Looking for a reliable offshore software development company? We’ve delivered 600+ projects across 35+ countries with a 94% on-time delivery rate. This page breaks down our services, process, tech stack, engagement models, and proven case studies, everything you need to evaluate whether offshore development with Dev Station fits your roadmap.
- 18+ years combined team experience in custom software engineering
- 40+ specialists across web, mobile, cloud, and data engineering
- Time-zone overlap with North America, EU, and APAC clients
- Fixed, T&M, and dedicated-team engagement options
- ISO-aligned QA and CI/CD on every engagement
01 Overview
An offshore software development company builds software for clients located in another country, typically using cost advantages, access to specialized talent, and 24/7 development cycles. Dev Station is a Vietnam-based offshore development partner serving startups, scale-ups, and enterprises worldwide since 2015.
Unlike staff-augmentation brokers, we own outcomes. Every engagement starts with a discovery sprint, ships through CI/CD-backed sprints, and ends with documentation and a maintenance handoff, so your in-house team isn’t left reverse-engineering someone else’s code.
02 Services
Dev Station covers the full software lifecycle, from product discovery and architecture to delivery and long-term maintenance. Pick one service or assemble a cross-functional squad; every team is staffed with a tech lead, not just individual contributors.
Custom Web Application Development
Production-grade web apps built with React, Next.js, Node.js, and Python. We handle architecture, API design, auth, payments, observability, and deployment, not just UI scaffolding.
- SPA, SSR, and ISR rendering strategies
- Multi-tenant SaaS architectures
- OAuth, SSO, RBAC, and audit logging
- Stripe, Adyen, and custom billing flows
Mobile App Development
Native and cross-platform mobile apps with React Native, Flutter, Swift, and Kotlin. From MVP to App Store launch, including push, offline sync, and analytics.
- iOS and Android native modules
- Cross-platform with Expo and Flutter
- Offline-first data sync
- App Store and Play Store submission support
Cloud & DevOps Engineering
AWS, GCP, and Azure infrastructure as code. We design multi-region architectures, set up CI/CD pipelines, and run 24/7 incident response on call.
- Terraform and Pulumi IaC
- Kubernetes and serverless deployments
- Observability with Datadog, Grafana, and Sentry
- Cost optimization and FinOps reviews
Data Engineering & AI
Pipelines, warehouses, ML models, and LLM-powered features. We build the data layer that lets your product make intelligent decisions at scale.
- ETL/ELT with Airflow, dbt, and Spark
- Snowflake, BigQuery, and Redshift warehouses
- RAG pipelines and vector search
- Model evaluation and MLOps with MLflow
QA & Test Automation
Dedicated QA engineers design test strategies, build automation suites, and run regression cycles so releases don’t break production. No release ships without a green pipeline.
- Playwright and Cypress E2E suites
- API contract testing with Pact
- Load testing with k6 and Locust
- Accessibility and security scanning
Product Design & UX
Researchers and designers who turn business goals into tested interfaces. Discovery workshops, wireframes, prototypes, and design systems, not just pretty screens.
- User interviews and journey mapping
- Figma design systems and component libraries
- Usability testing with real users
- Handoff with dev-ready specs
03 Process
A predictable process is what separates a vendor from a partner. Our six-step delivery model runs on two-week sprints with a fixed ceremony cadence, planning, daily standups, mid-sprint review, demo, and retrospective. You see progress every week, not every quarter.
Discovery & Scoping
One to two weeks. We run stakeholder workshops, audit existing code, and produce a technical spec with architecture diagrams, risk register, and a phased roadmap. Output: a fixed-scope MVP estimate or a T&M backlog with story points.
Architecture & Setup
We design the system architecture (data models, service boundaries, deployment topology) and stand up the repo, CI/CD, environments, and observability. The first deployable build ships by end of week one.
Sprint Development
Two-week sprints with a senior tech lead on every team. Daily standups, a mid-sprint review, and a public demo every other Friday. Backlog is groomed weekly and reprioritized based on your changing priorities.
QA & Hardening
Dedicated QA runs regression, performance, and security tests against every release candidate. We fix issues before they reach you. The demo should never be the first time a bug surfaces.
Release & Handoff
Production deployment with runbooks, monitoring dashboards, and a documented incident-response playbook. We run a two-week hypercare period post-launch, then transition to maintenance or your in-house team.
Maintenance & Growth
Optional ongoing retainers cover bug fixes, dependency upgrades, performance tuning, and feature work. SLAs range from next-business-day to 24/7 critical response depending on tier.
04 Tech Stack
We don’t chase every new framework. Our stack is battle-tested, well-documented, and chosen for long-term maintainability. So your in-house team can take over without a learning cliff.
| Layer | Primary | Alternatives | When we choose it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frontend | React, Next.js, TypeScript | Vue 3, SvelteKit, Astro | Default for SPAs and SSR apps needing SEO |
| Mobile | React Native (Expo), Swift, Kotlin | Flutter, .NET MAUI | Cross-platform MVPs and native perf-critical apps |
| Backend | Node.js (NestJS), Python (FastAPI, Django) | Go, Rust, Java Spring | APIs, microservices, and data-heavy backends |
| Database | PostgreSQL, Redis | MySQL, MongoDB, DynamoDB | Relational by default; document stores when justified |
| Data | dbt, Airflow, Snowflake, BigQuery | Spark, Databricks, ClickHouse | Analytics warehouses and batch/real-time pipelines |
| Cloud | AWS, Vercel, Cloudflare | GCP, Azure, Fly.io | AWS for complex infra; Vercel/CF for edge-native |
| DevOps | Terraform, GitHub Actions, Docker | Pulumi, GitLab CI, Kubernetes | IaC for every environment; K8s when scale demands |
| Observability | Datadog, Sentry, Grafana | New Relic, OpenTelemetry | Metrics, traces, and logs from day one |
| AI/ML | OpenAI, Anthropic, LangChain, pgvector | Llama, Mistral, Haystack | RAG, copilots, classification, and search |
05 Engagement Models
One size doesn’t fit a bootstrapped MVP and a Fortune 500 modernization. We offer three engagement models, pick one or blend them as your needs evolve.
| Model | Best for | Team size | Billing | Commitment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed-price project | Well-scoped MVPs, MVP-to-v1 launches, marketing sites | 2 to 5 | Milestone-based | 3 to 6 months |
| Time & material (T&M) | Products with evolving scope, scaling platforms, R&D | 3 to 8 | Monthly | 6+ months, cancellable |
| Dedicated team | Long-term product orgs, multi-year roadmaps, build-operate | 5 to 15+ | Monthly retainer | 12+ months |
Fixed-Price Project
Lock the scope, lock the price. We commit to a deliverable, a timeline, and a fixed budget. Change requests go through a documented CR process, no scope creep surprises on either side.
Ideal when: requirements are stable, the MVP is well-defined, and you need budget certainty for stakeholders.
Time & Material
Pay for hours worked. Flexible scope, flexible team, flexible priorities. We track every hour in a shared timesheet and send a weekly burn report so you always know where the budget stands.
Ideal when: you’re iterating on product-market fit, scope shifts sprint to sprint, or you’re scaling a platform.
Dedicated Team
A long-term squad that operates like an extension of your in-house team. Same engineers, same tech lead, same product manager, quarter after quarter. We onboard once and compound knowledge over time.
Ideal when: you have a multi-year roadmap and want a team that owns outcomes, not tickets.
06 Why Offshore Development
Offshore development isn’t just about cost. Though cost is real. The strategic case is access to a global talent pool, faster time-to-market through follow-the-sun cycles, and the ability to scale engineering capacity without the overhead of local hiring.
Global Talent Access
Vietnam produces 50,000+ CS graduates annually. You get senior engineers with niche skills (distributed systems, ML, blockchain) that are scarce or unaffordable locally.
Cost Efficiency
Total cost of an offshore engineer is typically 40 to 60% lower than a comparable onshore hire, even after accounting for overlap hours, tooling, and management overhead.
Follow-the-Sun Velocity
With teams in UTC+7 and clients across UTC−8 to UTC+2, work continues while your local team sleeps. Bugs filed at 5pm PT are fixed by 9am the next morning.
Scalability
Ramp from 2 to 15 engineers in 4 to 6 weeks without the recruiting drag. We maintain a bench of pre-vetted talent so onboarding is days, not months.
Quality Without Compromise
Senior-led teams, mandatory code review, automated testing, and ISO-aligned QA. Offshore doesn’t mean offshore-quality. Our defect escape rate is under 1.5%.
Compliance & IP Protection
NDAs, IP assignment, GDPR-ready DPAs, and SOC 2-aligned controls. Your code, data, and IP stay yours, we never reuse client codebases across projects.
07 Case Studies
Results, not promises. Below are three anonymized engagements that illustrate the range of work we deliver, from a seed-stage MVP to an enterprise modernization.
Fintech MVP, Series A Startup
Client: US-based neobank (YC W22). Engagement: Fixed-price MVP, 4 months.
We built the customer-facing mobile app, KYC/AML flow, and ledger integration in 16 weeks. The team shipped to App Store and Play Store two weeks ahead of schedule, supporting a $9M Series A close.
- Stack: React Native, NestJS, PostgreSQL, Plaid, Stripe
- Team: 1 tech lead, 2 mobile, 2 backend, 1 QA, 1 designer
- Outcome: 25k users in first 90 days, 4.7-star app rating
SaaS Platform, Scale-up Modernization
Client: EU-based HR SaaS, 80 employees. Engagement: T&M, 14 months ongoing.
Legacy monolith on Rails 5 was blocking feature velocity. We led a strangler-fig migration to a Next.js + NestJS + PostgreSQL architecture, shipping new features in the new stack while gradually retiring the monolith.
- Stack: Next.js, NestJS, PostgreSQL, Kafka, AWS ECS
- Team: 1 tech lead, 4 full-stack, 1 DevOps, 1 QA
- Outcome: p95 latency down 62%, deploy frequency 4x/week → 12x/day
Data Platform, Enterprise Retailer
Client: APAC retail group, 2,000+ stores. Engagement: Dedicated team, 18 months.
Built a real-time analytics platform unifying POS, inventory, and e-commerce data into a single Snowflake warehouse with dbt models and a Looker semantic layer. Replaced 14 manual Excel reports with self-serve dashboards.
- Stack: Airflow, dbt, Snowflake, Looker, Kafka, Python
- Team: 1 data lead, 4 data engineers, 1 analyst, 1 DevOps
- Outcome: 14 reports automated, $2.1M/yr in saved analyst hours
08 Next Steps
If you’ve read this far, the next move is simple: book a 30-minute scoping call. We’ll review your goals, current state, and constraints, then send a written proposal within five business days with scope, timeline, team composition, and pricing. No pressure, no sales theater.
Ready to talk? Reach out via the contact form, email us directly, or schedule a call through the booking link. We typically respond within one business day and can have a senior engineer on a call within 48 hours.
Whether you’re shipping an MVP, scaling a platform, or modernizing legacy systems, Dev Station is the offshore software development company that treats your roadmap like its own. Let’s build something that lasts.
Dev Station works with teams across the United States and the United Kingdom. Client records are held to SOC 2 or HIPAA for US work, and to GDPR with ISO 27001 for UK and EU work. Our engineers work from Vietnam with overlap into US Eastern, US Pacific and UK GMT hours, and we invoice in USD or GBP.
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