Services
Focused engineering help for product and platform teams
We work on short, high-leverage engagements: shipping AI features, stabilizing distributed systems, hardening cloud and data platforms, and giving engineering leaders principal-level support when the stakes are high.
AI Product Integration
Practical AI features that fit existing products
Best fit when
- You need LLM, RAG, agent, search, image, or content workflows in production.
- Cost, latency, hallucinations, and fallback behavior matter as much as model quality.
- Your team needs a working MVP or hardening pass, not a research demo.
Typical engagement
Strategy sprint: 1-2 weeksPrototype/MVP: 3-6 weeksProduction hardening: 4-8 weeks
Related proof
LLMs & RAGAgentsStructured outputsEval harnessesCost routing
Distributed Systems & Microservices
Service boundaries and event flows that survive production
Best fit when
- A monolith is becoming hard to change, or services already exist but boundaries are unclear.
- Credits, subscriptions, entitlements, or workflows need stronger consistency guarantees.
- Retries, duplicate events, support tickets, or unclear ownership are slowing the team down.
Typical engagement
Architecture review: 1-2 weeksService extraction plan: 2-4 weeksImplementation support: 4-8 weeks
Related proof
DDDCQRSOutbox patternKafka / RabbitMQ / SQSIdempotency
Cloud, Data & Reporting Architecture
AWS and reporting systems your operators can trust
Best fit when
- You need a cloud architecture review before scaling a data-heavy or AI-enabled product.
- Reports, usage numbers, or billing analytics are difficult to explain or debug.
- Your team needs clear contracts, SLAs, alarms, and operational guardrails.
Typical engagement
Cloud architecture review: 1-2 weeksData pipeline hardening: 3-6 weeksReporting reliability pass: 4-8 weeks
Related proof
AWSRDS / AuroraETL pipelinesData contractsAthena / Redshift
Fractional Principal Engineer
Senior technical leadership for focused delivery windows
Best fit when
- You need principal-level judgment for an architecture decision or delivery push.
- Tech leads need help shaping design docs, trade-offs, or review habits.
- You want implementation support and mentoring without adding a permanent leadership role.
Typical engagement
Design review: 1-2 weeksDelivery advisory: 3-12 weeksFractional support: monthly retainer
Related proof
Architecture reviewsDesign docsCode reviewsMentoringTech strategy
Not sure which service fits?
Start with the problem: a feature that needs to ship, a system that is becoming fragile, or a decision your team needs to make with more confidence. We can shape the engagement from there.
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