Cloud Employee (cloudemployee.io) is a US -headquartered technical staff augmentation company founded in 2014, providing dedicated, full-time senior software engineers, including AI, data, and full-stack specialists - to companies across the US, UK, Europe, and Australia.
Clients contract locally with our UK, US, or Australian entity. Engineers are directly and legally employed through our own entities and local employment infrastructure in Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, Mexico, the Philippines, Croatia, Serbia, and Poland — never gig workers. As their legal employer, we handle payroll, benefits, compliance, equipment, offices, and learning & development, while your developers work exclusively for you, in your time zone, embedded in your tools and reporting straight into your team.
What to expect:
Two vetted candidates per hire, on average - custom headhunted by us and screened by senior engineers via live coding interviews, not recruiters, in under a week
Local contracting: US, UK, and Australian entities, local-law agreements, billing in USD, GBP, or AUD IP and data protection built in: full IP assignment, NDAs, GDPR-aligned agreements, and EU-based employment in Croatia and Poland
Zero upfront fees, no placement fees, monthly rolling contracts Engineers who stay: 2+ years' average tenure, rated 4.8 /5 by our developers across 160 Glassdoor reviews
Free to interview matched engineers
We're not a freelancer marketplace or a recruitment agency. From seed-stage startups to global brands like Virgin and Travelex, we're a long-term partner with our own offices and support teams on the ground - which is why Cloud Employee developers feel in-house, from day one.
Cloud Employee is noted for its good value for cost, with clients highlighting their ability to scale teams flexibly while managing recruitment and onboarding efficiently. Multiple reviews emphasize a positive impact on team productivity and a focus on employee well-being.
Cloud Employee effectively provides skilled resources for team augmentation, allowing clients to expand their teams with experienced developers who integrate well into existing setups. This is particularly valued by clients needing to focus on technical roadmaps rather than recruitment processes.
Need for Resource Retention
While clients value the skilled resources provided, there's a suggestion for Cloud Employee to maintain a bench of retained resources to ensure alignment with client requirements and provide continuity.
Positive Cultural Alignment
Cloud Employee aligns well with client cultures, emphasizing employee well-being and maintaining a friendly and professional engagement. This cultural fit is a significant reason for client satisfaction and recommendations.
Focus on Relationship Management
Cloud Employee excels in relationship management, empathizing with client needs and delivering on requests promptly. This focus aids in building strong, long-term partnerships with clients.
High Client Satisfaction
Overall, clients express high satisfaction with Cloud Employee's services, noting their effective delivery, easy collaboration, and the positive impact on their business operations and productivity.
Exceptional Project Management
Clients praised Cloud Employee's project management skills, highlighting their ability to deliver within promised timeframes. The company maintains high standards and quick turnarounds, which enhances overall productivity for clients.
Cloud Employee provided staff augmentation services for a scheduling and well-being software provider. The team supported the client's product roadmap and maintained the continuity of their delivery.
The client received positive feedback on Cloud Employee's performance, engagement, and delivery. The team was valuable, easy to work with, and handled recruitment in a way that was the easiest the client had ever experienced. They were also simple, transparent, and effective.
The client submitted this review online.
BACKGROUND
Please describe your company and position.
I am the Managing Director of MyBuzz Technologies Limited
Describe what your company does in a single sentence.
Shift working scheduling and wellbeing software provider
OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE
What specific goals or objectives did you hire Cloud Employee to accomplish?
Support the rebuild and modernisation of MyBuzz’s mobile application, delivering an improved Flutter-based product across iOS and Android.
Provide dedicated, experienced development resources to support MyBuzz’s product roadmap, maintain delivery continuity and enable ongoing product enhancements.
Support the successful launch of the rebuilt application and subsequent development of new functionality, including web, NFC and gamification capabilities.
SOLUTION
How did you find Cloud Employee?
Referral
Why did you select Cloud Employee over others?
Good value for cost
Referred to me
Company values aligned
How many teammates from Cloud Employee were assigned to this project?
2-5 Employees
Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.
We needed additional, highly skilled developers to supplement our development team. They worked as part of the team to deliver a brand new product, and rebuild of our existing mobile app to a specific timeframe. They are also involved in ongoing development and maintenance of those products
RESULTS & FEEDBACK
What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?
Positive client feedback on both developers, with no reported concerns regarding performance, engagement or delivery at the September 2026 partnership review.
Two dedicated developers supporting MyBuzz, with the partnership continuing across the next 12 months to support the rebuild and wider product roadmap.
Progress against the product roadmap, including the planned beta release in October 2026, further beta stages and a target launch in January 2027.
Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?
The project management was run from our main office. We run daily standups to keep the team aligned and communicate blockers and activity. We use project management tools to assign and track tasks to all employees, which the developers delivered on time to a high standard. The developers responded positively to all tasks and requests and are valuable members of our team.
What was your primary form of communication with Cloud Employee?
Virtual Meeting
Email or Messaging App
What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?
Easy to work with, no pushy sales tactics and a friendly engagement throughout. They handle all the recruitment and filling of roles in a way that's the easiest I've ever experienced. The developer fit was excellent and CE's processes are simple, transparent and make sense. One of the easiest suppliers to work with in our portfolio.
Are there any areas for improvement or something Cloud Employee could have done differently?
No
RATINGS
5.0
Quality
5.0
Service & Deliverables
Schedule
5.0
On time / deadlines
Cost
5.0
Value / within estimates
Willing to Refer
5.0
NPS
Staff Augmentation for Business Services Company
IT Staff Augmentation
Confidential
Dec. 2025 - Aug. 2026
5.0
Quality
5.0
Schedule
5.0
Cost
5.0
Willing to Refer
5.0
"They're very much aligned with our culture, and this is one of the main reasons I'd recommend them."
Sep 29, 2026
CPO, Go Swag
Marco Claudio Trecca
Verified
Business services
Glasgow, Scotland
11-50 Employees
Online Review
Verified
Cloud Employee has augmented a business services company's team with four senior engineers. The team handles candidate sourcing, technical interviews, onboarding, and ongoing check-ins with the engineers.
The client has seen increased productivity thanks to Cloud Employee's ability to help them hire the right people. The team has exceptional project management and delivers within promised timeframes, and the client was impressed by how much Cloud Employee cares about employee well-being.
BACKGROUND
Introduce your business and what you do there.
I am the Chief Product Officer at Go Swag, a company that manages global, premium swag programmes for the world's leading brand.
OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE
What challenge were you trying to address with Cloud Employee?
We needed to scale our tech team rapidly and flexibly. We wanted a partner to take the complexities of sourcing candidates and hiring away from us, allowing us to focus on our technical roadmap rather than on hiring bureaucracy.
SOLUTION
What was the scope of their involvement?
Cloud Employee has helped us hire four senior engineers. The team has handled the sourcing of candidates, technical interviews, and tasks, leaving us to only conduct the last interview stage in-house. Once a candidate is hired, Cloud Employee handles getting laptops arranged, preparing new starters, and initial onboarding steps. The team also handles contracts, payroll admin, ongoing check-ins with our engineers to check on their well-being, and the planning and arranging of learning opportunities.
What is the team composition?
We work regularly with about 3 people from Cloud Employee. However, we are aware that a bigger team is involved with the sourcing of candidates.
How did you come to work with Cloud Employee?
Cloud Employee was referred to us. We chose them over other options because of our trust in the person who refer them to us as well as their high ratings online.
What is the status of this engagement?
We started working together in December 2025, and the engagement is ongoing.
RESULTS & FEEDBACK
What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?
Indirectly, a lot of the success of our tech team can be traced back to our relationship with Cloud Employee, as the majority of the team has been hired through them. We’ve seen significantly lower turnover (in fact, no one we’ve hired through Cloud Employee has left) and we’ve become a much more productive team, shipping a huge amount of important functionality. Of course, that isn’t solely attributable to Cloud Employee. We’ve also perfected our internal workflows and ways of working, over time but they’ve had a massive impact by making it much easier for us to find and hire the right people.
How did Cloud Employee perform from a project management standpoint?
Cloud Employee's project management is exceptional: they deliver within promised timeframes, even though they hold themselves to really high standards and quick turnarounds. We communicate via virtual meetings, emails, and messaging apps.
What did you find most impressive about them?
The outsourcing industry can sometimes have negative connotations attached to it, and I was personally blown away by how much Cloud Employee cares about employee well-being. They're very much aligned with our culture, and this is one of the main reasons I'd recommend them to other companies looking for this type of service.
Are there any areas they could improve?
No company is perfect, but given my engagement with Cloud Employee so far I can't think of anything for them to improve on.
RATINGS
5.0
Quality
5.0
Service & Deliverables
Schedule
5.0
On time / deadlines
Cost
5.0
Value / within estimates
Willing to Refer
5.0
NPS
IT Staff Augmentation for IT Company
IT Staff Augmentation
Confidential
Mar. 2025 - Aug. 2026
4.0
Quality
4.5
Schedule
4.5
Cost
3.5
Willing to Refer
4.0
"Cloud Employee has a real focus on relationship management and works well to empathise and deliver."
Sep 14, 2026
Head of Engineering, Xergy Group
Graham Ross
Verified
Information technology
Dundee, Scotland
11-50 Employees
Online Review
Verified
An IT company has engaged with Cloud Employee to augment their development team. The team has helped them deliver new features and improve existing ones within their platform.
Cloud Employee has helped deliver projects for the clientthanks to skilled resources added to the client's internal team. The team fits well with the client's internal team, building relationships with colleagues and clients alike. Cloud Employee's works well to deliver on the client's requests.
BACKGROUND
Introduce your business and what you do there.
I'm the head of engineering at Xergy Group, a UK based SaaS company. We provide sales and project delivery software built for engineering consultancies and project owners, connecting client's systems, streamlining their workflows, and providing real-time visibility across bids, budgets, and project delivery.
OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE
What challenge were you trying to address with Cloud Employee?
We were expanded the team and needed to add skilled resources across development, testing, and production support disciplines. We also wanted to expand our global reach and support extended timezone operations.
SOLUTION
What was the scope of their involvement?
Cloud Employee has helped us deliver new features and improve existing ones within our platform to support new client projects and improve the proposition for existing clients. The team has worked with PHP, Laravel, React, TypeScript, and test automation via Playwright.
What is the team composition?
Over the course of the project, we have employed 9 colleagues through Cloud Employee; this has flexed in line with demand.
How did you come to work with Cloud Employee?
Cloud Employee was referred to me, and their staff augmentation model suited my requirements since I wanted to avoid outsourcing or partner-managed services.
What is the status of this engagement?
We started working with them in March 2025, and our engagement is ongoing.
RESULTS & FEEDBACK
What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?
Cloud Employee colleagues have contributed to the successful delivery the several projects, with individuals generally fitting in well within our culture and environment.
How did Cloud Employee perform from a project management standpoint?
Cloud Employee's responsibility is to recruit suitable candidates, monitor their performance through regular check-ins with me, and react and resolve any problems with attendance or performance. They've equipped themselves well in this regard, communicating regularly with their management team who are all professional and driven to provide high service standards.
What did you find most impressive about them?
Cloud Employee has a real focus on relationship management and works well to empathise and deliver on our requests when they arise.
Are there any areas they could improve?
All of our resources are new recruits to Cloud Employee. An added benefit would be a retained bench of resources, understanding their track record and providing confidence in alignment with requirements.
RATINGS
4.0
Quality
4.5
Service & Deliverables
"Cloud Employee provides good client services with a focus on building and maintaining relationships with clients."
Schedule
4.5
On time / deadlines
"Cloud Employee are good at maintaining deadlines to which they are responsible, namely provision of profiles and completion of recruitment deadlines."
Cost
3.5
Value / within estimates
"Cloud Employee colleagues are more expensive than some comparable services."
Willing to Refer
4.0
NPS
"For any company who shares our objectives, I would be happy to refer Cloud Employee.
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Our Story
We build nearshore engineering teams that feel in-house.
Our headhunters source role-specific, culture-fit developers (full‑stack, AI, mobile, DevOps, QA, data and more) delivered to you in 7 days.
We then retain your talent through training and people support (97% stay 2+ years), saving hiring time and stabilising growth for 300+ Founder & CTOs.
All with monthly pricing, no upfront fees, and flexible engagement.
Meet the Team
Seb HallCEO & Co-Founder
Focused firmly on the future of work, employee experience, and creating a company that people love to work for, Seb co-founded Cloud Employee with brother, Jake, over 10 years ago.
Based between Miami, London and Manila, Seb engages with stakeholder
What Sets Us Apart
We Source the Top 10% of Global Developers
We custom-source every role from scratch, delivering two fully vetted candidates in 5–7 days, matched on skills, seniority, team and culture fit.
Global Developers Embedded into Your Team
Hiring is only half the job. We embed engineers into your tools, processes, and culture so they can plug into your team's workflow from day one.
We Invest in Your Developers Growth
Retention isn’t a perk. It’s a system. Our Retention Engine combines learning & development, employee experience, and people support into a structured model that keeps developers motivated, improving, and connected (even in fully remote teams.)
Premier Verified means Clutch independently confirmed Cloud Employee is a legally registered business, financially sound (Creditsafe: Very Low Risk), and backed by 3 verified client reviews averaging 4.7 stars.
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