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Senior engineers, in your team.

When you need capacity, when you need expertise, when you need both — embedded senior engineers working inside your stack, your repos and your rituals.

§ 01The problem

The problem we solve

Hiring takes six months and you need senior engineering capability in two weeks. Or your team is solid but missing a specific specialty. Or you need to ship a major project without disrupting your roadmap. Embedded engagements give you that capacity without the hiring overhead — with a partner who exits cleanly when the engagement is done.

§ 02Capabilities

What we embed

  • 01Full-stack engineers for general capacity
  • 02Backend specialists (Python, Go, Node, distributed systems)
  • 03Frontend specialists (React, design systems, performance)
  • 04AI / ML engineers
  • 05DevOps and platform engineers
  • 06Database and data engineers
  • 07Security engineers
  • 08Engineering leaders (staff, principal level)
§ 03Deliverables

What you receive

  • Embedded engineers working in your tools and rituals
  • Capability transferred to your team through pairing
  • Documented exit plan from day one
  • Quarterly outcome agreements with our team
§ 04Stack

Embed across

Product engineering
Platform & DevOps
Data & ML
AI features
Security
Engineering leadership
§ 05Ideal for

Ideal for

  • Companies expanding into a new area faster than they can hire
  • Engineering leaders covering a critical gap during transition
  • Teams needing senior capacity for a defined project
  • Companies bridging the gap between funding and senior hires
§ 06Process

How an engagement runs

  1. 01

    Match

    We understand the work, the team and the culture. The engineer or team we propose has done it before.

  2. 02

    Onboard

    First week shadowing, pairing, getting context. We move at your speed, not ours.

  3. 03

    Deliver

    Working in your repos and rituals. Quarterly outcome agreements with public re-scoping.

  4. 04

    Hand off

    Capability transferred. Documentation written. We exit cleanly when the engagement is done.

§ 07Engagement

How to engage

01

Embedded Engineer

3 — 12 months

One senior engineer embedded in your team full-time.

02

Embedded Team

6 — 18 months

A small team (2 — 5 engineers) led by a senior partner.

03

Specialty Embed

4 — 12 weeks

Specialist embed for a defined project (AI feature, platform migration, performance push).

§ 08Common questions

Frequently asked.

01Are we hiring contractors or partners?

Partners. The engineer who joins has worked at our practice for years. We don't subcontract.

02Can we hire your engineer?

Frequently — and we welcome it when the fit is right. We don't charge punitive transition fees. Hiring our engineer is often the cleanest end to an engagement.

Have a problem worth solving well?

Tell us the outcome you want. We'll tell you what it takes — honestly, within a week, in writing.

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