Engineering engagement models: 4 ways to work, one guarantee

Remote Pro Ai offers 4 engagement models, from one added engineer to a fixed-price build. Each carries the same vetting, guarantee and 4-working-day start.

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In short

Remote Pro Ai offers 4 engineering engagement models. Team Extension adds vetted engineers to your team, and Ready Squads are pre-assembled teams live in 4 working days. Managed Delivery means we own the outcome under SLAs, and Project Engagement covers fixed-scope builds paid by milestone. Every model carries the same quality guarantee and replacement terms.

Choose how much control you keep. The guarantee, the vetting and the 4-working-day start stay the same.

Compare the 4 engineering engagement models side by side

Team ExtensionReady Squads (Squad-in-4)Managed DeliveryProject Engagement
Who directs daily workYour managersA Remote Pro Ai Squad Lead, inside your prioritiesA Remote Pro Ai delivery leadA Remote Pro Ai project manager
What you ownBacklog, priorities, ways of workingRoadmap and outcomesAcceptance criteria and business goalsScope sign-off and acceptance
What we ownSelection, performance, replacementVelocity, ceremonies, quality gates, continuityScope, timeline, quality, riskDelivery of the agreed scope to the agreed criteria
PricingMonthly per seat, by seniorityMonthly per Squad PackMonthly fee, capped time and materials, or outcome-basedFixed price per milestone
SLA and creditsStart date, replacement, seat availabilityAll Team Extension SLAs plus a weekly squad health reportDelivery SLAs, response times, service creditsMilestone acceptance and a 60-day warranty
Start4 working days (bench)4 working daysTeam in 4 working days, discovery in 2 weeksDiscovery in 2 weeks
Best forFilling skill gaps in a running teamOpening a new product stream fastOutcomes with a date and little internal management timeDefined apps, platforms and AI systems

Off-bench and on-site roles start within 4 working days too, in every model.

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  1. Who will direct the engineers day to day?
  2. How settled is the scope?
  3. When do you need people working?
  4. What will your stakeholders hold you to?

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The 4 models in detail

  • Team Extension

    Vetted engineers inside your team, managed by you, guaranteed by us.

    • Mid, Senior or Lead engineers from 122 role profiles
    • Monthly per seat, one invoice for the whole team
    • Replacement for any reason: a replacement starts within 4 working days; the full handover completes in under 14 days

  • Ready Squads (Squad-in-4)

    A complete, pre-assembled squad working in your sprints in 4 working days.

    • Starter Pack, Product Pack and AI Pod Pack
    • Squad Lead, ceremonies and a weekly health report included
    • Free 72-hour hold while you get internal approval

  • Managed Delivery

    We own the outcome, the plan and the risk, measured against SLAs.

    • Remote Pro Ai delivery lead and an independent Governance Officer
    • AI-assisted sprint summaries, reviewed by a person
    • Service credits applied automatically when we miss an SLA

  • Project Engagement

    Fixed-scope apps, platforms and AI systems, paid by accepted milestone.

    • 2-week discovery fixes scope, risks and acceptance criteria
    • Each milestone is invoiced only after you accept it
    • Source code and IP assigned to you on payment

Also from Remote Pro Ai: Growth Team

Growth Team is an outsourced sales development service, not an engineering model, so it has its own contract terms. A dedicated team with a dedicated account manager works the market you choose. AI drafts, personalises and prioritises; our team reviews and approves every message and makes the calls. The contract guarantees 10 counted meetings a month.

  • Month 1 delivers 60 % of the guarantee (6 counted meetings) while the team sets up; month 2 onward, the full 10
  • Every missing meeting refunded at one tenth of the fee; every counted meeting beyond 10 at SAR 1,875 (USD 500) + VAT
  • SAR 22,500 a month (USD 6,000) on a 3-month minimum, or SAR 18,750 a month (USD 5,000) on a 6-month term, all-inclusive, excl. VAT

Explore Growth Team

Check your fit

Transparent rates, quoted in your currency

Every model is priced from the same building blocks: seniority band, practice, hours, on-site needs and commitment term. Senior seats start from USD 5,850 per month, and Mid seats from USD 4,450. Your instant quote lists each line in SAR, AED, USD or EUR, shows VAT separately and stays valid for 30 days.

6-month term
−5% · 12-month term: −10%
3 or more engineers
−4%
Combined discounts never exceed −15%
Checkout lane by monthly value
up to USD 25,000 online · USD 25,000–⁠100,000 reservation · above USD 100,000 Enterprise lane
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The same guarantee in every model

Read the full guarantee
  • 48 h shortlist of vetted, anonymised profiles
  • Start in 4 working days, bench, off-bench and on-site roles alike
  • No-bill trial: 5 working days, 10 in the Enterprise lane, once per company
  • Replacement for any reason: a replacement starts within 4 working days; the full handover completes in under 14 days
  • 1 free day per late day, up to 10
  • IP assigned to you on payment

One model per problem, chosen on purpose

  • Team Extension · Illustrative pattern

    Case T-02

    European telecom operator

    subscriber backend moved to Kubernetes. 99.95% availability, −60% P1 incidents.

  • Ready Squad · Illustrative pattern

    Case B-02

    Saudi insurer

    bilingual RAG assistant live in 14 weeks. −52% average handling time.

  • Managed Delivery · Illustrative pattern

    Case P-02

    Riyadh government entity

    24/7 SOC live in 6 weeks, 0 critical findings at first audit.

  • Project Engagement · Illustrative pattern

    Case R-01

    UK retail group

    headless commerce storefront on Next.js. +21% conversion.

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Choosing a model: common questions

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In Team Extension, Remote Pro Ai engineers work under your managers and you direct the backlog; we own selection, performance and replacement. In Managed Delivery, our delivery lead owns scope, timeline, quality and risk against acceptance criteria you set, and service credits apply automatically when we miss an SLA.

Yes. Many clients start with Team Extension or a Ready Squad and move to Managed Delivery once the programme grows. A switch is a Statement of Work amendment issued from Client OS, with no renegotiation of the MSA. Your engineers, history and documentation stay in place, so the team keeps working while the paperwork changes.

Team Extension and Ready Squads start in 4 working days for roles on our bench. Managed Delivery deploys its team in 4 working days and runs a 2-week discovery in parallel. Project Engagement begins with discovery, so scope and price are fixed before the build starts and nothing is invoiced on assumptions.

The core terms are identical: a 48-hour shortlist, a 4-working-day start for every seat (bench, off-bench or on-site), replacement for any reason and one no-bill trial per company (5 working days self-serve, 10 in the Enterprise lane). Managed Delivery adds delivery SLAs with service credits. Project Engagement replaces the trial with milestone acceptance and a 60-day warranty.

There is no minimum team size: you can book a single engineer, or a Starter Pack in Ready Squads. The minimum term is 1 month for a single specialist and 3 months for squads, pods and managed delivery; after that, the engagement renews monthly with 30 days’ notice. Commitments of 6 or 12 months earn discounts of 5% or 10%, and combined discounts never exceed 15%.

You do, in all 4 models. All work product is assigned to you on payment, under the IP assignment in your contract pack. Managed Delivery and Project Engagement also offer source-code escrow at our cost, so your access to the code never depends on the relationship continuing.

No. Team Extension, Ready Squads, Managed Delivery and Project Engagement are engineering models that share one guarantee. Growth Team is a sales development service with its own terms: 10 counted meetings a month guaranteed in the contract, a 3-month minimum (or a 6-month term) and a refund for every missing meeting. You can run it alongside any engineering engagement.

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