Why outstaff instead of hire? You skip the 6-8 weeks of sourcing, interviewing and paperwork that clog internal recruiting. With Smartbrain you plug vetted C# engineers directly into your AVEVA PI System Integration backlog within 72 hours.
No payroll overhead, no local labour-law headaches—just a simple service agreement and instantly expandable capacity. Need to scale down after rollout? Pause with only two-weeks notice. Our augmentation model keeps all intellectual property fully yours while delivering senior-level skill for a predictable monthly fee. You stay laser-focused on product goals; we handle talent.
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Why CTOs Choose Outstaffing
Instant Ramp-Up
Lower OPEX
Senior-Only Talent
72-Hr Matching
Zero Payroll Burden
Flexible Terms
Proven PI Expertise
IP Ownership Safe
Global Time Coverage
Replace Anytime
Embedded Culture Fit
No Recruitment Fees
What Tech Leaders Say
Smartbrain placed two C# specialists versed in PI AF SDK within three days. They refactored our OPC UA connector, introduced async/await patterns, and cut data ingestion latency by 32 %. Integration with our in-house team was seamless; Jira velocity jumped 25 tickets a sprint while my engineers retained focus on analytics.
Megan Carter
CTO
Delta Process Analytics
Bringing in Smartbrain’s outstaffed C# developer with deep PI Web API skills let us bridge our Azure IoT Hub to PI in one week. The senior quickly wrote LINQ queries, unit tests, and CI pipelines, boosting deployment frequency from monthly to weekly and freeing my team to pursue new device firmware.
James Whitfield
VP Engineering
GridWave Energy
We needed Entity Framework experts to map manufacturing KPIs into PI AF. Smartbrain delivered three remote seniors who cleared backlog stories twice as fast as our previous vendor. Their clean C# code, SOLID principles, and detailed pull-request reviews lifted overall code quality and slashed external consulting spend.
Laura Chen
Software Manager
Pacific Robotics
FDA validation forced strict timelines. Smartbrain’s vetted C# engineer built a custom PI SDK wrapper, integrated audit logging, and passed GxP compliance testing in two sprints. Productivity rose 35 %, and onboarding took less than a day thanks to his prior regulated-industry experience.
Robert Miles
Director of IT
BioSynth Labs
Our utility monitoring platform hit performance ceilings. The outstaffed C# architect redesigned caching with MemoryCache and improved PI Web API batching, raising throughput to 1.4 M tags/hour. Flexible month-to-month contract meant we scaled down once optimization finished—zero HR burden.
Sophie Turner
Engineering Lead
ClearWatts Utilities
Smartbrain embedded a senior C# dev who transformed our demo into a hardened microservice interfacing PI AF and Kafka. His mastery of parallel programming, AutoMapper, and DI containers shortened release time by two months, letting us impress investors ahead of Series B.
Daniel Brooks
Co-Founder & CTO
AeroSense Metrics
Industries We Empower
Oil & Gas Operations
Upstream and downstream players rely on C#-driven AVEVA PI System Integration to stream wellhead data, calculate real-time OEE and predict equipment failure. Augmented developers optimise PI AF hierarchies, build custom data reference plugins and deliver dashboards that help drilling engineers spot anomalies before they become non-productive time.
Electric Utilities Monitoring
Transmission and distribution companies need millisecond visibility into SCADA feeds. Outstaffed C# teams create PI Web API microservices that stabilise load forecasts, automate outage alerts and expose secure REST endpoints for ISO reporting—without the hiring bottlenecks of local talent shortages.
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
GMP-regulated facilities integrate batch records into PI to comply with 21 CFR Part 11. Our augmented C# engineers craft PI SDK wrappers with electronic signatures, ensuring audit-trail integrity while accelerating validation cycles and safeguarding data integrity.
Food & Beverage Production
Beverage bottlers and dairies harness PI to track temperature, CIP cycles and energy use. Smartbrain’s C# specialists connect PLCs via OPC DA/UA, implement statistical process control libraries and push clean data to Power BI for actionable quality insights.
Metals & Mining
Smelters and concentrators depend on PI for throughput optimisation. Outstaffed coders build high-load C# collectors, leverage parallel LINQ for calculations, and cut reporting latency, enabling supervisors to react quickly to grade fluctuations.
Chemicals Processing
Bulk and specialty chemical plants require precise KPI tracking across reactors. Our developers create custom PI AF analyses in C#, integrate SAP batch IDs and automate notifications that keep production within safe operating envelopes.
Water Treatment Facilities
Municipal utilities use PI to monitor turbidity, chlorine and pump efficiency. Augmented C# talent embeds real-time analytics, delivering early warning dashboards that reduce energy spend and keep compliance reports always export-ready.
Renewable Energy Analytics
Wind and solar farms capture turbine sensor data in PI then feed ML services. Outstaffed C# developers wire up edge collectors, ensure secure token-based PI Web API access and provide scaling logic that handles seasonal load spikes.
Smart Buildings & HVAC
Commercial property owners integrate BMS data with PI to visualise occupancy patterns. Our C# engineers craft RESTful endpoints, build Azure-hosted dashboards, and introduce rule-based alerts that cut energy usage while elevating tenant comfort.
AVEVA PI System Integration Case Studies
Realtime Energy Trading Platform
Client: Independent Power Producer
Challenge: The client needed sub-second data visibility for an AVEVA PI System Integration between 17 gas turbines and their C#-based energy trading engine.
Solution: A Smartbrain squad of three senior C# engineers embedded remotely. They rewrote legacy VBA collectors in modern .NET 6, used PI SDK bulk reads to cut round-trips, and introduced an in-memory cache with ChannelWriter for non-blocking writes.
Result: 48 % latency reduction on data delivery, 23 % increase in trading margin due to faster bid adjustments, and deployment completed in 10 weeks—two months ahead of plan.
Pharma Batch Compliance Dashboard
Client: Global Bio-pharmaceutical Plant
Challenge: Strict FDA deadlines demanded bullet-proof AVEVA PI System Integration with electronic signatures across 120 reactors.
Solution: Two Smartbrain C# consultants built a custom PI AF analysis library implementing CFR Part 11 signature logic, integrated Active Directory authentication, and automated validation scripts in NUnit to satisfy QA.
Result: 100 % audit-trail accuracy, validation cycle shortened by 37 %, and dashboard adoption by 140 operators within the first month.
Smart Factory Metals Processing
Client: Mid-size Aluminium Smelter
Challenge: Legacy OPC DA links caused frequent data loss, crippling the AVEVA PI System Integration for their new predictive-maintenance module.
Solution: Smartbrain provided an augmented duo—one C# architect and one DevOps engineer. They replaced OPC DA with OPC UA collectors, leveraged gRPC streams for PI buffer synchronisation, and wrote self-healing code monitored via Prometheus.
Result: 0.02 % data loss (down from 3 %), unplanned downtime reduced by 18 %, and payback achieved in four months.
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120+ C# engineers placed, 4.9/5 avg rating. Receive a curated shortlist of AVEVA PI System Integration experts in 48 hrs and start coding risk-free for 2 weeks.
Our Core Services
Custom PI Connectors
Design and implement fully-managed C# connectors for bespoke equipment, using PI AF SDK and OPC UA. Benefit from rapid data acquisition, reduced driver licensing costs and seamless AVEVA PI System Integration without rewriting existing PLC logic.
Legacy Code Modernization
Refactor outdated VB or C++ PI interfaces into secure .NET 6 microservices. Outstaffed seniors apply SOLID and CI/CD, giving you maintainable code and effortless cloud readiness while keeping production running.
Performance Tuning
Deep-dive profiling of PI Web API, batch optimisation, and asynchronous C# patterns that push throughput to millions of tags per hour—ideal for utilities and large process plants facing scale challenges.
Data Visualization Dashboards
Build rich, responsive dashboards in Blazor or React + C# backend, exposing PI data to operators, managers and BI tools with fine-grained role security and sub-second refresh rates.
Cloud Migration
Arc your on-prem PI System toward Azure or AWS using containerised PI Interfaces and .NET Core services. Achieve high availability, automated backups and lower TCO without hiring specialised cloud staff internally.
24/7 Support & SRE
Around-the-clock augmented C# engineers monitor PI Integrations, write reliability scripts and resolve incidents before they hurt production. Enjoy SLA-driven peace of mind and predictable monthly spend.
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