Skills
What our Heroku developers know
We put forward developers with production Heroku experience, and you interview them before they join your team.
- Dynos, Procfile and buildpacks
- Heroku Postgres and Redis
- Pipelines and review apps
- Add-ons and config vars
- Stack and dependency upgrades
- Migrations to Render, Railway, AWS or GCP
Roles
Who you can hire
Backend developer
Maintains and extends the app running on Heroku.
DevOps developer
Sizes dynos, tidies add-ons and plans migrations.
Data developer
Looks after Heroku Postgres and moves it safely.
Engagement
Ways to work with us
Dedicated developer
A full-time developer on your project: 160 hours a month, your tools, your standups.
Part-time or hourly
Hours when you need them, for a defined backlog or ongoing improvements, with every billed hour tracked in Hubstaff.
A small team
Developers plus a lead who plans the work, reviews code and sends daily or weekly reports by email.
Hiring terms
Low risk to start, easy to change
2-week trial
Start with a two-week trial before you commit.
Free replacement
If a developer isn’t the right fit, we replace them at no cost.
No minimum term
No long-term contract and no minimum hours. Scale up, down or stop when you need to.
You own the code
The code and IP are yours, and we sign an NDA before we see your codebase.
Full-time Widle employees
Every developer is on our team in Ahmedabad. No freelancers, no subcontractors.
Start in 1–2 weeks
A developer usually joins your team within one to two weeks of your enquiry.
Junior to lead
Junior, mid-level and senior developers, or a lead who plans the work and reviews code.
Hours that fit yours
Our day runs 9:00 am–7:00 pm IST; for US teams we shift hours to overlap with yours.
How it works
Hire Heroku developers in four steps
- 01
Enquiry
Share your requirements: stack, scope, time zone and how many developers you need.
- 02
Shortlist profiles
We share the profiles of suitable developers for you to shortlist.
- 03
Interview
Your team interviews the shortlisted candidates and picks who to work with.
- 04
Add to team
The developer joins your team and starts on your project, with reporting from day one.
Vetting
How we vet Heroku developers
A few of the questions we ask, and what a good answer tells us. Use them in your own interview too.
- Q1
How would you find why a Heroku app is slow?
Checks debugging habits.
- Q2
How would you move Heroku Postgres to a new host?
Tests migration planning.
- Q3
What would you check before switching DNS to a new host?
Looks for a careful cut-over.
Heroku at Widle
What we build with Heroku
Database Migration & Management
Move off MySQL, Airtable or Sheets to PostgreSQL or Supabase with every row checked, then keep it fast, backed up and documented.
Learn more →Customer & Partner Portals
One secure place for clients, vendors and partners to onboard, share documents, check status and pay, instead of chasing you by email.
Learn more →Hiring Heroku developers: FAQs
Can they move us off Heroku?
Yes. To Render, Railway, AWS or Google Cloud, tested on a copy first, with Heroku kept ready as a fallback.
Can they just maintain our Heroku app?
Yes. Upgrades, fixes and new features, with no need to move.
Can we hire hourly?
Yes. Hourly engagements suit an audit, an upgrade or a migration.