Your elastic engineering team

Stop hiring.
Start building.

worm projects embeds senior engineers directly into your existing team. Scale up when you need to ship. Scale down when you don't. No recruiters. No contracts. No overhead.

48hrs
To First Engineer
0
Long-Term Contracts
100%
Embedded In Your Org
Flexibility

Hiring engineers is broken.

You need to ship faster, but growing your team takes months. By the time your new hire is productive, the window has closed.

  • 3-6 months to hire one engineer through traditional recruiting
  • Freelancers don't integrate — they deliver code, not collaboration
  • Agencies bill, not build — misaligned incentives, zero ownership
  • Can't scale down — layoffs destroy morale and eat severance budgets

worm projects is different.

We're not a marketplace. We're not an agency. We're your engineering team — elastic, embedded, and ready to ship from day one.

  • Engineers join your Slack, standups, and repos
  • Scale from 1 to 10 engineers in days
  • Month-to-month — scale down without layoffs
  • We handle performance, retention, and growth
  • Vetted senior talent, ready to go

How it works

From "we need engineers" to "they're in our codebase" — in under a week.

01

Tell us what you need

Share your stack, team culture, and what you're building. We match engineers from our vetted pool who fit your exact requirements — technical and cultural.

Same day response
02

We embed into your team

Your new engineers join your Slack, attend your standups, push to your repos. They follow your processes and ship code like any full-time member.

Within 48 hours
03

Scale as you grow

Need three more engineers next sprint? Done. Need to dial back after launch? No problem. Your team size flexes with your roadmap — instantly.

Zero friction

Why teams choose worm projects

We're the engineering team you wish you could build overnight.

Ship faster, starting this week

No months of recruiting. No onboarding hell. Engineers who understand your codebase and start contributing from day one. Your velocity doubles before the quarter ends.

🤝

Truly embedded, not outsourced

Our engineers aren't contractors on the side. They use your tools, follow your conventions, and attend your retros. Your team won't know the difference — by design.

💰

Zero hiring overhead

Skip the job boards, recruiter fees, and 6-round interview gauntlets. We've already vetted every engineer the way a technical co-founder would. You just build.

🎯

We manage. You build.

Performance reviews, career growth, retention — that's our job. You focus on your product and customers. We make sure your extended team delivers, consistently.

Built for teams that move fast

From early-stage startups to scaling companies — if you need engineers now, we're ready.

🚀

Startups (5-20 people)

You have product-market fit but not enough hands to ship. Add 2-5 engineers without the overhead of full-time hiring and HR.

📈

Scale-ups (20-100 people)

Growing fast and hiring can't keep up. Bridge the gap while your recruiting pipeline catches up — or replace it entirely.

🏢

Enterprise teams

Spin up a dedicated squad for a new initiative without headcount approval. Ship the proof of concept, then decide on permanent hires.

How we compare

We're not the only option. We're just the one that actually works.

Full-Time Hiring
Freelancers / Agencies
worm projects
Time to start
3-6 months
1-2 weeks
48 hours
Team integration
Full
Minimal
Full — embedded
Commitment
Salary + equity + benefits
Per-project
Month-to-month
Scale down
Layoffs, severance
End contract
Just adjust team size
Code ownership
You own it
Varies
100% yours
Management overhead
All on you
All on you
We handle it

Common questions

Everything you need to know before reaching out.

How is this different from a staffing agency?

Staffing agencies hand you resumes. We hand you engineers who are already ramped up and ready to contribute. We manage them. You manage your product.

What tech stacks do you cover?

Our pool covers the full modern stack — React, Node, Python, Go, TypeScript, AWS, GCP, and more. Tell us what you use and we'll match accordingly.

What if an engineer isn't a fit?

We'll swap them out — no questions, no delays. Our goal is a team that works for you, not a placement fee. We don't succeed unless you do.

Can I hire them full-time later?

Yes. If an engineer is a great fit and you want them permanently, we'll work that out. No locked-in vendor relationships.

How does pricing work?

Simple monthly rate per engineer. No hidden fees, no recruiter markups, no equity asks. Scale up or down — your bill adjusts automatically.

What's the minimum commitment?

Month-to-month. No annual contracts. If next month you don't need us, that's fine. Most clients stay because the engineers are that good.

Your next engineer starts this week.

Tell us your stack and what you're building. We'll show you who's available and how fast we can embed them into your team.

Talk to us →

No commitment. No sales deck. Just a conversation.