Dedicated TypeScript Engineers
Hire TypeScript Developers
TypeScript engineers who use the type system as a design tool.
Types are only worth the cost when they encode real invariants. We place engineers who know the difference between typing and annotating.
Quick Answer
Updated August 22, 2026
What does it cost to hire a TypeScript developer?
A senior TypeScript developer from India costs $32–$45 per hour, about ₹3.5–5 lakh per month on a dedicated engagement. TypeScript is not really a separate hire from React or Node — it is the language most of our engineers already work in. The distinct reason to search for it is usually a strict-mode migration or an end-to-end type-safety project, and both are worth staffing senior.
Senior hourly rate
$32 – $45
Common engagement
Strict-mode migration
Time to start
5 – 10 working days
Best for
- JavaScript codebases being migrated to TypeScript incrementally
- Teams that want shared types across the client and server boundary
- Products where runtime type errors are reaching production
Not best for
- Very small scripts where the type overhead is not repaid
- Teams unwilling to keep strictness on once it is enabled
- Codebases with no tests, where types alone will not save you
Rate Card
What does it cost to hire typescript developers?
TypeScript work prices at the standard web band. Strict-mode migrations are usually better scoped as a fixed-price project, because the work has a measurable end state.
| Level | Experience | Monthly (INR) | Hourly (USD) | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mid-level | 3–5 years | ₹2,20,000 – ₹3,20,000 | $22 – $32 | Feature delivery inside an existing codebase and review structure |
| Senior | 5–8 years | ₹3,50,000 – ₹5,00,000 | $32 – $45 | Owning a module end to end, setting patterns, reviewing others |
| Lead / architect | 8+ years | ₹5,00,000 – ₹6,50,000 | $45 – $60 | Architecture, delivery sequencing, and technical accountability |
Rates are for dedicated engagements with at least four hours of daily overlap with your working hours. Longer commitments reduce the rate; more overlap increases it.
Capability
What our typescript developers actually do
- Incremental JavaScript to TypeScript migration without freezing the roadmap
- Strict-mode adoption file by file, with the error count trending down every week
- Generics and conditional types used where they earn their complexity
- Runtime validation with Zod at the boundaries, so types match reality
- Shared type packages between front end, backend, and mobile clients
- Type-safe database access with Prisma or Drizzle rather than hand-written casts
Working stack
We staff for the stack you already run wherever we can. Where we think a different choice would serve you better, we will say so once — with the reasoning — and then work in yours.
Common Engagements
What teams usually hire TypeScript engineers for
Strict-mode migration
Turning on strict TypeScript in an existing codebase file by file, with CI preventing new violations while the backlog shrinks.
Shared contracts across clients
One source of truth for API types consumed by web, mobile, and internal tools, so a breaking change fails the build rather than production.
Runtime validation at the edges
Zod schemas on every external input, so the type system reflects what actually arrives rather than what you hoped would.
Rescuing an any-heavy codebase
Removing escape hatches in the order that reduces real risk, rather than chasing a zero-any count for its own sake.
Vetting
How we decide who is good enough to place
Vetting is the entire value of hiring through an agency rather than a marketplace. If we are not rejecting most applicants, we are not doing the job you are paying for.
Step 1
Technical interview
A senior engineer from our team runs the interview. Not a recruiter with a checklist, and not an automated coding test.
Step 2
Practical exercise
A task close to the work you are actually hiring for, reviewed the way we would review a pull request.
Step 3
Reference and delivery check
We ask what they shipped recently, who reviewed it, and what went wrong on it. The last question is the useful one.
Step 4
Fit call with you
You speak to the engineer before committing. If the fit is wrong at that point, nothing has been signed.
Comparison
Typing a codebase properly vs annotating it
A codebase can be fully TypeScript and still catch nothing. The difference is whether the types encode invariants.
With SoftwareCrafting
- Strict mode as the target, with a dated plan to get there
- Runtime validation at every boundary so types are not a polite fiction
- Types that make invalid states unrepresentable, not just labelled
- CI that blocks new any and new violations while the backlog drains
Typical alternative
- any sprinkled wherever the compiler complains
- Strict mode permanently disabled after one difficult afternoon
- External API responses typed by assumption and never validated
- Types treated as documentation rather than as constraints
Engagement Models
Four ways to work with us, and when each one fits
Dedicated seat
One engineer working full time inside your team, your repo, and your process. Monthly rolling, two weeks notice.
Ongoing roadmap work with no defined end date
Part-time seat
From roughly 20 hours a week. Below that, context reloading eats most of the value, and we will say so.
Specialist input alongside an existing team
Fixed-scope project
A defined deliverable at an agreed price. Only where scope is genuinely clear enough to fix without a change-request cycle.
Migrations, audits, and well-specified builds
Delivery pod
Three to four people including QA and a named delivery owner accountable for the sprint outcome.
Whole product areas you want owned end to end
What you get either way
- You interview the engineer before anything is signed
- Replacement at our cost if the fit is wrong in the first two weeks
- IP assignment and NDA signed before technical access is granted
- Code committed to your repository, under your organisation, from day one
- Monthly rolling contract — two weeks notice, no annual lock-in
Quick Brief
Start the conversation here
Tell us the role, the stack, and when you need someone. We will come back with availability and a rate.
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What do you need help with?
Proof
Products we have shipped with TypeScript
FAQ
Questions buyers ask before hiring TypeScript engineers
How much does it cost to hire a TypeScript developer?
The same band as React and Node.js: $22–$32 per hour mid-level and $32–$45 per hour senior from India. TypeScript is a language skill our engineers already have rather than a separate, more expensive specialism.
Can you migrate our JavaScript codebase to TypeScript?
Yes, incrementally. Both compile in the same project, so we convert module by module in priority order while features keep shipping. A mid-sized codebase typically takes six to twelve weeks alongside normal delivery.
Should we enable strict mode?
Yes, eventually — most of TypeScript’s value is behind it. Turn it on for new files immediately and migrate the rest on a schedule. Enabling it everywhere at once in a large codebase produces an error count nobody ever gets through.
Do types replace tests?
No. Types eliminate a category of error; tests verify behaviour. A codebase with perfect types and no tests still ships wrong logic confidently. We do both.
Can you share types between our web and mobile apps?
Yes — a shared package or a generated client, so a change to an API contract breaks the build in every consumer instead of failing silently at runtime in one of them.
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