IT Staff Augmentation Services For US Engineering Teams A Remote Dedicated Developer
Add a remote mid-to-senior developer to your team, full time and only on your work, 160 to 172 hours a month. Every developer is a full-time Empiric Infotech employee, so there is no contractor to classify, no out-of-state payroll to set up and no placement fee. Live on Eastern mornings, invoiced in USD.

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IT Staff Augmentation From Empiric Infotech LLP
Empiric Infotech LLP provides IT staff augmentation services to US companies as a dedicated-developer engagement. One remote engineer, or a few, joins your team full time: your standup, your Jira or Linear board, your GitHub organization, your Slack and your release process. A senior team lead at Empiric Infotech reviews and tests what they ship before it reaches your own review. Most of the difference shows up in US paperwork. An individual 1099 contractor leaves the classification question with you, under IRS rules, the Department of Labor and stricter state tests such as California's ABC test. A remote employee in another state means registering for payroll tax there. A staffing agency adds a markup or a placement fee, and directing its contractors day to day can raise joint-employment questions. Our developers are salaried Empiric Infotech employees in India, so you sign one services agreement, pay one monthly invoice in USD and keep our W-8BEN-E on file instead of a W-9. The working pattern is fixed: 2 hours live overlap, 8:00 to 10:00 AM ET (1 hour November to March), with the project manager available until 1:30 PM ET. We also have a US office in Bridgeville, Pennsylvania.
What IT staff augmentation services from Empiric Infotech give a US team
A developer who works like a member of your team, with the employment, the review and the paperwork handled on our side.
A teammate in your sprint
Your developer takes tickets from your board, opens pull requests in your repository, follows your branching and release rules and joins your 8:00 AM ET standup. After the live window they keep working through the rest of their day, and a written handover is in Slack before your next morning.
Employment handled by Empiric Infotech
Salary, benefits, leave cover and equipment sit with us as the employer. Your side is one monthly invoice: no payroll to run, no benefits enrollment, no new state registration and no 1099 at year end.
Access you control
Accounts through your SSO, least-privilege access to repositories and cloud, and the same access reviews and change management your SOC 2 auditor already checks. The NDA and IP assignment are signed before day one, and access can be removed in minutes when the engagement ends.
The roles US teams add most
Frontend engineers for React and Next.js, backend engineers for Node.js and Python with Django or FastAPI, full-stack developers, Flutter and FlutterFlow mobile developers, DevOps and cloud engineers for AWS, Azure and Google Cloud, AI and machine learning engineers, and UI/UX designers.
Review and testing by a senior team lead
Every delivery is reviewed and tested by a senior Empiric Infotech team lead before it lands in your pull request queue, on top of your own review. Testing is part of that lead's job, so quality checks never become a separate line on your invoice.
Capacity that follows the roadmap
Add a developer in 48 hours when a launch or a customer commitment needs more hands, and release one with seven days' notice when it passes. No minimum term and no new contract each time.
Benefits of IT Staff Augmentation with Empiric Infotech LLP
Hire Dedicated Developer
Hire Dedicated Team
We'll help your business grow with our team of hand-picked tech experts. They're not just anyone - we carefully choose them to fit your specific goals. You'll get a dedicated team that's committed to working with you, using their skills and fresh ideas to help your company succeed.
How a US staff augmentation engagement starts
One call, one developer who fits and a first merged pull request inside the first week.
A call on US time
Thirty minutes in your morning. You tell us the role, the stack, the seniority, how your team plans and ships, and what the developer should own in the first month.
One developer within 24 hours
A written role proposal and an introduction to one developer who fits, with their background and stack. You interview them before anything starts. The NDA, the IP assignment and our W-8BEN-E come with the agreement.
A 7-day risk-free trial
Access and a working environment within 48 hours, and a first pull request merged during week one. If the fit is wrong, we swap the developer at no cost or refund you in full.
Monthly, invoiced in USD
One invoice a month, paid by ACH, wire or card. Add or release developers as your roadmap changes, with seven days' notice to stop.
IT staff augmentation pricing for US companies
Monthly or hourly, both invoiced in USD, both with a senior team lead reviewing and testing what your developer ships. Monthly covers 160 to 172 hours of full-time work on your team, billed upfront by ACH, wire or card. Hourly suits a defined piece of work, such as a migration or an integration. No placement fee, no recruitment fee and no markup over someone else's contractor rate.
Hourly plan
- A dedicated developer, exclusive to you while you have hours booked
- Pay as you go - billed by the hour, time tracked, a weekly report
- Best for short, defined work; no monthly commitment
- Code review and pre-delivery testing by a senior lead, built in
Monthly plan
- A dedicated developer, full-time and exclusive - 160-172 hours a month
- The best value for an ongoing engagement
- Your repo, your cloud account, your tools
- Code review and pre-delivery testing by a senior lead on every release
- 7-day risk-free trial, monthly billing, cancel with 7 days notice
Dedicated team
- A dedicated team - developers plus a senior team lead who reviews and tests every release
- Add a developer (and a designer where the build needs UI/UX work) at the same rate
- Best for long-term, multi-track work; add a developer in 48 hours, no re-contracting
The first 90 days of staff augmentation in a US team
This is the usual shape of the first quarter once an Empiric Infotech developer joins a US engineering team.
- Week 1
SSO access and a first merged pull request
Accounts through your identity provider, a working local environment, a seat in your standup and a first pull request reviewed by our team lead and by your engineers, then merged. Day 7 is the trial decision.
- Month 1
A full share of the sprint
Tickets picked up without hand-holding, estimates that hold, and work that fits your review and release process. The written handover each morning tells your team exactly what moved overnight.
- Month 2
Owning a feature area
Your developer owns a service or a feature area end to end, joins sprint planning and flags risks before they turn into incidents. If the workload has grown, this is when teams add a second developer.
- Month 3
Part of the planning
Three months in, your developer knows the codebase and the domain well enough to suggest work, not just take it. You plan the next quarter together and adjust capacity month by month.
IT Staff Augmentation Services We Offer
At Empiric Infotech LLP, we offer a range of IT staff augmentation services designed to meet your specific needs. Our process is simple and transparent, ensuring you get the best talent quickly and efficiently.
Boost your company's in-house development team with our highly qualified dedicated developers to complete your projects effectively and efficiently.
A dedicated developer vs a US IT staffing agency, a 1099 contractor, or a W-2 hire
| Empiric Infotech (dedicated developer) | US IT staffing agency | 1099 independent contractor | W-2 employee | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who employs the developer | Empiric Infotech, full time | The agency, until a conversion | Nobody; they run their own business | You |
| What you pay | A flat monthly fee per developer in USD, or hourly | A bill rate with the agency's markup, or a placement fee | An hourly or project rate | Salary (US median $135,980, BLS May 2025) plus benefits and payroll tax |
| Classification risk | One services agreement with a company | Joint-employment questions when you direct the work | Yours, under IRS, Department of Labor and state tests such as California's ABC test | None; they are your employee |
| Tax paperwork | W-8BEN-E provided; one monthly invoice | Agency invoices | A W-9 and a 1099 each year | W-2, plus payroll registration in their state |
| Exclusive to your team | Yes, 160 to 172 hours a month | Depends on the contract | Rarely; most have other clients | Yes |
| Code review | A senior team lead reviews and tests every delivery | Your team's job | Your team's job | Your team's job |
| Time to start | 48 hours | Weeks of sourcing and interviews | Days to weeks | Months |
| Ending it | Seven days' notice | Per contract terms | Per contract terms | Your separation process, and severance if offered |
Each column describes how that option usually works, not any one provider, and none of it is legal or tax advice. The salary is the median annual wage for US software developers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2025), before benefits and payroll tax.
Working hours and US time zone overlap
Our team works 09:30 AM - 07:30 PM IST and a project manager is on call 07:30 AM - 11:00 PM IST, Monday to Friday. Here is exactly when that lands for clients in the US, Europe and Australia, your region first.
US Eastern (New York, Boston, Atlanta) - full team online 12:00 AM - 10:00 AM, project manager 10:00 PM - 1:30 PM (next day).Live cover across the edges of your day, your morning and your evening, with a project manager who replies the same business day.
US Pacific (Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle) - full team online 9:00 PM - 7:00 AM (next day), project manager 7:00 PM - 10:30 AM (next day).We are online through your evening and overnight, and your project manager sets live calls in your morning so you are never blocked.
UK & Ireland (London, Dublin) - full team online 5:00 AM - 3:00 PM, project manager 3:00 AM - 6:30 PM.
Central Europe (Berlin, Paris, Amsterdam, Madrid) - full team online 6:00 AM - 4:00 PM, project manager 4:00 AM - 7:30 PM.
Australia East (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane) - full team online 3:00 PM - 1:00 AM (next day), project manager 1:00 PM - 4:30 AM (next day).
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Hire Dedicated Software Developers From Empiric Infotech LLP
Elevate your development capabilities and accelerate your project's success by adding remote software developers from Empiric Infotech LLP to your team. Whether you need a front-end developer, a back-end developer, a full-stack developer, a mobile developer, or a UI/UX designer, we introduce one who fits the role and the stack you described, and a senior team lead reviews and tests what they ship.
Why Choose Empiric Infotech as Your IT Staff Augmentation Company?
Find out why Empiric Infotech is considered to be one of the top IT staff augmentation companies in the world.
Why US engineering teams choose staff augmentation from Empiric Infotech
Adding an engineer in the US is slow or expensive whichever way you go. A permanent hire takes months, and the median US software developer earns $135,980 a year (BLS, May 2025) before benefits and payroll tax. A staffing agency is faster but adds its margin to every hour. An individual contractor is flexible, but the classification risk stays with you, and states such as California apply stricter tests than the IRS does.
Staff augmentation from Empiric Infotech takes most of that friction away. The developer is our full-time employee, works only on your team and follows your process, while a senior team lead reviews and tests what they ship. Continuity is the point: Roamate has run on the same single dedicated developer since launch, through more than 20 versions of the app.
The time difference is handled the way distributed US teams already work: 2 hours live overlap, 8:00 to 10:00 AM ET (1 hour November to March) for the standup and anything that needs a conversation, then a full day of focused work and a written handover before your next morning. You own the code from the first commit, the first 7 days are a risk-free trial, and you can stop with seven days' notice.
Our IT Staff Augmentation Process
STEP 01
Request
Share your requirements
STEP 02
Interview
Take developer’s interview
STEP 03
Hire
Start risk-free work
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Claude
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Recent work for USA product teams
Roamate: one developer since launch
A single dedicated developer has built and extended this travel companion app in FlutterFlow with Firebase and OpenAI, shipping more than 20 versions since launch. It is live on both stores with a 4.6/5 rating.
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A multi-tenant web platform that unifies lab results, genetic data and an AI health assistant for clinics, built and extended by a single dedicated developer working in React, TypeScript and Supabase.
Read case studyVelvet Passport: a creator marketplace
Two developers built and keep extending a marketplace app that matches creators with brands, with creator profiles, collaboration matching and VIP event management.
Read case studySuperintelligence: an AI assistant
A two-developer team built an AI-driven personal assistant that generates human-like text for education, health, social and entertainment uses, across mobile and web.
Read case study“The team was professional, responsive, and kept everything on track with both time and cost.”
- Fredrik Hagen, Founder, Skapasaga
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Empiric Infotech LLP isn't just a staffing agency; we are your strategic partner in achieving your business goals. With our staff augmentation services, no more hiring headaches, just the expertise you need, when you need it. Take the first step towards a more efficient and productive IT team. Contact us today to discuss your goals and let us show you how we can help.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Adding engineers from an outside company to your own team for as long as you need them, while you direct the work. Empiric Infotech provides IT staff augmentation services to US companies as a dedicated-developer engagement: a remote developer works full time and only on your team, in your tools, with a senior team lead reviewing and testing what they ship.
A flat monthly fee per developer in USD for 160 to 172 hours of full-time work, or an hourly rate for defined work, with no placement or recruitment fee. Current rates are in the pricing section above. For comparison, the median US software developer earns $135,980 a year before benefits and payroll tax (BLS, May 2025).
Employees. Every developer is a full-time Empiric Infotech employee, never a subcontractor, so the person you interview is the person who joins your team and stays on it. Developers who want to work with us apply through the careers form on our contact page.
Our structure keeps it simple: your developer is employed by Empiric Infotech in India, and you buy a service from a company under one agreement. There is no individual contractor to classify and no US payroll to run. Your counsel can review the services agreement before you sign.
2 hours live overlap, 8:00 to 10:00 AM ET (1 hour November to March), enough for the standup, pairing and any question that needs a conversation. The project manager is available until 1:30 PM ET, and Central, Mountain and Pacific teams work from a written handover that is waiting each morning.
One monthly invoice in USD, paid by ACH, wire or card. W-8BEN-E provided, and we sign your MSA and NDA. The developer stays off your payroll, so there are no payroll taxes or benefits on your side.
Within 48 hours of sign-off. After a 30-minute call you get a written role proposal and an introduction to one developer within 24 hours, you interview them, and once the agreement is signed they have access and a working environment within two days.
The first 7 days are a risk-free trial. If the fit is wrong, we swap the developer at no cost or refund you in full. After that you are billed monthly and can stop with seven days' notice.
You do, fully. The NDA and IP assignment are signed before work starts, and your developer commits to your GitHub or GitLab organization and works in your cloud accounts from day one.
Yes. Roamate and EndoDNA each run on a single dedicated developer, and Velvet Passport and Superintelligence on two-developer teams. Typical US engagements run 6 to 18 months, with one or two developers.
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