Skills
What our MySQL developers know
We put forward developers with production MySQL experience, and you interview them before they join your team.
- Schema and index tuning
- Query optimization
- Stored procedures and views
- Backups and restores
- Reporting queries for BI tools
- Migration to PostgreSQL
Roles
Who you can hire
Database maintainer
Keeps a legacy MySQL database healthy and documented.
Reporting developer
Builds queries and views behind dashboards.
Migration developer
Plans and runs moves to PostgreSQL or Supabase.
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 MySQL 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 MySQL 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 what is slowing the database?
Checks diagnostic approach.
- Q2
How do you change a busy table without locking it?
Tests online schema change knowledge.
- Q3
How do you test a restore?
Checks backup discipline.
- Q4
What changes when moving from MySQL to Postgres?
Tests migration awareness.
MySQL at Widle
What we build with MySQL
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 →ETL & Data Pipelines
Get data out of every app, clean it and land it where your reports and AI can use it. Scheduled, logged and checked.
Learn more →Internal Tools & Admin Panels
Replace the spreadsheet everyone fights over with a dashboard or back office your team actually likes using, built to a fixed-scope estimate.
Learn more →Hiring MySQL developers: FAQs
Have you worked with MySQL in production?
Yes. MySQL was part of the stack we worked on for MaverickRE, alongside PostgreSQL. Read the MaverickRE case study →
Can you work on an old MySQL version?
Yes. We start by documenting what is there and agreeing priorities.
Should we migrate off MySQL?
Not always. We recommend it only when it solves a real problem.
Can the developer build dashboards too?
Yes, including Retool dashboards on top of MySQL.