Building and Scaling Engineering Teams

At Sieroka Consulting, we have extensive experience building new teams at various stages of company evolution. Our approach to team growth is tailored to your specific needs, whether you're a startup building your first engineering team or an established company scaling for new initiatives.

Our Team Growth Expertise

We recently led a time-sensitive regulatory project that required quickly building three new teams. This was accomplished through a strategic mix of:

• Full-time hiring for core positions
• Contract hiring for specialized skills
• Redistribution of existing team members to help onboard new team members
• Creating mentorship structures to accelerate knowledge transfer

Global Team Distribution

We have successfully grown teams with staff augmentation and outsourcing in multiple regions, including:

• Ukraine - Technical development teams
• India - QA and development resources
• North America - Core team and leadership

Team Growth Strategies

Our team growth services include:

• Talent Acquisition Strategy: Developing hiring plans aligned with business goals and timelines
• Recruitment Process Optimization: Streamlining your hiring process to attract and secure top talent
• Team Structure Design: Creating efficient team structures with clear roles and responsibilities
• Onboarding Programs: Developing effective onboarding processes to get new team members productive quickly
• Global Team Management: Strategies for managing distributed teams across different time zones and cultures
• Team Performance Metrics: Establishing KPIs to measure team effectiveness and productivity

Case Study: Regulatory Compliance Project

When a financial services client faced a tight deadline for regulatory compliance, we were tasked with rapidly building three specialized teams:

Challenge: Build three new teams with specialized skills within 60 days to meet regulatory requirements.

Approach:

• Identified key roles and skills required for each team
• Leveraged our network to quickly identify qualified candidates
• Implemented an accelerated hiring process without compromising quality
• Temporarily reassigned experienced team members to provide mentorship
• Created detailed knowledge transfer documentation

Results:

• Successfully built all three teams within the 60-day timeframe
• Met all regulatory requirements on schedule
• Achieved productivity targets within 30 days of team formation
• Established sustainable team structures that continued to perform after the initial project