Managed Teams

Your Dedicated Engineering Team, Ready in Days

A fully-staffed, PM-led engineering pod that integrates seamlessly with your organization. Agile delivery, transparent reporting, and complete accountability.

What's Included

Everything in Your Managed Team

A complete engineering delivery unit — no assembly required on your end.

Dedicated Project Manager

An experienced PM embedded with your team — handling sprint planning, standup facilitation, stakeholder communication, and delivery tracking.

Vetted Engineers

Every engineer on your pod is pre-screened technically and for communication skills. No surprises on the bench.

Sprint Management

Agile delivery with 2-week sprints, backlog grooming, velocity tracking, and transparent capacity reporting.

Weekly Reporting

Structured weekly updates: completed stories, velocity metrics, blockers, and next sprint goals — delivered every Friday.

Slack / Jira Integration

Your managed team plugs into your existing tooling. We adapt to your workflow, not the other way around.

Code Quality Assurance

PR reviews, automated test requirements, and quarterly code quality audits are baked into every managed team engagement.

Team Types

Team Composition Options

Pre-designed team archetypes for common engineering needs, or we customize to your specs.

Full-Stack Product Team

Ready in 7–14 days

Best for product companies building or iterating on web applications.

Team Composition

1 PM / Scrum Master
2 Frontend Engineers (React/Vue)
2 Backend Engineers (Node/Python)
1 QA Engineer

Best for: SaaS product development, consumer apps

Frontend-Focused Team

Ready in 5–10 days

Ideal for design-heavy products or frontend modernization projects.

Team Composition

1 Tech Lead (Frontend)
3–4 Senior Frontend Engineers
1 QA / UI Test Engineer

Best for: Design system builds, frontend modernization

Backend + DevOps Team

Ready in 7–14 days

Platform engineering, API development, and infrastructure as code.

Team Composition

1 Backend Lead
2–3 Backend Engineers
1–2 DevOps / Platform Engineers

Best for: Platform scaling, API development, cloud migration

Data Engineering Team

Ready in 10–14 days

Analytics infrastructure, data pipelines, and reporting platforms.

Team Composition

1 Data Lead / Architect
2 Data Engineers
1 Analytics Engineer

Best for: Data platform builds, warehouse migrations, reporting

Process

From Kick-Off to First Sprint

A structured 5-step process to get your team assembled and shipping code fast.

Scoping Call

60 minutes

We meet with your engineering leader to understand goals, current state, tech stack, and team dynamics. We define team composition and scope together.

Team Design

24 hours

We propose the team structure, seniority mix, and PM profile that matches your needs. You approve before we source.

Team Assembly

5–10 days

We build your pod from our vetted talent pool, run internal alignment calls, and prepare the team for your review.

Team Introduction

1–2 days

Meet your full team — engineers and PM. Final approval, engagement agreements signed, tooling access provisioned.

Sprint Zero & Kickoff

1 week

Your PM leads a structured Sprint Zero — backlog creation, environment setup, Definition of Done, and first sprint planning.

Benefits

Why Teams Choose Managed Pods

No Recruiting Overhead

We source, vet, and replace team members if needed.

Faster Time to Value

Teams are pre-formed and ready to sprint in days, not months.

Built-in Accountability

Your PM owns delivery — weekly reporting, blockers flagged proactively.

Flexible Team Size

Scale your pod up or down with 2-week notice periods.

Agile Native

All teams run on Agile/Scrum with metrics-driven delivery.

IP Ownership

You own all code. No licensing concerns, no vendor lock-in.

Transparent Pricing

Flat monthly rate per team member. No hidden fees or surprise invoices.

Dedicated Support

Your Tallend account manager is available for escalations and capacity changes.

Case Study

Managed Team in Action

Healthcare SaaS

MedFlow Health Patient Portal

Challenge

MedFlow needed a full product team to build their patient engagement portal from scratch. Their internal team was maxed out and they couldn't afford a 6-month hiring cycle.

Solution

We assembled a team of 1 PM, 2 frontend, 2 backend, and 1 QA engineer within 12 days. They ran in 2-week sprints with weekly stakeholder demos.

12 days

Team assembled in

4 months

Portal launched in

6 weeks

Ahead of schedule

Ready to Build Your Engineering Team?

Tell us your goals and we'll design the perfect team composition — assembled and ready in as few as 7 days.