PinpointSenior engineering judgment, embedded into your team
AUGMENT puts senior engineers inside your workflow, taking on high-leverage tickets across dev and QA. You assign them work like your own team, with no onboarding drag, so you ship
“Pinpoint came in with deep expertise and immediately began identifying and resolving issues. It was an instant unlock and felt like having the weight of the world lifted off my shoulders.”
“A brilliant experience from the beginning. I feel like I have the resources and support of a large engineering team again.”
“Immediate impact from Day 1. Pinpoint allows me to ship every release with confidence.”
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AUGMENT slots into your workflow
Dev and QA capacity that embeds directly in your team, assigned work like your own engineers
What makes us different
Five things that set AUGMENT apart from staffing and outsourcing.
Embedded, not outsourced
Same board, standups, and accountability as your own team.
Senior judgment on the hard tickets
Frees your leaders for their highest-value work.
Invisible by design
Your tools and process don’t change.
Risk-free entry
Tangible output in 30 days, or walk away.
A bench behind the badge
Advisory ML/NLP and PhD-level expertise on demand.
Dev Augmentation
Senior engineering judgment that embeds directly in your team. You assign us work the same way you assign your own engineers, and we pick up features, refactors, and the gnarly tickets, and ship alongside you from week one.
- Experienced engineers who slot into your existing workflow, with no new tools and no new processes
- Assign work like your own team: features, refactors, and the backlog nobody wants
- Judgment, not more bodies: senior engineering that plugs in wherever the pressure is highest
- Productive from week one, shipping in your repo and your pipeline
QA as a capability, not a hand-off
Testing is one of the tickets you assign the embedded team. Senior engineers probe edge cases, verify user flows, and catch what automated checks miss, and a push to staging can kick off a round automatically so findings land inside your SLA window.
- Runs as part of the engagement, triggered the way your team already ships
- Senior engineers who learn your stack, not a rotating bench
- Regression, edge case, and exploratory coverage every release
- Findings delivered within your plan’s SLA window, in hours not days
| Title | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Stripe webhook timeout on retry | High | Open |
| Currency rounding error in checkout | Medium | In Progress |
| Missing null check in refund handler | Medium | Complete |
Test suites the team builds and you own
The embedded team builds and maintains automated tests tailored to your application. They live in your repo, run in your pipeline, and grow each week as the product evolves, the same as any teammate’s work.
- Built for your codebase by the engineers already embedded in it
- Maintained in your repo and expanded weekly to close coverage gaps
- Catches regressions before they reach production
- Runs alongside hands-on QA for layered confidence each release
Tooling that gives the team full context
AUGMENT plugs into your AI workflow. Pinpoint’s MCP server and Spectre Scan put your codebase intelligence and QA history in front of the embedded team and your own assistant, so senior judgment starts with full context instead of a cold read.
- MCP server connects Claude Code, Cursor, and Windsurf to your projects, bugs, and reports
- Spectre Scan maps dependencies, complexity hotspots, and high-risk areas across your codebase
- AI surfaces and locates, then a senior engineer makes the call on the fix
- Scan intelligence feeds both dev and QA work, so nothing starts from zero
How Your Team Gets Productive in Week One
From your onboarding cohort to shipping dev and QA work together in weeks, not months.
Embedded across dev and QA, assigned work like your own team from day one
Embed & Find the Gaps
We integrate with your CI/CD pipeline and workflow, getting up to speed on where dev and QA pressure is highest and establishing a baseline.
Know where to plug in across dev and QA within days
Start Shipping Alongside Your Team
We pick up real dev and QA work across your priorities, assigned the same way you assign your own team, with first contributions landing fast.
First dev tasks shipped and QA coverage in place
Full Coverage & Confident Releases
We build a deep understanding of your system, expand both dev and QA coverage, and refine processes so the team moves faster with confidence.
Ship faster with embedded dev and QA judgment in the loop
AI handles the median. Judgment handles the rest.
General models write and assess everyday code well, and they miss the critical outliers, the edge cases and high-stakes failures where systems break. AUGMENT keeps a senior engineer in the loop, so those never slip through.
Median work, accelerated
AI moves the routine along, so the embedded team spends its senior judgment where the real risk lives, not on boilerplate.
A human owns every outlier
Edge cases, novel architecture, and high-stakes failures get an experienced engineer on the call, not an autonomous guess you have to double-check.
Plugged into your AI workflow
Pinpoint’s MCP server connects the team’s coding assistant to your projects, bugs, and reports. No new tools, and credentials persist locally after first use.
How Pinpoint Engages
Three ways to embed Pinpoint AUGMENT into your team, across development and QA. Your team, your pace.
A fraction of an in-house hire, productive from week one
One in-house QA hire runs about $116k/yr all-in, roughly $9,660/mo, and takes 3 to 6 months to reach productivity, for one person and one skill set. AUGMENT is a fraction of that, with Core well under a quarter of the in-house monthly cost, and gives you a pool of senior engineers contributing from week one.
Build vs. Hire vs. AUGMENT
The same gap, three ways
One in-house QA hire costs about $116k/yr all-in and takes 3 to 6 months to reach productivity. AUGMENT is a fraction of that, and productive from week one.
- Build: Stand up the capability in-house. 3 to 6 months of hiring and ramp before a line ships.
- Hire: Add one in-house QA analyst at roughly $116k/yr all-in. About $9,660/mo for one person and one skill set, and a single point of failure.
- AUGMENT: An embedded pool of senior engineers for a fraction of that cost. Core runs well under a quarter of the in-house monthly cost, productive week one across development and QA.
Core
For teams shipping weekly
Everything you need is in Core, with full AUGMENT coverage across development and QA for growing teams.
- 1 project included
- Embedded dev + QA engineers from week one
- CI/CD pipeline integration
- Detailed engineering and test reports
- Feature build, regression, functional, and exploratory work
- Multiple AUGMENT engineers per request
- Optional review meetings
- API health monitoring
Professional
For teams shipping daily
A deeper AUGMENT engagement, with more of the pool embedded across more of your build and QA workflow.
- 2 projects included
- Everything in Core
- Custom feature and test automation development
- Automation maintained weekly alongside delivery
- Seamless pipeline integration
Enterprise
SLA negotiable
A custom AUGMENT deployment with a dedicated pool of engineers slotted into your dev and QA process.
- 3 projects included
- Everything in Professional
- Dedicated AUGMENT pool assigned to your team
- Dedicated phone number
- Priority escalation path
Start risk-free with a phased Phase 1 and prove the value in 30 days, backed by 30-day no-quibble cancellation. We onboard a limited cohort of 10 companies every 60 days, with preferential early pricing.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about how Pinpoint works with your team
What access does the embedded team need to get started?
Browser access to your staging URL at minimum. Source code access is optional yet improves coverage significantly. All staff are under NDA, all data is encrypted, and all equipment uses locked-down encrypted storage. We are pursuing SOC 2 compliance.
Why would I give the team access to my source code?
Source code access lets the embedded team write automated tests tailored to your application, identify edge cases through code review, and find workflows not obvious from the UI. It is optional, and we deliver thorough hands-on QA with staging access alone.
How does work get assigned to the team?
You assign us a ticket the same way you assign your own team, on your board and in your tools. A senior engineer picks it up, and for QA work a push to staging can trigger a test round automatically. Either way, results land within your SLA window, covering regressions, edge cases, and exploratory findings.
Can I direct where the team focuses?
Yes. Assign and annotate work with focus areas, and the team prioritizes those alongside standard coverage.
Build vs. Hire vs. AUGMENT: why activate Pinpoint AUGMENT instead of making a junior hire?
A single hire takes months to ramp and is capped at one person’s expertise. Pinpoint AUGMENT embeds senior engineering judgment across development and QA, delivering judgment on demand rather than bodies, productive week one, with seamless coverage when any individual is unavailable.
What if I already have some automated tests?
Pinpoint complements your existing test suite. AUGMENT embeds experienced engineering judgment across development and QA, catching the edge cases, UX issues, and exploratory bugs automated tests miss, and building and maintaining additional automation alongside your team.
Is there a minimum commitment?
We work on an engagement basis. Most teams stay because the value is clear from the first test round. If your needs change, we work with you to adjust.
How do I get started?
Apply for access and our team will schedule a call to discuss your needs, walk through the onboarding process, and confirm your cohort placement.
Limited Seats, Immediate Impact
We onboard cohorts of 10 companies every 30 to 60 days. Early applicants receive preferential pricing and seats fill quickly. Apply to secure your spot.
- Understand how your team maps to a Pinpoint engagement
- Review your deployment pipeline and coverage gaps
- Learn about the current cohort timeline and availability
HORIZON
We are building HORIZON, an invisible engineering operations layer for teams that already work with Pinpoint. It is early and in active development, shaped by feedback from our design partners.
Invisible by design
An operations layer meant to stay out of the way, so your team keeps the tools and the rhythm it already has.
Built on the engagement
Shaped by what we learn delivering for teams today, not a separate product bolted on after the fact.
Shaped with design partners
We are exploring this in the open with a small group of partners, and their feedback guides where it goes.
More to share as the work matures.