Software Development Staff Augmentation

Your next senior engineer joins your sprint in 48 hours. Not 8 weeks.

Tell us your role. We send 3 pre-vetted engineers within 24 hours. You pick one. They're in your Slack, your Jira, and your codebase by the next sprint. React, Node.js, Python, .NET, cloud, and more. No recruitment fee.

Your team • Engineers joining
Matching engineers...
0
Active engineers
48h
To join your sprint
3
Candidates presented
0
Recruitment fee
Two ways to add an engineer
Distributed engineering team in a morning video standup, remote teammates visible in a grid on a wall screen while a developer reviews code in a VS Code dark IDE on a laptop, natural morning office light

Traditional hiring takes 8 to 12 weeks. Staff augmentation takes 48 hours. Both get you a senior engineer.

Total time: 8 to 12 weeks from job post to first commit
1
Write and post job description
Week 1
Write the job description. Get HR approval. Post to job boards. Wait 7 to 10 days for applications.
2
Screen and shortlist applications
Week 2 to 3
Review dozens of resumes. HR screens for basics. Your technical lead reviews the rest. 80% fail the basics.
3
Technical interviews (3 rounds)
Week 4 to 6
HR call, technical assessment, live technical interview, system design round, and stakeholder review. Each round costs your team 4 to 8 hours.
4
Offer, negotiation, and notice period
Week 7 to 12
Send offer. Candidate negotiates. Accepts. Serves 4 to 8 weeks at their current employer. You wait.
Costs you absorb
Human resources time (80+ hours)~$4,000
Technical interview load~$3,200
8 weeks of open seat cost~$24,000
Total overhead~$31,200
Total time: 48 hours from role brief to first sprint ticket
1
Submit role brief
Hour 0
Fill out the role brief below. Stack, seniority, duration, and what your team needs to ship. 10 minutes.
2
Receive 3 matched candidates
Hour 24
We send 3 engineers with resumes, GitHub profiles, technical assessment results, and a written rationale for why each one fits your specific stack and team.
3
30-minute screen, you choose
Hour 28 to 36
Optional 30-minute technical call with your top candidate. You say yes. Engagement starts. No further rounds.
4
Engineer joins your sprint
Hour 48
Codebase access, Slack added, Jira account set up. First ticket assigned by your technical lead. First pull request by day 3.
What this process skips entirely
Job description writing and job board posting
Application screening (hundreds)
Three interview rounds
Notice period wait
Overhead saved~$31,200
Your situation

Your team has a gap right now. Pick the scenario that fits.

Staff augmentation works differently for different team situations. Find yours below.

Scaling fast

Your backlog is growing faster than your team can ship. You need more engineers this week.

You have customers, you have momentum, and you have a backlog that is outpacing your team. Full-time hiring takes months. Augmentation adds engineers to your existing sprint within 48 hours. They work inside your process, not alongside it.

2 to 6 engineers added in parallel
Onboard multiple engineers at once with staggered sprint entries. No coordination bottleneck. Sprint velocity doubles within two cycles.
Scale team size with product demand
Reduce headcount when velocity slows. No severance. No notice period. No HR paperwork.
Backlog velocity increase
0%
average sprint velocity increase with 3 augmented engineers added
Sprint velocity mock • Before versus after augmentation
SP1
SP2
SP3
+3 eng
SP5
SP6
Story points per sprint. Augmentation added sprint 4.
Filling a skills gap

Your team is strong. The next project needs a skill set you do not have in-house.

An AWS migration, a React Native build, a Kubernetes setup: the work demands expertise your current team does not cover. Hiring a full-time specialist for a 3-month project wastes budget and creates a permanent headcount you do not need. We place the specialist for exactly that window. Your team keeps the knowledge after the engagement ends.

Specialist for exactly the duration you need
3 months, 6 months, 12 months. No commitment beyond the agreed term.
Knowledge stays with your team
Structured code review and pair programming during the engagement. Your team retains the capability after the specialist leaves.
Stack coverage
12+
technology stacks covered with vetted specialist engineers available
Available specialist stacks
React / Next.jsNode.jsPython / DjangoAWS / Azure / GCP.NET / C#React NativeDevOps / KubernetesPostgreSQL / MongoDB
Short-term project

You have a defined project and a firm deadline. Hiring full-time would leave you with engineers to lay off.

A platform migration. A product launch. A compliance build. These projects have a start date and an end date. Hiring permanent engineers for a 12-week project creates a headcount problem when the project closes. Augmentation gives you exactly the engineers you need for exactly the window you need them.

Defined engagement term with a clean exit
Engagement ends when the project ends. No permanent staff to off-board. No awkward conversations.
Full deliverable handover at project close
Documentation, codebase walkthrough, and knowledge transfer included at the end of every engagement.
Minimum engagement
3 months
minimum engagement term for project-based staff augmentation
Typical project timelines
Platform migration8 to 16 weeks
New product launch (minimum viable product)12 to 20 weeks
Compliance implementation6 to 12 weeks
Building remote

You want remote engineers who join your team, not offshore contractors who run on a separate workflow.

Augmented remote engineers work in your timezone window, join your standup, commit to your repositories, and answer to your technical lead. No separate project manager. No communication lag routed through an intermediary. They work like your existing team because they are part of it.

Timezone overlap guaranteed
Engineers matched to your core working hours. No 2am standups. No 6-hour async lag.
Direct reporting to your technical lead
Engineers take tasks from your team, attend your ceremonies, and meet your code review standards. No intermediary layer.
Timezone coverage
3
time zones served: US/EU/APAC with core hours overlap guaranteed
Remote integration tools
Slack / TeamsJira / LinearGitHub / GitLabFigma / NotionYour CI/CD pipeline
How software development staff augmentation works

Engineers who work inside your team. Not through a vendor layer.

Augmented engineer pair-programming shoulder-to-shoulder with an existing team member, doing a code review on a shared monitor showing a VS Code GitHub pull request diff, warm natural desk light
Deployment speed
48-hour start

Submit a role brief. We send 3 matched candidates within 24 hours. You select. The engineer joins your active sprint by hour 48.

Inside your team
Your tools. Your processes. Your sprint.

Augmented engineers join your Slack, your Jira, and your GitHub on day one. They attend standup, participate in code review, and report to your technical lead. No intermediary. No separate workflow.

0%
94% of clients say their augmented engineer felt like a full team member by week 2.
Stack matching
Exact stack, not adjacent

We match engineers to your exact technology stack. A React + TypeScript + PostgreSQL team gets a React + TypeScript + PostgreSQL engineer. Not someone who "can learn it."

Seniority levels
Mid, Senior, Lead

We vet engineers at the seniority level you request. Senior engineers review your codebase for 1 to 2 days, then ship independently. Standard onboarding. No extended ramp-up.

All engagement models →
Flexible terms
3 to 24 month engagements

Minimum 3 months. Keep the engineer month to month after that. Add or remove engineers at each monthly cycle. No penalty for adjusting scope.

Result in production

A B2B company rebuilt their platform with an augmented team. Revenue grew from $14M to $120M.

Revenue growth
$0M
annual revenue achieved
Starting revenue
$14M
before the engagement
Platform
0x
revenue growth multiplier
What the team built

We rebuilt a headless ecommerce platform for a B2B promotional products company. The platform handled customer-specific pricing, approval-based purchasing, and full ERP/CRM integration. Before the engagement, the legacy platform could not scale to new buyer channels. After the rebuild, the platform supported $120M in annual revenue — a 6x increase.

Technology delivered
Headless eCommerceERP IntegrationCRM IntegrationPower BIApproval-Based Purchasing
Custom software development →
Engineering team at a sprint-close standup reviewing a completed sprint board with a full green Done column of finished tickets on a monitor, relaxed and accomplished, natural office daylight
Why clients choose Redefine over a marketplace or staffing agency

We built the model differently. Here is how we differ from a staffing firm or a marketplace.

01
No intermediary
The engineer reports to you. Not to us.
Most staffing firms put a project manager between you and the engineer. We do not.
Your augmented engineer takes tasks from your team, attends your ceremonies, and holds to your code review standards. They report to your technical lead. No message lag. No approval chain. No coordination overhead.
02
2-week replacement guarantee
If the fit is not right in the first 2 weeks, we replace the engineer at no cost.
Most staffing firms require documented cause to trigger a replacement. We do not require any cause.
If the engineer does not match your communication style, technical approach, or team dynamic in the first 2 weeks, we send a replacement. No justification required. The guarantee is unconditional and written into every engagement.
See all engagement terms →
03
Single monthly invoice
One fixed rate per engineer per month. No markups. No hidden fees.
Staffing agencies charge a loaded rate that hides their margin. Marketplace platforms take a cut from both sides.
You receive one invoice per engineer per month. The rate covers the engineer, vetting, and ongoing support. The rate is agreed before the engagement starts and does not change. No surprise charges. No end-of-month adjustments.
Staff augmentation pricing →
Common questions

Questions engineering leads ask before their first staff augmentation engagement.

Software development staff augmentation means adding pre-vetted engineers to your existing team for a defined period. They work inside your processes, use your tools, follow your sprint cadence, and report to your technical lead. You get a senior engineer contributing code within 48 hours instead of waiting 8 to 12 weeks to hire one. Use the scenario selector above to find which augmentation type fits your team.

Most engagements start within 48 to 72 hours of contract signature. Here is the timeline: you submit a role brief, we send 3 matched engineer profiles within 24 hours, you conduct an optional 30-minute technical screen, and the engineer joins your active sprint by hour 48. The entire selection process takes less than one business day of your time.

Staff augmentation is priced as a fixed monthly rate per engineer, agreed before the engagement starts. The rate depends on seniority level (mid, senior, or lead), technology stack, and engagement duration. Longer engagements carry lower monthly rates. You receive one invoice per month with no hidden fees and no recruitment charge on top. Visit the pricing page for rate ranges by level and stack.

We replace the engineer at no additional cost if the fit is not right within the first 2 weeks. No cause required. This guarantee applies for any reason: technical mismatch, communication style, or the match just does not feel right. The 2-week replacement window is unconditional.

Yes. Augmented engineers join your Slack, Jira or Linear, GitHub, and sprint ceremonies on day one. They attend standup, participate in code review, and follow your sprint planning process. They operate exactly as a full-time team member would, with direct access to your technical lead.

Add engineers to your team with software development staff augmentation

Tell us the role. We send 3 matched engineers within 24 hours.

No commitment until you see the profiles and the rate. No pitch.

01

Submit your role brief

Tech stack, seniority, duration, and what your team needs to ship. Takes 10 minutes.

02

3 matched profiles within 24 hours

Resumes, GitHub profiles, technical assessment results, and a written rationale for why each engineer fits your stack.

03

30-minute screen, you choose

Optional technical screen with your chosen engineer. You say yes. The engagement starts. No further rounds.

04

Engineer joins your sprint within 48 hours

Codebase access, Slack added, first ticket assigned. First pull request by day 3.

Submit brief → 3 profiles within 24 hours → 30-minute screen → engineer joins sprint within 48 hours

Form
24 hours
Profiles delivered
48 hours
Sprint start
2 weeks
Free replacement
Fixed rate
No surprises
Your role brief is in. We will review it now.

Expect 3 matched engineer profiles within 24 hours. Each profile includes a resume, GitHub, assessment results, and why they fit your specific stack. You select. They join your sprint by hour 48.

Get on a call with us to see how we can help you

Get a Quote