Hire Backend Developers in Lyon, France: overview
Healthcare, biotech and industrial software. Hire backend developers is one of the engagements local companies ask us for most often.
Backend developers design the APIs, databases, queues and integrations that power your product, and keep them fast, secure and observable in production. Delivered remotely from India with 3.5–4.5 hours of daily overlap with Central European working hours.
Lyon at a glance
Business districts
Most of the activity in Lyon is concentrated in Part-Dieu, Confluence and Gerland. We regularly support companies based in these areas.
Economy and key industries
Healthcare, biotech and industrial software. These sectors drive most of the software demand we see in Lyon.
Talent and universities
Université de Lyon and INSA Lyon. Local teams often pair with our engineers in India to add capacity and specialist skills.
Connectivity and infrastructure
Lyon–Saint-Exupéry Airport. We plan hosting, latency and integrations with this in mind.
Why Lyon companies invest in software
With healthcare, biotech and industrial software, businesses in Lyon face growing pressure to digitise operations, serve customers online and integrate with partners. The most common requests we receive from Lyon are hire backend developers.
Because Lyon draws talent from Université de Lyon and INSA Lyon, many companies here run lean in-house teams and use NNT Software to add product engineering, QA, DevOps or AI skills on demand — with delivery scheduled around CET working hours.
How we would approach a project in Lyon
- Start with the workflows that matter most to healthcare — usually queues & jobs and security.
- Meet stakeholders in Part-Dieu or online for a one-to-two-week discovery workshop.
- Plan hosting and integrations around lyon–Saint-Exupéry Airport and the CET working day.
- Combine your local team — often hired from Université de Lyon — with NNT engineers for design, development and QA.
- Release in two-week sprints and review results with your Lyon team every fortnight.
How Lyon businesses use hire backend developers
Queues & jobs
Background processing and events. Aerospace companies in Lyon usually prioritise this first, tracking progress on overall equipment effectiveness and scrap rate.
Security
Auth, encryption and OWASP practices. Aerospace companies in Lyon usually prioritise this first, tracking progress on overall equipment effectiveness and scrap rate.
Observability
Logging, metrics and tracing. Aerospace companies in Lyon usually prioritise this first, tracking progress on overall equipment effectiveness and scrap rate.
API design
REST and GraphQL APIs with documentation. Aerospace companies in Lyon usually prioritise this first, tracking progress on overall equipment effectiveness and scrap rate.
Database design
Schemas, indexes and migrations. Aerospace companies in Lyon usually prioritise this first, tracking progress on overall equipment effectiveness and scrap rate.
Integrations
Payments, CRMs and third-party APIs. Aerospace companies in Lyon usually prioritise this first, tracking progress on overall equipment effectiveness and scrap rate.
What hire backend developers includes for Lyon clients
Queues & jobs
Background processing and events.
Security
Auth, encryption and OWASP practices.
Observability
Logging, metrics and tracing.
API design
REST and GraphQL APIs with documentation.
Database design
Schemas, indexes and migrations.
Integrations
Payments, CRMs and third-party APIs.
Hosting for Lyon projects
For low latency in Lyon and compliance with EU GDPR and CNIL guidance, we usually recommend AWS eu-west-3 (Paris), Azure France Central, Google Cloud Paris.
Localising hire backend developers for Lyon
Business in Lyon is mainly conducted in French. We build interfaces, notifications and documents ready for those languages, and plan releases around the CET working day.
Pricing and billing
Monthly billing · 100% advance or 50/50, quoted in EUR or USD as per your budget.
Working with a Lyon team
We work with 3.5–4.5 hours of daily overlap with Central European working hours (CET). You get a named project manager, weekly demos and written status reports.
Next steps
Ready to discuss hire backend developers in Lyon? Here is how to get started with NNT Software:
- Share your goals, users, must-have features and timeline through the contact form, email or WhatsApp.
- Join a free 30-minute discovery call with a solution architect — we sign an NDA first if you prefer.
- Receive a written proposal within 48 hours: scope, milestones, team, timeline and fixed estimate.
- Kick off with a discovery workshop and see working software in your first sprint demo.