We build production APIs for platform teams, SaaS companies, and integration-heavy products, from REST and GraphQL APIs to gRPC services, webhook systems, SDK generation, and developer portals. With 13+ years of production engineering experience and ISO 9001 certified delivery, we serve API-first teams across 45+ countries at India rates with Western-grade discipline.
Whether you are launching a public API for developers, building internal microservice contracts, designing a partner integration layer, or rewriting a brittle API, our engineering team ships APIs that move the metrics that matter: API latency, error rate, and developer activation.
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Versioned REST APIs designed contract-first with OpenAPI 3.x. Auto-generated SDKs, documentation, and mocks from the spec. Backward-compatible versioning so customer integrations stay stable. Rate limiting, authentication, and observability built in.
Apollo Server, Hasura, or custom GraphQL implementations. Schema federation across microservices. DataLoader patterns for N+1 query prevention. Subscription support for real-time client updates.
Protocol Buffer schemas, code generation for client and server, streaming support, service mesh integration. Lower latency and tighter contracts than REST or GraphQL provide.
Outbound webhook delivery with retries, signature verification, idempotency, and replay tooling. Inbound webhook receivers with queue buffering and dead-letter handling. Event-driven architecture on Kafka, RabbitMQ, AWS EventBridge, or Google Pub/Sub.
Public developer portals with interactive API docs, code samples, and changelog tracking. Auto-generated SDKs in TypeScript, Python, Go, Java, Ruby, and PHP published to package registries.
Sixty-minute call. We learn your product, current architecture, customer mix, and constraints. We agree on the scope envelope and engagement model.
We propose engineers from our vetted bench. You interview and approve each one. The team plugs into your tools.
Two-week sprints with demo gates, written status, and code reviews you can audit. Engineers join your standups and follow your code review process.
Staged rollout, performance testing, security review, and a 30-day post-launch tune-up. Handoff includes runbooks, dashboards, and documented escalation paths.
Platform teams pick us for five reasons:
India delivery rates with Western-grade engineering discipline. Hourly $13 to $25 by seniority.
13+ years of production API experience across fintech, healthcare, and high-throughput consumer platforms.
ISO 9001:2015 certified delivery. Documented design reviews, contract version control, and SDK release processes.
Full IP ownership transfers from day one. Contracts, code, SDKs, developer portal, infrastructure config.
Engineering managers run delivery, not project managers. Weekly sync with someone who can read a stack trace and explain contract trade-offs.
One to four engineers assigned to your codebase on a three-month minimum. Best for sustained engineering work and ongoing platform development. Pricing $1,200 to $4,000 per engineer per month depending on seniority.
Pay for actual hours worked on a defined scope with weekly reporting. Best for audits, integrations, and shorter performance sprints. $13 to $25 an hour by seniority.
Fixed-price pilot tied to measurable outcomes. Partial refund if the agreed baseline improvement is missed. Typical pilot $25,000 to $80,000 depending on scope.
| What you get | ScalaCode | Western consultancy | In-house senior hire | Solo freelancer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hourly rate (USD) | $13 to $25 | $80 to $180 | $45 to $90 fully loaded | $30 to $90 |
| Time to start | 5 to 10 business days | 8 to 16 weeks (RFP) | 12 to 26 weeks (hiring) | 1 to 3 weeks (if available) |
| Senior oversight on every PR | Yes | Yes, varies by team | One person, no peer review | One person, no peer review |
| IP ownership | Full transfer from day one | Negotiated, often shared | Yours by default | Negotiated |
| Scale up or down quickly | Yes (within days) | Slow (contract amendment) | No (hire or layoff cycle) | Limited |
SaaS companies opening their platform to partner developers. Contract design, developer portal build, SDKs in multiple languages, and partner integration support.
Engineering organizations decomposing monoliths into services. Service contracts, platform abstractions, and incremental migration without disrupting production traffic.
Companies running point-to-point integrations with dozens of partners. Unified integration layer with adapter pattern per partner, contract versioning, retry and idempotency handling, and per-partner observability.
Backend-for-frontend pattern for mobile apps and rich web clients. Lightweight, client-optimised APIs that aggregate downstream services and reduce client-side complexity.
Older APIs running on legacy stacks where the contract is constraining product velocity. Parallel-versioning strategy so customers migrate at their own pace.
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I looked around at several developers to compare costs, but they didn’t fit within my budget. Finally, I reached out to a company in India called ScalaCode. We set up several online meetings over a couple of weeks and came up with an app that did exactly what I wanted within my budget. I can confidently say that ScalaCode has been an excellent choice for me.
Ruddy McKenzie
Founder of RM EPOSStakeholders are impressed with ScalaCode deliverables. The mobile app has been accepted on both Google Play and App Store. Moreover, we are impressed with the team’s range of abilities from design and development to database and app creation. Overall, the engagement has been a success.
James Ellis
Owner, Artist-Tipping PlatformScalaCode provides great results, uplifting the collaborative experience with their impressive project management style. The team always delivers as expected, which is manifested by the length of the ongoing relationship with us. Overall, their services have been impressive.
Jaa St. Julien
Pres. & Chief Strategy Officer - St. Julien CommunicationsStakeholders are impressed with ScalaCode deliverables. The mobile app has been accepted on both Google Play and App Store. Moreover, we are impressed with the team’s range of abilities from design and development to database and app creation. Overall, the engagement has been a success.
Manuel
CEO, 4SaleThe application was basically built from scratch, and was complicated, as the software was to be integrated with a certain Medical EHR software. As the CEO of SHG, I was very pleased with the services, expertise, and support we received from ScalaCode, from the beginning directly through the first LIVE implementation.
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CEO, Steve Homes GroupThe iOS and Android apps exceeded the expectations of the internal team. ScalaCode crafts high-quality products that are easy to use and fit the requirements of the client. The team is technically experienced, hard-working, and knowledgeable.
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Director, Empowered AchieverI needed a reliable team on-hand, and ScalaCode delivered. Their excellent availability and project oversight made a big impact.
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Learn ArenaOur XR project had unique hurdles, but ScalaCode grasped it fast and delivered beyond expectations with excellent collaboration.
Alessandro
CEO / Founder (XR Company)Yes. Contract specs (OpenAPI, Protocol Buffers, GraphQL SDL), source code, SDK source for every language, developer portal config, and any internal tooling belong to you from day one.
Yes. We adapt to your stack. We can rewrite specific endpoints, add new versions alongside old ones, or refactor sections without disturbing the rest of the API.
Yes. TypeScript, Python, Go, Java, Ruby, PHP, C#, Swift depending on your customer base. SDKs published to npm, PyPI, Maven Central, RubyGems, Packagist, or NuGet.
Hourly $13 to $25 by seniority. Monthly dedicated team $1,200 to $4,000 per engineer. API audits $15,000 to $30,000. Production API builds $40,000 to $120,000. Full API platforms $80,000 to $200,000.
Five to ten business days from contract signature. Engineers come from our existing vetted bench.
Yes. Authentication (OAuth 2.0, JWT, API keys), authorisation (RBAC, ABAC), rate limiting (token bucket, leaky bucket, sliding window), abuse detection. Edge protection via Cloudflare, AWS WAF, or similar for high-traffic APIs.
Yes. We instrument APIs with OpenTelemetry, set up dashboards in Datadog, Grafana, or your platform of choice, and define alerting policies. Incident runbooks are part of the handoff.
We train your team. Every engagement includes contract design rationale, runbooks, internal documentation, recorded walkthroughs, and a 30-day question window after handoff.
ScalaCode delivered a polished eCommerce app efficiently. Their professionalism and global readiness stood out.
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