Hire TypeScript Developers
TypeScript is not a framework, and nobody hires a TypeScript developer for its own sake. They hire one because a JavaScript codebase has grown past the point where people can remember what each function expects. Types move that knowledge out of heads and into the compiler, and the skill lies in doing so without stopping delivery.
Our developers write TypeScript on both sides of the network, in the browser and in Node.js, which is why the role is priced as full-stack. They work in your repository under your direction. We employ them and arrange cover.
Jobs for a TypeScript developer
The language turns up in browsers, servers and build scripts, so the work is varied. These six come up most.
JavaScript to TypeScript migration
Turning on allowJs, converting files from the leaves of the dependency graph inward, and tightening compiler options in stages. The application keeps shipping throughout. Renaming a file and typing everything as any does not count as converting it.
Turning on strict mode
Enabling strict and its null checks in a project that has avoided them, then working through the errors area by area. Many of them are real bugs waiting for the right input.
Types shared between server and client
One definition of each request and response, generated from an OpenAPI or GraphQL schema or inferred through a typed RPC layer, so a renamed field breaks the build and not the customer.
Validation at the edges
Types vanish at runtime, so data from forms, APIs and environment variables is parsed with a schema library before the remaining code may trust it.
Node.js services
APIs and workers in NestJS, Fastify or Express, with typed database access, structured logging and graceful shutdown. Compiled for production, not run through a development loader.
Monorepos and build times
Workspaces with shared packages, project references and incremental builds, so that type-checking a change takes seconds. Includes finding the one recursive type that slows the editor for everyone.
Tools that go with TypeScript
The compiler is one part. Linting, runtime validation and the frameworks on either side make up the remainder.
- Language & runtime
- TypeScriptNode.jsDenoBun
- Front end
- ReactAngularVue.jsNext.jsSvelte
- Back end
- NestJSFastifyExpresstRPCGraphQL
- Data & validation
- PrismaDrizzle ORMTypeORMZodPostgreSQLMongoDB
- Quality
- typescript-eslintPrettierVitestJestPlaywright
- Workspace
- pnpmNxTurborepoViteesbuildGitHub Actions
TypeScript skill levels in practice
Writing types that compile is easy. Writing types that prevent mistakes without making the code unreadable is where experience counts.
Junior
Annotates functions and components, uses interfaces and unions, and fixes compiler errors without reaching for any. Works inside structures that others have defined.
Choose when: your codebase is already typed and is reviewed by someone experienced.
Mid-level
Designs the types for a feature, uses generics and discriminated unions where they help, and adds runtime validation at the boundaries. Can convert a JavaScript module together with its tests.
Choose when: you need features delivered in an established TypeScript project.
Senior
Plans a migration, sets compiler and lint rules, structures a monorepo and decides how types cross the network. Knows when a clever type is a liability and writes the plain one.
Choose when: you are converting a large codebase or setting standards for several developers.
How work with a TypeScript developer gets under way
Explain where the code stands
JavaScript or partly typed, which frameworks, how large, and where you want to get to. The tsconfig file and the error count under strict mode are useful to send.
Speak to the proposed developer
We name one engineer and you hold the conversation with them. Should you want an alternative, we offer one.
A first contained change
For instance one module converted, or one endpoint typed from database to response. Enough to see how they reason.
Ongoing routine
Tasks sit in your system. A weekly written report covers completed and blocked items. Billing is monthly, in one invoice.
What TypeScript developers are charged at
Our rates are published. Pick the role and move the sliders for an indicative budget.
Rate card
| Role | Hourly | Monthly* |
|---|---|---|
| Frontend / WordPress | AED 110 | AED 17,600 |
| Backend / API | AED 118 | AED 18,880 |
| Full-stack | AED 129 | AED 20,640 |
| Mobile (React Native / Flutter) | AED 129 | AED 20,640 |
| DevOps / Cloud | AED 147 | AED 23,520 |
| AI / Automation engineer | AED 165 | AED 26,400 |
| QA / Test engineer | AED 92 | AED 14,720 |
| UI / UX design | AED 103 | AED 16,480 |
*160 hrs/month full-time. Rates are indicative for planning, in UAE dirhams (converted from our US-dollar rates at the fixed peg of 3.6725), before VAT where applicable, and depend on seniority, contract length and timezone overlap. Longer engagements and multi-role teams are discounted — ask.
Is hiring for TypeScript the right move?
We are a good choice when
- Your JavaScript codebase produces bugs that a type checker would have caught.
- You run Node.js services and a web front end and want the same types across both.
- Your team is new to TypeScript and wants someone who sets the conventions by example.
- You need more developers on a typed codebase that is already in production.
Look elsewhere when
- The script is two hundred lines and rarely changes. Types will not repay the effort.
- You want types added but no behaviour touched, ever. Strict checking exposes bugs that need decisions.
- On-site attendance is a condition.
- The task is a one-off of a few hours.
TypeScript: frequent questions
Does the application have to stop while it is converted?
No. TypeScript and JavaScript files can live in the same project, so conversion happens file by file alongside normal feature work.
Will TypeScript make our application faster?
Not at runtime. The types are removed when the code is compiled. The gain is fewer defects reaching production and safer refactoring, because the compiler lists every place a change affects.
How do you treat any?
As a debt to be recorded. We prefer unknown with a check. Where any is unavoidable, for example around an untyped library, it is confined to one file and wrapped in a typed function.
Do types replace input validation?
No. Types describe what the code expects, not what actually arrives. Anything from outside the program is validated at runtime, and the static type is derived from that same schema so the two cannot disagree.
Is the code ours?
Yes. It is committed to your repository, and the agreement signed at the outset records that the work product and its rights are yours.
What if we need to pause or stop?
Engagements are monthly. Give notice before the following month begins and the developer closes or hands over what is open, with notes.
Tell us where your codebase stands
Let us know what the software does, how much of it is typed today, and which frameworks are involved. That is enough for a first answer. We reply within one business day.