Offshore service companies operate successful models that structure development teams pyramid-style according to cost. Management ratios typically are in the range of one project manager to 19 team members. Under this model, the more inexperience loaded into the team, the higher the margins. This practice is sufficient for most of the work that goes offshore from large enterprises because it is carefully spec’d out, highly repetitive, and only needs to show ROI, not competitive edge in the market.

The hiring policies, team models, and management practices of most offshore providers are not designed to build smart teams, they are designed to build low-cost teams. As many technology product companies are quickly learning, this model rarely provides financial return or strategic value for their needs.

Altoros’s customers are product-oriented companies with more innovative technologies and problem-intensive work. They require a greater degree of fundamental mathematical and engineering education, talent, experience, collaboration, and understanding of market concepts within their engineering teams. Altoros builds productive, efficient, and experienced teams capable of contributing real value to your company by selecting and nurturing the sort of highly skilled, best-in-class talent in Russia and Belarus that you will not find anywhere else. Our developers have best-in-class fundamental mathematical and computer science degrees from leading East-European IT Universities. They are accountable, highly-motivated, and solution-oriented, and they deliver value to our customers beyond a competitive hourly rate because of their unmatched problem-solving capabilities.

In the context of product development, collaboration between teams is essential. Altoros's engineers average 7-8 years of experience – much higher than the industry average – to ensure that collaboration is meaningful and instructive. We know that experience and insight increases the competitive benefit of your outsourcing strategy and contributes intellectual capital back into your in-house teams.

Altoros uses its understanding of the product development environment and its appreciation for what works offshore to screen and select professional engineers who will make your offshore team a well-functioning, easily managed, high performance unit. We know what works.

We also understand the need for rate sensitivity in our clients, and look to build teams that are the optimal mix of low cost and high performance. We assess teams continuously and work closely with our clients to develop and keep great teams.

Altoros offers ISVs the expertise of a focused, experienced partner, deploying the right capabilities offshore in a way that makes financial sense and yields superior results.