TEAM AUGMENTATION

Team Augmentation,
Done with Precision

Specialist engineers embedded in your team and managed by your lead, selected for your stack, your structure, and the stage your project is in.

Tell Us About the Role
See How We Match

You see a short list of candidates we have already evaluated against the role, and you decide who joins.

What is Team Augmentation?

Your Team, Your Lead, One More Expert.

OSQuay places experienced engineers inside your delivery team when the roadmap needs a skill or the capacity your team does not have today. They work in your processes, with your tools, under your lead.

We are not a volume supplier. Every candidate is evaluated against the role, the team, and the delivery context before you see a profile, so your people spend their time choosing, not screening.

Built for engineering and delivery leaders who own the outcome and need the right person in the team, not another project handed to an outside supplier.

Four Ways Extra Capacity Ends Up Costing Time.

Why Staffing Often Slows Teams Down

Staffing promises flexible engineering capacity. In practice, the work of finding the right person often lands back on your team.

01

Too many profiles, too little filtering

Providers send a stack of CVs, and your senior people spend their week screening instead of delivering.

02

Selected by keyword, not by fit

Candidates match the job title on paper but not the project, the team, or the way you work.

03

Staffing expertise, not delivery experience

The people choosing candidates have never delivered a complex system, so the gaps show up after the start.

04

Nobody stays involved after the start

Support ends at placement, and integration and performance become your problem alone.

Four Situations Where One More Expert Changes the Plan.

When It Fits

Team augmentation adds the right person to a team that already owns the work. These are the moments it pays off.

Hiring takes longer than the roadmap allows

The role is open, the work is waiting, and recruiting experienced engineers is slower than the plan can absorb.

A specialist skill for a specific phase

Data engineering, DevOps, security, test automation, or a specific platform, needed for part of the journey rather than for good.

Delivery peaks

Launches, modernization programs, and large initiatives that need more hands for a period of time.

Flexibility the organization needs

More delivery capability while headcount plans catch up, with the option to scale as the work changes.

DevelopersArchitectsQA and test automationData engineeringDevOps and cloudLow-code platformsBusiness analysis

Precision Over Volume.

How We Match

Four steps, the same for every role. You see fewer candidates, and each one has already been evaluated against what the role really needs.

1

Understand your context

The technical requirements, the team the person will join, and what delivery needs from them.

You get: a role brief you agree with
2

Evaluate for real fit

Experience, seniority, and the way the person works, assessed by people who have delivered similar systems.

You get: candidates screened by engineers
3

Present a focused shortlist

A small number of candidates ready to contribute, each with why we think they fit.

You get: a decision, not a sorting job
4

Support the integration

We stay involved through onboarding and check in on fit and contribution as the work goes on.

You get: continuity after the start

Typical staffing

  • Dozens of profiles, matched on keywords
  • Screening falls to your senior people
  • Support ends at placement
  • Speed or fit: pick one

With OSQuay

  • A focused shortlist, evaluated against the role
  • Screening done by engineers who deliver
  • Involvement continues after the start
  • Fast response without cutting the evaluation

The Right Match, Without the Wait.

In Practice

Pension funds · Netherlands

Filling a critical QA skill gap at a pension technology firm

A specialized technology company serving Dutch pension funds needed a rare combination: Tricentis Tosca expertise and hands-on familiarity with pension processes. Several suppliers were approached at the same time. OSQuay responded first, and presented the right person rather than a list of technically qualified ones.

The consultant joined as an embedded QA specialist, contributed from the start, and the quality of the match opened the door to further collaboration.

Rare profileTricentis Tosca plus pension sector knowledge
First to respondamong the suppliers approached
Embeddedin the client's QA team, under their lead
Follow-on worknew opportunities after the first placement

"OSQuay has been a valuable partner in strengthening our development team. Their flexibility and technical expertise have allowed us to accelerate projects while maintaining full control and quality."

Tiago Ribeiro, COO, Farmodiética

Three Ways to Extend Your Team. One Standard of Fit.

Ways to Work With Us

One specialist

For a single role or skill gap

One engineer selected for the role, embedded in your team and working under your lead.

Embedded squad

For a delivery peak or a new workstream

Several profiles selected to work together inside your team, coordinated by your lead, with one point of contact at OSQuay.

Specialist with backing

For specialist work that benefits from a second opinion

Your embedded engineer, with access to OSQuay's senior practitioners for reviews and hard problems when needed.

Not sure which fits? It usually becomes clear in the first conversation, and you can change as the work changes.

Extend Your Team, or Hand Us the Outcome.

Across Every Stage

Team Augmentation works at any stage of a system. When you would rather we own the result, not just add capacity, these are the services that do.

Decide and validate

Technology Consulting & Assessments →

An independent view before a major decision, with a written recommendation.

 Build and modernize

Legacy Modernization →

A core system modernized in stages, while the business keeps running on it.

 Run and evolve

Application Maintenance & Support →

A named team that owns the stability and evolution of your applications.

Team Augmentation

Your lead directs the work. We find, evaluate, and support the right people inside your team.

Project and managed services

We own delivery against an agreed outcome, with our own team, methods, and accountability.

What’s Next

Tell Us About the Role. We Will Tell You Who Fits.

A short conversation about the role, the team, and the stack. If augmentation is not the right answer, we will say so.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common Questions, Direct Answers

  • We start with a short conversation to understand your needs, followed by identifying and sharing the most relevant profiles for your team.

  • We typically provide relevant candidate profiles within a few days, depending on the role and requirements.

  • We focus on quality over volume, usually presenting a small number of carefully selected profiles rather than large batches.

  • Candidates are evaluated based on technical requirements, team structure, and delivery context, not just skills or availability.

  • Yes. Our engineers integrate directly into your team, aligning with your tools, workflows, and delivery model.

  • Engagements are flexible and structured around your needs, without unnecessary long-term constraints.