Xpertsoft
How we work

How we make a nearshore team work like your own.

The location is the easy part. What makes nearshore deliver is selection, integration and governance. This is how we run it, and how you keep control.

You keep controlEmbedded in your processGovernance and reportingEU and GDPR-aligned
Xpertsoft engineers at work in the Lisbon studio
Operating model

Four things that make nearshore deliver.

Most nearshore disappointment is not about the country. It is about everything around the engineers. We run four things deliberately.

Pillar 01

Selection.

The right people for the work, matched on stack, seniority and context. Not CV volume.

Matched to the worknotCV volume
Pillar 02

Integration.

Engineers inside your process, using your tools and rituals. Contributing, not observing.

ContributingnotObserving
Pillar 03

Governance.

Visibility, regular reporting and a named lead, so you always know where delivery stands.

Always visiblenotA black box
Pillar 04

Control.

You keep direction and technical leadership. We provide the capacity and run the team where the model calls for it.

You keep directionnotOutsourced control
How we run it

Four pillars. One loop.

Selection, integration, governance and control are not separate promises — they are the same loop, running every cycle.

  • Selection

    Matched to the work, not CV volume — you interview and approve every hire.

    How we screen for AI-assisted work
  • Integration

    Inside your tools, repos and rituals, contributing from week one.

  • Governance

    Weekly reporting, shared backlog visibility and a named lead.

  • Control

    You keep direction; capacity flexes up or down with the roadmap.

    Compare the three models

The same loop, every cycle — not four separate promises.

Quality and security

Quality, security and IP.

The guarantees around the code, not just the code itself — your standards, your controls, your IP.

Quality

Your definition of done and review standards, applied consistently. QA and testing are built into delivery, not bolted on at the end.

EU · GDPR-aligned

Security

Engineers work under your access controls and security policy, in an EU and GDPR-aligned environment.

Contracts & NDAs

IP

Clear contracts and NDAs. The work, and the IP in it, is yours.

FAQ

Questions about how we work.

How quickly do engineers become productive?

Onboarding is built to get people contributing quickly, into your tools and rituals. How fast depends on the complexity of your stack and domain.

How do we keep visibility?

A reporting cadence that matches yours, a named lead, and your own tools and board. Nothing happens in a place you cannot see.

Who do we talk to day-to-day?

Your team works directly with the engineers, with a named lead as the single point of contact for delivery and escalation.

How do you handle quality?

Your definition of done and review standards, applied consistently, with QA and testing built in.

How do you handle security and IP?

Your access controls and security policy, NDAs and clear contracts, in an EU and GDPR-aligned environment.

What happens if priorities change?

Capacity adjusts. That is the point of the model.