rolling retainer, and for a defined build we quote one flat INR figure with GST included against a written scope, so there is no hourly meter running in the background. Rates well under 300 rupees per hour for genuinely senior backend work usually mean juniors or change-request fees hidden in the fine print. International teams are quoted the equivalent in USD, GBP, CAD, or AED.

Hire a dedicated developer when the roadmap is still moving and you want to direct the work sprint by sprint. It is a monthly rolling contract you can stop with notice, and you get a senior engineer plugged into your standups and tools. Choose fixed-price when the scope is clear and you want a known number and a known date. Many clients start with a small fixed-price build or a paid two-week trial sprint to test how we work, then move to a retainer once they trust the output.

Yes, TypeScript is our default on the backend as well as the frontend, so your API and your React or Next.js app share types instead of drifting apart. We build on Express when you want something lightweight, Fastify when throughput matters, and NestJS when a larger team wants opinionated structure and dependency injection. Data sits on PostgreSQL (with Prisma, Drizzle, or Knex) or MongoDB (with Mongoose), Redis handles caching and queues, and we deploy to AWS with Docker and CI.

Real-time is one of Node's strengths and ours: WebSocket and Socket.IO services for chat, live dashboards, presence, notifications, and device telemetry. Node's single-threaded event loop is built for many concurrent connections doing small amounts of work each. Scaling comes from running multiple stateless instances behind a load balancer, moving session and pub/sub state into Redis, and pushing heavy or slow work into background workers so requests stay fast. We design for that from the start rather than bolting it on once the app is already struggling.

Yes, about half of our work is for teams outside India, in the US, UK, Canada, and the UAE. We work remotely on written scopes and weekly demos, so time zones have not been a problem, and we can shift our working window when a project needs more overlap. Indian clients are billed in flat INR with GST; overseas clients pay in USD, GBP, CAD, or AED through Wise, and we have a W-8BEN and an LUT on file. Work-for-hire terms with full IP transfer on payment are standard.