Design & Development
Team Augmentation
Rocket Lab's team augmentation service embeds experienced senior engineers, designers and product leads in your team, working in your tools and rituals, so you can scale delivery or fill skill gaps without long hiring cycles.
- Embedded in your team Senior people, engineers, designers and product leads
- Founded 2014, Sydney and Melbourne team
Extend your team, not your overhead.
Whether you are scaling quickly, filling skill gaps or moving faster than your in-house team can handle, you get designers and engineers who work like part of your team.
About the service
Team augmentation is for companies that need experienced product talent without the hassle of hiring. We embed high-performing engineers, designers and product leads in your team to support delivery, accelerate progress and raise the bar.
You stay in control; we bring the horsepower. No hand-holding, no fluff. Just skilled people who care about outcomes, communicate well and know how to ship.
It is ideal for product teams who want quality execution without long hiring cycles or bloated agency models.
What we use
We work with your existing tools and stack. No heavy onboarding, no drama.
Collaboration: Slack, Notion, Linear, Jira, ClickUp, Loom
Design: Figma, Storybook, design systems, Miro
Front end: React, React Native, Flutter, Tailwind, TypeScript
DevOps and QA: GitHub Actions, Vercel, AWS, Docker, Postman, Playwright
Back end: Node.js, NestJS, GraphQL, Firebase, PostgreSQL, Directus
Our step-by-step process
From the first conversation about fit to a clean handover when you are ready.
Needs and fit alignment
We start by understanding what you need, the outcomes you are targeting and the type of people who will thrive in your team.
Curated talent selection
We match you with vetted, senior-level people who fit both the technical and cultural requirements of your team.
Onboarding and integration
We work with your tools, attend your stand-ups and deliver within your workflows. It is like we have always been there.
Ongoing support and oversight
We stay close to keep quality, velocity and communication high. You get regular check-ins and the backing of the full Rocket Lab team.
Flexible scaling
Need more hands next month, or ready to wind down after a big milestone? We adjust to your real-world needs.
Handover or hire support
When you are ready to transition, we hand over knowledge, onboard internal hires or support permanent recruitment with technical insight.
Why Rocket Lab
We're not a recruiter or a body shop. We're builders who know what good looks like and how to embed that in your product team.
- We care deeply about your delivery goals and user outcomes.
- We think clearly about fit, communication and team dynamics.
- We own the outcome by being proactive, not passive.
- We move fast with real-world experience, not theory.
No overhead. No excuses. Just great people doing great work.
Related capabilities
Continuous improvements, performance tuning and upgrades to keep your product competitive and resilient.
Expert review of code your team writes with Cursor, Claude Code or Copilot, as a one-off or a retainer.
New React Native apps, takeovers, upgrades and maintenance for iOS and Android.
React and Next.js web app design, development, takeovers, upgrades and support.
In our clients' words
Founders and long-term partners on what it is like to build with us.
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We have a long standing partnership with Rocket Lab who provide Webjet with critical strategic and development services for our front-end websites.
Over the years Rocket Lab have seamlessly integrated with James Hardie in delivering a number of key projects for the business that to this day continue to be critical to the success and functionality of our operations.
When it comes to out-sourcing and partnering with a technology vendor, Rocket Lab is top of mind. Julien, Jen and the team are incredibly detailed and thorough whenever they’re engaged in a project. And, they do so at velocity.
Rocket Lab’s ability to help define and execute our business through software in a timely fashion, has been a breath of fresh air and a pleasure to work with.
The guys worked together very well with our internal resources and blended into our process seamlessly. We were very impressed with the level of skill from each of the engineers…
Our business has hundreds of suppliers and thousands of customers so we needed a highly robust structure and that’s exactly what was delivered by Julien, Jen and the RL development team.
Julien and his team are a real pleasure to work with. They are well rounded with a solid understanding of design/user experience best practices as well as diving deep under the hood with solid web and app development capabilities.
Their team delivered a site that met our expectations, and they’ve continued to assist us in refining and enhancing it over time. They are dedicated, creative, and technically skilled, helping to ensure our website looks good and functions smoothly.
Tell us what you are building.
A 30-minute call. No pitch deck, no obligation. We will tell you if we are the right fit.
