Engineers who work inside your team
OceanLab engineers join your team on a flexible monthly retainer, part-time or full-time, month to month. They work remotely from India with hours that overlap yours, and travel onsite when the work needs it.
Join, ship, stay flexible
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Tell us the role
The skills you need, the work they will do, and the hours that suit your team.
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They join your team
Your tools, your channels, your standups. They work on what your team prioritises.
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Flexible retainer
Part-time or full-time, billed monthly, month to month.
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Onsite when needed
For launches, workshops or anything that is easier in the same room.
Working hours that overlap yours
Remote from India, with hours that overlap your working day in four regions.
US East and West
New York, San Francisco and everywhere between
Overlapping hours
UK and Europe
London, Berlin, Amsterdam and more
Overlapping hours
Middle East
Dubai, Riyadh, Doha and more
Overlapping hours
Australia and Asia
Sydney, Singapore, Tokyo and more
Overlapping hours
Who can join your team
Software engineers
Product designers
QA engineers
Project managers
What a retainer costs
At $30-50 an hour depending on role and seniority. The hours below are planning examples; your retainer follows the hours you choose.
Prefer to pay for results? Any engagement can also be outcome-based, paid per milestone.
Embedded engineers, project builds or hiring in-house
| Embedded engineers | Project build | In-house hire | |
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| Who directs the work | Your team, day to day | The delivery team, against agreed milestones | Your team |
| Commitment | Month to month, part-time or full-time | Per project or milestone | Long-term employment |
| How you pay | Monthly retainer at $30-50/hr, or outcome-based | Per milestone | Salary, benefits and hiring costs |
| Best for | Ongoing work alongside your team | A defined product to ship | Core roles you want to own for years |
OceanLab does both: embedded engineers and project builds.
Problems teams bring engineers in for
Real problems from industries we have built for, each with related product builds.
Loan origination system
Loan applications take days because underwriting, document checks and approvals run by email and spreadsheets.
Patient intake and online scheduling
Front desks spend hours on phone scheduling and paper intake forms.
Multi-country payroll
Payroll across countries runs on separate local engines.
Order management system
Orders from many channels are handled in separate tools.
Utility customer portal
Utility customers call for bills and outages because they cannot see them online.
Permitting and licensing software
Permit applications are paper-based and slow.
Questions teams ask
What is a forward deployed or embedded engineer?
An engineer who works inside your team rather than on a separate project: in your tools, your channels and your standups, on the work your team prioritises.
Can we start part-time?
Yes. Engagements are flexible: part-time or full-time, on a monthly retainer, month to month.
Which time zones do you cover?
Our engineers work remotely from India with hours that overlap the US (East and West), the UK and Europe, the Middle East, and Australia and Asia.
Can engineers work onsite?
Yes, they can travel onsite when the work needs it.
How is it priced?
Hourly at $30-50 depending on role and seniority, billed as a monthly retainer, or outcome-based per milestone if that suits the work better.
How is this different from a project build?
With embedded engineers your team directs the day-to-day work. With a project build, OceanLab owns delivery against agreed milestones. We do both.
