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Staff Augmentation

Embed senior engineers into your team.

For CTOs with an existing engineering team who need capacity fast. Deploy pre-vetted Ukrainian engineers in 48 hours — they join your standups, push to your repo, follow your standards.

Why This Model

Why CTOs choose augmentation

Add production-ready capacity without recruiting cycles, onboarding overhead, or severance risk. Deploy in days, scale back without penalties.

First commit in 48 hours

No recruiting cycles. Siema maintains a bench of validated engineers across popular stacks. From signed agreement to pushing code in your repo — under 48 hours.

Transparent, senior-first pricing

Senior developers $40–50/hr. Junior roles from $30/hr. The cost advantage is structural — driven by cost-of-living, not lower skill. Israeli tech lead oversight included in every rate — no hidden markups or management fees.

Under 5% acceptance rate

Every engineer passes live architectural simulations, production-scenario profiling, and communication assessments. You interview and approve every placement before deployment.

48-hour replacement guarantee

Scale up or down with no notice periods. If an engineer isn't the right fit, replacement deploys within 48 hours at no extra cost. 3.8% annual attrition ensures long-term continuity.

Governance

Your team, your rules

Augmented engineers operate as members of your team — not ours. You retain full architectural authority and day-to-day control.

Architecture authority

Your CTO retains veto power on all technical decisions. Siema's tech lead handles daily trade-offs; major changes require your sign-off.

Your tools and workflow

Engineers work in your IDE, your repo, your CI/CD pipeline. No shadow environments, no side channels.

Direct communication

Engineers join your Slack channels, attend your standups, report to your backlog. No account managers in between.

Weekly visibility

Israeli tech lead provides weekly delivery reports with velocity, code quality metrics, and escalation flags.

Engagement Models

Choose your model

From a single embedded engineer to a full managed squad. All include Israeli technical oversight and enterprise-grade security.

Embedded Engineer

Plug into your existing team

$40–50/hr

Senior developers. Junior roles from $30/hr.

  • Single engineer, your workflow
  • Direct Slack/Teams integration
  • Your tools, your repo, your standards
  • Israeli tech lead oversight included
  • 48-hour deployment
Most popular

Managed Squad

3–7 engineers with a tech lead

Custom

Scoped by squad size and stack complexity.

  • 3–7 engineers per squad
  • Dedicated Israeli tech lead
  • PM and architecture oversight
  • Independent delivery capability
  • Fully equipped office in Ukraine

Advisory & CTO Support

Strategic engineering leadership

From $1,000

Per engagement. Retainer options available.

  • Architecture review with actionable report
  • Pre-fundraise technical due diligence
  • Hiring bar calibration and benchmarks
  • System design and scaling assessment
  • Delivery-risk assessment with remediation plan

Compare with Toptal or Andela. See full details on our Pricing page.

Security & Governance

Enterprise-grade by default

Bilateral NDA

Signed before any access is provisioned.

Israeli jurisdiction

All contracts governed under Israeli law.

IP from day 1

Code ownership transfers automatically. No retention clauses.

In-VPC only

Engineers work inside your cloud. No local code copies.

Full security details →

FAQ

Common questions

Start in 48 hours.

Book a 15-minute architecture brief. Get matched engineer profiles within 24 hours.

Staff Augmentation for Israeli Startups — Scale in 48 Hours | Siema