Vetted people who join your team. Your process, your lead.
Engineers, designers, and QA specialists from our team in Manila who work in your tools, follow your rules, and grow or shrink with your roadmap.
01The engagement
From role to first commit.
- 1.1
Share the role
The skills, seniority, and time‑zone overlap you need, and how your team works.
- 1.2
Meet a shortlist
We put forward vetted candidates. You interview them and choose.
- 1.3
Onboard to your process
They join your tools, stand‑ups, and code review, and take direction from your lead.
- 1.4
Review and adjust
A regular check‑in on fit and output. Grow or shrink the team as your roadmap changes.
02Roles
The people we place.
The same skills we use on our own products and client builds.
- 2.1
Software engineers
Frontend, backend, and full‑stack web.
- 2.2
Mobile engineers
iOS, Android, and cross‑platform apps.
- 2.3
QA engineers
Manual testing, test automation, and regression suites.
- 2.4
UI/UX designers
Research, flows, prototypes, and design systems.
- 2.5
AI & data engineers
Retrieval, document AI, evaluation, and data pipelines.
- 2.6
DevOps & cloud engineers
CI/CD, infrastructure, and monitoring.
03Terms
Add people, or hand us the outcome.
Staff augmentation adds capacity to a team you already lead. When you’d rather we own delivery, a Build engagement starts with the free assessment.
| Staff augmentation | Build engagement | |
|---|---|---|
| Who directs the work | Staff augmentationYou do, day to day | Build engagementWe do, against an agreed outcome |
| Who carries delivery risk | Staff augmentationYour team | Build engagement3rdLoop |
| Best when | Staff augmentationYou have a lead and a roadmap, and need capacity | Build engagementYou have a defined outcome and want it delivered |
| How it’s billed | Staff augmentationMonthly, per person | Build engagementScoped proposal after the free assessment |
04Accountability
More hands, same oversight.
- 4.1
Your process, your rules
Code review, security, access, and tooling policies are yours. Our people follow them from the first day.
- 4.2
AI‑assisted, human‑owned
Our people use AI tools only where your policy allows, and they own every change they submit.
- 4.3
A named contact at 3rdLoop
Someone on our side checks in on fit and output, and deals with anything that isn’t working.
05Questions
Staff augmentation, answered.
How is staff augmentation priced?
A monthly rate per person, quoted by role and seniority once we know what you need. It’s billed separately from any software or project work.
Who manages them day to day?
You do. They work in your tools, follow your process, and take direction from your lead. 3rdLoop stays responsible for fit and for the working relationship.
Which time zones do you cover?
Our team is in Manila (UTC+8): the same time as Singapore and a few hours from Australia. For other regions, we agree overlap hours for each placement.
Who owns the work?
You own the work your team directs, as set out in the agreement. 3rdLoop keeps ownership of its own platform, products, and reusable tools.
Can we switch to a project later?
Yes. When the work turns into a defined outcome, we can scope it as a Build engagement, starting with the free assessment.
The rest of how we work.
- AI & automationSoftware that does routine work and escalates the rest, with an owner, a risk level, and an escalation path from day one.
- Strategy & designDecide what to build, and how it should work for the people using it, before anyone writes code.
- Build & qualityWeb, mobile, and commerce systems, tested before they ship and easy to keep running after.
Your people stop doing the routine work. They still make the calls that matter, and they can always step in.
Tell us about one workflow that eats time or carries risk. We’ll reply with what software could handle, what it should hand to a person, and who stays accountable.