> A development pod for companies in the UAE: developers with QA and DevOps in your repositories, from Cairo. About $9,420 a month, all in, for four. > > Web page: https://www.growaxis.net/services/software-development-pod-uae Pods · Software development # A development pod for companies in the UAE. It ships as a team. GrowAxis gives companies in the UAE a software development pod from Cairo: developers with QA and DevOps who take features from ticket to release in your repositories, with the pipeline and test routine set up. Cairo is two hours behind Dubai in winter and one hour behind in summer, so the working day overlaps by six to seven hours. A pod of two full-stack developers, a QA engineer and a DevOps engineer costs about $9,420 a month, all in, at GrowAxis’s 2026 rates. [How GrowAI works](https://www.growaxis.net/engines/growai) ## What a development pod costs GrowAxis’s 2026 all-in rate for each role. Change the roles, levels and numbers to shape your pod. __GrowAxis all-in monthly rate per role__ | Role | People | All-in rate a person, a month | | ----------------------------------- | ------ | ----------------------------- | | Mid-level full-stack developer | 2 | USD 2,300 | | Mid-level QA engineer | 1 | USD 2,100 | | Mid-level DevOps and cloud engineer | 1 | USD 2,720 | A month, 4 people USD 9,420 A year USD 113,040 People 4 What the rate includes - All in: pay, Egypt’s social insurance and salary tax handling, equipment and management, from $1,500 a month per person. - Rates differ by role and level; the free 30-minute growth assessment sets the scope, and the proposal after it confirms the price before anything starts. - Not tax or legal advice. Built for founders who… - …need a team that ships, not single developers to manage - …want QA and DevOps built in, not added later - …want the code, the pipeline and the knowledge to stay with you ## What comes with a development pod 1. ### Developers Backend, frontend, full-stack or mobile, working your tickets in your sprints. 2. ### QA Test plans, automated tests and release checks, so quality is part of the pod. 3. ### DevOps and cloud CI/CD, environments, monitoring and cloud costs, kept in order. 4. ### Your repositories and pipeline GitHub, GitLab or Bitbucket, with code review and branch rules set up. 5. ### A delivery rhythm Planning, demos and retrospectives with you, sprint after sprint. 6. ### Employment and HR GrowAxis employs the pod in Egypt and handles payroll, equipment and reviews. You direct the work. __Three ways to add engineering capacity__ | Aspect | Freelancers | A software agency | A GrowAxis pod | | -------------------- | -------------------- | ------------------------------- | --------------------------------- | | Who directs the work | You | The agency | You | | Where the code lives | Agreed per job | Often the agency’s repositories | Your repositories | | Team continuity | One person at a time | The agency’s staffing | A fixed pod, employed by GrowAxis | | How it is billed | By the hour | By the project | Per person per month | ## A pod for the UAE: hours and data Hours Cairo is two hours behind Dubai in winter and one hour behind in summer, so the working day overlaps by six to seven hours. Data Where the pod reaches personal data, the contract follows the transfer rules of the UAE’s data protection law. Employment GrowAxis employs the pod under Egypt’s Labour Law 14 of 2025; the code and the IP are yours by contract. Sources: [timeanddate: clock changes in 2026](https://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/egypt?year=2026); [Andersen Egypt: Labour Law No. 14 of 2025](https://eg.andersen.com/egypts-labour-law-14-2025/). A summary for planning, not legal advice. ## A team that ships, in your repositories. We agree the roadmap and the roles, and you meet the people we put forward. The pod joins your repositories, tools and ceremonies, sets up the pipeline and test routine it needs, and ships in your sprints. GrowAxis employs it and reviews performance with you every month. 1. Discovery call 2. Roadmap and roles agreed 3. You meet the pod 4. Onboarded into your repositories 5. Reviewed every sprint Measured by - Features shipped - Cycle time - Escaped defects - Deployment frequency - Cost per sprint Related - [GrowAI: automate, act, predict](https://www.growaxis.net/engines/growai) - [Software development pod](https://www.growaxis.net/services/software-development-pod) - [Software development pod for Saudi Arabia](https://www.growaxis.net/services/software-development-pod-saudi-arabia) - [Software development pod for the Netherlands and Belgium](https://www.growaxis.net/services/software-development-pod-netherlands-belgium) - [Software development pod for Germany](https://www.growaxis.net/services/software-development-pod-germany) - [Software development teams in Egypt](https://www.growaxis.net/services/software-development-team-egypt) - [Read: What it costs to hire a software developer in Egypt in 2026](https://www.growaxis.net/insights/cost-of-hiring-developers-egypt-2026) - [Read: Onboarding an offshore developer: the first two weeks](https://www.growaxis.net/insights/onboarding-an-offshore-developer) - [Read: Software developers in Egypt: an embedded team or an outsourcing agency?](https://www.growaxis.net/insights/software-developers-in-egypt-embedded-or-outsourced) ## Software development pod for the UAE: what founders ask first. - ### What is a software development pod? A small cross-functional team, developers with QA and DevOps, that takes features from ticket to release as a unit, in your repositories and your sprints. - ### How much does a development pod cost? A pod of two full-stack developers, a QA engineer and a DevOps engineer costs about $9,420 a month, all in, at GrowAxis’s 2026 rates. Each role can be changed in the calculator on this page. - ### Who owns the code? You. The pod works in your repositories, and the contract gives you the code and the IP. - ### What hours does the pod work? Cairo is two hours behind Dubai in winter and one hour behind in summer, so the working day overlaps by six to seven hours. - ### Do we need a company in Egypt? No. GrowAxis employs the pod in Egypt under its Labour Law 14 of 2025, so you need no entity, bank account or payroll there. - ### Does the pod need GrowAI? No. It builds your product on its own. With GrowAI it also builds and runs AI agents and automation on your company data. ## Plan your development pod. 30 minutes. We look at your roadmap and your stack, then propose the pod and what it costs. The pod builds on its own in your repositories, or with GrowAI, the AI engine, building and running AI agents and automation on your company data. [Discover GrowAI](https://www.growaxis.net/engines/growai) 30 minutes · Free · No pitch --- ## Contact GrowAxis - Email: contact@growaxis.net - Phone: +32 492 41 3612, +20 106 168 3566 - Offices: Uxbridge, United Kingdom & Cairo, Egypt - Profiles: https://www.linkedin.com/company/growaxis, https://www.instagram.com/growaxiss/, https://clutch.co/profile/growaxis, https://www.goodfirms.co/company/growaxis, https://www.sortlist.com/agency/growaxis, https://www.trustpilot.com/review/growaxis.net - The first step is a free 30-minute growth assessment: https://www.growaxis.net/#assessment