How is Miracuves staff augmentation different from posting a job on Upwork or hiring a freelancer?
Freelancers optimize for gig throughput; Miracuves engineers pass a 98% rejection vetting funnel before you see them — technical screening, live assessment, work audit, and paid trial sprint. Augmented engineers work exclusively on your product during engaged hours, embed in your sprint board, and come with replacement guarantee and published rates without stacked marketplace fees.
Can engineers join our team in the middle of an active sprint without derailing delivery?
Yes — this is the common case, not an exception. Most augmented engineers are productive within 48 hours: repo access, branch conventions, CI expectations, and first tickets are aligned in onboarding day one. They join your standups and take work from the current sprint rather than waiting for a future planning cycle. Miracuves confirms structure, rate, timezone overlap, and IP assignment in your engagement letter before start — not verbal promises after you have paused the roadmap.
Do augmented engineers use our repository, Jira, Linear, and Slack — or Miracuves tools?
Always yours. Miracuves does not impose a parallel toolchain or separate codebase. Engineers commit to your repos, update your tickets, and communicate in your channels. Your engineering manager remains the direct line for priorities and code review — Miracuves handles vetting, payroll, and replacement. Miracuves confirms structure, rate, timezone overlap, and IP assignment in your engagement letter before start — not verbal promises after you have paused the roadmap.
We need three extra engineers for a Q4 release, then want to scale back. Is that realistic?
Staff augmentation is designed for exactly this pattern. Scale up for release crunches or migration waves, scale down when velocity stabilizes — month-to-month with two weeks' notice per engineer. Miracuves has no incentive to keep surplus capacity on your bill after launch. Miracuves confirms structure, rate, timezone overlap, and IP assignment in your engagement letter before start — not verbal promises after you have paused the roadmap.
What if an augmented engineer cannot ramp on our monorepo or legacy codebase?
The 2-week replacement guarantee covers early mismatch at no additional cost. Miracuves replaces with a profile better suited to your stack and codebase complexity. Be explicit about legacy constraints during matching — filtering is applied before you interview. Miracuves confirms structure, rate, timezone overlap, and IP assignment in your engagement letter before start — not verbal promises after you have paused the roadmap.
How does management responsibility split between Miracuves and our engineering lead?
Your engineering manager assigns tickets, reviews PRs, and judges delivery quality. Miracuves owns recruiting, employment, replacement SLA, and engagement continuity. You do not become HR for overseas contractors — but you retain full technical control. Miracuves confirms structure, rate, timezone overlap, and IP assignment in your engagement letter before start — not verbal promises after you have paused the roadmap.
What timezone overlap is guaranteed for augmented engineers?
Minimum four-hour live overlap per engineer, confirmed in writing before start, with async Slack updates covering remaining hours. Overlap windows are aligned to your primary business timezone — US, UK, EU, or APAC as required. Miracuves confirms structure, rate, timezone overlap, and IP assignment in your engagement letter before start — not verbal promises after you have paused the roadmap.
What is the minimum engagement length for a short burst augmentation?
No annual contract. Month-to-month is standard with two weeks' notice. Four-to-six-week burst engagements for launch support are common. Part-time at $1,499/mo covers 20 hours per week when you need fractional capacity rather than full-time headcount. Miracuves confirms structure, rate, timezone overlap, and IP assignment in your engagement letter before start — not verbal promises after you have paused the roadmap.
