IT Staff Augmentation - EdTech & SaaS
The engineers you need. In your sprint by week two.
Hireplicity staff augmentation puts senior engineers directly into your existing team — same standup, same sprint, same accountability standards as your in-house developers. Matched to your tech stack, seniority level, and domain. Onboarded in 2 weeks, not 3 months.
Built for teams that already know what they need.
Staff Augmentation is the right model when you have an existing engineering team and a specific gap — a missing skill, a temporary capacity crunch, or a domain-specialist you can't hire fast enough locally.
EdTech teams that need FERPA-aware engineers without a 4-month recruiting cycle
SaaS companies scaling for a specific product sprint or feature push
Startups adding QA, DevOps, or a senior architect without committing to a full-time hire
Enterprise teams with contractor headcount limits who need offshore augmentation that integrates cleanly
If you need a team to own an entire build end-to-end, see our Full-Cycle model →
How Does It Work?
From first conversation to engineer in your standup — in under two weeks. Every step is specific, every commitment is kept.
Assessment
We ask the right questions: role, seniority level, tech stack, domain expertise needed, and timeline. For EdTech clients, we also confirm compliance knowledge requirements. No 20-minute intake form — a focused conversation.
Shortlist Delivered
You receive a shortlist of vetted engineers matched to your stack, seniority level, and domain — with availability and rate cards included. We match on domain expertise, not just a resume: an EdTech engineer already knows FERPA and LTI 1.3 before their first standup.
Availability + rate cards includedOnboarding & Integration
Your engineer joins your tools — Slack, Jira, GitHub, Notion — from day two. They attend your standups, follow your PR review process, and match your code style guidelines. We join your workflow — we don't impose ours.
In your tools before end of week 1Scale Up or Down
Add engineers or reduce the team with 2 weeks' notice. No penalties for downsizing. No re-onboarding fees for re-scaling. You pay for the capacity you're actively using.
2 weeks' notice to scale either wayTransparent & Predictable
Monthly invoice at the agreed rate. No hidden management fees, no per-tool surcharges, no overtime billing without prior approval. Full cost breakdown provided before the engagement starts.
Full breakdown before you commitPerformance Monitoring & Replacement Guarantee
If the engineer isn't performing — technically, culturally, or communicatively — we replace them within the week at our cost. Your account lead monitors sprint performance monthly. No awkward vendor conversation — you tell us, we act.
Replacement within the week — at our cost“Hireplicity, Inc. was highly involved in every feature development in the project. They provided technologies that were used for several years. The vendor demonstrated their adaptability for their quality and speed of their outputs. They were praised for their coordination and eagerness to learn.”
— Baxter Mante, Product Director, EdTech Startup
Why engineering leaders choose Hireplicity for staff augmentation.
Four reasons we consistently outperform every other offshore staff aug provider our clients have tried.
Domain-Matched Engineers — Not Just Stack-Matched
Most providers match on tech stack. We match on tech stack, seniority level, domain expertise, and compliance knowledge. An EdTech engineer from Hireplicity already knows FERPA, COPPA, WCAG, LTI 1.3, and OneRoster. A SaaS engineer already has multi-tenant and billing system experience. Your onboarding overhead drops dramatically.
40–70% Cost Savings vs. US Hiring
You pay for the resource you're using — no recruitment fee, no benefits overhead, no 90-day notice period. Fully-loaded cost per engineer runs 40–70% below an equivalent US hire. Full breakdown shared before you commit.
Scale in a Sprint, Not a Quarter
Add an engineer or a squad in the time it takes to run one sprint cycle — no recruiter, no visa risk, no notice period delays. Scale back with 2 weeks' notice when the roadmap shifts. You pay for the capacity you're actively using.
In Your Tools. In Your Workflow. From Day Two.
Your augmented engineer is in Slack, Jira, and GitHub before the end of week one. They follow your PR review process and match your code standards. We don't insert a Hireplicity workflow — we join yours.
What roles we place.
Senior engineers across the full stack — matched to your tech, your seniority level, and your domain. Shortlist delivered in 3 business days.
Full-Stack Engineers
End-to-end product engineers — front to back
Shortlist delivered in 3 business days — with availability and rate cards included.
Request a hireBackend Specialists
Database, API, and cloud infrastructure engineers
Shortlist delivered in 3 business days — with availability and rate cards included.
Request a hireFrontend Engineers
UI engineers with accessibility-first development
Shortlist delivered in 3 business days — with availability and rate cards included.
Request a hireMobile Engineers
Cross-platform and native mobile development
Shortlist delivered in 3 business days — with availability and rate cards included.
Request a hireQA Engineers
Manual, automated, and accessibility QA
Shortlist delivered in 3 business days — with availability and rate cards included.
Request a hireDevOps & Cloud Engineers
CI/CD, infrastructure, and cloud architecture
Shortlist delivered in 3 business days — with availability and rate cards included.
Request a hireAI-Integration Engineers
LLM feature integration and RAG architecture
Shortlist delivered in 3 business days — with availability and rate cards included.
Request a hireEdTech Specialists
Compliance-first engineers — FERPA, COPPA, WCAG built in
Our primary vertical — 18 years of EdTech delivery. These engineers know your compliance stack before day one.
Request a hireTell us the role. We'll send you a shortlist in 7 business days.
No long intake form. Tell us the role, the seniority level, the tech stack, and when you need them and we'll send a shortlist of vetted engineers with availability and rate cards within 3 business days.
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