SEO-ready sites and content platforms
Server rendering, prerendering and hybrid route rules, with structured data, sitemaps and Core Web Vitals handled from the start.
Dedicated Nuxt engineers
Hire Nuxt Developers for Fast, SEO-Ready Apps
Senior Nuxt.js engineers who join your Slack, standups and repos, and work as part of your team or under your agency's brand.
- Years building software
- 18+
- Projects delivered
- 3,000+
- Countries served
- 20+
- To a first pull request
- 48 h
Why Nuxt
Why teams hire Nuxt.js developers
Nuxt makes the easy things automatic. The hard decisions still need someone who has made them before.
Nuxt is the full-stack framework built on Vue. It adds server-side rendering, file-based routing, auto-imports and a server engine (Nitro) to a Vue app, so pages load fast and search engines receive complete HTML instead of an empty shell.
That convenience hides real engineering choices: which routes to prerender and which to render on demand, what to cache and for how long, how to hydrate a page without shipping megabytes of JavaScript, and how to organise composables and server routes so the codebase is still pleasant to work in two years from now.
A specialist Nuxt developer has already made those calls on production apps. Recruiting that experience in-house can take months. A dedicated Nuxt developer from our team can be in your repository within days, and you can scale the team up or down as the roadmap changes.
A good fit when
Signs you need a Nuxt specialist
- You need search visibility and fast first loads, not a client-only single-page app
- You are still on Nuxt 2 or Nuxt 3, which are both past end of life
- Your Vue app has outgrown client-side rendering and needs a server layer
- Your team is stretched and the launch date is not moving
- You run an agency and need Nuxt capacity under your own brand
What We Build
What our Nuxt developers work on
SEO-ready Nuxt 3 and 4 apps, Nuxt 2 migrations and white-label builds for agencies.
Nuxt 2 to Nuxt 3 and 4 migrations
Nuxt 2 reached end of life on 30 June 2024 and Nuxt 3 on 31 July 2026. We migrate in stages (modules, Vuex to Pinia, Options to Composition API) so feature work keeps shipping.
SaaS dashboards and web apps
Authenticated apps with Nuxt UI, typed composables and a Nitro server layer for your APIs, auth and background jobs.
Headless CMS and commerce frontends
Fast frontends on Strapi, Sanity, Contentful or the Shopify Storefront API, with previews editors can rely on.
Performance rescue
Bundle splitting, image optimisation, lazy hydration and caching rules for Nuxt apps that have become slow to load.
Modules and layers for agencies
Shared Nuxt layers and custom modules so an agency can run many client sites from one maintained base.
Skills
The Nuxt toolkit our engineers work in every day
Framework and language
- Nuxt 4
- Nuxt 3
- Vue 3
- TypeScript
- Nitro
- Vite
UI and styling
- Nuxt UI
- Tailwind CSS
- @nuxt/image
- @nuxt/fonts
- Nuxt Icon
Data and state
- Pinia
- useFetch and useAsyncData
- Nuxt Content
- Strapi
- GraphQL
SEO and performance
- Hybrid rendering and route rules
- Sitemaps
- Schema.org JSON-LD
- Lazy hydration
- Core Web Vitals
Testing and quality
- Vitest
- @nuxt/test-utils
- Playwright
- ESLint
Deployment
- Vercel
- Netlify
- Cloudflare
- Docker
- Node.js
- GitHub Actions
Nuxt Development Agency
A Nuxt.js development agency when you need the whole project delivered
Not every team wants to manage developers. As a Nuxt development agency we also take full ownership: we scope the work, plan the architecture, build, test and launch, and you get one accountable team instead of a seat to supervise.
Tell us about your projectFixed-scope Nuxt projects
New sites, web apps and rebuilds delivered against an agreed scope and milestones, from design handover to production launch.
Nuxt code and performance audits
A written review of your rendering strategy, bundle size, Core Web Vitals, module choices and upgrade path, with fixes ranked by impact.
Migration planning
A staged plan for moving from Nuxt 2, a Vue single-page app or another framework to Nuxt 4, so you know the effort before you commit.
Support after launch
Dependency upgrades, monitoring, bug fixes and small features for Nuxt.js apps that are already live, including ones we did not build.
Migration Playbook
How we move Nuxt 2 and Nuxt 3 apps to Nuxt 4
Migrations are the most common reason teams hire Nuxt developers. Nuxt 2 and Nuxt 3 no longer receive security fixes, and a rewrite that freezes the roadmap for months is rarely acceptable. This is the staged route we follow instead.
- 1
Audit what you have
We list every module, plugin, store, mixin and build customisation, and mark which have a Nuxt 4 equivalent, which need replacing and which can simply go.
- 2
Prepare in place
Before any big move we replace abandoned dependencies, add tests around the flows that earn money and, on Nuxt 2, adopt Nuxt Bridge where it shortens the path.
- 3
Migrate in slices
Routes move group by group. Vuex becomes Pinia and Options API code moves to the Composition API where it pays off. Old and new can run side by side behind a proxy, so releases continue.
- 4
Verify page by page
We compare rendered HTML, redirects, metadata, structured data and Core Web Vitals between old and new, so search rankings survive the switch.
- 5
Cut over and clean up
After launch we watch error rates, remove compatibility shims and hand over documentation your team can maintain.
Already on Nuxt 3? The step to Nuxt 4 is much smaller: a new app directory structure and a handful of data-fetching changes, most of them handled by the official codemods.
Pricing
Nuxt developer rates, published up front
One senior Nuxt developer, four ways to pay for the work. Switch models between projects, or mix them.
01 · Fixed price
Quote
on request
Best for: finished designs and a clear scope
- Send your designs in Figma, XD or Sketch
- We review every screen, then quote a price and timeline
- Code handed over in your repository, ready to deploy
02 · Time and materials
$20
per hour
Best for: evolving scope and one-off tasks
- Billed monthly, no commitment
- Every task logged in a timesheet
- Pause or scale up any month
03 · Retainer
From $720
per month
Best for: ongoing work that needs priority
- Flex 40: 40 hours for $720 ($18 an hour)
- Flex 80: 80 hours for $1,280 ($16 an hour)
- Flex 120: 120 hours for $1,800 ($15 an hour)
- Unused hours roll over one month, up to 25% of your plan
04 · Dedicated developer
From $1,040
per month
Best for: steady, long-term capacity
- Half-time: about 80 hours for $1,040 ($13 an hour)
- Full-time: about 160 hours for $1,920 ($12 an hour)
- Month to month, no hour logging
- 30 days' notice
The small print
Clear terms on every model
The same terms apply whichever way you pay. The rate card has every plan in full.
Download the rate card
PDF, 11 pages
Frontend only
We plug into your existing APIs and backend.
A timesheet for every task
On hourly plans every task is logged, so you can see where each hour went.
About 21 working days a month
What a dedicated plan covers each month.
Backup developer
Cover is provided for any absence longer than 2 days.
No surprise overtime
Overtime is worked only with your approval.
UK and CET overlap
At least 4 hours of shared working time every day.
Compare Your Options
In-house hire, freelancer or a dedicated developer?
Three sensible ways to add Nuxt capacity, and what each one asks of you.
| Criteria | In-house hire | Freelancer | Netling dedicated developer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time to start | Weeks to months of advertising, interviewing and notice periods. | Can be quick, if you find the right person and they are free. | Staffing proposal within 24 hours of the discovery call. |
| Vetting | You run every stage of the process yourself. | You assess their skills on your own. | We do the first-stage technical vetting. You interview and approve. |
| If it is not working | A new recruitment round. | You start the search again. | Free replacement, with the rest of our team behind them. |
| Scaling up or down | Slow in both directions. | Depends on one person's availability. | Add engineers as you need them. 30 days' notice to scale down. |
| Code and IP | Yours. | Depends on the contract you write. | Yours. NDA and IP assignment from day one, in your repositories. |
How Hiring Works
From first call to first pull request
- 01
Day 1
Discovery call
We learn your codebase, Nuxt version, team gaps and goals. Within 24 hours you get a tailored staffing proposal.
- 02
Your pace
Interview and approve
You interview the engineers we propose and approve every one before they start. We handle first-stage technical vetting.
- 03
First 48 hours
Onboard and ship
Access granted, standups joined, codebase reviewed. Our engineers aim for a first meaningful pull request within 48 hours.
Built With Nuxt
This website is our Nuxt portfolio piece
netling.digital runs on Nuxt 4 with Nuxt UI and Tailwind CSS v4. Marketing pages are prerendered, the blog is server-rendered with stale-while-revalidate caching, and content comes from our self-hosted Strapi 5 CMS.
- Hybrid rendering with route rules
- Sitemap and llms.txt generated by server routes
- Structured data on every page
Why Netling
Senior engineers, without the hiring overhead
Since 2008
Over 18 years and 3,000+ projects for startups, enterprises and agencies.
UK and EU overlap
Four to six hours of shared working time with UK and European teams every day.
Free replacement
If an engineer is not the right fit, we replace them without penalty.
Your IP, your repos
NDA and IP assignment from day one. All code lives in your repositories.
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What Clients Say
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From agency partners to enterprise teams — real feedback from clients who've shipped with us.
View All Testimonials"A very professional team with attention to details, responsible, dedicated and easy to work with."
Ran Makavy
EVP, Lyft
"Dipesh is an inspiring visionary technologist whom I enjoyed working with very much. He manages engineers in a very successful way to satisfy clients and you can see it in the final result. Personally, he's very friendly and easy to co-operate with. I have worked with him on several occasions in the past, and enjoyed both a great working environment and a quality product. I highly recommend him and his team."
Ronen Yuval-Hoch
Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Karma
"With the help of Netling, we can handle more projects at a time and don't need to hire more developers in-house."
Dylan
CEO, Restyles
"Netling Digital team are a solid team of web developers that provide world class services for design to code conversion. Not only does Dipesh provide the basic conversion services, he also maintains great support not only throughout the project but after and offers great advice on anything web related. The team naturally understand what is required and it is very rare that they don't get things right first time. Dipesh has been my primary service provider for a number of years and will continue to be well into the future."
Ben Morgan
Head of Creative, Nephew Media
"They don't just blindly agree to requirements, but they push us to better our products."
Gerhard Roider
Owner, Gerhard Roider Werbeagentur
"Dipesh and his team have proved to be excellent service providers for a wide range of project types. His input is invaluable and his attitude and professionalism is worthy of praise."
Matthew Heyes
Founder, Backpacker Job Board
"The job is done. Perfectly done, by the way. I loved it, and I'll use it and recommend it for all my work friends."
Pedro Rosa
Creative Director, Talaguim
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