IT Staff Augmentation & Dedicated Team Services

Staff augmentation means embedding one or more specialists into your existing team – you manage them directly. A dedicated development team is a fully self-contained unit built around your product: developers, QA, PM – all managed by you strategically, with our operational support. The right choice depends on whether you need extra hands or a separate delivery unit. Contact us at to discuss the right fit for your project.

For most roles, we present a vetted shortlist within 72 hours of receiving a brief. After your interview and approval, onboarding takes 2–5 business days. For niche stacks – Rust, Elixir, senior ML – allow 5–7 business days. Working with a vetted staff augmentation company removes the main timeline risk from team scaling. Contact us to start the brief.

In staff augmentation, you manage them directly – they report to your tech lead and work in your sprints. In a dedicated team model, we provide a PM layer that handles sprint planning and team coordination, while you own the product roadmap and priorities. Either way, communication happens in your tools, on your schedule.

100%, from the first line written. All IP, source code, and documentation are transferred to you in full. Code is stored in your GitHub or chosen repository. We sign IP assignment agreements as part of the standard contract – no exceptions, no hidden clauses. This applies to staff augmentation, dedicated teams, and project-based engagements equally.

IT staff augmentation typically costs 30–50% less than hiring locally in Western Europe or North America – when you account for salary, taxes, benefits, office costs, and recruitment fees. You pay for expertise and output, not overhead. For startups, this means faster team scaling without burning runway. For mature companies, it means elastic capacity without fixed cost during slow periods.

We offer a replacement guarantee within the first 30 days – no questions asked, no additional fees. If there is a skills mismatch or cultural fit issue, we source a replacement and cover the transition. Our pre-screening process means this happens in fewer than 3% of placements. View examples of our placed teams at dotcode.

Staff augmentation runs on a monthly rolling contract with a 2-week notice period for scaling up or down. Dedicated teams typically start with a 3-month initial term, then roll monthly. Project-based engagements are scoped and priced per deliverable. All contracts include NDA, IP assignment, and SLA definitions. No long minimum terms, no exit penalties for standard ramp-downs.

Most engineers are based in Ukraine and Eastern Europe (UTC+2/+3), with 6–8 hours of overlap with the US East Coast and near-full overlap with UK and Western Europe. For APAC clients we structure async delivery workflows. Timezone alignment is confirmed before any placement – so there are no scheduling surprises once the engagement starts.