MES, SCADA, production control, predictive maintenance, shop-floor AI.
The Devox Software Staff Augmentation Model
IT staff augmentation services (also called outstaffing) enable businesses to instantly expand their in-house engineering capabilities by adding vetted software developers. Devox Software delivers a 7-business-day vetting promise to ensure specialized engineers join your sprint cycles seamlessly. You maintain full control over priorities, backlog, and code repositories while we remain the employer of record.
- Global Engineering Talent. Access a broader pool of vetted engineers without taking on international hiring, contracts, payroll, or local administration. You contract with Devox Software in the US; we source engineers across our European talent network and remain the employer of record.
- Ownership Under US Copyright Law: Your MSA carries a present written assignment of copyright as Section 204 of the US Copyright Act requires. Every engineer signs an upstream assignment to Devox Software before receiving repository access, so the chain of title stays complete when an acquirer’s counsel walks it backward.
- One Domestic Vendor Relationship. You engage a Florida corporation, pay a single USD invoice, and route the spend through your existing AP workflow. Devox Software has agreements with every engineer and settles all compensation in each engineer’s jurisdiction.
Why Engineering Leaders Choose Devox Software
First Shortlist in 7 Days
This is why engineering leaders choose IT staff augmentation for their engineering projects. You see the first shortlist within 7 business days of the role call. Sourcing runs in parallel with technical screening, and the search starts from a vetted pool we keep warm between engagements. We make it easier to leverage staff augmentation services to scale your operations.
An Engineer Screens Every Profile
A recruiter works the opening while an engineer from the relevant practice checks the technical fit. Each profile presents the projects behind the person and the reasons we put them forward.
Senior Engineers at an Outstaffing Rate
A senior seat in the US carries more than salary. Recruiting fees and benefits sit on top of it; payroll taxes add a percentage; and the ramp before the first commit is paid time as well. Partnering with staff augmentation companies replaces that stack with one hourly or monthly rate for engineering hours. As the employer of record, we handle the employment layer on our side of the contract, and you keep the seniority mix you planned for.
Productive Inside Your Sprint
Our developers work directly from your backlog and follow your sprint schedule. You set priorities and review output. Devox Software directs how the work is performed.
Hard-to-Hire Stacks, Filled Fast
We fill roles that take months to hire for, including legacy codebases where the existing code sets the constraints.
Capacity You Can Plan Around
We arrange coverage for planned absences on the terms set out in the engagement. If an engineer leaves mid-engagement, we cover the replacement spend.
Spend That Tracks Demand
Add capacity as the backlog grows and release them as it shrinks, in short commitment cycles. We cover the employer burden, from recruiting and onboarding to equipment and training.
A Second Pair of Eyes
An account manager stays with the engagement while you run the day-to-day. If an engineer reads a ticket differently than you intended, we catch it before it turns into rework.
The Context Stays In-House
Work is documented as it ships, and handover notes are produced throughout the engagement.
Best-Fit Scenarios
- The roadmap requires this level of seniority over the next two years. Local salary levels cap the number of senior seats the budget can carry. Outstaffing puts the same level of engineer on the team at a rate that already covers the employer’s costs.
- IT team augmentation reliably covers the gap between your hiring rate and project needs, providing stability for as long as your roadmap requires.
- A specialization in your backlog has no owner, and no one on the panel can interview for it. Real-time streaming, embedded firmware, a payment integration, or a Kubernetes migration keeps slipping because nobody holds that specialty. When the interview panel lacks depth in the skill, a senior hire becomes a bet that the roadmap will pay off. An engineer from the relevant practice screens for that skill before the shortlist reaches you, and a wrong match is replaced at our spend.
- One senior engineer gates every release. The review queue behind your architect sets the engineering org’s pace, and another senior seat clears it.
- A long absence needs covering. Parental leave, a sabbatical, or a resignation with a long backfill ahead, while your own hiring runs at its normal pace.
- Work arrives in waves. Some quarters need three engineers, and some need none, and the carrying cost of permanent capacity exceeds the demand.
Solving Complex Industry Challenges
Our resource augmentation services help tackle these complex industry challenges:
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Manufacturing & Industrial Systems
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Automotive
SDV architecture, digital twins, OTA platforms, embedded and cloud systems.
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Logistics and Supply Chain
TMS/WMS modernization, real-time optimization, multi-system integration.
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Legacy Enterprise Modernization
Long-lived monoliths, zero-downtime migration, regulated environments.
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AI-Native Platform Engineering
Production LLM/RAG systems, agentic workflows, internal AI platforms with governance.
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Financial Infrastructure & Payments
Core banking layers, payment processing, compliance-heavy transaction systems.
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Energy & Utilities Operations
Grid management, asset monitoring, predictive operations, OT/IT convergence.
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Complex Product Platforms
Multi-tenant SaaS with heavy technical debt, high-availability requirements, continuous evolution.
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Additional Info
- .NET 6
- MS SQL
- Redis
- Angular
- NgRx
- RxJS
- Kubernetes
- Elasticsearch
United Kingdom
Testimonials
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Frequently Asked Questions
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How quickly can you fill an opening?
In most cases, you see the first qualified candidates within 7 business days. We run sourcing and technical screening in parallel, based on your stack, seniority, and actual work.
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How do you vet your candidates?
Before we send you a profile, we run a technical screen tailored to the role. We test more than tool knowledge. We look at how the profile handles real production constraints: production loads, legacy code, AI pipelines, or security requirements, depending on the role.
We also assess how the engineer thinks through problems, explains trade-offs, and communicates within the engineering org. That means fewer weak interviews and less risk of hiring someone who interviews well but struggles in production.
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What if a hire isn't a good fit or leaves?
We remain responsible for staffing continuity throughout the engagement. If an engineer leaves, underperforms, or isn’t a good fit, we source and cover the spend for the replacement. We manage the handoff to minimize disruption, begin the search immediately, and confirm the role timeline.
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Can your engineers work in our time zone?
Most of our engineers work with several hours of overlap with US Eastern and Central time.
That overlap gives you live time for standups, reviews, and technical discussions.
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How does the spend compare to hiring locally in the US?
Hiring a senior engineer in the US means paying for more than salary: recruiting, benefits, payroll taxes, equipment, and onboarding all add to the financial spend. With staff augmentation, you get a vetted engineer without taking on those employer burdens.
You can also scale the team up or down as the workload changes. For many teams, that lowers the total spend without lowering the seniority they need.
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Who manages the engineers day-to-day?
You direct the work product and set the priorities. Devox Software remains the employer of record, covering compensation, performance reviews, leave, and career progression. Your MSA states this split in writing.
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Do we need W-8 forms or 1099 filings for the engineers?
No. You pay a US corporation, so the engineers are never included in your tax reporting. Devox Software holds the agreements with them and settles compensation in their own jurisdictions. Your accounts payable sees one domestic vendor invoice.
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Staff augmentation vs. outsourcing: what is the difference?
With professional staff augmentation services, augmented engineers integrate directly into your internal workflows, taking daily directives and priorities from your engineering leadership. Software development outsourcing delegates the entire project scope, management, and technical deliverables to an external vendor who assumes full delivery ownership.
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What are the terms and practices of Replacement Guarantee & SLA?
If an engineer doesn’t work out, during the trial period or later in the engagement, we run the replacement search and cover the cost. What’s already confirmed and can stay as-is: replacement during the trial period defined in your engagement is at our cost; if an engineer leaves mid-engagement, we cover the replacement spend and your account manager runs the search and handles the handoff to minimize disruption.
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What if the difference between Staff Augmentation vs. Dedicated Team vs. BOT vs. Outstaffing?
Staff Augmentation Dedicated Team BOT Outstaffing Who directs daily work You You (product direction) You, transitioning to your own team You Who employs the talent Devox Software (EOR) Devox Software Devox Software, transferring to you Devox Software (EOR) Typical use case Fill a specific gap in an existing team, fast Build/run a long-term roadmap with a dedicated squad Stand up a team you’ll eventually own outright Add individual capacity without integration overhead Contract length Short to mid-term, scales with backlog Long-term Fixed operating period Flexible Learn more Dedicated Team Build-Operate-Transfer
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