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The price for a senior developer is NOK 55,200 per month. Or NOK 662,400 annually, if calculated that way. That is close to half the cost of a full-time senior developer in Norway.
If you choose to recruit developers through us at Cefalo, you pay a fixed monthly fee based on 155 working hours per month. We keep it simple and categorize our developers into three different levels based on their expertise and experience. All our developers, regardless of level, hold a relevant Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree.
All prices are excl. VAT and apply to client relationships lasting longer than one year. We invoice monthly, in arrears, twelve months a year. Included in the price are three weeks of vacation and up to nine days of self-certified sick leave. Absence beyond this is covered by us. Prices are adjusted once a year based on cost levels (Consumer Price Index and currency fluctuations). The price is adjusted no earlier than twelve months after start-up, ensuring the agreed price for the entire first year.
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We aim for long-term client relationships. We require that all new client relationships have a minimum duration of one year. That said, the agreement itself includes safeguards, such as a six-month probationary period during which the notice period is one month. After this, a standard rolling notice period of three months applies.
During the first six months, there is a one-month notice period. After this, the notice period is three months.
How long is a piece of string? 😊 We (unfortunately) do not accept project-based assignments – such as producing an app. However, we specialize in external development teams, where you pay for a dedicated team of full-time developers recruited specifically for your needs. Who can help you build a great app.
Having developers from Cefalo feels like having your own permanent employees. The developers are physically located with us in Bangladesh but are managed directly by you, on par with your local developers. Our developers are recruited specifically for your needs. This means you have a dedicated team of full-time developers. You do not rotate through a pool of consultants moving from client to client depending on availability and the vendor's priorities.
We aim to be the preferred employer for the best developers in Bangladesh, integrating them closely with our Norwegian clients. We strive to be an industry leader in terms of both client and employee satisfaction.
Our greatest strength is the ability to attract and retain some of the best developers in Dhaka – a massive and exciting talent market. We are an attractive employer and can therefore secure experienced senior developers with expertise that is almost impossible to find in Norway – and at a cost far lower than local hires or hired consultants. You get the expertise you need, at the right time, and at an affordable price.
When we started Cefalo in 2010, there was one fundamental problem we wanted to address: Outsourcing was viewed as handing over the entire development project to a vendor and receiving a finished product in return, without much involvement in the work along the way. Is it surprising that the result often turned out to be something completely different from what the client had envisioned? We wanted to do things differently, and the idea of Cefalo was born.
Our ideal clients are Norwegian companies that have defined software development as a core function. They have local developers and local development management and wish to hire more permanent employees, but often struggle to find them in Norway.
We are very proud of our client satisfaction. We conduct regular client satisfaction surveys and have an average satisfaction score of 4.7 out of 5.
As the client, you hold all rights to the code and software created by our developers.
We do not keep developers "in stock." Instead, we actively recruit developers specifically tailored to your needs. We have an average lead time of three months.
For Cefalo and our clients, remote management has always been a crucial part of our daily work. That is the reality when most of our clients are located in Norway and all our developers are in Dhaka – always in a different time zone, a day’s journey away. Part of the solution for success is being anything but distant. We explore this further in the article below.
We have extensive experience in assembling high-quality developer teams and are not restricted to specific development languages or technologies. We provide, among others, front-end developers, back-end developers, full-stack developers, app developers, and testers.
Feel free to challenge us on the specific expertise you are looking for—we will likely surprise you.
We do not keep developers in stock. To ensure the best result for you, we actively go out and recruit developers specifically for you and your needs. We look for people who fit your specific tasks, and try to balance the team with a mix of senior and junior developers – based on your wishes and needs. This entire process normally takes three months and is free of charge from our side.
The recruitment process itself typically takes just over a month, but since a notice period of 1–2 months is common in Bangladesh, we currently have an average lead time of three months from the moment we start the recruitment process until the developers are in place and ready to become part of your team.
We tailor the team size to your needs. We require a minimum of two developers, and our clients have anywhere from two to 30 developers from us.
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The developer will serve a notice period with us (typically 1–2 months, depending on the contract). We will use this notice period to find a replacement.
Cefalo is known for having skilled developers who collaborate well with Norwegian clients. However – recruitment is not an exact science, and hiring mistakes can occur.
If you are dissatisfied with anything, you can address it directly with our Norwegian management in Oslo, and we will take it from there.
We have an average employee turnover rate of around 10%. This is lower than the industry average, and we wouldn’t be surprised if our developers stay with you longer than your own in-house employees.
Cefalo depends entirely on talented people, and we work purposefully to attract and retain the best developers in Bangladesh.
We recommend that you have daily video status meetings. Other communication takes place in the same way as with your developers in Norway.
We recommend using a tool that allows for direct communication with your team. Slack is a good example, providing an open and direct line where everyone can stay updated and collaborate in real-time. You should also have good documentation and project management tools, such as Jira or Trello. This allows challenges that arise to be resolved in an organized and easy-to-follow manner.
We are often asked about this before start-up, but very rarely once a collaboration is underway. It turns out that the single most important thing you can do when including new people in a company—whether they reside in Bangladesh or Bergen—is to get to know them.
People are, after all, individuals first and foremost. Our experience is that truly talented people have a lot in common, regardless of where in the world they come from.
Our developers in Bangladesh complete their university studies in English and are proficient in the language, especially in writing. Remember that English is their second language, just as English is the second language for most Norwegians.
We aim to be the best employer for the best developers in Bangladesh. We have succeeded in creating a workplace that offers a balance between salary, leisure time, and development opportunities, resulting in very high employee satisfaction and low turnover.
Depending on the season (Daylight Saving Time/Standard Time), the time difference to Dhaka is four and five hours, respectively. This means your team starts work four hours before you, and you then have about five hours of overlapping working time.
The time your team works "alone" can mean fewer distractions and increased efficiency. Often, you will have your own local team as well, which gives you the opportunity for twelve hours of effective development, compared to eight hours if you only have a local team available.
Looking for developers?
We are the preferred employer for the top developers in Bangladesh. Let’s have a talk about development!