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Engagement Model

Your team, extended

A hand-picked squad of senior AI and engineering specialists that works as a true extension of your company — flexible, fully embedded and under your control.

What it is

An extension of your team, not a vendor

A Dedicated Team is a cross-functional squad we assemble specifically for you — AI/ML engineers, full-stack developers, product managers and designers — who work exclusively on your roadmap. They join your standups, your codebase and your culture, taking direction from you the way your own hires would.

Unlike a fixed-scope contract, there's no rigid statement of work to renegotiate every time priorities shift. You get the velocity of senior, pre-vetted talent with the flexibility and control of an in-house team — without the multi-month hiring cycle.

A dedicated team working as an extension of your company
When it fits

The right model when scope evolves

A dedicated team shines when the work is ongoing, the requirements move, and continuity matters more than a fixed deliverable.

You have a long-term roadmap and evolving requirements, not a one-off deliverable.
Hiring senior AI and engineering talent fast is slowing your product down.
You want direct control over priorities and process, not a fixed statement of work.
You need to flex capacity around launches, seasons or funding milestones.
You value continuity — the same people, deepening domain knowledge over quarters.
Advantages

Why teams choose a dedicated squad

The control of in-house hires, the speed of a specialist studio.

Flexible scaling

Scale the squad up or down as your roadmap shifts. Add an ML engineer for a model push, wind down when you ship — no renegotiation, no idle cost.

Full control

You own the backlog, the priorities and the process. The team works inside your tools, ceremonies and definition of done — it's your team, extended.

Truly embedded

We plug into your Slack, your standups and your repos. Shared context, shared ownership — no black-box vendor handoffs or status-report theatre.

Fast onboarding

Pre-vetted specialists who ship in week one. We handle sourcing, screening and ramp-up so you skip months of hiring and get velocity immediately.

Senior talent

Every seat is filled by an experienced practitioner — AI/ML, backend, frontend, product and design — who's shipped production systems before, not a junior on training wheels.

No lock-in

We optimize for knowledge transfer, clean architecture and documentation from day one, so you can absorb the team internally whenever you choose.

Team Structures

Three ways to structure the team

Whether you want us fully managing delivery or your own PM steering our engineers directly — you choose how much control sits on your side.

Option 1

3 tiers

Fully managed — our PM runs the squad end to end.

You
DSME Project Manager
Dev · QA · Support Engineers

Option 2

4 tiers

Co-managed — your PM and ours work side by side.

You
Your Project Manager
DSME Project Manager
Dev · QA · Support Engineers

Option 3

3 tiers

Direct control — your PM leads our engineers directly.

You
Your Project Manager
DSME Dev · QA · Support Engineers
Resource Augmentation

Add senior talent in five steps

Need one specialist or a whole squad? Our low-risk augmentation path gets vetted engineers into your team fast — with a one-week trial and no lock-in.

1

Share Requirements

  • Tech stack & team structure
  • Desired weekly hours
  • Specific requests
2

Select Resources

  • Receive CVs in 48 hrs
  • Interview your pick
  • Discuss cost & hours
3

One-Week Trial

  • Set a start date
  • Success: continue
  • Failure: no obligation
4

Manage Workflow

  • Weekly sprint planning
  • Daily standups
  • Direct communication
5

Delivery & Beyond

  • Continuous delivery
  • Support & maintenance
  • Clean end of contract
How it works

From brief to shipping in weeks

A simple, transparent path to a productive team.

01

Scope the shape

We map the roles, seniority and skills your roadmap needs — from ML engineers to product designers — and agree on team composition.

02

Assemble the squad

We hand-pick vetted specialists, introduce them, and you approve the fit. No anonymous resource pool — you meet your people.

03

Embed & ramp

The team joins your tools and rituals, absorbs context in the first sprint, and starts shipping alongside your staff immediately.

04

Iterate & flex

You run the backlog; we handle team health, mentoring and delivery. Scale the squad as priorities move.

Ready to extend your team?

Tell us what your roadmap needs and we'll propose a squad — with people you can meet — within days.