Content modelling and editorial workflows
Collection types, components and dynamic zones, with draft and publish, roles and permissions, and localisation set up for how your editors actually work.
Dedicated Strapi engineers
Hire Strapi Developers for a Headless CMS Editors Love
Engineers who model content properly, write custom plugins and APIs, and run Strapi in production. We build the CMS, the frontend on top of it, or both.
You interview and approve every engineer. First meaningful pull request within 48 hours.
What We Build
What our Strapi developers work on
Headless CMS builds, Strapi 4 to 5 upgrades, custom plugins and the frontend on top.
Strapi 4 to Strapi 5 upgrades
Strapi 5 flattened the API response format and introduced document IDs. We run the upgrade, fix custom code and update every frontend that reads the API.
Custom plugins, APIs and integrations
Custom controllers and services, lifecycle hooks, webhooks, import tools and integrations with search, CRM and email platforms.
Frontends on Strapi
Nuxt, Next.js or mobile apps reading Strapi over REST or GraphQL, with caching and previews that keep pages fast.
Migrations from WordPress and other CMSs
Scripted content and media migration with URL redirects preserved, so you keep your search rankings.
Self-hosting and DevOps
Docker, PostgreSQL, S3-compatible media storage, backups and CI/CD, or a clean setup on Strapi Cloud.
Skills
The Strapi toolkit our engineers work in every day
- Strapi 5
- Strapi 4
- Node.js
- TypeScript
- REST
- GraphQL
- PostgreSQL
- Docker
- Nuxt
- Next.js
- Vue 3
- React
Ways to Work Together
One developer, a team, or your agency's bench
Dedicated developer
Ongoing roadmap
A full-time Strapi engineer assigned only to your project, working in your tools, repos and standups. Billed monthly, with 14 days' notice to scale down.
Sprint team
Launches and big releases
A lead, developers and QA shipping agreed milestones on two-week cycles. Ideal for a product launch or a quarter of heavy delivery.
White-label for agencies
Overflow and specialist work
Engineers who work under your brand and in your repositories, under NDA. You keep the client relationship; we stay invisible.
How Hiring Works
From first call to first pull request
- 01
Discovery call
We learn your codebase, Strapi version, team gaps and goals. Within 24 hours you get a tailored staffing proposal.
- 02
Interview and approve
You interview the engineers we propose and approve every one before they start. We handle first-stage technical vetting.
- 03
Onboard and ship
Access granted, standups joined, codebase reviewed. Our engineers aim for a first meaningful pull request within 48 hours.
Built With Strapi
Our own CMS runs on Strapi 5
The blog and page SEO on netling.digital are managed in a self-hosted Strapi 5 instance that we deploy with Docker. We built a custom import endpoint that converts Markdown into Strapi blocks and reuses Media Library files, so articles go from draft to CMS in minutes.
- Self-hosted Strapi 5 with Docker
- SEO component on every page and article
- Custom Markdown-to-blocks importer
Why Netling
Senior engineers, without the hiring overhead
Since 2008
Over 18 years and 3,000+ projects for startups, enterprises and agencies.
UK and EU overlap
Four to six hours of shared working time with UK and European teams every day.
Free replacement
If an engineer is not the right fit, we replace them without penalty.
Your IP, your repos
NDA and IP assignment from day one. All code lives in your repositories.
FAQ
Hiring Strapi developers: your questions
From the Blog
Reading for integrate projects
Guides and field notes from our engineering team.
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