Hire Claude Code developers
Hire a Claude Code developer who ships your issues as reviewed pull requests
One engineer joins your team, works in your repo and runs Claude Code on your issues. Changes arrive as pull requests your team reviews. From $3K a month. No long-term contracts.
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From $3K a month for one engineer.
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Quick answer
AY Automate places Claude Code developers inside client teams. Typical timeline: engineers are live in 10 days from request. From $3K a month for one engineer.
How the work runs
From an issue to a reviewed pull request
The loop the engineer runs in your repo. Claude Code does the typing. Your team still reviews and merges.
Step 1
Issue
A ticket in your tracker, scoped with your team.
Step 2
Claude Code session
The engineer runs Claude Code in your repo against that issue, with skills, hooks and MCP set up for your stack.
Step 3
Pull request
The change arrives as a normal pull request on your branch.
Step 4
Review
Your reviewers read it and decide. Nothing merges without them.
Hire or place
Claude Code developer: placement against a US in-house hire
Figures are the ones published on our hire AI developers page. They compare one placed engineer with one US in-house engineer.
| Criteria | AY Automate placement | US in-house hire |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | From $3K a month (starting price, your quote may be higher) | $150,000+ a year |
| Employer taxes and benefits | $0 | ~$30,000 |
| Recruitment cost | $0 | $20,000-$40,000 |
| Time to start | Live in 10 days | 3-6 months |
| Fit risk | 90-day replacement guarantee | Yours to manage |
AY Automate placement
- Cost
- From $3K a month (starting price, your quote may be higher)
- Employer taxes and benefits
- $0
- Recruitment cost
- $0
- Time to start
- Live in 10 days
- Fit risk
- 90-day replacement guarantee
US in-house hire
- Cost
- $150,000+ a year
- Employer taxes and benefits
- ~$30,000
- Recruitment cost
- $20,000-$40,000
- Time to start
- 3-6 months
- Fit risk
- Yours to manage
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What it is
What a Claude Code developer does for your team
A Claude Code developer uses Claude Code as the main way to build, and directs coding agents the way a lead directs a small team. The skill that matters is how they brief, review and test agent output, because that is where a small team's output comes from.
Our engineers work with Claude Code and coding agents every day. The working stack is Claude Code for subagents, hooks and MCP, the Anthropic SDK for managed agents and runtime, Cursor for pairing with agents in the IDE, n8n for cron and webhooks, and E2B for sandboxed compute behind tool calls.
From $3K a month for one engineer. That is the starting price, so your quote may be higher. No long-term contracts. If the fit is wrong in the first 90 days, we replace the engineer at no extra cost. Engineers are live in 10 days from request.
This page is for hiring one engineer who stays. If you want Claude Code set up for your own team, or your engineers trained on it, the consulting and training pages below fit better.
Compare before you decide
Pick by what you need. A placement gives you one engineer who stays. The other Claude Code services deliver something different.
Comparing options before you commit? how to hire Claude Code developers.
Fit check
Is this the right fit?
Where this wins
Teams that want Claude Code output without hiring a team
One engineer directs the agents, reviews their work and owns the result in your repo.
Product teams that need MCP connections built
Your tools connected to Claude Code through MCP, with permissions that fit how your team works.
Founders who need a build lead
Architecture through to a working product, with an engineer who stays after the first release.
When NOT to use this
- You want your own engineers trained on Claude Code. See Claude Code training instead.
- You want Claude Code set up on your stack by a team and then handed back. Claude consulting covers that.
- You want a review of how Claude Code touches your repos and secrets, with no build attached. See the Claude Code security audit.
- You need one small script. A monthly placement is built for ongoing work.
How it works
How the placement runs
Four steps, taken from our engineer placement process.
- 01
Requirement analysis
1-2 daysWe map your tech stack, the gap you are filling, and how the engineer fits your team.
DeliverableA written role brief
- 02
Team matching
1-2 daysWe match you with the engineer whose stack and experience fit your requirements.
DeliverableThe matched engineer
- 03
Deal closure
1 dayOnce terms are set, we place the matched engineer without a separate interview loop.
DeliverableAgreed terms
- 04
Placement and integration
Onboarding into your sprint, with a 90-day window to confirm fit.
DeliverableAn engineer working in your repo
Typical timeline
Engineers are live in 10 days from request
Stack we build with
Claude Code · Anthropic SDK · MCP · Cursor · n8n · E2B · TypeScript · Python
Tell us what the first sprint should ship
Share the repo stack and the first job. We come back with a match and a plan.
Use cases
What a placed Claude Code developer works on
Claude Code on your repo
Skills, hooks and review rules so agent output is checked before it ships.
MCP connectors
Your internal tools made available to Claude Code, with permissions you control.
Agents in production
Agents and automation built to your backlog, monitored, and kept running.
Scope
What your Claude Code developer owns
In scope
- Claude Code setup on your repo: skills, hooks, review rules and permissions
- MCP connections to the tools your team uses
- Agents and automation built to your backlog and run in production
- A review loop on agent output before it reaches production
Not in scope
- Legal or regulatory sign-off on Claude use, which stays with your counsel
- Day-to-day management of your engineer, which stays with you
- Work with no named owner on your side
Results
What clients say
Verbatim quotes from video testimonials.
I'm partnering with Walid and his team across every enterprise company I work with. They are basically the best wrapper of Claude Code.
Fantastic and quite hassle-free. Watch the end-of-day review, give a couple of points of feedback, and it would be fixed the next day.
Pricing
What it costs
From $3K a month for one engineer. Starting price, your quote may be higher. We publish no team price, so a quote for several engineers comes after a call.
Starting price, one engineer
From $3K a month
Starting price, your quote may be higher. One engineer, full time in your sprint. No long-term contracts. If the fit is wrong in the first 90 days, we replace the engineer at no extra cost.
More than one engineer
Quoted after a call
The Golden Offer covers one to five engineers across roles. Scope and price are agreed on the kickoff call.
Next step
Describe the stack and the first job
Book a free call. From $3K a month, no long-term contracts, 90-day replacement guarantee.
Book a free callFree 30-min call. No pitch, no slides.
Free automation audit
Find what to automate first, and how AI sees you
We read your homepage, detect your tools, and check your Google rankings and AI Overview. You get a score out of 100. Add a work email to unlock automation opportunities matched to your stack.
Use Claude Code, Cursor or Codex? Paste this into your agent
Fetch https://www.ayautomate.com/SKILL.md and follow it: read my repo or website, pick the 2 to 3 manual loops worth automating first, and give me the booking link.
Bring your hiring goal, leave with a plan
- We look at the role you need and the systems it touches.
- You hear who we would place and what the first weeks look like.
- A straight answer on fit, even if it is not us.
How it works
- 01Requirement analysis. We map your tech stack, the gap you are filling, and how the engineer fits your team.
- 02Team matching. We match you with the engineer whose stack and experience fit your requirements.
- 03Deal closure. Once terms are set, we place the matched engineer without a separate interview loop.
- 04Placement and integration. Onboarding into your sprint, with a 90-day window to confirm fit.
“The team is super fast - sometimes we had to slow them down. We managed to scale the company without investing into hiring.”
Elie Salame
COO, Adstronaut.io
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FAQ
Hiring a Claude Code developer
What does a Claude Code developer do?+
They build software with Claude Code as the main tool and direct coding agents. They set up skills, hooks, review rules and MCP connections on your stack, and they review and test what the agents produce.
How much does it cost to hire a Claude Code developer?+
From $3K a month for one engineer. That is the starting price, so your quote may be higher once we know the access and systems involved. We publish no team price, so a quote for several engineers comes after a call.
How fast can I start?+
Engineers are live in 10 days from request. A comparable US in-house hire takes 3-6 months to start.
Is there a long-term contract?+
No. No long-term contracts. If the fit is wrong in the first 90 days, we replace the engineer at no extra cost.
Should I hire a Claude Code developer or buy Claude consulting?+
Hire a developer when you want one engineer who stays and works from your backlog. Choose Claude consulting when you want Claude Code set up on your stack and your own team to run it afterwards.
Where can I read how to evaluate a Claude Code developer first?+
Our guide to hiring Claude Code developers covers cost, hiring paths and the questions that filter candidates. Our forward deployed engineer guide covers the FDE route.
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