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Talent & Teams·Engagement Models·Embedded Engineer

Embedded Engineer.

Senior capacity inside your team, without adding permanent headcount.

A vetted senior engineer embeds in your team full-time. Your standups, your board, your definition of done. They are not split across accounts or swapped when another client calls. Lateral handles the contracting and support; you get a senior teammate who can stay for years. Most clients meet matched engineers in about a week.

$8–14K / mo per engineer
Rate
About 7 days
Time to shortlist
3 months, then rolling
Minimum
30 days, either side
Notice

How it works

The work, in practice.

We match on the stack, the time zone, and the temperament, then get out of the way. The engineer works inside your process with AI tooling, benefits, and a dedicated success lead behind them. All of that sits in the 25% of the rate that isn't the engineer's pay, not on your invoice as a line item.

  • Full-time and dedicated. No shared allocation, no bench rotation, no surprise handovers
  • Senior, never swapped: the engineer who starts is the engineer who finishes
  • Two-week trial at the start; if the fit is wrong you pay nothing and we go again
  • AI tooling, benefits, and a dedicated success lead included. One rate, no line items
  • Replacement guarantee for the life of the engagement

Proof

We've done this before.

FAQ

Before you ask.

How is this different from a staffing agency?
An agency sends you a CV and a margin. We send you an engineer we have already interviewed, paired with, and reference-checked, and we stay on the hook for the outcome with a dedicated success lead and a replacement guarantee.
What if the engineer isn't right?
The first two weeks are a trial. If it isn't working, tell us and there's no invoice for that time. We go back to the shortlist. After that, the replacement guarantee covers you for the rest of the engagement.
Can they work in our time zone?
Yes. The network spans the US, LATAM, Western and Eastern Europe, so we match for a real overlap with your team rather than a handoff window at midnight.
Can an embedded engineer grow into a dedicated team?
Often it does. Adding people to a working engagement is the easiest thing we do. See Scale-up for how that ramps.

Tell us what has to move.

A 30-minute call with an engineer, not a salesperson. We will map the capacity and ownership the work actually needs.

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