Finding the right talent

When you need elite contracting talent to scale your projects or bridge immediate capability gaps, we deliver the best digital specialists in NZ. Our deep roots in the tech ecosystem, combined with proactive sourcing, mean the high-caliber contractors you need to accelerate your delivery are already talking to us

How we work

We partner with businesses on their talent augmentation, strategic workforce planning, and targeted sourcing across Engineering & Architecture, Data, Analytics & AI, Transformation & Product as well as Cloud, Automation & Security. By offering fully customised delivery models, agile methodologies, and flexible commercial frameworks, we ensure your augmentation strategy is perfectly tailored to your project timeline and organisational needs.

Pick the model that works for you

Augmentation

When you need to deploy elite, highly specific technical skills at pace:
  • Targeted Engagement: We pinpoint and deliver the precise technical expertise your project demands.
  • Agile Scaling: Rapid deployment of top-tier contractors for high-impact short and mid-term initiatives.
  • Collaborative Planning: We align with your leadership to map out seamless workforce integration.
  • Vetted Consultants: Gain immediate access to highly skilled, battle-tested digital professionals.
  • Mission-Critical Delivery: The ideal solution for high-stakes projects, tight deadlines, and complex technical rollouts.

Squad builds

  • Individual Augmentation: Inject a highly specialised contractor directly into your existing team to instantly bridge a capability gap, inject missing expertise, and accelerate project delivery.
  • Blended Squad Augmentation: Deploy a curated, high-performing team of contractors to integrate seamlessly with your in-house talent, scaling your capacity and driving velocity across larger workstreams.
  • Standalone Project Squads: Build a fully managed, autonomous delivery squad designed to own, develop, and execute standalone digital products or critical technical initiatives from the ground up.

Contingent

No time for the talent search? Choose this friction-free, success-based model and let us do the heavy lifting:
  • Targeted Search Engagement: A proactive, results-driven approach tailored to finding specialised digital professionals.
  • End-to-End Delivery: We manage the entire lifecycle, from rigorous initial vetting to seamless onboarding.
  • Proactive Talent Attraction: We leverage our deep NZ network to source, engage, and secure high-caliber talent that isn't on the open market.
  • Strategic Long-Term Value: The ideal, risk-free model for securing permanent, foundational talent to anchor your internal teams.

Finding the right candidate can be a challenging process but Mike and Jamie totally got what we needed and we’ve found the perfect fit for our team.

Tony Leslie
Managing partner at Waxeye

Finding the right candidate can be a challenging process but Mike and Jamie totally got what we needed and we’ve found the perfect fit for our team.

Tony Leslie
Managing partner at Waxeye

Digital Garage has been key in reducing the time to hire on several key positions over the last 18 months. They have a deep knowledge of the IT Sector and the skills required of our engineers.

Craig Bennett
Head of Development at MMC

Digital Garage was really great to work with and was able to secure us a Software Developer who had all the experience and technical expertise we required within just a few days.

Angela Hallberg
Marketing Director at Omega

I’ve worked with Jamie and Mike over the last decade, supporting multiple organisations and supporting me - they know the NZ tech industry and know what great looks like.

Trevor Leybourne
CTO at Cin7

Digital Garage is the No. 1 choice for talented IT professionals to join and facilitate career opportunities. Whether hiring for teams or individuals you get exceptional service.

Andrew Johnson
CTO at NFTDesignWorks

I dealt with Jamie for my current role and I’m really impressed with his professionalism, honesty and efficiency. Jamie and the team are highly organised from the beginning of the process all the way through to providing support when I’ve got questions. Highly recommended!

Jo
Scrum Master at AA

Digital Garage found me a great role at an interesting company. I really appreciated the frequent communication throughout the placement process

Rob
Technical Lead

I’ve known Jamie and Mike for a long time and recently have been privileged to work with them. I really appreciate the time they have taken to understand what I’m looking for. I genuinely feel like we are on the same wavelength.

Andy T
Senior Contractor

I’ve known Jamie and Mike for a long time and recently have been privileged to work with them. I really appreciate the time they have taken to understand what I’m looking for. I genuinely feel like we are on the same wavelength.

Andy T
Senior Contractor