Full Stack Developer for Hire Dallas
A full stack developer for hire — on outcomes, not hours.
Routiine LLC offers contract, retainer, and fractional CTO engagements for Dallas businesses that need senior full-stack engineering without hiring full-time. Nuxt, React, Node, PostgreSQL, AI integration. From $3K/month.
Discuss an engagementEngagement models
Fractional CTO
$5K-$10K/month
Architecture leadership, tech team guidance, vendor selection, 10-20hr/week engagement, hands-on code when needed.
Early-stage startup or small business without senior tech leadership.
Development retainer
$3K-$8K/month
Dedicated dev hours per month for new features, maintenance, improvements, and support. Fixed or flexible allocation.
Ongoing product work without full-time hire.
Project-based
$8K-$75K fixed
Fixed-scope, fixed-price, fixed-timeline engagement for a defined deliverable. Requires scoping discovery.
Specific project: MVP build, migration, integration, new feature.
Recovery
$5K-$30K
Take over a stalled or broken project. Audit, stabilize, ship what was promised. Emergency engagement.
Failed agency, departed technical co-founder, broken launch.
Stack
Frontend
Tech: Nuxt.js 3 (Vue), React, Next.js, Tailwind CSS, shadcn/ui, Nuxt UI Pro
Marketing sites, SaaS dashboards, ecommerce storefronts
Backend
Tech: Node.js, Hono, Nitro, FastAPI (Python), Bun runtime where perf matters
REST APIs, WebSockets, LLM integrations, background jobs
Database
Tech: PostgreSQL (primary), Prisma ORM, Drizzle, Supabase, Neon, Redis (cache)
Relational data, user accounts, transactions, auth
AI / LLM
Tech: Claude SDK (Anthropic), OpenAI SDK, Ollama for local, LangChain where appropriate
AI features, automation, content generation, chatbots
Infrastructure
Tech: Vercel, Cloudflare Pages/Workers, Docker, Railway, AWS where needed
Edge deployment, serverless, containerized services
Auth
Tech: better-auth, Clerk, Auth0, Supabase Auth — pick what fits
User accounts, SSO, passwordless, 2FA
FAQ
How much does a full stack developer cost in Dallas?
Contract full stack developers in Dallas typically charge $90-$180/hour for mid-senior and $180-$300/hour for staff/principal. Routiine offers retainer engagements from $3K-$8K/month for small teams, or project-based from $8K minimum. Full-time in-house developers cost $110K-$175K base + benefits.
What's the difference between hiring you and hiring a freelancer?
Freelancers work hourly and bill for time spent. Routiine engages on outcomes — fixed-scope projects with delivery milestones, or monthly retainers with defined deliverables. You know what you're getting and when. We also carry infrastructure (CI/CD, testing, deployment) that individual freelancers rarely bring.
Can you act as a fractional CTO?
Yes. Fractional CTO engagements typically $5K-$10K/month — includes architecture decisions, tech team leadership, vendor management, hiring support, and hands-on code when needed. Usually 10-20 hours/week of meaningful engagement.
Are you available for short contracts (under a month)?
Sometimes. For true emergencies or recovery work, yes. For a "I need one week of help" — we refer out to trusted freelancers who take sub-month work.
Do you work with existing dev teams or only greenfield?
Both. We regularly embed with in-house teams to backfill, add capacity, or provide senior guidance. Our code, PRs, and architecture reviews integrate into whatever your existing workflow is.
Can you hire and manage developers for me?
Not as a staffing agency, but as part of a fractional CTO engagement — yes. We'll help scope roles, interview candidates, and integrate hires into your team.
Need senior engineering help in Dallas?
Tell us what you're building, what's stuck, or what you need to figure out. We'll propose an engagement model that fits.
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