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Software development outsourcing & IT staff augmentation for B2B teams

A distributed team helping US and European companies build software, extend their engineering teams, and launch AI and marketing initiatives — delivering since 2011.

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Build Engineering

IT Outsourcing

Ship reliable software with a full-cycle engineering team, without overloading your internal team.

  • Full-cycle product and software development
  • Discovery, UX/UI, development, QA, DevOps, support
  • Managed delivery with clear ownership
  • Predictable process and transparent reporting
Discuss your project
Scale Staff augmentation

Staff Augmentation & Dedicated Teams

Add vetted remote specialists who work inside your process and move your roadmap faster.

  • Vetted developers and specialists
  • Fast team extension, from one expert to a full team
  • Integration into your tools and workflow
  • Flexible scaling up or down
Request specialist profiles
Automate AI implementation

AI Services

Turn AI ideas into working tools, workflows, and product features — from discovery to integration.

  • AI integration and GenAI solutions
  • Workflow and process automation
  • AI-assisted content and product workflows
  • Data engineering and AI-ready systems
Discuss an AI use case
Grow Marketing

Digital Marketing

Strategy, content, design, and delivery in one team, backed by product and engineering expertise.

  • Content strategy and production
  • SEO, performance, and analytics
  • Design and creative production
  • Marketing websites and landing pages
Discuss your marketing goals
2011Building since
70+Specialists & growing
140+Projects delivered
US · EUClients & distributed team

Experience across media & publishing, healthcare, fintech, legaltech, enterprise platforms, and digital products, many engagements protected by NDA.

The pressure

When your roadmap grows faster than your team, you need more than just developers

Overload

Your internal team is stretched thin

Core engineers get split between roadmap work and keeping the lights on. We add capacity that fits your workflow, with no long ramp-up.

−6 weeksaverage time to first commit
Hiring

Senior hires take too long

Vetted, interview-ready specialists in days, not quarters.

Delivery

Roadmap outpaces delivery

Managed teams with clear ownership keep releases predictable.

AI

AI initiatives stuck between idea and rollout

We take use cases from prototype to production, with data privacy, human-in-the-loop, and a clear integration path.

Fragmented

Marketing, design & dev sit with different vendors

One partner across content, design, build and analytics.

Risk

Delivery feels risky without ownership

Reporting, code review and a named delivery lead on every engagement.

Four directions, one team

Choose the right team model for your next stage of growth

Each direction maps to a moment in your product's life, and they compose into a single delivery team when you need them to.

Build

IT Outsourcing

Custom software development outsourcing: discovery, UX/UI, engineering, QA, DevOps and support. Full-cycle delivery for B2B products, without overloading your internal team.

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Scale

Staff Augmentation

IT staff augmentation with vetted remote developers who join your workflow and tools — from one role to a full dedicated team, scaling up or down as you go.

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Automate

AI Services

AI development and integration: GenAI assistants, document processing, editorial automation and analytics, taken from a real use case to governed production.

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Grow

Digital Marketing

B2B digital marketing: content, SEO, PPC, SMM, branding, AIO/GEO and PR with clean linkbuilding, connected to design, engineering and analytics.

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Compare all services Talk to an expert Not sure which model fits? We'll suggest one on the call.
Domain expertise

Domain expertise that helps us understand your product faster

Media & Publishing

Editorial workflows, publishing platforms, content operations, subscriptions and AI-assisted editorial tools.

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Enterprise Digital Teams

Internal tools, automation, platform modernization, augmentation and managed delivery with reporting.

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Startups & Scaleups

MVPs, rapid prototyping, scalable architecture, growth marketing assets and flexible scaling as you grow.

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Fintech

Secure financial product development, compliance-aware engineering, data pipelines and AI-powered automation for fintech teams.

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Healthcare

Secure workflows, careful data handling, AI-assisted tools and UX for complex professional healthcare software.

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LegalTech

Document processing automation, secure case management tools, AI-assisted legal workflows and reliable engineering for LegalTech products.

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Engagement models

From one specialist to a managed delivery team

Five ways to work with us. Same standards, different amounts of ownership on our side.

One specialist

Best for a single skill gap

  • Team1 role
  • Managed byYou
  • PricingMonthly rate
Request a profile
Dedicated team

Best for ongoing roadmap work

  • Team3–10 roles
  • Managed byShared
  • PricingTeam monthly
Build a team
Managed delivery

Best for outcomes & ownership

  • TeamFull pod + lead
  • Managed by.wrk
  • PricingScope / retainer
Discuss delivery
Project-based

Best for a defined build

  • TeamScoped
  • Managed by.wrk
  • PricingFixed / milestone
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Marketing production

Best for content & growth

  • TeamPod
  • Managed byShared
  • PricingMonthly
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Proof, not portfolio

See how we help teams ship, automate, and scale

Cybersecurity · US NDA

NEXUS: AI-powered cyber threat intelligence platform

Scraping, LLM extraction, entity graph, deduplication and Prometheus observability — MVP shipped on a fixed deadline for a major cybersecurity media group.

Team Delivery lead · 6–8 engineers · QA Tech Python · FastAPI · Celery · Next.js
10× lower DB load on live feed
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Healthcare · Canada NDA

Healthcare platform modernization and patient alert system

Drupal → Symfony microservices for SOC2 Type 2, plus a queue-based alert engine analysing ~1M patient records per year to catch critical conditions early.

Team PM · 2 Backend · React Native · QA · DevOps Tech Symfony · Node.js · React Native · RabbitMQ
faster API processing
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LegalTech · US

AI tool for insurance legal opinion drafting

Five specialised LLM assistants turn ~250 pages of mixed PDF evidence per case into structured legal opinions — turning hours of reading into minutes of review.

Team Frontend · Backend · AI engineer Tech Vue.js · FastAPI · LangChain · OpenAI
1.5× faster attorney workflow
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Our clients

Trusted by product and engineering teams for over a decade

Many engagements run under NDA, so some clients are described by role and company type.

★★★★★
I had the pleasure of working with the .wrk team on business critical projects for several years and happily recommend them to anyone. The team's professionalism and willingness to work in a collaborative way to improve outcomes truly made it feel like a real team. They always went the extra mile taking ownership of technical solutions and despite being in different time zones to other business teams kept us informed of progress on blockers or issues in a proactive way. I would gladly work with them again.
David Rush CTO
Upwork
★★★★★
Developer and project manager together provided both the best solution but also the best communication and relationship management. We were able to run weekly Skype meetings reviewing our punch list managed in Trello. The workflow was very fluid and the developer was able to keep us up to date by logging work on tickets we set up. The initial developer was reassigned to another project, but I had plenty of notice and the replacement developer was excellent. The new cloud-based data pipeline replaced an on-premise pipeline that was much slower and more difficult to debug. We've seen data transfer time drop from 40 minutes down to under 10 using the new API, and everything is logged and monitored using first class AWS observability tooling. Throughout the many projects I have worked on with .wrk, their project managers have been consistently engaged with both keeping my apprised of resource issues, but also helping me add resources when project needs arose. I've worked and still working with many talented developers as a result, who have not just done what I asked but done more working.
John Sequiera Platform Lead, Iterative Scopes
Clutch
★★★★★
Alex, who is a developer I worked with, is an excellent one. He is knowledgeable, skilled and communicates well. He is proactive, making suggestion for improvements and his work is of a very high standard. Without hesitation, I highly recommend him for any Laravel, PHP, MYSQL projects.
Deon Metcalf Founder, Baseline Digital
Upwork
★★★★★
.wrk has provided The Daily Meal and The Active Times with staff augmentation consulting for the past 8 years. During that time, we've increasingly filled new openings with staff form the .wrk team because they are able to supply highly capable engineers and UI/UX professionals at competitive rates. Their skills, attention to detail and commitment to delivering quality code on aggressive schedules have enabled our sites and our business to grow. Recently, they undertook significant projects to streamline our codebase, improve our monetization stack, and redesign our core sites. The results are faster serving content sites with significant user growth generating higher revenue.
Jeff Bauer Former CPO, The Daily Meal
Clutch
★★★★★
I have been working with .wrk for 8 years on more than 25 different projects. I've worked with a lot of offshore companies, and it's unusual to find one that goes beyond just doing whatever you tell them. They push back and provides suggestions that have significantly improved my products. It's hard to find that kind of involvement in offshores agencies. If I get a heavy workload request, I needed an agency I could rely on to scale my team to match the size of the project. All of our projects move at different speeds with varying levels of involvement, so when I don't need .wrk's help, the expense goes away. When I do need them, they're able to provide top talent quickly.
Joe Haddock Owner, AscendTech
Upwork
★★★★★
I am very comfortable working with .wrk's developers: they join in quickly, communicate well, show initiative, and focus on results. The company's account managers are helpful, and responsible for solving any difficulties that arise during the partnership. In cooperation with .wrk my agency has completed projects for different industries, including marketing and automotive. Moving from one project to another with this team, I feel confident that I will have qualified staff for my client's actual needs.
Raif Kablaoui Founder, KP Technology
Upwork
★★★★★
Fast, responsive and good adherence to deadlines. Good code quality. Will definitely work again!
Maxim Chtelmakov Entrepreneur
Clutch
★★★★★
I started using .wrk in early 2015. After a bad experience with a previous developer where I was making no progress, I then decided to find a new developer, eventually I whittled my selection down to 3 development teams all of whom had excellent feedback and credentials, eventually I decided to use .wrk as all the responses back to my questions were quick and Victoria who I have dealt with ever since came across as very professional. As soon as I started working with the .wrk team I realised I had made the right choice and was very happy to be working with them. Most importantly I trust them to do the work required as quickly and efficiently as possible, which is always important when you're paying on an hourly basis. I can recommend them highly enough!
Martin Jones ex Founder, Trobs
Clutch
★★★★★
I worked with .wrk on a number of enterprise Drupal websites for a healthcare technology company. I have worked with many offshore teams and one of the biggest challenges is communication. This was never a problem with the team at .wrk. They were extremely responsive and were always available to check in on project status and to provide updates and answer questions. They cared deeply about the success of the project and took pride in the quality of their work. They worked at an incredible speed and always had an answer for any technical specification or custom requirement we discussed. The scope of our web projects often changed over the course of the project and they were always able to adapt and prioritize shifting work and responsibilities. They often worked with me to determine the best technical approaches to complex functional requirements. The team has great expertise in front end and back end development as well as server optimization and performance scaling. I would highly recommend .wrk for any web project.
Jeff Marion ex PM, HIMSS Media
Clutch
★★★★★
.wrk provided clear, timely, and frequent communication with me. Their delivery of the product/services was on time, meeting the deadline, and as quoted. All aspects of the job were performed exactly as requested. I will definitely hire them again.
Joel Katz Professor of Psychology, York University
Clutch
★★★★★
Overall, the team has been excellent at getting work done on time with minimal issues, communicating status, and sharing solutions. It's a standard of excellence that we've come to expect from the team. Team has helped meet a key objective in FY23 for accessibility compliance. This effort is necessary to both continue and grow revenue in many school districts, and without it put existing sales in more than 800 schools at risk.
E-learning company PM
Clutch
How we work

A transparent process from first call to reliable delivery

  1. 01

    Intro call

    A 30-minute call to understand context, goals and constraints.

  2. 02

    Discovery & role intake

    We map scope, roles and the right model for your stage.

  3. 03

    Proposal & team profiles

    Clear proposal with vetted profiles you review and interview.

  4. 04

    Kickoff

    Access, tools and rituals set up; a named lead owns delivery.

  5. 05

    Delivery & integration

    We ship inside your workflow with reviews and overlap hours.

  6. 06

    Reporting & optimization

    Regular reporting, retros and scaling up or down as needed.

Quality, security & communication

Built for secure, transparent, and predictable collaboration

The operational backbone behind every engagement, so adding an external team never means adding risk.

NDA-ready engagements
IP transfer & ownership
Secure access management
Code review on every change
Structured QA process
Delivery reporting
Clear communication rhythm
Time-zone overlap
Data protection practices
Documentation by default
FAQ

Questions teams ask before working with us

How do your engagement models differ?

We offer three core models: Staff Augmentation – you hire individual engineers to join your existing team under your management; Dedicated Team – we build a full cross-functional pod (including PM, QA, and designers if needed) for your product; and End-to-End Outsourcing – we take full ownership of delivery and project management. For AI integrations, we also provide specialised AI pods for rapid prototyping and production-grade deployment.

How quickly can you provide specialists or start a project?

For Staff Augmentation, we present a shortlist of vetted candidates within 24–72 hours. The full hiring cycle (interviews, selection, onboarding) typically takes 5–10 business days. For Dedicated Teams and End-to-End projects, timelines depend on scope, but we give you a clear, transparent schedule during the discovery phase.

What AI development services do you provide?

AI discovery, GenAI assistants, document processing, editorial and workflow automation, data engineering and AI features inside existing products, with data privacy, human-in-the-loop and a clear integration path.

Do you offer digital marketing services for B2B companies?

Yes. We cover blogging and content, SEO, PPC, SMM, branding, AIO/GEO and PR with clean linkbuilding, connected to design, engineering and analytics so marketing ships as fast as it is planned.

How do you protect our data and intellectual property?

We sign an NDA before any sensitive details are shared. All contracts include comprehensive IP protection clauses, and we follow strict internal security protocols for access control, data handling, and code confidentiality – without compromising your speed or flexibility.

What is your pricing and estimation process?

After a short discovery call (30-60 minutes), we deliver a detailed proposal that clearly states: the engagement model, team composition, estimated timeline, and indicative pricing. Our rates range from $45–120/hour for Staff Augmentation (depending on seniority and region) to fixed-price or capped budgets for End-to-End projects – all tailored to your budget and risk appetite.

Start here

Tell us what you're building, we'll suggest the right team model

After you send a request, we'll review your context and propose the best way to collaborate, from one specialist to a full-cycle delivery team. No obligation.

  • A reply within one business day
  • A short discovery call to align on scope
  • Suggested model, roles and next steps

We'll only use your details to respond. Many engagements run under NDA.