A complete team,
managed for you
Add a ready team with a squad lead, developers and QA. The squad joins your workflow and runs day-to-day delivery, while you set the priorities.
- Accountable for the whole squad
- 1 lead
- Daily overlap with your team
- 4+ hours
- Monthly per squad, no hourly bills
- Flat fee
- Your code and IP
- 100%
Our approach
Hiring one by one is slow,
and a squad starts ready
The usual way
A long candidate search before interviews even start, while the roadmap waits.
How we do it
We keep experienced people ready, so you don't pay for a search or wait for one.
The usual way
Senior engineers lose delivery time running repeated screenings and interviews.
How we do it
You meet the squad lead and agree how you'll work. We handle selection and team fit.
The usual way
New hires take months to get to know each other, the product and the tools.
How we do it
Squads have delivered together before, so shared standards and habits are already in place.
What's included
One squad,
one point of contact
- 01
A squad lead for the whole team
The lead runs sprint planning, code reviews, coordination and progress updates. You manage priorities, not individual developers.
- 02
Developers who work as a team
People who have worked together before, follow shared coding standards and agree one technical direction from the start.
- 03
QA built into every sprint
Automated tests and reviews are part of the squad's work, not a separate phase at the end.
- 04
Specialists when you need them
Add DevOps or data engineering help for a big release, and we manage the handover for you.
- 05
Tested building blocks
Where they fit, squads start from security-reviewed components for sign-in, roles, multi-tenancy, billing, audit logs and notifications.
- 06
Clear communication
Leads and developers work directly with your product and engineering teams, in clear English and in your tools.
Team setups
Choose a squad
that fits the work
- Best for new products
MVP foundation
Build and launch the first version of a new product.
- Squad lead (part-time)
- 2 full-stack developers
- QA automation
- Most popular
Growing product team
Add features, improve reliability and support more customers on a live product.
- Squad lead
- 2 senior backend developers
- 2 senior frontend developers
- QA engineer
- Specialist team
AI product team
Bring RAG, fine-tuning and LLM features into your core product.
- AI architect
- 2 ML engineers
- Data engineer
How it starts
From first call
to first sprint
Step 1: Team fit review
We match your technology, roadmap and way of working to the right squad setup and skills.
Step 2: Meet your squad lead
Agree how you'll communicate, the shared working hours and how the squad fits into your business.
Step 3: Join your workflow
The squad joins your Slack, Jira, GitHub and meeting rhythm, with clear access and responsibilities.
Step 4: Start delivery
Agreements are signed, access is ready and the first sprint begins.
Standards
What every squad includes
Shared working hours
At least four hours of overlap each day for planning, reviews, stand-ups and quick decisions.
Your work stays yours
Clear contracts and confidentiality terms give you full ownership of the code and control of your data.
Supported team changes
If someone isn't the right fit, we arrange a carefully selected replacement and a planned handover.
Room to change size
Add or reduce specialist support as your priorities change.
Managed Squads is a good fit if
- Your roadmap is continuous and priorities change often
- You need capacity now, without a long hiring cycle
- You want one lead accountable for delivery, not a group of contractors
- You want to keep product decisions in-house
Not quite right? Another model may suit you better.
Compare all modelsA managed squad can usually start within days. We confirm the goal, set up access and tools, and plan the first sprint with your technical lead. The developers, QA and squad lead have delivered together before, so they don't need weeks to learn how to work as a team.
A managed squad has a flat monthly fee, agreed up front, with no hourly bills. The fee depends on the setup, such as an MVP team with a part-time lead and two developers, or a larger product team. After a first call we suggest a setup and give you a rough quote range.
You work through the squad lead and stay focused on priorities and outcomes. The lead runs sprint planning, code reviews, coordination and progress updates, so you don't manage individual developers. Your product and engineering people still work directly with the developers, in your Slack, Jira and GitHub.
With staff augmentation you hire individuals and manage each one yourself. A managed squad arrives as a complete team with its own lead, delivery process, code reviews and QA, and it runs day-to-day delivery for you. You set the priorities, and the squad lead answers for how the work gets done.
Your business owns all of it. Our agreements assign the code and other work we create for you, and the confidentiality terms keep your data under your control. If someone in the squad isn't the right fit, we arrange a carefully selected replacement and a planned handover, so knowledge stays with the team.
Every change is reviewed, and automated tests are part of each sprint rather than a separate phase at the end. The squad lead holds the team to shared coding standards. Where they fit, squads also start from security-reviewed components for sign-in, roles, billing and audit logs, so the foundation is secure and easy to maintain.
Other models
Other ways
to work with us
Tell us what you need to deliver
Tell us the skills and outcomes you need. We'll recommend the right setup and a practical plan to start.