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An engineer on your team, without the hire

Big AI and software companies send engineers to sit inside their customers' teams and make things work. It's called forward deployed engineering. We do the same for businesses of 10 to 250 people, by the month.

Three sizes

Tech lead

A few hours a month of senior advice for businesses without a CTO: decisions, suppliers, quotes and a plan. £950 a month.

One day a week

The same engineer embedded in your team every week, working through a shared list of improvements. £3,400 a month.

Two days a week

For a bigger backlog or a business that wants to move fast. £6,400 a month.

What they actually do

  • Fix the small things that annoy everyone and never make it onto anyone's list.
  • Build and improve automations, reports and internal tools.
  • Deal with software suppliers and agencies on your behalf.
  • Keep an eye on costs and security as things change.
  • Review the list with you every month so the work tracks what matters.

Embedded retainers have a three month minimum, then one month's notice. On site in London, remote anywhere else.

Keep it running

For anything we've built: monitoring, fixes and up to four hours of small changes a month, with next working day response. £390 a month, cancel with a month's notice.

Technical second opinion

An independent look before you sign a big quote from a developer or agency, from £650. Or full technical due diligence before you buy or invest in a business: what the technology is really worth, what it will cost to run and fix, and what could go wrong. £2,500.

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