Offshore staff augmentation, fully managed

You get a dedicated professional who works as part of your team. We source them, vet them, employ them, pay them and handle the compliance — so the only thing you manage is the work.

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What staff augmentation actually means here

Staff augmentation sits between hiring someone yourself and handing a project to an agency. The professional is embedded in your team — your stand-ups, your tools, your priorities, your manager — but the employment relationship sits with us.

That distinction is the whole point. You keep full control of what gets worked on and how, without taking on an employment contract in a jurisdiction you may have no entity in, and without the recruitment fee, notice period and severance exposure that come with a permanent hire.

A note on the word. This service is also called talent augmentation, staff aug, team extension or an extended team. They describe the same arrangement: a person under your direction, on someone else’s payroll.

What the rate covers

The comparison that matters is not our rate against a salary — it is our rate against the fully loaded cost of an employer. These sit with us:

We do not publish rates, because they depend on discipline, seniority and jurisdiction and a headline number would mislead more than it helped. A full all-inclusive rate card is available on request.

How it compares to the alternatives

Staff augmentationRecruitment agencyFreelance marketplace
Who employsUsYouNobody — self-employed
Who directs the workYouYouYou
Commercial shapeMonthly rate per resourceOne-off placement feeHourly or per project
If it does not work outReplaced in 7 days, no feeRebate window, then your problemStart the search again
Payroll & complianceOursYoursTheirs, unverified
Scaling down30 days’ noticeNotice, redundancy, severanceImmediate
ContinuityDedicated, full-timeDedicated, full-timeShared across clients

An agency is the right answer when you want to own the employment relationship permanently. A marketplace is the right answer for short, self-contained pieces of work. Augmentation is the right answer when you want the continuity of a full-time team member without the entity, the fee or the exit risk.

Disciplines we staff

Software engineering, design, marketing, AI and data, finance, customer support and e-commerce operations — from individual contributors through to senior specialists. Where the requirement is senior expertise rather than a full-time seat, a fractional engagement usually fits better.

From brief to working team member

  1. Intake

    We take the brief: the role, the seniority, the stack, the working hours you need covered, and what good looks like after 90 days.

  2. Sourcing

    We search our maintained database of 21,000+ screened professionals first, then go to market for anything it does not cover.

  3. Vetting

    Structured screening for technical skill, communication and reliability. You get a shortlist within 7 days of a signed brief and interview whoever you want to.

  4. Onboarding

    We handle the contract, payroll setup, equipment and access. A fully onboarded professional is typically working within 2–4 weeks of the brief.

  5. Managed delivery

    You direct the work day to day. We stay responsible for the employment relationship, retention and documented SLAs.

Where the people and the contracts sit

We operate through three registered entities, which is what makes the employment side work rather than being a promise on a website:

Every engagement runs under NDA, with IP assignment to you written into the contract from the outset. If an engagement ends, access is revoked, equipment is recovered and offboarding follows a documented checklist.

Questions we get asked

What is the difference between staff augmentation and outsourcing?

With staff augmentation you direct the work. The professional joins your stand-ups, uses your tools and reports to your manager, exactly like an in-house hire — we simply carry the employment. With outsourcing you hand over a defined scope and the supplier manages delivery against it. If you want control of day-to-day priorities, augmentation is the model; if you want an outcome delivered to a specification, that is our managed services line instead.

Who legally employs the professional?

We do. Contracts, payroll, insurance, tax-compliant structuring and end-of-service benefits all sit with Outstaff Solutions, through our registered entities in London, Dubai (IFZA) and Karachi. You direct the work; we carry the employment.

How quickly can a role be filled?

You receive a shortlist of vetted candidates within 7 days of a signed brief, and a fully onboarded, working professional typically within 2–4 weeks.

What happens if the person is not right?

If a placement underperforms we replace them within 7 days at no extra fee. Scaling down is a 30-day notice with no long lock-in, so a role that stops being needed stops being billed.

How much does offshore staff augmentation cost?

Pricing is a monthly rate per resource, and it is inclusive — employment, payroll, insurance and benefits are all covered in the rate rather than added afterwards. That matters when comparing against an in-house hire, where salary is only part of the employer cost. A full all-inclusive rate card is available on request.

How is our data and IP protected?

Every engagement operates under NDA, with IP assignment to the client written into contracts. Access to your systems follows the permissions you set, and confidential information is handled under documented controls through our registered entities.

Start with one role

Send us a brief and you will have a shortlist inside a week. Start with a single seat, and scale only when it has proven itself.

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