Staff Augmentation - Senior Devs, Zero Ramp-Up

Staff augmentation is a model where external engineers are embedded into your team, working under your management, following your processes, and contributing directly to your codebase. Unlike outsourcing - where a vendor owns a deliverable - augmented staff extend your in-house team's capacity while you retain full control.

We typically present a shortlist of pre-screened candidates within 5 business days. After you select and interview, the chosen engineer can usually start within 2 weeks. For clients with ongoing relationships, we can often place engineers within 72 hours.

We place mid-level (3-5 years), senior (6-10 years), and staff-level (10+ years) engineers. We do not place juniors - our focus is on experienced engineers who contribute immediately without requiring significant mentorship from your existing team.

We have engineers across multiple time zones and match placements to your team's overlap requirements. We are transparent about availability windows and never place someone whose working hours create a significant collaboration gap with your core team.

You do. Augmented engineers report to your team leads, participate in your sprint ceremonies, and follow your engineering standards. We handle HR, payroll, equipment, and administrative overhead on our side while you retain full technical direction.

We include a 2-week satisfaction guarantee in all placements. If an engineer is not working out - for any reason - we replace them at no additional cost. In practice, our pre-screening and culture-matching process makes this rare.

Our engineers are selected for their ability to onboard efficiently. We provide a structured onboarding checklist that covers environment setup, architectural overview, and first-task selection. Most engineers are submitting meaningful pull requests in their first week.

For short-to-medium engagements, yes. You avoid recruiting fees (typically 15-25% of annual salary), benefits, equipment, and severance risk. For roles you expect to fill permanently, we also offer a hire-out option where augmented engineers can transition to full-time employment.

Our network covers React, Next.js, Vue, Angular, Node.js, Python, Go, Ruby on Rails, Java, .NET, iOS (Swift), Android (Kotlin), and DevOps/cloud engineering (AWS, GCP, Azure, Kubernetes). We also have specialists in data engineering and machine learning.

Yes. Our contracts include a transparent conversion fee structure. If you decide to hire an augmented engineer permanently, the conversion fee decreases the longer the engagement has run - so a 6-month augmentation has a lower conversion cost than a 1-month placement.

Every engineer in our network passes a multi-stage screening: resume review, technical screening call, a timed coding assessment, a live pair-programming session, and reference checks. We only accept engineers who score in the top quartile across all stages.

We offer month-to-month agreements with 30-day notice periods for reducing headcount. For clients who commit to 6+ month engagements, we offer a rate discount and priority access to top-tier engineers. All contracts are transparent about rates with no hidden fees.