Team Augmentation (Staff IC)
I embed with your engineers as a senior/staff IC: take the hardest work, review PRs, raise the bar on testing and observability, and mentor — measured by how well the team runs after I leave.
- You’re mid-hire and need to keep momentum
- A hard project needs a staff-level lead
- Code review and quality are slipping under load
- You want mentoring, not just throughput
What I do
- Hands-on feature & systems work
- PR review & quality bar
- Testing & observability uplift
- Pairing & mentoring
- Tech-debt paydown with a plan
What you get
- Shipped features & fixes
- A raised engineering bar
- Better tests & dashboards
- Mentored, leveled-up engineers
- A clean exit with no key-person risk
Common questions
It depends on the model. Embedded retainers are typically 2–4 days a week; advisory retainers are 4–8 focused hours a week with standing office hours. I take one to two engagements at a time so each gets real attention.
Fully remote. I’m based in Colorado (US Mountain, UTC−7) and overlap comfortably with US time zones and European mornings. I work async-first with a weekly demo and written updates, so progress is visible without standing meetings.
A short master services agreement plus a per-engagement statement of work covering scope, milestones, IP assignment, confidentiality (NDA), and a 30-day notice for retainers. I carry professional liability insurance and can sign your paper if it’s reasonable.