Salesforce staff augmentation with onshore 8Squad employees your team, plus ours
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close the gap
Salesforce staff augmentation covers the gaps you cannot hire for in time
Salesforce staff augmentation adds experienced Salesforce professionals to your existing team for a defined role, period or outcome. You keep ownership of the platform, the priorities and the roadmap. 8Squad supplies the people and is accountable for their work. Most organisations that use it already have an internal Salesforce team and one of three gaps.
A skill gap
Architecture, integration, data, an industry cloud or Agentforce work your team does not need as a permanent hire.
A capacity gap
A backlog, a release or a program milestone your current headcount cannot reach without delaying something else.
A person gap
Parental leave, extended leave, a resignation, or the Christmas and New Year closure when work continues with fewer people.
the benefits
What you gain when you augment with 8Squad
Complement your existing capability
Where you already have strong internal Salesforce capability, 8Squad can provide targeted expertise to fill specific skills gaps rather than introducing an entirely separate delivery team. Our resources integrate into existing teams, processes and governance structures.
Access specialist Salesforce expertise
You can bring in specialised capability when required across areas such as Salesforce architecture, development, integration, data, industry solutions and emerging technologies. This provides access to expertise that may not be required as a permanent internal capability.
Accelerate delivery and backlog velocity
Resource augmentation provides a practical way to increase capacity during periods of high demand. Additional resources can be deployed to accelerate strategic programs, address growing backlogs or provide additional capacity around key milestones without requiring you to permanently increase their internal teams.
Upskill internal teams
Our specialists work alongside your resources, creating an opportunity for practical knowledge transfer and capability uplift throughout the engagement. This helps you deliver the immediate outcome while building greater internal capability for the future.
Scalable engagement
Customers can scale capability up or down as priorities change, engaging 8Squad for specific roles, defined periods or targeted outcomes. This provides greater scalability than committing to a traditional end-to-end program structure.
Align to your way of working
Rather than requiring you to adopt a prescribed delivery methodology, 8Squad can integrate with existing agile teams, governance frameworks and technology functions. Resources can operate onsite, remotely or through a hybrid model depending on your requirements.
The Salesforce roles and products we work in
We embed experienced Salesforce professionals directly into your team across a broad range of roles, with specialised capability in Salesforce architecture, development, integration, data, industry solutions and emerging technologies.
- Solution and Technical Architects
- Developers
- Functional Consultants
- Business Analysts
- Project Managers
About 8Squad
Onshore Salesforce delivery to tier-one standards, from a boutique practice
When you bring one person into your Salesforce team, you are relying on the practice behind them. 8Squad is a Melbourne-born consultancy of more than 100 Salesforce and MuleSoft professionals, all 8Squad employees based in Australia. Our leaders know the people we place with you, and our Centre of Excellence provides experienced Salesforce leadership where programs need additional guidance, and additional capability or a replacement when an engagement needs it.
100+
local specialists
1,000+
projects since 2019
9.8
average client satisfaction
79
certified experts
Featured case study · Healthcare
$200,000 a month in billing issues, found by specialists embedded in the client’s own team
A healthcare and disability services provider brought 8Squad specialists into its internal Salesforce team. Working as an extension of that team, they identified critical billing issues worth roughly $200,000 per month.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Salesforce staff augmentation the same as resource augmentation or team augmentation?
Yes. The terms describe the same model: experienced Salesforce professionals joining your existing team for a defined role, period or outcome. Internally, 8Squad calls it resource augmentation.
How is this different from hiring Salesforce contractors through a recruiter?
A recruiter places a candidate and steps away. With 8Squad, the person joining your team is an 8Squad employee supported by our delivery practice. If the work needs a second opinion, a different specialist skill or a replacement, we arrange it within the engagement.
How do I choose a Salesforce staff augmentation partner?
Ask five things: whether the people are employees or subcontractors, where they are based and whether they can work onsite, who stands behind the individual when the work needs a second opinion, whether they will work within your methodology, and how knowledge is transferred before they leave.
How quickly can someone start?
It depends on the role and location, and we confirm it in the first conversation.
Is there a minimum engagement?
There is no fixed minimum. Most engagements run four weeks or longer, because below that the onboarding effort tends to outweigh the value. Shorter engagements are considered case by case.
Where are your specialists based, and can they work onsite?
Our specialists are 8Squad employees based in Australia, across Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide and Canberra. They can work onsite, remotely or in a hybrid model, with onsite availability confirmed before the engagement starts.