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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.
  • Architecture & code review

    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.
  • Technical mentorship

    Pair-program with your team, run lunch-and-learns, or coach an engineer through a tough quarter. Skills transfer that outlasts the engagement.
  • Project rescue

    Late, stuck, or unsure it’ll ship? We diagnose, stabilize, and get the project back to a predictable weekly cadence.
  • System modernization

    Strangler-fig migrations, framework upgrades, and stack consolidations — modernization with no big-bang surprises.

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.
  1. Discovery

    A short conversation about what you’re trying to do and what’s in the way. No charge, no pressure.
  2. Scoping

    A written proposal with deliverables, timeline, and a fixed price. We don’t move forward until you’ve said yes in writing.
  3. Build

    Weekly demos, async updates, and a shared backlog. You’ll know exactly where we are, every day of the engagement.
  4. 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

1–8 hrs / week

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

9–24 hrs / week

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

24–32 hrs / week

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

Full time

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