Build Your Engineering GCC in India,
AI-Driven, Senior-Only, Operational in Weeks

A Global Capability Center is a wholly-owned or managed entity that runs engineering, operations, or innovation functions for a parent company. Unlike outsourcing, where a third-party vendor owns the delivery relationship and the team, a GCC gives you direct ownership of your engineers, your code, your processes, and your culture. The engineers report to your product leadership, work in your tools, and are accountable to your delivery targets, not to a vendor SLA. Devlyn's GCC model starts with a managed structure for speed and compliance, with a clear path to full captive ownership when you are ready.

A Devlyn-managed pilot GCC is operational in 2 weeks using an Employer of Record (EOR) model, no India entity required. A Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) engagement with full entity registration takes 8–16 weeks from kick-off to first engineering hire. A traditional captive entity setup runs 16–24 weeks. Most companies start with the managed pilot to validate the model before committing to entity setup, which runs in parallel.

A 10-person senior engineering GCC managed by Devlyn starts at approximately $300K–$500K annually, including salaries, EOR fees, equipment, and HR operations. A 50-person GCC runs $1.5M–$2.5M annually. A 200-person GCC runs $6M–$10M annually. Total operating costs per senior engineer range from $25K–$80K per year depending on specialization and city, 40–60% below comparable US hiring costs. Devlyn provides transparent cost breakdowns on the strategy call before you commit to anything.

A Managed GCC means Devlyn handles employment, payroll, compliance, and operations; you direct the engineering work. You get speed and zero administrative overhead, with no need for an India entity. A Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) model means Devlyn builds your entity, hires the team, runs operations, and transfers full ownership to you at a defined milestone, typically 12–24 months. A Captive model means you register your own India entity from day one and own operations directly; Devlyn provides advisory, hiring, and AI delivery model setup. Most companies start Managed, then transition to BOT or Captive as they scale.

Bengaluru for AI, SaaS, cloud infrastructure, and deep product engineering. Highest talent ceiling, highest salaries, highest attrition. Hyderabad for fintech, data analytics, and BFSI technology. 10–15% lower costs, lower attrition, stable engineering ecosystem. Pune for R&D engineering, embedded systems, and manufacturing technology. Chennai for logistics, automotive, and operations engineering. On the strategy call, Devlyn recommends a city based on your specific engineering function, cost targets, and talent requirements.

Every engineer Devlyn sources for your GCC goes through a multi-stage vetting process: technical screening, architecture-level interviews, past project review, and a live coding or system design assessment. Our senior-only floor is 5–10+ years of hands-on production experience in the relevant domain, not seniority by title. We reject candidates who pass junior tests with senior titles. You interview every engineer directly before onboarding. If a hire does not meet your senior bar, we replace at no cost.

From their first week, your GCC engineers are set up with AI-assisted development tools for code scaffolding, test generation, documentation, feature prototyping, and pipeline design. Every AI output is reviewed by the senior engineer responsible for that code or system before it is committed or deployed. The result is an engineering team that moves significantly faster than a traditionally built GCC, without compromising on architecture quality or production safety. AI accelerates throughput; senior judgment governs every production decision.

Devlyn builds the managed GCC with captive transition in mind from day one. Your engineers are employed under India-compliant contracts with IP ownership vesting directly in your parent company. When you are ready to register your India entity, Devlyn manages the transfer of employment contracts, statutory registrations, payroll systems, and operations, with zero re-hiring or team disruption. Your engineers keep shipping throughout the transition. The captive transfer is a change in operating model, not a team rebuild.