An offshore dedicated team that actually feels like yours
Full-time engineers in Da Nang, Vietnam. Australian-managed delivery from Canberra. Mobilise in ~2 sprints and save 40–60% versus local hiring.
Da Nang delivery hub
Typically mobilised in ~2 sprints
About offshore dedicated teams
A dedicated team model, run properly
An offshore dedicated team is a full-time engineering team that works exclusively on your product, employed and managed by a partner so you do not carry the hiring, HR or retention load. The model only works when the partner actually manages delivery. That is the part most providers skip, and the part we lead with.
Dedicated, not gig
Full-time, salaried engineers in our Da Nang office — assigned to your roadmap for the whole engagement. They do not split time across five clients.
Australian-managed delivery
An Australian engineering manager owns your outcomes, runs ceremonies, and is your single point of accountability. Coordinated from our Canberra HQ.
A seamless extension
Your repos, your cloud accounts, your rituals. The team plugs into your stack, joins your standups, and ships under your process.
The old way
Freelancers, marketplaces and staff-aug bodies you have to herd yourself
The Cipher way
One managed team, one timezone, one monthly invoice
What we build
Specialists across the modern platform stack
The team you assemble is shaped to your roadmap. These are the disciplines we mobilise most often.
Cloud Engineering
AWS, Azure, GCP architecture, migration, landing zones and Well-Architected reviews.
DevOps & CI/CD
Terraform, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD. Pipelines live in week one.
SRE & Reliability
Error budgets, SLOs, incident response and 24/7 on-call with 99.9% uptime SLA.
Platform Engineering
Internal developer platforms, golden paths, self-service infrastructure and governance.
AI Backends
Production AI backends: RAG, agents, evals, vector stores, inference and observability.
Security & Compliance
Hardening, IAM, secrets and supply-chain security aligned to Australian standards.
We typically begin with
Offshore Dedicated Team starter pack: 4 members
Senior DevOps / Platform Engineer
×1Leads infrastructure, IaC and platform design
Cloud / DevOps Engineers
×2Build and operate CI/CD, Kubernetes and observability
AI / Backend Engineer
×1Owns services, APIs and AI backends
Seniority Mix
75% mid, 25% senior, plus an Australian delivery lead
Balanced team with the right mix of experience and cost efficiency
Scale Path
Add specialists as your roadmap demands
See your savings versus local hiring
Compare costs for Australia vs dedicated teams
Local Australia Hiring
$1105k
per year (incl. overheads)
Dedicated Team
$475k
per year (all-inclusive)
Your Annual Savings
$630k
That's approximately 57% savings
* Calculation includes superannuation, payroll tax, leave loading, recruiter fees, and office overheads for local hiring
Get Your Custom QuoteHow it works
Mobilised in around two sprints
From first call to a team shipping against your roadmap in 3–4 weeks.
Scope & shortlist
We confirm roles, stack and success metrics, then introduce 2–3 vetted engineers from our Da Nang bench. You interview and select.
Onboard & integrate
Access to your repos, environments and ceremonies. Your Australian delivery lead runs standups. First PRs merged against real work.
Ship at velocity
The team is autonomous on your roadmap, delivering against your sprint goals with predictable cadence and one monthly invoice.
Common questions about the model
Ready when you are
Build your offshore dedicated team
Da Nang engineers, Canberra-managed delivery, one monthly invoice. Mobilised in ~2 sprints with 40–60% cost savings versus local hiring.
2-week replacement guarantee
Zero risk on team quality
Australian contracts & invoicing
Legal comfort for your CFO
One team, one timezone, one invoice
No herding, no surprises
Related resource
Learn more about the dedicated team model
Our companion resource offshorededicatedteams.com covers the dedicated team model in depth, including buyer's guides, comparisons and frameworks for evaluating an offshore delivery partner.
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