X-Team Review
Remote-first community for developers — funded lifestyle, long-term
★★★★☆ 4.1/5 Talent network Free Founded 2015 Accepts Selective (no public data)
- Employed developer — Model
- 1,000+ devs — Community
- Riot, Fox, Kaplan — Clients
- 2015 — Founded
Review
X-Team is less a job platform and more a remote developer community that happens to place you at client companies. The model: you join X-Team as a salaried developer, become part of their community (1,000+ developers on Slack), and X-Team places you on long-term engagements with clients like Riot Games, Fox, and Kaplan. You're an X-Team employee — not a freelancer — with benefits including learning budgets, wellness programs, travel grants, and annual community events. The culture is genuinely remote-first and developer-positive, which is rare in the placement industry. On the flip side, X-Team is selective and the engagement model means you don't choose your client — you're placed where you're needed. US/EU timezone alignment is expected. For developers who want community, stability, and a culture-first environment, X-Team is one of the best options. For developers who want to browse and choose their own path, remoty.work provides scored, searchable listings.
Pros
- Strong remote-first culture and developer community
- Benefits: learning budget, wellness, travel grants, events
- Long-term, stable engagements with major clients
- Active Slack community with 1,000+ developers
- Transparent salary bands and career levels
Cons
- Selective hiring — limited public data on acceptance rate
- Developer-only — no design, marketing, or non-tech roles
- Engagement model means less control over which client you get
- Must align with US/EU timezones
- Smaller scale than Toptal or Turing
Pricing
Free for developers. Companies pay. X-Team provides benefits and community.
Best for
- Mid-to-senior developers
- Long-term engagement
- Community-oriented devs
- Full-time remote
Rating breakdown
- Culture / community: 5/5
- Benefits / perks: 4.5/5
- Client quality: 4/5
- Ease of entry: 2.5/5
- Job volume: 3/5
Features
- ✗ Job board / listings
- ✗ Freelance marketplace
- ✓ Salary transparency — Public salary bands
- ✓ Remote-only
- ✓ Screening / vetting
- ✗ Direct apply
- ✓ Free for job seekers
- ✓ Worldwide
How it compares to remoty.work
X-Team offers community and benefits but you don't choose your client. remoty lets you browse, score, and pick your own path — apply to what fits you.
community employed benefits developer long-term