How we doubled delivery speed without hiring full-time staff ?

Our backend team was swamped, and the hiring process was dragging on forever. What helped us a lot was working with an external engineering team through link They basically integrated with our internal workflow, so it didn’t feel like outsourcing at all. We kept our delivery deadlines tight without committing to full-time hires — it was surprisingly smooth once the communication channels were set up properly.

I’ve noticed many teams doing this recently — mixing in flexible dev support instead of hiring full-timers. It makes sense with how unpredictable workloads are now. Some weeks are quiet, and others are absolute chaos. Having access to skilled people who can jump in fast seems like the new normal, especially when scaling up suddenly or handling multiple product updates at once.