Founder built and sold two SaaS companies and trains every engineer on the same method

    eLearning software development teams that build for engagement, not just delivery.

    Hire dedicated senior engineers for education software development services from a staffing partner founded by a four-time founder. We place LMS, course-authoring, and assessment engineers in the Philippines who join your team directly. Pre-vetted, full-time, and ready in 7 days.

    $35/hr
    fully loaded, senior
    7 days
    to your first hire
    93%+
    engineer retention
    <3%
    of applicants accepted
    Why teams choose Full Scale
    • Inc. 5000 honoree
      four years running
    • 350+ senior engineers
      on staff, across every stack
    • 200+ companies served
      since 2018
    • 1,000+ engineer placements
      into US software teams
    Trusted by US software companies since 2018
    PMI Rate ProLendingStandardAMC TheatresSOTA CloudNavMDRealquantum
    Inc. 5000 honoree, four years running350+ senior engineers on staff93%+ engineer retentionUnder 3% of applicants acceptedServing US companies since 2018
    Why we're different

    Not a dev shop building it for you. Your eLearning team, building with you.

    Most education software development companies quote you a six- or seven-figure fixed-bid project, build it behind a vendor wall, and hand it back. We staff dedicated senior engineers into your team. You own them, manage them, and keep them.

    The turnkey vendor model

    The big custom-software shops

    • Fixed-bid project, scoped up front, priced in the hundreds of thousands
    • Engineers walled off behind an account manager
    • 30 to 40% overhead for layers you never meet
    • Hand-off at the end, and the knowledge walks out the door

    The Full Scale staff-augmentation model

    Dedicated engineers, embedded in your team

    • $35/hr fully loaded, scale up or down as the roadmap changes
    • Engineers in your standups, Slack, repo, and roadmap
    • No vendor wall and no PM tax, you manage them directly
    • 93%+ retention means the engineers, and the knowledge, stay
    Matt Watson, Full Scale founder and CEO
    Matt Watson
    Founder & CEO, Full Scale
    Co-founded VinSolutions, the #1 CRM in the auto industry ($150M+ exit), and founded Stackify
    Who you're working with

    Built by a founder who has shipped and sold real software

    Full Scale was founded by Matt Watson, a four-time founder and CTO with 20+ years in software engineering. He co-founded VinSolutions, the #1 CRM platform in the auto industry, acquired for around $150 million, and founded Stackify, a developer-tools company he later sold. He also wrote Product Driven, the engineering-leadership method every Full Scale engineer is trained on.

    Full Scale exists because Matt kept hitting the same wall as an operator: good products stall when you can't hire and keep good engineers. That is the problem we solve, and it is why we vet for the senior, product-minded engineers most staffing shops never find.

    Education software development services

    Engineers experienced across the eLearning stack

    We don't sell you a pre-built product. We staff engineers who have shipped learning software before and know where engagement is won or lost.

    Custom LMS software development

    Learning management systems, enrollment and cohort tracking, SCORM and xAPI support, and integrations with the tools your learners already use.

    Course authoring & content

    Authoring tools, content management, multimedia lesson builders, and adaptive learning paths that keep learners moving.

    Live & video learning

    Virtual classrooms, live sessions, video streaming and transcoding, recordings, and interactive in-video prompts.

    Assessments & certification

    Quiz and exam engines, automated grading, proctoring, certificates, and credentialing that hold up to scrutiny.

    Student & admin portals

    Learner dashboards, instructor and admin consoles, role-based access, and self-service onboarding for schools and teams.

    Learning analytics

    Progress tracking, engagement and completion reporting, dropout signals, and dashboards that tell you what's actually working.

    Compliance & security

    Engineers who build for student privacy and accessibility from the start

    Education software touches minors, student records, and learners with disabilities. Our engineers treat privacy and accessibility as architecture decisions, not a checkbox at the end.

    FERPACOPPAWCAG accessibilitySOC 2GDPRData privacyEncryption at rest & in transitAudit loggingRole-based access control
    Proof
    200+ companies
    staffed with senior engineers since 2018, with 93%+ retention

    Ready to build your eLearning team?

    Senior, pre-vetted engineers in your standups in 7 days at $35/hr.

    Roles we staff

    The eLearning specialists on our bench

    Backend engineers

    .NET, Java, Python, Node

    Frontend engineers

    React, Angular, learner UIs

    Mobile (learning apps)

    iOS, Android, Flutter

    Video / streaming

    Transcoding, live sessions

    Data / analytics

    Learning analytics, reporting

    Accessibility / QA

    WCAG, automated testing

    DevOps / SRE

    Azure, AWS, IaC, uptime

    Solutions architects

    System & data design

    Technology

    The eLearning stack our engineers work in

    Backend

    .NETJavaPythonNode.jsGo

    Frontend

    ReactAngularNext.jsTypeScript

    Mobile

    SwiftKotlinFlutterReact Native

    Data

    PostgreSQLSQL ServerKafkaSnowflake

    Cloud & DevOps

    AWSAzureKubernetesTerraform

    Learning & media

    SCORMxAPIWebRTCFFmpeg
    Matt's take

    Why most offshore eLearning teams fail, and how to not be one of them

    The mistake isn't going offshore. It's hiring the cheapest developer you can find and hoping engagement sorts itself out. I call that cheapshoring, and in education software it's how you end up with a course nobody finishes and a rebuild.

    Learning software lives or dies on whether people come back. You need engineers who care that a slow video player or a clunky quiz flow is the reason a learner quits. That's a hiring bar, not a rate, which is the whole reason we accept under 3% of applicants and train every engineer on the Product Driven method.

    How it works

    From call to coding in 7 days

    1. 1Tell us the eLearning roles and stack you need
    2. 2We match pre-vetted engineers from our bench
    3. 3You interview and pick your team
    4. 4They start in your standups, repo, and roadmap
    Transparent, fully-loaded rate
    $35/hr

    Senior engineer, including payroll, HR, benefits, and equipment. No fixed-bid project quote, no surprise overage. Compare that to a six- or seven-figure custom build.

    FAQ

    eLearning Software Development Services, answered

    Do your engineers understand education software requirements?
    Yes. We staff engineers who have built LMS, course, and assessment software and who treat student privacy and accessibility as architecture decisions, not a checkbox.
    Is this a fixed-bid project or a dedicated team?
    A dedicated team. We are a staff augmentation partner, so you get engineers embedded in your team at $35/hr, not a turnkey project quote.
    How fast can an eLearning team start?
    Seven days from the first call to engineers in your standups, drawing from a pre-vetted bench.
    Who owns the code and the IP?
    You do, from day one. Our engineers work in your repositories under your process.

    Build your eLearning engineering team

    Senior, pre-vetted engineers who build for engagement, embedded in your team in 7 days at $35/hr.