From First Match to Lasting Partnership
How Blueprint builds long-term teams through retention and buyouts.
Beatport, Homer, Sondermind
Many growing companies struggle with high turnover among contract or temporary staff. Short-term engagements create instability, forcing teams to repeatedly onboard new developers and slowing progress.
Beatport, Homer, and Sondermind each needed engineers who could integrate with their teams, stay long enough to contribute meaningfully, and eventually grow into full-time roles once the fit was proven. Traditional hiring paths were too slow and the cost of mis-hires too high, making it essential to find a partner who could deliver both immediate impact and long-term retention.
Why Blueprint
Prioritizes retention from the start to ensure long-term client stability
Screens every engineer through senior engineers and CTOs, with fewer than 5% passing
Evaluates both technical skill and ownership mindset for strong cultural alignment
Compensates developers fairly and treats them as long-term partners to reduce churn
Across Blueprint’s clients, engineer retention averaged 94% and client renewal reached 86%, proving the stability and trust that scaling engineering teams rely on.
Actions That Drove The Outcome
Blueprint/Long Term Teams
Built for long-term partnership Beatport has partnered with Blueprint for 5+ years, with developers becoming an integral part of their team.
Earned trust through sustained delivery
Homer partnered with Blueprint for ~3 years, extending beyond initial needs and expanding scope over time.
Validated contract-to-hire outcomes
Sondermind has partnered with Blueprint for 4+ years, converting multiple engineers to full-time employees.
Proven retention and renewal at scale
Across all clients, 94% of Blueprint engineers stay beyond 12 months, and 86% of clients renew contracts or convert engineers to FTEs.
Multi-year partnerships, averaging over 3 years
Proven Partner
Retention
Screen for
Skill & Fit
Flexible Staffing Options
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