Honestly this will be pretty risky for you. I would recommend you pay a company opposed to trying to vet a developer if you aren’t technical.
Some pointers:
I have an interview template for vetting developers but I don’t know it would be use to you if you aren’t technical. Hiring a bad dev could be very costly and get you nothing which is why I’d say go with a company with an established record. It will be difficult for you to manage a freelance developer if you have no experience.
Source: I was formerly a tech lead / software engineering manager and a hiring manager for one of the large Silicon Valley tech companies.
Some pointers:
- Get clear on your MVP requirements and strip down to bare essentials
- Make sure you have UX mock-ups before coding begins
- Request bi-weekly demos of progress and to provide comments
- Request a break down of the quote into screens / buckets of functionality
- Check to see how much time in quote is allocated to testing (if it’s less than 50% of dev time then quality may be a concern)
- if getting a fixed price quote set expectations on bug fixes and what constitutes a severity of bug which would be fixed under contract
- Ask about how the app will be tested and what automation coverage will be provided
I have an interview template for vetting developers but I don’t know it would be use to you if you aren’t technical. Hiring a bad dev could be very costly and get you nothing which is why I’d say go with a company with an established record. It will be difficult for you to manage a freelance developer if you have no experience.
Source: I was formerly a tech lead / software engineering manager and a hiring manager for one of the large Silicon Valley tech companies.
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