Extend

Senior engineers who join your team, work your way, and stay as long as you need them. Under your lead, in your tools, on your codebase.

Fits when

The roadmap outgrew the team: There is more worth doing than the people you have can do.
You need experience, not only hands: The next piece of work needs someone who has done it before.
Hiring is too slow: Recruiting would take longer than the work can wait.
No second team to manage: You want people who fit into how you already work.

A plan you can read, in plain language. Here is what one looks like for adding an engineer to your team.

1
Agree what’s needed
We talk about the work, the team, and the kind of engineer who would fit.
The right person for a platform team isn’t the right person for a launch.
2
Meet the engineer
You meet the people who would join, before anything is signed.
The people you meet are the people who do the work.
3
Join your way
Your tools, your process, your reviews, your lead.
An engineer who works differently from the team costs more than they add.
4
Adjust as you go
Extend, reduce or end the engagement as your needs change.
Capacity should follow the roadmap, not the other way round.

Illustrative example, not a client engagement.

More capacity, inside your team: Work moves without a second team to coordinate.
Senior experience on your problems: People who have built and run production systems before.
A team that stays yours: Your lead, your process, your decisions.

Pick the setup that fits where you are now.

Embedded engineers: One or more senior engineers inside your team, under your lead.
Learn more about Embedded engineers
Dedicated team: If the work grows into a team of its own, we can run that team for you.
Learn more about Dedicated team

One conversation is enough to know whether we can help, and what we’d do first. Or write to hello@nivosto.com.