Build Your Team With DesignDirect

Senior engineers, designers and AI specialists — as a fixed-price project team, a pilot squad, or dedicated developers embedded with yours. UK-led from London, scaled from Kochi, and priced before we start.

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Four ways to engage us

Fixed-Price Project

A scoped build with a staged quote agreed before code is written. Most run £15k–£50k, with a working demo every two weeks.

How we build →

AI Pilot Squad

One measurable workflow, live on your real data in 4–6 weeks, from £5k. Scale only what proves itself.

How pilots work →

Dedicated Team

Engineers who join your standups and your roadmap — quoted flat per month, no lock-in, with a UK lead and Kochi depth.

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Ongoing Support

Monitoring, maintenance and iteration for what you already run — with response times agreed in writing.

What managed looks like →

Hire by discipline and stack

The complete stack we build and ship with — each discipline links to how we deliver it.

Front-End Development

Interfaces that carry your brand and your conversion rate.

ReactNext.jsVue.jsAngularTypeScriptJavaScriptHTML5CSSTailwind CSSBootstrap

Back-End & APIs

The systems of record and the connections between them.

Node.jsPythonDjangoPHPLaravelREST APIsGraphQLWebSockets

Databases, Cloud & DevOps

Cloud-native from day one — monitored, backed up, deployable on demand.

PostgreSQLMySQLMongoDBRedisFirebaseAWSGoogle CloudDockerKubernetesNginxCloudflareCI/CD

AI & Machine Learning

Practical AI on your data — piloted, measured, then scaled.

OpenAILangChainTensorFlowPyTorchHugging FaceGenerative AI & LLMsChatbotsComputer VisionNLPData Annotation

Mobile Development

Native and cross-platform, through both store reviews.

Swift & SwiftUIKotlinFlutterReact NativeFirebase

E-Commerce, CMS & Payments

Storefronts and payment flows that keep you in light PCI scope.

ShopifyWooCommerceWordPressStripePayPal3-D Secure

Design & UX

Research, prototypes and developer-ready handoff.

FigmaProtoPieUI/UX ResearchDesign SystemsPrototyping

Growth & Marketing

Measured on enquiries and pipeline, never vanity metrics.

SEOGoogle AdsMeta AdsGoogle AnalyticsLinkedInContentSocial

How it works

  1. Tell us what you’re building — a free 30-minute call, straight with an engineer.
  2. Meet the team and get a fixed, staged quote — in writing, before any work starts.
  3. Build in fortnights — a working demo every two weeks; you steer priorities between them.
  4. Own everything — source, documentation and infrastructure handed over in full, or keep us on under agreed response times.

Teams our clients kept

NEXT — retail booking platform

Built for one of Britain’s biggest retailers. View case study →

LetsBid — property SaaS

70% faster deal sourcing; in production since 2021. View case study →

SimplyMeds — digital pharmacy

In continuous production since 2016. View case study →

Frequently asked questions

How quickly can a team start?
Pilots and integrations often start within days; full project teams typically within a couple of weeks of the scoping call. The free 30-minute call is where we confirm a realistic start date.
Can your engineers work alongside our existing team?
Yes — that is common. We join your standups, your repositories and your tooling, and everything we write is documented so your team owns it as it grows.
Who owns the work?
You do, in full. Source, documentation and infrastructure are handed over as yours — no vendor lock-in, and any competent team can take it forward.
Where is the team based?
Engagements are led from Enfield, London, with engineering depth in Kochi, India — one team, overlapping UK hours, GDPR-compliant handling by default.
What does it cost?
Fixed-price builds mostly run £15k–£50k; AI pilots £5k–£15k; smaller integrations start under £5k; dedicated teams and support are quoted flat per month. Every engagement starts with a fixed, staged quote in writing.
Ready for What’s Next?

Let's Build What's Next — Together

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