BairesDev is a nearshore software development and staff augmentation company that assembles dedicated engineering teams for front-end, back-end, mobile, and AI/machine learning projects, drawing primarily on Latin American engineering talent.
Engagement model
Staff Augmentation AI Dev Shops
15 of the 58 AI development shops and AI developers for hire we track offer Staff Augmentation as a engagement model. Featured partner first, then alphabetical.
15 of the 58 AI development shops and AI developers for hire tracked on AI Dev Shops are staff augmentation firms, as of October 1, 2026. The featured partner, asaasin.ai, is pinned first when it qualifies; every other row is alphabetical, unpaid, and drawn from public information.
Shops on this site take on work in different shapes: project-based (a scoped build with a defined end), dedicated team (a team assembled and run for you long-term, usually managed by the shop), and staff augmentation (individual engineers who slot into your existing team and process). None is inherently better — a six-week prototype fits a project engagement, a multi-year platform build usually doesn't. Filter by engagement model to see which shops actually offer the working relationship you need, then confirm it in the scoping call before you assume.
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Advertiser disclosureFeatured partner pinned first and labelled; every other company is listed alphabetically. No paid placement.
| Company | Headquarters | Specialties | Size | Best for | Website |
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BairesDev
North America, Latin America
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San Francisco, USA | Large | Full-Stack Development | Visit | |
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Bezep Solutions
Balkans, Europe
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Prishtina, Kosovo | Boutique | AI Agents | Visit | |
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Innowise
Europe, Remote/Global
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Warsaw, Poland | Large | Custom AI Development | Visit | |
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Intellectsoft
North America, Europe
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New York, USA | Mid-size | Mobile AI Apps | Visit | |
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ISHIR
North America, Middle East
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Dallas, USA | Mid-size | Custom AI Development | Visit | |
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Master of Code Global
North America, Europe
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Redwood City, USA | Mid-size | Custom AI Development | Visit | |
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N-iX
Europe, North America
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Valletta, Malta | Large | Custom AI Development | Visit | |
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Nextsoft Corp
Latin America, Remote/Global
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Colombia | — | LLM Development | Visit | |
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Saigon Technology
Asia, North America
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Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | Large | LLM Development | Visit | |
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SCAND
Europe, Remote/Global
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Minsk, Belarus | Large | Mobile AI Apps | Visit | |
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Sidequest
Latin America, Remote/Global
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Lima, Peru | — | LLM Development | Visit | |
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TechAhead
North America, Asia
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Agoura Hills (Los Angeles), USA | Large | MLOps | Visit | |
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Tecla
North America, Latin America
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Austin, USA | Large | LLM Development | Visit | |
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VirtueNetz
North America, Latin America
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Dallas, USA | — | Generative AI | Visit | |
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Xedrum
North America, Europe
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Wilmington, DE, USA | Boutique | AI Agents | Visit |
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15 shownBezep Solutions is a Prishtina-based AI and software development company building LLM-powered products, LangGraph-based multi-step agents, RAG knowledge assistants, and voice assistants with evals and guardrails, offering dedicated teams, team augmentation, and fixed-price feasibility audits.
Innowise is a full-cycle software development company offering AI and machine learning solutions through a dedicated AI hub, alongside custom web, mobile, cloud, and enterprise software development and IT staff augmentation.
Intellectsoft is a New York-headquartered custom software and AI engineering company founded in 2007, offering AI software development, AI agent development, and AI staff augmentation alongside mobile app development for enterprise clients, with additional offices across the US, UK, and Eastern Europe.
ISHIR is a digital product innovation studio offering AI-native custom software development, generative AI and AI agent development, data and analytics services, and staff augmentation, with offices spanning Texas, Dubai/Abu Dhabi, New Delhi, and Singapore.
Master of Code Global develops conversational AI, generative AI, and AI agent solutions on platforms like OpenAI, Google Cloud, and AWS, plus custom software and mobile app development, with offices across North America and Europe.
N-iX is a global software engineering company offering AI consulting, AI agent development, cloud, data platform engineering, and legacy modernization services, with an AI implementation approach it calls 'pragmatic AI software engineering.'
Nextsoft Corp is a Colombia-based software company building enterprise systems, legacy modernization, and applied AI (chatbots, process automation, LLM integration with ChatGPT/Claude on clients' own data), delivered through custom development engagements or embedded staff augmentation teams across Latin America.
Saigon Technology is a 400+ engineer Vietnamese software company offering AI development services spanning computer vision, document AI/OCR, LLM and RAG application development, and MLOps productionization, delivered via IT staff augmentation, dedicated development teams, or a fixed-price model for clients in the US, EU, Australia, and Singapore.
SCAND is a Minsk, Belarus-based software development company with 25+ years of experience and 250+ engineers, building AI-powered mobile apps (iOS, Android, cross-platform) alongside custom software, web development, and IT staff augmentation for clients including NASA, IBM, Cisco, and FedEx.
Sidequest is a Lima, Peru-based software factory that places pre-vetted LatAm AI/ML engineers, data scientists, prompt engineers, and MLOps engineers directly into client teams via staff augmentation, alongside its broader custom software and mobile development services.
TechAhead is a Los Angeles-headquartered technology solutions company, founded in 2009, building AI-native platforms, agentic AI systems, MLOps pipelines, and mobile/enterprise software for Fortune 500 and high-growth clients, offering staff augmentation, dedicated offshore teams, and managed product engineering.
Tecla hires and embeds LATAM and US engineering talent for client teams, and through Tecla Labs builds custom AI products, generative AI and RAG integrations, and AI agents directly for clients via nearshore staff augmentation, long-term embedded teams, or scoped AI execution engagements.
VirtueNetz is a Dallas, Texas-based software company building AI products (NLP, chatbots, voice assistants, predictive analytics) and MVPs using Latin America-based engineers working in US time zones, offering dedicated AI engineers, project-based delivery, and team-extension engagement models.
Xedrum is a boutique AI and ML development company (21+ clients, 37+ delivered projects) building AI agents, generative AI features, RAG systems, and AI-powered mobile and MVP products for startups and SMBs in healthcare, fintech, and agtech, offering dedicated AI teams, IT staff augmentation, and project-based delivery.
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How many AI development shops and AI developers for hire do Staff Augmentation?
15 of the 58 companies in this directory. The list is compiled from public information and refreshed as companies change.
How is this list ordered?
The featured partner, asaasin.ai, which publishes this directory, is pinned first and labelled. Everyone else is alphabetical. Position is not for sale.
Do companies pay to appear on this page?
No. Inclusion is free and unpaid. asaasin.ai is the only company with a commercial relationship to this site, and it is disclosed on every page.