How fast do you want to grow?
Distributed sits underneath your programmes. Your governance, your tools, your outcomes. We provide the talent: whole product and engineering teams, drawn from our Talent Cloud and deployed in days.
Roles we deploy
Any role across the software lifecycle, embedded individually or as a full squad, with AI specialists at the core, not bolted on.
Core roles
Software Engineers
Solution Architects
DevOps & SRE
Scrum Masters
UX & Service Designers
Content Strategists
Technical Project Managers
Engineering Leads
Product Owners
AI roles
Agent Architects
Applied AI Engineers
Forward Deployed Engineers
Delivered across customer-facing platforms, cloud migration, telco infrastructure, IoT, fintech, healthtech and data analytics.
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of employers can’t find the skills they need (ManpowerGroup)
tech skills half-life, and falling fast (HBR/WEF)
specialist retention, vs ~45% market average
From brief to embedded specialist
Who we work with
Three kinds of partner, one vetted talent layer underneath. Same speed, shaped to how you buy.
For corporates
Demand is shifting to senior, specialised work your teams weren’t sized for, and carrying that capability permanently between programmes is hard to justify. Scale it up when a programme needs it, down when it doesn’t. Growth without the fixed cost.
Source · Niche profile sourcing
Day rate
Scarce specialists, pre-vetted and called in role by role. No minimum commitment.
Pool · Capacity pool
Subscription + day rate
Reserved capacity drawn down on demand, with active specialists billed at preferred day-rates.
Partner · Programme partnership
Annual fee + day rate
A bespoke Talent Cloud built to your stack, with joint capability and commercial planning.
For startups
Contract first, hire who you want to keep, so you protect runway and only convert the people who fit. Senior people embedded and ramped into your team in days, or a full Elastic Team that takes you from idea to live, with an embedded PM owning delivery.
Elastic Talent · You direct, we deliver
Day rate or retainer
Senior specialists matched from our community, with Contract-to-Hire when you want to keep them.
Elastic Team · From idea to live
Fixed price
Accelerator Workshop sets strategy and design; we ship prototype, pilot, production, outcome-priced.
For consultancies
You own the client, the brand and the commercial. We’re your on-demand talent layer underneath, so there’s no bench to carry between projects. Say yes to more work and we bring the people. You keep principal status, and we help you manage off-payroll (IR35) risk.
Embed · Per-specialist
Day rate
Individual specialists or small teams from our enterprise-vetted Talent Cloud. No minimum.
Subscribe · Reserved capacity
Subscription + day rate
Dedicated capacity that scales with demand, at locked-in preferred rates.
Build · Bespoke Talent Cloud
Annual fee + day rate
A specialist network aligned to your stack and sector, with joint capability planning.
Why Distributed
Full control
You retain full control of programmes and outcomes. We carry talent quality and availability risk.
Clean IP & data
GDPR-aligned. Specialist access governed by your own security and data-residency policies.
>85% retention
Specialist retention versus a ~45% market average. The people who start, finish.
Flexible exit
Clearly defined notice periods on every engagement model. As flexible as your growth needs.
Contact
Let’s talk
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