IT Staff Augmentation

Elite engineers,
embedded in your team.

Scale your engineering capacity in days, not months. We place senior, pre-vetted AI and software talent directly into your team — working in your stack, your timezone, and your way.

What it is

Add senior talent without the hiring overhead.

Hiring full-time engineers is slow, expensive, and risky — especially for specialised AI and platform work. Staff augmentation gives you the same senior expertise, on demand, without the long recruitment cycles or long-term commitment.

You stay in full control of your roadmap and team. We simply plug in the right people, ready to contribute from week one and scale up or down as your needs change.

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Roles we provide

The talent you need, when you need it

From frontier AI specialists to full product teams — every engineer is senior, pre-vetted, and ready to integrate.

Blockchain Engineer

Smart contracts, DeFi, Web3, and protocol development.

Salesforce Engineer

CRM customization, Apex, automation, and enterprise integrations.

IoT Engineer

Connected devices, embedded systems, and industrial automation.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Engineer

ERP, CRM, Power Platform, and business applications.

AI / ML Engineers

LLM systems, agents, RAG, fine-tuning, MLOps and applied research.

Backend Engineers

APIs, microservices, distributed systems and high-scale data pipelines.

Frontend & Full-Stack

React, Next.js, TypeScript — premium, high-performance interfaces.

DevOps & Cloud

AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, IaC, CI/CD and platform reliability.

Data Engineers

Data platforms, warehousing, streaming, and analytics infrastructure.

Data Scientists

Modelling, statistics, experimentation and predictive analytics.

Data Analysts

BI dashboards, reporting, and insight to drive decisions.

Mobile Engineers

iOS, Android and React Native — native-quality apps at speed.

QA & Automation

Test automation, performance, and quality engineering at scale.

Product & Project Leads

Technical PMs and delivery leads who keep teams shipping.

UI / UX Designers

Product designers who turn complex systems into intuitive experiences.

How it works

From request to contributing — in about a week

A simple, low-friction process designed to get the right people into your team fast.

1

Share your needs

Tell us the roles, skills, and goals. We align on scope in a short call.

2

We match

Within days we shortlist pre-vetted engineers who fit your stack and culture.

3

Interview & select

You interview the candidates and pick the people you want — full control, always.

4

Onboard fast

They join your tools, standups, and workflow — contributing from week one.

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Scale flexibly

Grow, shrink, or extend the team as your roadmap evolves. No lock-in.

Engagement models

Flexible ways to work with us

Whether you need one specialist or a whole pod, there's a model that fits your stage and budget.

INDIVIDUAL

Individual Experts

Hand-picked senior engineers who slot into your existing team.

  • Single specialists on demand
  • Works inside your team
  • Monthly rolling basis
  • Scale one role at a time
Hire an expert
MOST POPULAR

Dedicated Team

A cross-functional squad that owns delivery alongside you.

  • Multiple roles, one team
  • Shared standups & rituals
  • Team lead included
  • Built for sustained roadmaps
Build a team
MANAGED

Managed Pod

We run a fully managed pod against outcomes you define.

  • End-to-end delivery
  • We handle management
  • Outcome-based scope
  • Maximum hands-off
Launch a pod
Transparent pricing

Senior talent, clear monthly rates

Simple, all-inclusive monthly pricing per engineer — no recruitment fees, no hidden costs. Pick the role and seniority that fit your needs.

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Our bench strength

A deep bench of ready-to-deploy engineers.

We maintain a large, actively-managed talent bench across AI/ML, data, full-stack, mobile, cloud, and QA — so we can match and deploy the right specialist fast. Every engineer is full-time, pre-vetted across technical, communication, and culture screening, and continuously upskilled on the latest frameworks. That depth is why we can onboard in about a week, not months.

Blockchain Engineer

Smart Contracts • DeFi • Web3 • DApps • Protocol Development

SolidityRustEthereumSolanaPolygonBNB ChainHyperledgerSmart ContractsDeFi ProtocolsDEX DevelopmentNFT PlatformsWeb3.jsEthers.jsHardhatFoundryTruffleAnchor FrameworkNode.jsPostgreSQLAWS
Junior Blockchain Engineer
1–2 years
$3,500/mo
≈ $22 / hour
Mid-Level Blockchain Engineer
3–5 years
$6,000/mo
≈ $38 / hour
Senior Blockchain Engineer
6+ years
$9,500/mo
≈ $65 / hour

Salesforce Engineer

CRM • Automation • Custom Development • Enterprise Solutions

Salesforce Sales CloudService CloudApexExperience CloudMarketing CloudSalesforce CPQLightning Web Components (LWC)VisualforceSOQLSalesforce FlowIntegration APIsMuleSoftData MigrationDevOps CenterTableau CRMEinstein AI
Junior Salesforce Engineer
1–2 years
$3,500/mo
≈ $22 / hour
Mid-Level Salesforce Engineer
3–5 years
$5,500/mo
≈ $34 / hour
Senior Salesforce Engineer
6+ years
$8,500/mo
≈ $53 / hour

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Engineer

ERP • CRM • Business Applications • Enterprise Automation

Dynamics 365 SalesPower PlatformDataverseDynamics 365 Business CentralDynamics 365 FinanceDynamics 365 Supply ChainDynamics 365 Customer ServiceDynamics 365 Field ServicePower AppsPower AutomatePower BIAL DevelopmentC#.NETAzure IntegrationMicrosoft Copilot
Junior Dynamics 365 Engineer
1–2 years
$3,500/mo
≈ $22 / hour
Mid-Level Dynamics 365 Engineer
3–5 years
$5,800/mo
≈ $36 / hour
Senior Dynamics 365 Engineer
6+ years
$8,800/mo
≈ $55 / hour

IoT Engineer

Connected Devices • Smart Systems • Industrial Automation

IoT ArchitectureMQTTAWS IoTCoAPLoRaWANZigbeeBLEAzure IoT HubGoogle IoTESP32STM32Raspberry PiEmbedded LinuxEdge ComputingDevice ManagementReal-Time MonitoringData AnalyticsAI at Edge
Junior IoT Engineer
1–2 years
$3,500/mo
≈ $22 / hour
Mid-Level IoT Engineer
3–5 years
$5,800/mo
≈ $36 / hour
Senior IoT Engineer
6+ years
$8,800/mo
≈ $55 / hour

AI / ML Developer

LLMs · agents · RAG · deep learning · MLOps

PythonPyTorchTensorFlowKerasscikit-learnLangChainLangGraphLlamaIndexHugging FaceOpenAI / Claude / Gemini APIsRAGPinecone / Weaviate / QdrantFastAPIMLflowRayAWS SageMakerDockerKubernetes
Junior
1–2 yrs experience
$3,500/mo
≈ $22 / hour
Intermediate
3–5 yrs experience
$5,800/mo
≈ $36 / hour
Senior
6+ yrs experience
$8,500/mo
≈ $53 / hour

Data Scientist

Modelling · statistics · experimentation

PythonRSQLPandasNumPyscikit-learnXGBoostStatsmodelsPyTorchJupyterSparkDatabricksAirflowTableau
Junior
1–2 yrs
$3,300/mo
≈ $21 / hr
Inter.
3–5 yrs
$5,400/mo
≈ $34 / hr
Senior
6+ yrs
$8,000/mo
≈ $50 / hr

Data Analyst

BI · dashboards · reporting · insight

SQLPower BITableauPythonExcelLookerdbtBigQuerySnowflakePandasGoogle AnalyticsMetabase
Junior
1–2 yrs
$2,600/mo
≈ $16 / hr
Inter.
3–5 yrs
$3,900/mo
≈ $24 / hr
Senior
6+ yrs
$5,800/mo
≈ $36 / hr

Full-Stack Developer

End-to-end web product engineering

TypeScriptReactNext.jsJavaScriptVueAngularNode.jsNestJSExpressPython / Django.NETPostgreSQLMongoDBPrismaGraphQLRESTAWSDocker
Junior
1–2 yrs
$3,000/mo
≈ $19 / hr
Inter.
3–5 yrs
$4,800/mo
≈ $30 / hr
Senior
6+ yrs
$7,200/mo
≈ $45 / hr

Frontend Developer

Premium, high-performance interfaces

ReactNext.jsTypeScriptJavaScriptVueAngularTailwindSCSSFramer MotionReduxZustandViteWebpackStorybookFigma
Junior
1–2 yrs
$2,800/mo
≈ $18 / hr
Inter.
3–5 yrs
$4,200/mo
≈ $26 / hr
Senior
6+ yrs
$6,200/mo
≈ $39 / hr

Backend Developer

APIs · microservices · data at scale

Node.jsPythonJava.NET / C#GoPHP / LaravelRuby on RailsNestJSExpressDjangoFastAPISpring BootPostgreSQLMySQLMongoDBRedisKafkaRabbitMQgRPCDockerKubernetesAWS
Junior
1–2 yrs
$3,000/mo
≈ $19 / hr
Inter.
3–5 yrs
$4,800/mo
≈ $30 / hr
Senior
6+ yrs
$7,200/mo
≈ $45 / hr

Mobile App Developer

Native-quality iOS & Android apps

React NativeFlutterSwift / SwiftUIKotlinJavaObjective-CiOS SDKAndroid SDKJetpack ComposeExpoFirebaseGraphQL
Junior
1–2 yrs
$2,900/mo
≈ $18 / hr
Inter.
3–5 yrs
$4,500/mo
≈ $28 / hr
Senior
6+ yrs
$6,800/mo
≈ $43 / hr

DevOps & Cloud Engineer

Infrastructure · CI/CD · reliability

AWSAzureGCPKubernetesDockerTerraformAnsibleHelmJenkinsGitHub ActionsGitLab CIPrometheusGrafanaLinux
Junior
1–2 yrs
$3,200/mo
≈ $20 / hr
Inter.
3–5 yrs
$5,000/mo
≈ $31 / hr
Senior
6+ yrs
$7,500/mo
≈ $47 / hr

QA Automation Engineer

Test automation · performance · quality

SeleniumCypressPlaywrightAppiumJestJMeterPostmanTestRailPythonJavaScriptCI/CD
Junior
1–2 yrs
$2,500/mo
≈ $16 / hr
Inter.
3–5 yrs
$3,800/mo
≈ $24 / hr
Senior
6+ yrs
$5,500/mo
≈ $34 / hr
Three ways to engage

Pick the plan that fits your roadmap

The same elite engineers — the longer you commit, the better the rate. All plans are billed monthly with full flexibility.

FLEXIBLE

Flexible

Standard rate

Month-to-month engagement with maximum flexibility. Ideal for short bursts and trials.

  • Rolling monthly billing
  • Cancel any time with 2 weeks' notice
  • Swap or pause talent easily
  • Best for short-term needs
Start flexible
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Committed

Save 10%

A 3-month commitment that unlocks better rates and priority bench access.

  • ~10% off standard rates
  • 3-month minimum term
  • Priority access to top talent
  • Dedicated delivery contact
Choose committed
DEDICATED

Dedicated

Save 20%

A 6-month+ partnership for teams scaling seriously, with our best rates and SLAs.

  • ~20% off standard rates
  • 6-month+ term
  • Guaranteed bench reservation
  • Account manager & SLAs
Go dedicated

Rates shown are indicative monthly figures in USD for full-time engagement (≈160 hours/month) and vary by exact skill set, seniority, and timezone. Part-time and project-based arrangements are available. Contact us for a tailored quote matched to your specific roles.

Why MappOptimist

Talent you can actually trust

We're engineers ourselves — so we vet for the things that really matter in production.

Senior-only talent

No juniors padding the bench. Every engineer is experienced and production-ready.

Rigorously vetted

Technical, communication, and culture screening — only the top few percent pass.

Timezone-aligned

We match talent to your working hours so collaboration feels in-house.

Fast onboarding

People who ramp in days, not months — and start adding value immediately.

Works in your stack

Engineers fluent in your tools and frameworks — no lengthy spin-up.

Flexible & no lock-in

Scale up or down monthly. You're never trapped in rigid long-term contracts.

The smarter path

Augmentation vs. traditional hiring

Get the expertise you need without the cost, delay, and risk of full-time recruitment.

Traditional hiring

  • 2–4 months to hire a specialist
  • Recruitment fees & overhead
  • Long-term salary commitment
  • Hard to scale down again
  • Risk of a bad hire

MappOptimist augmentation

  • Onboard senior talent in ~1 week
  • Simple, transparent monthly rate
  • No long-term commitment
  • Scale up or down on demand
  • Pre-vetted, replace-anytime talent
Skills on tap

Fluent across the modern stack

PythonTypeScriptReactNext.jsNode.jsGoRustLangChainPyTorchTensorFlowAWSAzureGCPKubernetesDockerPostgreSQLRedisKafkaReact NativeSwiftSolidityGraphQL
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Questions

Frequently asked

For most roles we shortlist candidates within a few days and have the right person onboarded in about a week. Highly specialised AI roles can take slightly longer, but we'll always give you a clear timeline upfront.

Completely. With Individual Experts and Dedicated Teams, augmented engineers work under your direction, in your tools and rituals — just like your own staff. With Managed Pods, we take on management while you define the outcomes.

You interview and approve everyone before they start, so surprises are rare. If a fit issue does come up, we'll replace the engineer quickly at no extra cost — that's the flexibility augmentation is built for.

Simple monthly rates per engineer or per team, with no recruitment fees and no long-term lock-in. You can scale up or down month to month. Get in touch and we'll put together a clear quote for your needs.

Yes. We match talent to your working hours wherever possible, so daily collaboration, standups, and overlap feel just like an in-house team.

Scale your team
this week.

Tell us the roles you need and we'll have pre-vetted, senior engineers ready to meet you in days.