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More people, not another contractor
Sometimes you don't need to hand over a project — you need three more developers in the team you already have. They use your tools, join your stand-ups, and report to your manager.
Who this is for
- Engineering teams short-handed through a peak period
- Companies needing a specific skill for a few months, not a full-time hire
- Organisations that want to move faster without a long recruitment cycle
Scope of work
- Full-time or part-time developers, billed monthly
- Working inside your process and your tooling
- Joining stand-ups and code review as team members
- Replacement within two weeks if the fit is wrong
- No long lock-in — 30 days' notice
Technology & capabilities
- Go
- Node.js
- React
- Next.js
- Angular
- React Native
- MySQL
- PostgreSQL
Process
Typical timeline: Start within two weeks of agreement
Define the need
Required skill profile and seniority
Introduce candidates
2–3 profiles for you to interview
Onboard
Person working inside your team
What this service is
Staff augmentation means Cluvix assigns one or more developers to work directly inside the client's own project team for an agreed period, sharing the same workflow, task tools, and daily stand-ups as an internal member. Unlike a full outsourced project, this fits when the client already has a live product and its own engineering team but lacks hands for a specific stretch — ramping up before a major feature launch, or needing narrow expertise like database performance tuning the current team hasn't built yet. Assigned developers remain on Cluvix's payroll, so the client doesn't deal with employment paperwork, insurance, or rehiring when a swap is needed. Engagements are typically monthly and renew flexibly based on actual project pace, without a fixed long-term commitment.
How it compares to other options
Compared to hiring a full-time employee, staff augmentation skips a recruiting cycle that usually takes weeks to months, and carries no severance cost since it isn't a direct employment relationship. The hourly or monthly rate is usually higher than an equivalent salary, but total cost often comes out lower once recruiting, onboarding, and early-turnover risk are factored in. Compared to a fully outsourced project, augmentation keeps full technical control with the client's own team — the assigned developer executes against an architecture and process the client already owns. Worth weighing: this model assumes the client already has a technical lead experienced enough to assign work and review code; without that role, a fully outsourced project fits better.
What drives cost & timeline
Depth of expertise required
A developer with deep experience in a narrow area like large-scale database query tuning usually costs more than a generalist full-stack developer.
Length of commitment
Engagements under three months usually carry a higher rate since onboarding and handoff time takes up a larger share of the total engagement.
Number of people needed at once
Assigning a group working on one large feature together needs extra internal coordination time among the assigned developers, unlike a single person working independently.
How to choose a partner
Confirm architecture and process already exist
This model works best when a codebase, coding conventions, and review process already exist so a new person ramps up quickly instead of building process from zero.
Identify your own technical lead
You need a client-side technical lead assigning work and reviewing code daily, since the assigned developer doesn't set product direction independently.
Estimate the real augmentation timeframe
Clarify whether this is a temporary, phase-based need or a long-term one — past a year, direct hiring can be more cost-effective.
Common risks
Ramp-up takes longer than expected
An experienced developer still needs time reading the existing codebase before becoming fully productive.
How we handle it: Cluvix asks for minimal architecture and coding-convention documentation from the client before day one to shorten ramp-up.
No technical lead to assign work
Without someone clearly assigning work, the augmented developer can end up working on the wrong priorities.
How we handle it: A single client-side technical point of contact for assigning and reviewing work is agreed on before the engagement starts.
Business knowledge leaves when the engagement ends
When a developer leaves, some understanding of the code they wrote can leave with them if undocumented.
How we handle it: Documentation of completed work is required and handed directly to the internal team before the engagement ends.
We replace them within two weeks and don't bill that period. It rarely happens because you interview first, but it has to be in the agreement.
By default from our office, joining all your calls. On-site presence for a phase is arranged separately.
Architecture notes and code conventions at a minimum, plus one technical owner on your side who assigns work and reviews code. Those two things decide whether a new developer is productive in one week or three.
The handover cost at the start and at the end stays roughly the same whether the contract runs three months or twelve. On a contract under three months, that cost takes a much larger share of the total working time.
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