How is a squad different from contractors or a staffing agency?

A staffing agency allocates individuals and bills hours, and you manage them. A squad arrives as a unit, with a technical lead who manages the team and answers for what ships.

Who manages the team?

The squad’s technical lead is your single point of contact. They handle day-to-day coordination, code reviews and people management, so you take on no new direct reports.

It’s how our teams work, not a separate service. AI supports code exploration, refactoring and test generation, and our developers work inside your codebase, so your team picks up the practice too.

Where is the team and how do time zones work?

Our delivery team is based in Brazil, with a presence in Belgium. The time zone overlaps with European working hours by 2 to 4 hours a day: enough for stand-ups, pair programming and quick decisions.

Time and materials, by profile: design, mid-level, senior and tech leader. Rates are shared upfront, nothing hidden.

Can we validate first, and what happens when it ends?

Yes. We start with a validation period, so you see the squad at work before committing further. When the engagement ends, you keep the code and the knowledge.

squad allocation

Senior squads
with tech leadership,
not just headcount

A senior squad that works inside your codebase, with its own technical lead and AI-augmented workflows — experienced developers who start delivering from day one, with a shorter onboarding.

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Projects, all with technical leadership

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Senior and mid-level specialists

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Years of business experience

Get in touch with a specialist
in under 24 hours (Mon–Fri)

Senior role vacant for months?

Your roadmap can't wait for a hire. Recruiting senior tech leadership takes months. Bring in senior engineers and a technical lead now, and keep the search running.

More output, no new hires?

Project budgets are often open when headcount is frozen. A managed squad is a service, not a hire, and its technical lead absorbs the management load, so you take on no new direct reports.

Choosing between vendors?

Delivered outcomes, not stacks of resumes. A staffing agency allocates people and bills hours. Our squads come with technical leadership built in and answer for what ships.

clients and cases

Business results proven with brands in Brazil and abroad

Industrial operator reviewing data on a rugged tablet inside a factory with robotic arms

Industrial data

A dedicated squad to scale an industrial data platform

Timeseer.AI, a Belgian startup, needed dedicated senior and mid-level developers who work as full team members. Our squad accelerated its data-quality platform for the European industrial market.

Background do case Sistech — projeto de software da Ateliware

AI

Learning plans created 64% faster, with no new staff

Sistech, a European non-profit for displaced women in tech, needed to scale support without scaling its team. We built Lena, a generative AI that cut learning-plan creation time by 64%.

"I am incredibly grateful to have partnered with Ateliware on our journey at Timeseer.AI. In our challenging local market, finding dedicated senior and mid-level developers who embrace the startup mindset and approach work as full-fledged team members is a rarity."

Bert BaeckCo-founder, Timeseer.AI

"I found Ateliware more than a supplier, a partner. The partnership is so deep that Ateliware is a co-founder of Pipefy and did nothing less than put the MVP of the product on its feet, allowing us to fly higher and higher."

Alessio AlionçoFounder and CEO, Pipefy

steps

We run your squad allocation in 2 steps

Each phase has its own deliverables, and you decide whether to move to the next.

Match and validate

We scope the role or roadmap and propose a squad with a technical lead, starting with a validation period.

Embed and deliver

The squad works in your codebase and rituals. Scale it up, down or pause as the roadmap changes; your team keeps the code and the knowledge.

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frequently asked questions

FAQ

How is a squad different from contractors or a staffing agency?
A staffing agency allocates individuals and bills hours, and you manage them. A squad arrives as a unit, with a technical lead who manages the team and answers for what ships.
Who manages the team?
The squad’s technical lead is your single point of contact. They handle day-to-day coordination, code reviews and people management, so you take on no new direct reports.
How does AI fit in?
It’s how our teams work, not a separate service. AI supports code exploration, refactoring and test generation, and our developers work inside your codebase, so your team picks up the practice too.

Where is the team and how do time zones work?
Our delivery team is based in Brazil, with a presence in Belgium. The time zone overlaps with European working hours by 2 to 4 hours a day: enough for stand-ups, pair programming and quick decisions.
How do rates work?
Time and materials, by profile: design, mid-level, senior and tech leader. Rates are shared upfront, nothing hidden.
Can we validate first, and what happens when it ends?
Yes. We start with a validation period, so you see the squad at work before committing further. When the engagement ends, you keep the code and the knowledge.

Ateliware — software and AI studio specialized in custom software development, tailor-made systems and dedicated squads. Operating in Europe (Belgium), Brazil and the United States.

Nijverheidsstraat 70 - 2160 Wommelgem, Belgium

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