Nano and Micro GCCs give companies worldwide their own dedicated offshore engineering center, from a focused pod to a multi-team hub. Forward Deployed Engineers embed with your in-house team while SMI manages the technology and development end to end. You own the roadmap and the IP.
Pick the shape that fits your roadmap. Each runs as a Nano or Micro GCC, delivering offshore software development under your direction.
Product, design, engineering and QA working together from plan to release.
Best for new products, modernization, integrated delivery
Build a cross-functional teamThe same engineers, month after month. Product context stays with you.
Best for long-term platforms and continuous engineering
Build your offshore teamEngineers join your existing team, tools and sprints to close skill gaps.
Best for faster releases, skill gaps, delivery peaks
Build your extended teamWhile your home team is offline, your GCC keeps building. Each morning the work is further along than you left it, so delivery moves forward around the clock.
Shifts are planned around your time zone, whether your team works from the Americas, Europe, the Middle East or Asia-Pacific.
Offshore development services without the setup. You contract with SMI; we handle hiring, payroll, benefits and compliance.
Delivery practices aligned to HIPAA and SOC 2 expectations and your vendor audits.
Keep SMI managing your GCC long term, or take full ownership when you're ready.
Hiring, payroll, HR, workspace, IT, security, compliance, retention and replacements.
Priorities, roadmap, architecture, technical standards, hiring approvals and IP.
SMI started in QA and UI/UX engineering and grew into technology consulting services and global engineering services. Your GCC inherits that practice from the first sprint, run from our global delivery centers.
Forward Deployed EngineersSenior engineers work alongside your in-house team while we manage the technology and development.
Quality engineering built inTest automation runs inside every team.
AI-native deliveryEngineers work with Claude, Copilot and Cursor.
Run on your termsOverlap with your hours, your tools, your sprint cadence, wherever you are.
A Global Capability Center (GCC) is a dedicated offshore team that works only for your company, under your direction. It is also called an offshore development center (ODC), a global delivery center or, for business functions, a global business services (GBS) center. With SMI TechSolutions, your GCC runs as your own team while SMI manages hiring, payroll, IT and compliance.
With IT outsourcing services, the vendor directs the work and people rotate between clients. A GCC is your own dedicated team: it follows your roadmap, stays with you over time and keeps product knowledge and IP inside your business.
Forward Deployed Engineers (FDEs) are senior SMI engineers who work directly alongside your in-house team, in your tools, meetings and workflows. SMI manages the technology and development, so you set the direction without carrying the engineering overhead. FDEs learn your product and priorities, help scope the work and set up your GCC, and act as the link between your team and the offshore engineers. As the GCC becomes self-sufficient, they hand off day-to-day delivery and stay available for complex releases and new initiatives.
Nearshore software development shares more of your workday. An SMI offshore GCC offers planned live overlap with your time zone, a large engineering talent pool and work that continues after your day ends. The right choice depends on how much real-time collaboration the work needs.
A Nano GCC is a focused team of about 5–20 specialists on one product or function. A Micro GCC is a multi-skill center of about 20–100+ people across several workstreams, with dedicated leadership and joint governance.
A cross-functional team is one offshore team that owns a product end to end. A delivery lead works alongside engineers, QA, data and AI specialists, and product design when needed, so planning, building, testing and releasing happen inside one team instead of being handed between vendors. It suits companies that want one team accountable for the outcome. Most cross-functional teams start at around 8–25 people and grow as the product does.
An Extended Scrum Team adds SMI engineers and QA directly to your existing scrum teams. They join your sprint planning, standups, reviews and retros, work from your backlog in your tools, and report to your product owner or engineering manager. It is the fastest way to add velocity without creating a new team structure, typically 3–10 people, and you can scale it up or down sprint by sprint.
In Build-Operate-Manage (BOM), SMI builds your team and keeps managing operations long term. In Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT), SMI builds and stabilizes the team, then transfers it to you on agreed terms.
SMI GCC teams work shifts planned around your time zone, for companies in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific. Most teams get at least 3–4 hours of live overlap each day, with extended overlap available.
No. Your company contracts with SMI TechSolutions, and SMI employs the team and handles payroll, benefits and compliance. With BOT, you can move the team into your own entity later.
Yes. Add an Intelligent Automation pod for RPA, workflows and document processing, or an AI pod for agents, copilots and RAG. Both run alongside your core engineering and QA team.
You do. Your GCC works on your roadmap in your tools, and the code, IP and product knowledge it creates belong to your company.
Tell us what you want to build. A GCC specialist replies with a suggested team shape, overlap plan and next steps.
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