IT Staff Augmentation Services
Our IT staff augmentation adds experienced JBS Dev engineers to the team you already run. They work from your backlog, join your standups and code reviews, and ship through your release process. Your leads keep setting the priorities.
Your engineering team
Your priorities, your process
YOUR BACKLOG
- Software engineer
- Cloud engineer
- QA engineer
JBS DEV ENGINEERS ON YOUR TEAM
What Is Staff Augmentation?
Staff augmentation adds outside engineers to your own team for a set period. They work under your direction, in your tools and process, on the work you assign. You keep control of the product and the plan, and you add capacity or a missing skill without a recruiting cycle.
It differs from outsourcing in who owns delivery. With staff augmentation, your team leads and our engineers contribute. With Managed Software Delivery, JBS Dev takes responsibility for an agreed stream of work. When you need one technical problem solved, such as a delivery pipeline, Senior Engineering Teams is the closer fit.
Who directs the work?
You do. Your leads set priorities, assign the tickets, and approve the code. JBS Dev engineers work inside that process, alongside your developers. If you want JBS Dev to own delivery instead, that's managed software delivery.
WHEN YOU NEED IT
Signs You Need Staff Augmentation
Most companies look at software development staff augmentation when the work is clear but the team can't cover it. These are the common signs.
The backlog grows faster than you ship
Your team knows what to build next, but features and fixes wait months for someone to pick them up.
A skill your team doesn't have
The roadmap calls for AWS, data engineering, mobile, or AI work, and nobody on the team has shipped it before.
A deadline the team can't meet
A launch, a contract date, or a platform end of life is fixed, and the team you have can't get there in time.
Hiring takes longer than the work can wait
Recruiting a full-time engineer can take months, and the project needs someone now.
A key engineer left
The person who knew a system has gone, and the rest of the team is covering that work on top of their own.
Upkeep crowds out new work
Your engineers spend their weeks on maintenance and support, so planned projects keep slipping.
OUR APPROACH
How Our Engineers Work Inside Your Team
Added engineers help most when they work the way your team works and leave it stronger. Senior US-based engineers lead our builds, with nearshore support available for ongoing work.
Typical staffing
- Resumes matched on keywords
- You train and supervise each hire
- Contractors who rotate off mid-project
- Knowledge that leaves with them
JBS Dev staff augmentation
Your process, your priorities
Our engineers work from your backlog and follow your sprint, code review, and release practices. Your leads decide what gets built and when.
Matched to your stack
We propose engineers whose experience fits your systems and languages, so less of their time goes to catching up.
Shared standards
For a top worldwide restaurant chain, three JBS Dev developers worked with the chain's database engineers to define coding and architectural standards together and build to them.
Knowledge that stays
Our engineers document what they change and share what they know with your developers. You own everything we build.
ENGAGEMENT OPTIONS
Staff Augmentation or Another Model?
Staff augmentation is one of several ways to add engineering help. The right one depends on who should lead the work.
| MODEL | WHO LEADS THE WORK | BEST WHEN |
|---|---|---|
| Staff augmentation | Your team. Our engineers join it and take direction from your leads. | Your process works, and you need more people or a missing skill. |
| Senior engineering team | JBS Dev, on one defined problem you hand us. | A specific technical problem needs solving, such as a delivery pipeline or a data integration. |
| Managed software delivery | JBS Dev, for an agreed stream of work and its results. | You want a partner to own delivery, not only add people. |
| Project | JBS Dev, from architecture through release, for a defined scope. | You have a clear system to build, modernize, or connect. |
Changing models later
Each model stands alone or leads into the next. A team that starts with added engineers can later hand JBS Dev a defined project, or the other way around.
ROLES WE ADD
Engineers We Add to Your Team
Our software staff augmentation covers the same kinds of work JBS Dev does on its own projects.
Software engineers
Developers who add features, fix defects, and build integrations in your applications. See custom software development.
Web and mobile developers
Engineers for customer portals, internal tools, and native or cross-platform apps. See web and mobile applications.
Cloud engineers
Engineers who work in your AWS or Azure environment on infrastructure, deployments, and CI/CD pipelines. See AWS consulting.
Data engineers
Engineers who build pipelines, warehouses, and reports alongside your data team. See data engineering.
AI engineers
Engineers who connect LLMs and AI agents to your systems, with people reviewing where a mistake would be costly. See AI agent development.
QA engineers
Testers who add automated tests and regression suites to your release process. See QA and software testing.
HOW IT WORKS
How Staff Augmentation Starts and Runs
Staff augmentation starts with defining the role. Then our engineers join your team's normal routine.
STEP 1
Define the role
We agree on the work, the skills, the hours, and how long you need help.
STEP 2
Propose engineers
We propose engineers whose experience fits, and you decide who joins your team.
STEP 3
Onboard
Your team grants access to code and tools and walks our engineers through the system.
STEP 4
Work in your sprints
Our engineers take tickets from your backlog and ship through your code review and release process.
STEP 5
Review and adjust
We check in with your leads and change the mix of roles or hours as the work changes.
Code review and standards
Our engineers follow your coding standards and your review rules. Where you don't have written standards yet, they can help your team set them.
Knowledge transfer
Our engineers document what they change as they go. Knowledge transfer and documentation are services we can provide when an engagement ends, so your team can run and extend the work without us.
RESULTS
Staff Augmentation Results
For a top worldwide restaurant chain, three JBS Dev developers worked with three to five of the chain's own database engineers. Together they set coding and architectural standards and moved more than 100 integration jobs in 213 days, and JBS Dev trained the chain's engineers on the new tools.
100+
Jobs moved to Azure in 213 days
Restaurants
Integration Platform Migration for a Top Worldwide Restaurant Chain
Challenge: A costly, unreliable proprietary workflow platform was nearing contract expiration.
Result: Three JBS Dev developers and the chain's database engineers moved more than 100 jobs to VisualCron, SSIS, and Azure in 213 days, with estimated annual savings in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Read the restaurant chain case study$1M+
Cut from annual cloud costs
Automotive
Generative AI Photo Pipeline for a Used-Car Retailer
Challenge: Vehicle photo capture was inefficient, costly to maintain, and hard to scale.
Result: Two full-time JBS Dev engineers on a four-developer team spent a year building a GenAI pipeline that cut annual cloud costs by over $1 million.
Read the used-car retailer case study"JBS feels more like an extension of our internal team than a traditional vendor relationship."
Senior IT Leader, AmeriVet Partners
YOUR WORKFLOW
How Our Engineers Fit Your Workflow
Our engineers plug into the tools and review steps your team already uses. Work comes from your backlog, and nothing merges until your team approves it.
Where your policies allow AI coding tools, our engineers use them with the same review and tests as any other change.
THE WORK
Your backlog
JBS Dev engineer
Pull request
YOUR REVIEW
Your tech lead
Reviews and approves
Your pipeline
Tests and releases
COST
What Drives Staff Augmentation Cost
Staff augmentation services are usually priced by each engineer's time, so cost follows the roles, the hours, and how long you need them. Six factors drive most estimates:
- 01Roles and skills you need
- 02Number of engineers
- 03Full-time or part-time hours
- 04Length of the engagement
- 05Specialized experience, such as AI or cloud
- 06Time zone overlap with your team
How cost is set
We don't quote before we understand the role. A short conversation about the work, the skills, and the hours turns the factors above into an estimate you can compare with hiring.
How the start date is set
Start dates depend on the role and on how quickly your team can grant access. We set the date when you confirm who joins.
ENGAGEMENT MODELS
Ways to Work With Us
Each model stands alone or leads into the next. Compare all the ways to work with us.
Assessment & Strategy
For companies that need clarity before committing to a build.
Start here if you're not sure what to change first. We review the system component by component, weigh difficulty against business impact, and recommend a path for each part, including what to leave alone. You get a roadmap you can act on with us or on your own.
- Technical assessment
- Architecture review
- AI opportunity mapping
- Modernization roadmap
- Prioritized recommendations
Best when: You need to understand the opportunity, risk, architecture, or roadmap before investing in a larger build.
Projects
For companies ready to build or modernize a defined system.
For a defined scope, senior engineers lead delivery from architecture through release. We work in stages, write tests for core components, and ship through CI/CD. You own everything we build, plus knowledge transfer and documentation tailored to your team.
- Modernization projects
- Custom applications
- Cloud platforms
- Data systems
- Integrations
- AI agents
Best when: You have a clear business problem, workflow, or platform that needs to be built, modernized, or connected.
Teaming / Managed Delivery
For companies that need experienced delivery capacity.
When you need more than a single project, services we can provide include architectural guidance for your existing team, hands-on development, QA, and ongoing support. Senior US-based engineers lead our builds, and nearshore support is an option for ongoing work.
- Senior-led teams
- Embedded engineering
- Ongoing development
- Knowledge transfer
- Flexible support
Best when: You need reliable engineering capacity, technical leadership, or ongoing delivery support without adding unnecessary management overhead.
Project stalled with another vendor? Software Project Rescue
WHY JBS DEV
How to Choose an IT Staff Augmentation Company
The right partner adds to your team without adding work for your leads. Ask these five questions before you sign.
- Who will join our team?
- Ask for names and experience, not a role description. Senior US-based engineers lead our builds, with nearshore support available for ongoing work. You'll know who joins before they start.
- Will they follow our process or bring their own?
- Yours. Our engineers work from your backlog, in your tools, under your code review. Where your standards are thin, they can help your team write them down.
- What happens to what they build and learn?
- It stays with you. You own everything we build. Our engineers document as they go, and knowledge transfer is a service we can provide before an engagement ends.
- Can they help our own engineers grow?
- They should. On the restaurant chain migration, JBS Dev engineers trained the chain's team on the new tools as the work went on, so its engineers could manage and maintain the system themselves.
- What if we need more than added people?
- Then staff augmentation may be the wrong model. Services we can provide include architectural guidance for your existing team, hands-on development, QA, and ongoing support. Our other engagement models cover projects and managed delivery.
JBS Dev is a senior-led custom software development company, founded in 1999, that builds, modernizes, and integrates enterprise systems around the technology clients already own.
FAQ
Staff Augmentation FAQs
What is IT staff augmentation?
IT staff augmentation is adding outside engineers to your own technology team for a set period. They work under your direction, in your tools and process, on the work you assign. Ours adds JBS Dev engineers for software, cloud, data, AI, and QA work, while your leads keep control of priorities and delivery.
How is staff augmentation different from managed software delivery?
The difference is who owns delivery. In staff augmentation, your team leads and our engineers contribute to your plan. In managed software delivery, JBS Dev takes responsibility for an agreed stream of work and its results. Each model stands alone or leads into the next, so you can change models as your needs change.
Who manages augmented engineers day to day?
Your team does. Your leads assign the work, run the standups, and approve the code, as they would for any engineer on the team. JBS Dev stays involved on our side, checking in with your leads on fit and workload so the engagement keeps working for both teams.
Where are your engineers based?
Senior US-based engineers lead our builds, with nearshore support available for ongoing work. For a staff augmentation role, we agree on the mix with you before anyone starts, based on the work and the hours your team keeps. You'll know who joins your team and where they work.
What roles can you add to our team?
Technology staff augmentation covers more than developers. We add software engineers, web and mobile developers, cloud engineers, data engineers, AI engineers, and QA engineers. Services we can provide also include architectural guidance for your existing team when a design decision needs a second opinion.
How much does staff augmentation cost?
It depends on the roles, the number of engineers, the hours, and how long you need them. Specialized experience, such as AI or cloud work, also affects the rate. We don't quote before we understand the role, and a short conversation turns those factors into an estimate you can compare with hiring.
Can we hire dedicated developers through staff augmentation?
Yes, if you mean engineers who work only on your product for the length of the engagement. On a used-car retailer's four-developer team, two full-time JBS Dev engineers built a generative AI photo pipeline over a year. Part-time engineers are an option when the work doesn't fill a full week.
Do augmented engineers transfer knowledge to our team?
Yes. Our engineers document what they change as they go and work alongside your developers, so knowledge builds up on your side. Knowledge transfer and documentation are services we can provide before an engagement ends. You own everything we build, so nothing stays locked with JBS Dev.
