Outside eyes, inside expertise
From a single architecture review to a multi-month embedded engagement, we help teams ship cleaner code, faster, with less risk. Senior practitioners, written proposals, no surprise invoices.What we help with
Four shapes of engagement cover almost everything we do. Mix and match — most engagements are some combination of the four.- An outside read on what you’ve built — where the seams are, where the next failure is, and what to fix before it bites you.
Architecture & code review
- Pair-program with your team, run lunch-and-learns, or coach an engineer through a tough quarter. Skills transfer that outlasts the engagement.
Technical mentorship
- Late, stuck, or unsure it’ll ship? We diagnose, stabilize, and get the project back to a predictable weekly cadence.
Project rescue
- Strangler-fig migrations, framework upgrades, and stack consolidations — modernization with no big-bang surprises.
System modernization
Languages
The day-to-day surface area we're fluent in.- C#
- SQL
- V (VLang)
- TypeScript
- JavaScript
- Java
Technologies & tools
The platforms, editors, and infrastructure we reach for.- JetBrains Rider
- Visual Studio
- VS Code
- IntelliJ IDEA
- Ollama
- Claude
- SQL Server Management Studio
- PowerShell
- WSL
- Azure
- AWS
- GitHub
- Azure DevOps
- Office 365
- Entra
- Unity 6
- Docker
How we work
Every engagement follows the same four beats. The duration of each beat stretches or compresses with the size of the project — the shape stays the same.Discovery
A short conversation about what you’re trying to do and what’s in the way. No charge, no pressure.Scoping
A written proposal with deliverables, timeline, and a fixed price. We don’t move forward until you’ve said yes in writing.Build
Weekly demos, async updates, and a shared backlog. You’ll know exactly where we are, every day of the engagement.Handoff
Code reviewed and merged, docs written for the team inheriting it, and an on-call window if questions come up after we leave.
Engagement plans
Pick the pace that matches your project — every tier is delivered by the same senior practitioners. Move between tiers across the life of an engagement as the workload shifts.Starting at a rate of $75.00 USD / hour.Hourly
Free 30-minute consultation
Spot-consultGet a quoteIncludes- Senior-engineer office hours
- Code review on request
- Async architecture feedback
- Weekly check-in call
- No minimum commitment
Fractional
8-hour advance
Part-time partnerGet a quote+ Everything in Hourly- Recurring weekly standup
- Shared backlog access
- Multi-week roadmap support
- Pair-programming sessions
- Priority response time
Embedded
Negotiable rate + advance
Inside the teamGet a quote+ Everything in Fractional- Daily standup attendance
- Owns one workstream end-to-end
- Sprint-level commitments
- Joins your Slack / Teams channels
- On-call windows by arrangement
Dedicated
Salary conversion available
Exclusive engagementGet a quote+ Everything in Embedded- Forty hours per week, exclusive
- Leadership-level engagement
- Cross-team escalation point
- Quarterly business reviews
- Bespoke SOW terms