Staff Augmentation
Extend your engineering team with senior developers who work inside your processes, codebase, and culture, not alongside them in a separate vendor track.
Senior
only talent
2–4 weeks
lead time
Month-to-month
flexibility
Embedded
in your tools
What's included
Senior-only talent
Every engineer we place is vetted for the specific role they fill, technically and culturally. You know who you are getting before work starts.
Your tools, your processes
We work in your Jira, your Slack, your GitHub. No separate vendor portal, no weekly status-report overhead.
Web3 & AI specialists
Access to engineers with rare expertise in EVM, Solana, Rust, LLMs, and AI agent systems, hard to find on the open market.
Flexible scaling
Add or reduce headcount month-to-month. No long-term contracts that lock you in when your roadmap or funding changes.
No contractor management overhead
Rather Labs owns the contractual relationship with every engineer. No individual contractor agreements, no cross-border payment logistics, no compliance overhead on your end.
How we engage
The engagement process
Role brief
You describe the role, stack, team dynamics, and expected output. We assess fit against our roster and tell you honestly if we have the right match.
Engineer introduction
You meet 1-2 matched engineers. Technical interview in your format. No agency recruiter in the room: you talk directly with the engineer.
Hire & kick off
Once you've selected your engineer, we move fast: contracts, access, and introductions handled within days so they're in your Slack and GitHub from day one.
Embedded delivery & scaling
The engineer operates as a full team member: standups, PRs, direct communication with your PM. Add more engineers as the roadmap grows, with a consistent RL point of contact throughout.
Hard-to-hire specialists, ready now
Finding a senior Rust engineer or a production AI agent developer on the open market takes months. We typically have a shortlist of pre-vetted profiles ready within 72 hours.
LATAM timezone advantage
Our engineers work in US and EU hours from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Full overlap with New York, 5-hour overlap with London, without the premium of US-based talent.
Scale up or down fast
Add engineers as the roadmap grows, scale back when it contracts. Month-to-month flexibility with no termination costs or long-term lock-in.
No black-box output
Augmented engineers work inside your team and your visibility tools. You see every commit, every PR, every Slack message, same as your internal hires.
Our stacks & tools
- Solidity
- Rust
- TypeScript
- React
- Next.js
- Node.js
- Python
- FastAPI
- PostgreSQL
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- AWS
- GitHub Actions
- Foundry
- Hardhat
- Anchor
- LangChain
- Ethereum
- Arbitrum
- Solana
- MultiversX
- NEAR
- and more
Questions we hear often
Specific questions? Book a 30-minute discovery call. No commitment, just honest answers.
Get in touchFor roles within our active roster, we send a shortlist of 3–5 pre-vetted profiles within 72 hours. Interviews typically take 3–5 days, and onboarding takes about a week — so most clients have an engineer active within two weeks of the first call. Specialised or unusual roles may take a bit longer.
We typically engage for a minimum of 3 months. This gives enough time for the engineer to onboard, become productive, and deliver meaningful output. Shorter engagements are possible for well-defined scopes; discuss with us.
Yes. We can place engineers at 50% allocation for teams that need senior guidance without a full-time commitment. Minimum 20 hours per week to maintain productive engagement.
We have a 2-week fit guarantee built into every engagement. If the fit is not right in the first two weeks, technically or culturally, we replace the engineer at no additional cost.
No. Rather Labs handles the contractual relationship with every engineer on your team. You never sign individual contractor agreements, deal with cross-border payments, or manage compliance with local regulations. You direct the work; we handle all the logistics behind it.
Free 30-minute call
Ready to hire your engineer?
Tell us the role, stack, and seniority you need. We'll match you with pre-vetted candidates within 72 hours.